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Pregnancy i have recently taken 3 pregnancy tests starting the day of my missed period and they all have been positive. i took a fourth one four days later and it was negative still no period. i had intercourse with my husband last night and he did not pu
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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledgeanswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
The : The presence of semen would not affect your pregnancy test, as the pregancy test is meant to detect the pregancy hormone.
It is very rare to have false-positive pregancy test. If you had 3 positive pregancy tests, make an appointment with your doctor so that your pregancy can be verified by a blood test.
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Dr. Robert Killiananswered
General Practice 30 years experience
Go to OB: You may have a non-viable pregnancy. Positive tests are rarely false. Your OB needs to perform a blood test and possibly even an examination.
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Last updated Oct 3, 2016
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