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Took home pregnancy test and it came back negative. after a few hours i noticed it said it was positive. am i pregnant?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

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Not by test result: You need to read the result at the time specified in the instructions. A "positive"color several hours later would not be meaningful .

Answered 11/2/2015

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A member asked:

Took home pregnancy test and it came back negative. after a few hours i noticed it said it was positive. am i pregnant?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

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