???false positive pregnancy tests???

can anyone tell me why a urine test in the docs office could give a false positive??? we need to know all of the possible reasons for this snafu!! (the test was done at the beginning of her 7th week as far as we can tell) also,what will the doc do next...blood test? ultrasound?
this is a 16yr old friend,and daughter of one of my best buds and I'm trying to help her out. any help will be appreciated!!! thanks

 

Why do you think it's a false postitive test? If it's her 7th week?

False positives are very rare, and most times caused by some drugs, as far as I know.

An explanation is, that today, pregnancy tests are so sensitive, that they detect pregnancies, the women's body is getting rid of anyways. If no test is taken, one usually doesn't even realize, that one was pregnant. This might be the case if the period is a little stronger, and a bit later then usual. So this was not a real false positive, just a very early alert...

 

well...as i said she's a 16yr old...and as typical for her age she loves the drama...so i'm not even sure if she is or is not pregnant...or scared of her dad!! but she ask me to look for reasons for a false positive,so I am....and here we are...:& thanks

 

anyway, maybe you can tell her to go see a doc, to make sure weather she's pregnant or not.

 

Generally, there are no reasons why a pregnancy test would be falsely positive. At 16, I'm pretty sure she is not taking HRT's.
No, she's pregnant.
Sorry.

 

She's pregnant. There are no false positives, only false negatives.

 

there is no false positives as far as i know, but a very early, undetected m/c can still give you a positive test when no longer pregnant.

kathy

 

well people,i just heard from my 16yr old neighbor w/the supposed 'false positive' preg. test. see if you can figure this one out,considering the source. ok,i'll tell you...
the child was never pregnant nor did she ever think she was. what she did was to tell her exboyfriend that she was pregnant to freak him out or some immature mind game or another,then she needed a convient out. the abortion or miscarriage lie was not an option,because she talks with me and i would NEVER let her consider such a thing,in case it comes back around.
i told her to just simply drop the whole thing,if he is her exboyfriend (please let is be so,such a loooooooooser) then she needs to never ever speak with him again.
teenage drama....remember when this kinda stuff was soooooooo important? then reality kicks in (meaning adulthood,or whatever version of it we each choose to live)!
i only hope that i can have some sort of influence on her,she does confide in me. i have way too much experience with screwing up at her age,and i try to share my hard learned wisdom for what it's worth!!!

the bottom line is,never ever grow up...but please try to mature,learn,and remember!!!

 

This girl needs some SERIOUS psychological counseling. As soon as possible. This type of behavior is indicative of a Personality Disorder, and the sooner it is diagnosed and treated, the better for her, and especially the people around her, who will be subjected to her manipulations for the rest of their lives.

 

i totally agree that my friend (we can call her S.) needs counselling. in fact i had a talk with her dad last nite,and was suprised to discover that he was in on the pregnancy scam from the beginning!
this young lady comes to see me almost daily to confide in me and ask my advice. she constantly picks these losers {unususal? naw!} and falls in love. and she,like so many her age,feels that sex=love. then she's sooo suprised when they dump her,and her heart is broken again and again. i am trying to convince her to waitwaitwait!....i screwed up about as much as one can when i was her age,but that was the early 70's,life was much different then,attitudes were different. but if she will listen to the wisdom of my lessons learned the hard way,that may guide her to a more self-respecting path.
but with dad trying to be cool,well..that makes it worse by far. i even suggested to him that he get counselling for her but he 'doesn't believe in shrinks' ,and said that i am her counseller,therapist,adviser,sister and mom. (thanks dude!)....so being as i care very much for this family i guess i'll do my best.
i am so open to feedback,advice,insight or whatever anyone wishes to provide to me as i try to have a positive influence. S. is a good girl,no drugs,good in school,intelligent and level headed until we get to the dudes. then all sense flies out the window.

{follow your dreams,they mean more than
it seems....you don't have to be high to
learn to fly....just go to sleep,to find
secrets that you can keep*}

 

I'm thinking.. Her father is not trying to be involved or getting her help so she's running around with the guys... Sounds like she's trying to get attention because she may feel she's not getting attention/love from her own father??

 

my friend gets too much attention from her dad,and he is crossed between trying to be cool and keep communication open and protecting and caring for and raising his daughter to be an adult. (both dad and daughter are good friends) she is being a typical teenager with typical teenage drama...she is on the honor roll and does well otherwise. she's smart and works hard. she is just confused and all sense flies out the window when testerosterone (did i spell that right?) is present! hopefully she will take at least some of my advice....use protection if you gotta do it but the wise thing is DON'T PART WITH IT TO EVERY GUY WHO SAYS HE LOVES YOU!!! bottom line,right? :H