HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
HealthTap
Telehealth
A member asked:

Another question is why did i have for a pregnancy test come back positive and then i took 3 more and it was negative?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

See below: About 25% of early pregnancies are lost spontaneously due to chromosomal defects in the embryo. You may have lost an early pregnancy which would explain one positive test and negative follow-up tests. Another possibility is that the first test was not done correctly.

Dr Anderson agreed

Answered 9/29/2016

3.8k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

I took 3 pregnancy tests 2 came back positive and 1 negative what should I do?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

Took a pregnancy test at 5 weeks negative came back 3 days later and checked the test again and it was positive? What does this mean?!?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

I have not had a period since Feb 2014 and the first three pregnancy tests were positive. I took another at 9 pm and it was negative. Why?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

I had one positive pregnancy test and three negative after. Which do I believe?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

Taken three answer pregnancy test all faint positive fairly quickly negative clear blue digital with weeks ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more

People also searched for:

MyPeriod is a month and 15 days late I took 10 home pregnancy tests seven came back positive three said negative ?
Went to the clinic and the pregnancy test came back positive but when i took one my self at home it was negative. This happened to me three times. Why?
Im afraid Im having a cryptic pregnancy my question if if i took a pregnancy test if Im 6 months pregnant will it come back positive or will it give me a false negative?
I have three positive pregnancy test and I went to the doctors and came back with a negative. Could a yeast infection cause a false negative ?
Hi I had sex two weeks ago protected and I took a pregnancy test three days ago and it came back negative is it to soon to test?

Telemedicine

Primary Care
Manage Your Conditions
Women's Health
Children's Health
Men's Health
Senior Health
Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle
Sexual Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Travel Medicine
Urgent Care
Ask your question
Didn't find what you're looking for?

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.

Ask your question

More of what we treat

Allergies
Antibiotics
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Prescriptions
Type 2 Diabetes
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.