No one really wants a negative pregnancy test when they are trying to get pregnant. The feeling of excitement, followed by the thud of your emotions into the pit of your stomach - and that's even if you've just been trying for a month or two. The longer you try the more it compounds. One of the most common questions I get is in regards to whether or not someone can trust their negative pregnancy test.
The truth is, at surface value, you can trust a negative pregnancy test completely. It is negative. What you need to realize is that a pregnancy test is only able to tell you what was going on right that minute with that sample. So it simply says, "Not this morning..." While it could mean that you did not conceive this cycle, there are other options. This may not mean that you aren't pregnant this cycle, but that you tested too soon. This is why I always recommend that people who get unexpected pregnancy test results to wait about 48 hours and test again.
Have you had this happen to you? What was the outcome after the second pregnancy test?
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A Negative Pregnancy Test originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Saturday, August 24th, 2013 at 09:36:06.
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