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My periods usually last 7 days with a 21 day gap . my period hasn't came yet and i took a home pregnancy test day 6 and it came out negative.

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Dr. James Burns answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

If no contraception: is being utilized and you are sexually active the likelihood is high and the pregnancy test may have been performed too early or was of insufficient sensitivity. Repeat in 2 days.

Answered 6/18/2014

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