I must be going crazy? Chemical pg?

[excitedbride]

I was on 50mg of clomid this cycle. I know I am crazy to poas at 8dpo, but it was calling loudly and it won. Obviously a BFN. I took another at 10DPO and a very faint BFP. They were both Answer from the same box. So I am curious, what are the chances of one giving me a false postive and not the other. And I know it isn't an evaporation line, because it came up right away. Also the other test didn't have an evap line either. I am not pg, had bloodwork done and af is on her way. But do you think this was a chem pg?

[Twylla]

Hmmm. When was the blood work done?

I'm not an expert, but if you did get a BFP and then AF shows up, it sounds to me like that would be considered a chemical pregnancy. I wish I had a better answer for you, sorry!

baby dust can't hurt right? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

[excitedbride]

The blood work was done yesterday. When I got my BFP.

Thank you!

[flygirl]

Both on the same day. I don't think it could be a chem. pg, then, because the blood test would have picked up the same (or similar) amount of hCG the HPT did. I hate to say it, but it does sound like a faulty HPT.

[Scooter]

Depends on what bloodwork you had done and how much the Dr or nurse tells you. Was it the quantitative test, the beta hCG? Or was it the qualitative, yes/no test?

The yes/no test would say negative even if you did actually have a low amount of hCG. Even with a beta, some Drs will tell you "negative" because it's 5 or below, when any number over 0 actually indicates that most likely there was an early miscarriage. If an Answer Early picked up an hCG level of say 5 or so, and the beta did as well, it would still indicate a chemical pregnancy even though the person reading the results just read them as "negative."

If you want an answer, you can call the Dr's office & ask which test they did, and if they did do a beta, what was the exact numerical result?

[excitedbride]

Thank you all for your responses. I can't remember exactly what test they did. I wish I did. But she said the result came up less then 2. So I guess that means it was just a faulty HPT?

[Scooter]

I can't remember exactly what test they did. I wish I did. But she said the result came up less then 2.
Well that would be a beta, since they gave you a numerical answer. Like I explained, if it were the other test it would have been a "yes" or a "no."

Sounds like a faulty pg test then!

[excitedbride]

Thank you.

I guess I assumed that both of the tests would be faulty and not just one in the package. :rolleyes: