4 at home pregnancy tests.. and 1 dr's office test....

and the 4 at home were positive.. the dr's urine was negative.. wth? Anyways she ordered a blood test. I had blood drawn and should know by 3 PM tomorrow...

Any ideas on why my 4 say yes.. and her's said no....

By the way, my missed period was Sunday... so I would (am) very very early out!

Often dr's office tests require a much higher amount of pregnancy hormone to show positive.  Unless you had 4 evaps (evaporation lines) which is unlikely, that's probably the culprit.  I had very very faint lines (to the extent that many thought they were evaps) and tried a digital test which came up positive :)

The only other reason I can think of if the tests were blue dye.  They are notoriously unreliable and men and fish tanks have been known to get faint positives.  I really hope for you it's the 1st option though!

What kind of tests did you take?

My first test was an equate (Wal-Mart) brand, my last 3 were first responses (the test 6 days before ur missed period ones) We took pictures of them.. lol

Equate is blue dye I think, but if you bought the FRERs recently, I would say you're golden.  On Saturday (18 DPO) I could barely get a line to show.  I mean it's there but VERY pale.  And I've been getting positive digis since 9/10 DPO.

I'm going to say CONGRATULATIONS!

Yea, I bought the Equate one on Saturday night.. took it and it was positive.. and then went back Sunday morning to Walmart and bought the First Response ones (they have pink lines) and took two of them Sunday and one today... all positive..

I'm sure that it's just early and the doc's test isn't very sensitive.  They are often at 50-100 mIU/ml where are FRERs are around 6-18 mIU/ml :)

Hello. I am an OB nurse. Occassionally the time of day can determine whether or not a urine test is positive. The levels of Hcg (pregnancy hormone) in the 1st 6-8 weeks are highly concentrated in the morning urine.  A blood Hcg level will be definitive and will also tell an approximate gestational age (how far along you are). Good luck!

Thanks for your advice.. My blood test should come in tomorrow.. and then we will know for sure... Thanks!

Same thing happened to me with my first. I was only a day or 2 late, and the doctors test came back Neg. the blood showed that I was. The girl that drew my blood told me that sometimes the doctors urine test cannot detect until you are 8 weeks late! I could not believe that!

 I guess they assume we're all idiots and don't notice our periods disappearing - oh and no woman must ever be TRYING for a baby apparently... grrrr.