Am I really pregnant?

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Registered: 12-05-2006
Am I really pregnant?
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Tue, 12-05-2006 - 7:45pm

I am two weeks late. I should have had my period around November 20th. I had a positive home pregnancy test on December 3rd. It was the EPT digital read out one so there was no question. The first day of my last period was October 23rd which means I should be approximately 6 weeks pregnant. However, I don't feel pregnant.

I've only been pregnant once before (in May of this year) but I had a miscarriage. In that pregnancy, I was tired all the time, had lower back pain and had morning sickness. This time, nothing. I'm not sure how far along I really was w/the other pregnancy, because I was not trying to get pregnant and never kept track of my periods. The doctor thought that I was around 6 1/2 weeks when I miscarried.

Can stress or emotions cause a false pregnancy reading on the tests? My Mom recently passed away (not quite 2 weeks ago) so I've been overly emotional and stressed because I live in another state and could not be there when she passed.

Any thoughts?

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Registered: 05-18-2006
Tue, 12-05-2006 - 7:52pm

A false positive is VERY VERY rare, esp for a digital test. When I called the doctor's office to find out when I had to come in to confirm they told me if I had a positive HPT I was pregnant. Congrats!

Not having may symptoms isn't anything to worry about either, some women are lucky and every pregnancy is different. I'd call and set up an appt with your doctor to confirm if you are really unsure. Don't worry if they don't want to see you until you are 10 weeks along though either alot of doctors don't.

Good luck!!!!!

-Mel
due in 15 days!


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Registered: 12-04-2006
Tue, 12-05-2006 - 8:45pm

First off, I'm very sorry to hear about your mom. With the risk of sounding too religious or cliche, I think the circle of life is very apparant here, with the ending of one life, and the beginning of another. I think that your emotions DO play a HUGE role in pregnancy. I know that I am a very emotional person and always have been, and it has ALWAYS had some sort of physical consequence.

I'd suggest just trying yoga. It's seriously the best way to find your center, and relax, and even get in touch with a whole different part of yourself. Especially since you're going through not just worries about your pregnancy, but loss also, I'd say that's a good start. Maybe in yoga class you'll feel you're mom watching over you and not feel so alone anymore, knowing you have her with you always now.

I wouldn't worry too much yet on the not feeling pregnant part though. I'm a newly pregnant first-timer myself, and I bought about 12 books the day I took my HPT (well, actually, when I took 4 of them just to make sure) and all of them say that it's normal to not FEEL pregnant (becuase I don't either). All I feel is TIRED and I've had a headache for 3 days now. Like the other replier wrote, every pregnancy is normal. Good Luck! and Congratulations!

Sara pregnant
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Registered: 07-01-2005
Tue, 12-05-2006 - 10:31pm
personally i dont like the digital tests because i used one with my last pregnancy and it came up inconclusive but i knew it was supposed to be positive because when i took the stick out it had 2 blue lines. if you still arent sure if it was right call and have blood work done. good luck and i hope this one stays put.

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