should I take another pregnancy test?

Re: should I take another pregnancy test?

How late are you? For most tests you need to be at least 3-4 weeks along - minimum. Some of them are 6 weeks. You could be and its just not showing yet. Or you could just be having an off month. There are sooooo many things that can throw your system off. Heck, I NEVER know when I'm going to get my period. (I think its the stress of having a teenager! LOL!) Give it a few days and try again, unless you are pretty sure your are at least several weeks along.

Re: should I take another pregnancy test?

If it puts your mind at ease, I would go ahead and test again. However, i would get the cheap tests if I were going to be testing a lot, because those $15 per test can really add up. Good luck!

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Go to Walmart and get the Equate tests.

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Or your hormones are too low to register on the test.

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I've seen pregnancy tests at both the Dollar General and the Dollar Tree behind the counter for $1 each. I am guessing they are as effective as some of the more expensive tests. I understand they are the same ones the health department uses.

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Actually, the best tests tp get for early detection are the ones from the dollar stores, Walmart and Target brands. These tests will detect as little as 25mIU of hCG. Most "early detection" kits that are brand names will detect starting to 50mIU.

As long as you can tell that a line has or hasn't shown up, don't spend the money on the digital tests. You can test at any point in the day, the hCg levels will be the strongest with first morning urine, but will show at any point in the day.

Ah ha, found my copy of the chart of test comparisons:

Sensitivities checked with manufacturers in July 2008
Test Name Lowest hCG detected
AimStrip (aka AimStick) Pregnancy Test Strip20 mIU (mail order)
BabyHopes Generic Pregnancy Test Strip 20 mIU (mail order)
AccuHome Midstream Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Accuclear Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Answer Early Result Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Clearblue Easy +/- 25 mIU
Clearblue Easy Digital (1 piece, blue cap) 25 mIU
Clear Choice w/ Cup 25 mIU
Confirm 1-Step Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
CVS Early Result Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Dollar Store Brand (all offered) 25 mIU
Early Detect 25 mIU
e.p.t. +/- Test 25 mIU
e.p.t. 1-Step Digital Test 25 mIU
e.p.t. Certainty Digital Test 25 mIU
Equate +/- (Wal-mart) 25 mIU
Equate Pregnancy Test (Wal-mart) 25 mIU
Fact Plus Midstream Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test25 mIU
One Step Be Sure Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Right Aid Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Target Brand Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Walgreen Midstream Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Walgreen Digital 25 mIU
Fact Plus Cassette 40 mIU
Clearblue Digital 50 mIU
CVS "Early Result" Cassette Pregnancy Test50 mIU
Drug Emporium Brand Pregnancy Test 50 mIU
early Pregnancy test 50 mIU
Walgreens Cassette Pregnancy Test 50 mIU

Hope this helps!

Re: should I take another pregnancy test?

I wouldn't think so. Still no AF? Fingers crossed for you!

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Vitamins can not skew a pregnancy test. Only medications for the treatment of infertility can (and those fall into the progesterone and estrogen categories).

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Honestly, based on my own experience, my guess is that your period is late. When Kyle and I were trying to get pregnant, I did the same thing you are doing now, and my period would be late, and I'd test and test, hoping the test wasn't picking up my hormones, but then I'd eventually start. By contrast, when I was actually pregnant, the first time we did fertility treatments, and my doctor told me to go purchase any pregnancy test and I wanted, and to test 3 weeks after we did artificial insemination, and I did, and it was positive. The line was so faint that I thought I was seeing things, but it was there. With my second pregnancy (no fertility treatments), my period was two weeks late, and when I tested, there was no mistaking the line indicating it was positive. My doctors (fertility specialist and regular ob/gyn) both told me that home pregnancy tests are now very accurate, so if I were you, I would wait another few days up to a week (if you can wait that long--I know I never could! ) and test one more time. If that is negative, then you know your period is just taking its sweet time showing up.

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have you been under more stress than usual? That can reak havoc on your cycle.........and sometimes our bodies just naturally decide its time to change the way our cycles are.....

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I know this reply is late and everything, but i just wanted to say hope you go the answer you was looking for xx

Re: should I take another pregnancy test?

If it puts your mind at ease, I would go ahead and test again. However, i would get the cheap tests if I were going to be testing a lot, because those $15 per test can really add up. Good luck!

Huntsville Single Mom

Re: should I take another pregnancy test?

Well I took another test.... Negative!

I was suppose to start today and haven't. I still don't have any sypmtoms but am getting a negative test result...

I have no idea now... I guess I'm just running late on my period.

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I really hope that's it but I thought that they were suppose to be like 95% accurate on the day of your missed period...but who knows..lol I am kind of a weirdo ... so I wouldn't be surprised if my hormones were still low. I just don't know how I'm not gonna spend a fortune on tests until I either start or get into the Dr. ... lol

Re: should I take another pregnancy test?

You can get them at the Dollar Tree or the Dollar General for $1/each. They are the very same ones used by the Health dept. I know when you are ttc, you want to check hourly even when the little positive line finally pops up. Good luck to you!