Possitive pregnancy test

comping_cat

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Those home pregnancy tests are really reliable, so definatly good news for you. I think different health authorities do different things, i saw a doctor first, then a midwife when i was about 8 weeks gone, and then 4 weekly changing to 2 weekly and then weekly at different stages. With my first pregnancy i had 3 scans, but with DD only 2, as after the first scan, they said as my first pregnancy had been fine, they would only scan again if they thought there was a problem!!!

As for telling people, well with DS we told everyone straight away, i then lost one and had to tell everyone what had happened, and then with DD, we were going to wait until my scan, but i was so sick, we had to tell people, it was very obvious!!!!! So i think its up to how you feel, if you are excited and want to share your good news, then go for it, as my doctor said to me, if something is going to happen it will, and to be honest, it helped people knowing when the worst did happen as i got plenty of love and support from everyone.

Congratulations again, i hope everything goes well for you both xx

bulchy

Congratulations on your good news :j . If I were you I would be bursting to tell everyone. Maybe you could keep it to close friends and family, your OH might want to tell a few close workmates if shes working.
Good luck
Sue

Nicki

Lillibet wrote:

Home pregnancy tests are as reliable as any other, it is impossible to get a false positive.
T

Not true unfortunately. Some medical conditions can mimic pregnancy and lead to a false positive, some drugs affect the result and some tests might be faulty. It is true to say however that a positive result is much more likely to be correct than a negative one.

I would book an appointment with GP as soon as possible, so that you get into the system. Some hospitals book up very quickly so the sooner you get your name down, the more likely you are to be able to give birth in the place of your choosing.

Lillibet_2

Nicki wrote:

Not true unfortunately. Some medical conditions can mimic pregnancy and lead to a false positive, some drugs affect the result and some tests might be faulty. It is true to say however that a positive result is much more likely to be correct than a negative one./quote]

No, I am correct on this, it is medically impossible to get a false positive. I have referred to this in other previous threads. If you get a positive then later discover that you aren't pregnant it is, unfortunately, because however breifly, you were pregnant & later miscarried although it is possible (in fact quite common) that it happend so early that it appeared to be nothing more than a usual period.

I am not going to hijack the OP's thread, but I assure you it is impossible to get a false positive with current pregnancy tests. (It is quite possible to get a false negative though).

Nicki

Lillibet wrote:

Nicki wrote:

No, I am correct on this, it is medically impossible to get a false positive. I have referred to this in other previous threads. If you get a positive then later discover that you aren't pregnant it is, unfortunately, because however breifly, you were pregnant & later miscarried although it is possible (in fact quite common) that it happend so early that it appeared to be nothing more than a usual period.

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I'm equally positive you are wrong about this as it happened to me a few years ago, when I had a problem with my pituatary gland. I was told by my consultant that it was possible to get a false positive result in such circumstances. I later went on to have fertility treatment and was warned that some fertility drugs can also give false positives, because they contain pregnancy hormones in them, and so it was important not to test too early before the drugs had a chance to clear your system.

It is however very rare to get a false positive and very unlikely that this is the case with OP's wife. Still important though to get checked in my GP as soon as possible.

MinniMe_2

Congrats that is great news. best wishes to you and you oh, hope all goes well

hampshirebabe

Congratulations, its great news, esp as you've been waiting a while for it to happen. When I got my 1st postative, I did 5 tests ina day, I couldn't believe it, even though we'd started trying. I agree with both sides, its very hard not to tell everyone you meet, but then again its horrible if you have to say it didn't work out. Unfortunatley its about 1 in 5 1st pregnanciest dont make it,, mine was the 1 in 5, so I was so glad we hadn't told a lot of people. Then again, my sister in law told everyone, and then lost the baby, and felt much better by talking to it seemed everyone about what had happened. If you want to talk nonstop, I suggest you try a pregnancy message board, I love https://www.ivillage.co.uk, where you can ask the most obvious things, and everyones in the same boat as you.
Good luck to you both, and as they say on the pregnancy boards, sending you lots of glue!
Ps. just one more thing, dont expect too much when you go to see the doc, unless you have a realy lovely doc, I personaly prefer women who are mums they tend to be a bit more excited, but most doctors dont do a test, just take your word for it, and dont do much more than arrange to tell the midwife, it was a bit of a letdown for me.
mary

emma_b_4

congratulations you must be so pleased

its really hard to keep the news to yourselves i know but i would say wait as long as possible, speaking from experience of a miscarriage

good luck and congratulations again

clairec79

You can get a false positive - if the woman is taking a fertility drug (such as clomid) or if she is in very early menopause (for some strange reason you can produce tiny amounts of HCG then - which are enough to trigger the most sensitive tests), only other reason is if you have recently (within last 2 months) given birth or had a miscarriage as the hormones may be around from the last pregnancy

KEATERGREYHOUND_2

Why not ring yorur Drs and ask the receptionist?
I say this bcause when I found out I was expecting I booked a drs appointment only to be told I didnt need it go and tell the receptionist and get a booking in appointment with the midwife