[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: a question, for moms or soon-to-be moms

[chnc1024 at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 3/29/2005 9:43:44 AM Pacific Standard Time,  ajillity at direc
way.com writes:

> --- In  HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, chnc1024 at A... wrote:
> > Hi! This is  defiantly OT, but I would really appreciate feedback 
on
>   this.
> >  
> > OK, I just took an EPT certianty  pregnancy test, (the kind that 
says 
> > "pregnant" or "not  pregnant" in a digital window.) and it 
said "NOT 
> > PREGNANT"  however, when I ejected the test strip, there where 2 
> >  lines.  One was considerably fainter than the other, but still 2 
>  lines.    
> > Should I consider this as pregnant or not  pregnant??  
> >  
> > Thanks!
> >  Chancie 
> Valky:
> Hi Chancie, when testing for my second pregnancy I  had a similar
> result first time round. The reason I went back and  tested again was
> because instinctively I knew I was right and the test  was wrong. 
> The only thing to do in your position is take it as  inconclusive.  
> 
> Like others have said, take another test  and good luck with either 
way
> that you hope for.

Jill  chimes in:

Definitely take another one.  It takes 10-14 days for  pregnancy 
hormones to even appear in your system, and sometimes longer for  the 
test to pick them up.  If you are pregnant, the line should get  
darker each time you take one.  You might want to try a different  
brand of test, too.  I used "First Response" and got my first  
indisputable positive after about 16 days.

Jill
Who was  definitely pregnant and has the 7-month-old son to prove  it



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Chancie:
 
Thanks to everyone who responded.  I haven't taken a new test yet, 
because I thought it would be smarter to let my body have time to 
build up more hcg (if I am pregnant...).  The suspense is killing me! 
(And I didn't think anything could take my mind off of HBP...boy was 
I wrong!)  I've never been one to do well with waiting, but I suppose  it's 
better to wait awhile and have a more reliable answer and save the 
money as well...  
 
Also I defiantly wanted to tell everyone out there, PLEASE don't waste 
your money on the EPT certianty test!!!  After posting this I happened 
to check out some of the ratings for this test and no less than 2/3 of 
the posts I read had run into problems with them giving incorrect  results, 
(about 1/2 were false postives and supposedly its VERY rare to  get a 
false postitive) and getting many error messages.  I did also find out  that 
my neighbor had the exact same problem with this test.  She took it,  and 
it said "not pregnant" ejected the strip and saw 2 lines ... she was 6  weeks 
pregnant at the time, so it is CLEARLY not reliable.  
 
Also thanks for all the "good luck" wishes!  My hubby swears I'm  pregnant 
again (my daughter will be 1 year old in May), and I told him if he said it 
again I was going to slap him.  It's not that I wouldn't love to have  
another baby,
(I would eventually like to have 2 more) but this just isn't the timing I'd  
have 
hoped for.  Hubby is in the Navy and if I am pregnant, the baby would  be due
at about the same time that he's up for new orders, meaning we'll have to  
move 
and my daughter is hard enough to keep up after without dealing with 
morning sickness and all the other fun stuff associated with pregnancy 
(please note the sarcasm)!.  But what ever the result I will give you  and 
update as soon as I know either way.
 
Thanks again for the feed back!
 
Chancie~who also took a First Response pregnancy test when she was
pregnant with her daughter and also recieved an indisputeable and
correct positive....
 


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