Hi,
Sorry we haven't introduced ourselves. Our names are Alicia and Joel and only recently married. We are trying to have our first baby.

Alicia is about a week overdue so we went down to the chemist and bought a home test kit. The package came with two tests. We tested yesterday morning with the first urine. A faint second line appeared after five minutes but it wasn't strong enough to be convincing. We tested again this morning and the second line was much stronger and definate.

We were both very happy and went to the doctors clinic to get them to test. Where we live it is very difficult to see a doctor so we were only able to see the nurse. She took a sample of urine and did her test and it came back negative. She tried again and it returned negative again. We are going to make an appointment for next week to see a doctor.

As i'm sure you can understand we are both disappointed with the negative result the nurse gave us and waiting a week to be able to see a doctor is torture.

Our question is can a home pregnancy test give a positive result like ours if you aren't pregnant? From what I have read my understanding is that it can give a negative result due to lack of the hormone but how can it give a false positive result?

The test we used is Pregnosis Clear
  • Over 99% accurate
  • Detects hormone levels as low as 25 IU/L
  • 7 to 10 days after conception


Looking forward to some advice even if it isn't what we want to hear.

Joel and Alicia