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If you have a missed abortion without your knowledge would a pregnancy test still be positive?

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Dr. Norma Jo Waxman answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Possibly: The high sensitivity pregnancy test ( which is the one you get at the drug store and that we do in our offices) can stay positive up to 2 weeks after a miscarriage or abortion. Nausea and then breast tenderness should quickly resolve if you are no l

Answered 7/11/2014

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Dr. Brian Nguyen answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Residual Hcg in Body: A missed abortion is a miscarriage that has been diagnosed by ultrasound that your body has not yet expelled; it's a failed pregnancy that has been "missed." Usually your body will push the pregnancy on its own but this can take a few weeks. Some women receive misoprostol to help or undergo D&C to complete the pregnancy. Hcg starts to drop after the placenta stops growing, preg test positive still

Answered 5/28/2015

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