The Hook Effect - Read this if you keep getting negatives!

[summermoee]

i just got my BFP, but trust me it didnt come easy! i thought i was pregnant back in march but ended up getting my period 4 days late. i had gotten a few positives (2 pink and 3 or 4 blue dye). the pink ones were soooo faint you could hardly tell they were there. the blue dye tests were very positive but i didnt trust them because i started getting negatives on pink dyes and i heard that blue dyes are bad for evaporations. well i pretty much thought i wasnt pregnant anymore and went on with my life. until a few days ago, i had a gyno appointment to get birth control and a pap smear. well, they wouldnt do the pap smear because im not 21 (im 20) and for some reason they won't do it unless you're 21 or older... so i had them do a urine pregnancy test and it came back negative. i went ahead and got the birth control. i started taking it that sunday, so i've been taking it for 3 days now. anyway, before i went to the gyno i had noticed that the area above my pubic bone was hard, and i could feel my uterus! i was shocked and kept trying to figure out if it was or not, which i now know it is. i'm about 8 weeks pregnant and can feel the top of my uterus. this along with sharp shootings pains every day lead me to think i might still be pregnant. well last night, i had read about the hook effect online. its where your hormone levels are so high that they no longer register on a pee test and sometimes blood tests. you would have to dilute the urine to get a positive. so thats what i did. i peed in the toilet and dipped a first response pregnancy test in it. and guess what? BFP! the positive line is very dark and came up before the not so dark negative line. i'm completely shocked that it worked! so if you think you are around 8 weeks pregnant and are still getting negatives, try this!

 

[TeddyBearPug]

wow thats amazing! congrats!

 

[Missalissa86]

The period you got back in march, what was it like? Was it heavy normal flow or just light spotting?

 

[hopeforlandon]

Wow same thing kind of happened to me last time I had sex was march 3rd then my x n I broke up I got my period on the 15 then was supposed to get my period april15 and now I'm ten days late I took a preg test two days ago it took like ten minutes to get a result finally a negative sign came up... But I've been peeing a lot and Bernard sleeping I also get these shooting pains in my stomach ... I need answers so I'm going to the doctors soon. What r ur thoughts?

 

[Mummy of Ange]

Wow, im intrigued. Im 3 weeks late with nothing but negative tests but quite a few stomach cramps and lots of white discharge, im goingn to try it tomorrow xx

 

[pooch]

very interesting!

 

[pooch]

and you should rename this thread to 'late AF and BFNs? try this' or something, i think this info would benefit a lot of people

 

[XxTanixX]

I'm going to try this just for fun, even though I know it's going to be another BFN

 

[Missalissa86]

Tani sweety how are you today?

 

[momwannabe81]

This is great info!!!!!

 

[XxTanixX]

Confused as ever. I had started bleeding yesterday, but within a few hours it was gone. Nothing during the night, and when I woke up I bled through my pants I bleed heavily for a few hours and when I came home it has become increasingly light almost to the point of disappearing all together

 

[momwannabe81]

Bump

 

[trixie79]

bump

 

[StaceyKor]

Yup, i work in a lab and that is whats known as a prozone effect, where the antigen of interest (in this case the HCG) is in such high concentrations that it actually prevents a positive result. Good thinking to try this!!xx

 

[hollyrose]

wow! congratulations!

 

[Medea1978]

Wow!!! Interesting

 

[Jess125]

Anyone else have the hook effect happen to them?

 

[brooke1993]

Oh wow congrats!!!! Thats awesome!!

 

[twice unlucky]

Wow this is good to know. congrats!

 

[Mexx]

I've never heard this before -thanks