Possible False Negative, help!

[CatMommy]

I'm sorry, I'm new here so I wasn't sure where to put this. I took a pregnancy test today and it was negative, I have been having symptoms like crazy though and I had unprotected sex so it would make sense for me to be pregnant. My symptoms have been: Increased sense of smell (By a lot. Usually my sense of smell is terrible), Breast tenderness, gas, discharge (white and thick but not like a yeast infection), bloating, Running to the bathroom to pee all the time, cramps similar to ovulation cramps not period cramps, and lot of intense lower back aches/pain. I also have had acid reflux very badly (which I never get) after I eat ANYTHING. I'm super tired, I also have been eating/hungry more than usual. Cravings that I never have had as well. I was supposed to get my period today or tomorrow according to my period tracker app, and I just took a clear blue pregnancy test and it said I wasn't pregnant. I'm still convinced I am, I feel so sure that I am yet I got a negative today, what do you guys think? What is your experience with false negative tests? Is it common to have a false negative? Does it sound like a may be pregnant? I have heard that blue dye tests sometimes give false negatives, so I'm hoping that is all it was.

 

[Azasha]

I'm sorry, I'm new here so I wasn't sure where to put this. I took a pregnancy test today and it was negative, I have been having symptoms like crazy though and I had unprotected sex so it would make sense for me to be pregnant. My symptoms have been: Increased sense of smell (By a lot. Usually my sense of smell is terrible), Breast tenderness, gas, discharge (white and thick but not like a yeast infection), bloating, Running to the bathroom to pee all the time, cramps similar to ovulation cramps not period cramps, and lot of intense lower back aches/pain. I also have had acid reflux very badly (which I never get) after I eat ANYTHING. I'm super tired, I also have been eating/hungry more than usual. Cravings that I never have had as well. I was supposed to get my period today or tomorrow according to my period tracker app, and I just took a clear blue pregnancy test and it said I wasn't pregnant. I'm still convinced I am, I feel so sure that I am yet I got a negative today, what do you guys think? What is your experience with false negative tests? Is it common to have a false negative? Does it sound like a may be pregnant? I have heard that blue dye tests sometimes give false negatives, so I'm hoping that is all it was.

Hello dear,
It sounds like u have the symptoms of pregnancy. Have u tried testing again? And what time did u did the test? Relax.. usually when u had sex almost at the time of ur ovulations, the chances are high dear.

My advice is u could try to take the test again nxt 2-3 days in the morning where its more concentrated. It cld be an early sign thats why its negative.

 

[psychochick]

It's usually not a false negative as much as just that the test cannot pick up the pregnancy hormone hcg just yet. So there are two possibilities

1. Your symptoms are just particularly raging PMS this cycle. It's like that sometimes unfortunately.
2. You are pregnant but your hcg levels are not high enough to be picked up right now.

Like PP said, just patiently wait for tomorrow morning and test again. There have definitely been cycles where I've been convinced that I was pregnant and thinking the tests were just not picking it up but now I know the tests were perfectly accurate

 

[nnaime]

I'd say wait for tomorrow or the next day. How many days late are you? Or what dpo?

and usually anything about hpt's or opk's should be posted on the Pregnancy/Ovulation test boards, or if it's a Q about a bfp try the BFP announcement board I'm new this month too and I wish someone told me that before I was posting all my junk on one board haha

 

[CatMommy]

I'd say wait for tomorrow or the next day. How many days late are you? Or what dpo?

and usually anything about hpt's or opk's should be posted on the Pregnancy/Ovulation test boards, or if it's a Q about a bfp try the BFP announcement board I'm new this month too and I wish someone told me that before I was posting all my junk on one board haha

I am 3 days late (I'm rarely late) and I think I am 13 or 14 dpo. Thank you, I will remember to post on the right boards next time.