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A member asked:

In pregnancy women have hcg in their urine .. thats how hpt work .. is there a chance that a woman don't have hcg in their urine ?

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Not likely: As long as woman is making urine and is pregnant, she will have HCG in the urine.

Answered 6/10/2014

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I have taken clomid for 5 days on Cd 3-7 & pregnyl injection on Cd 14. Now I'm on Cd 41, 10 days late for period & took hpt which results negative. Could still there is chance to get positive pregnancy ? Can Pregnyl (HCG) injection delays period ?

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Miscarriage 31.08. Last period 29.09. Now 8 days late. No symptoms for PMS or pregnancy. Negative hcg blood work 3 days ago and HPT this morning. Gyno says I ovulated ~ 11.10, period should come now. It's never been late. I worry something is wrong?

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What hcg levels (min and max) does a hpt detect? Also, are 2 blood/urine pregnancy tests needed to determine molar/ectopic/viable pregnancy?

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Can hCG be produced the day after intercourse? Would a urine home pregnancy test detect pregnancy this soon? If not, how soon?

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I had a monitered IUI & hCG cycle on 14dpo i got a +hpt on 15dpo -hpt and spotting that stopped. Lots of pregnancy symptoms, thoughts on this?

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