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I took a home pregnancy test and it showed up faint positive line.. took another one a week later showed up negative. why?

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May have aborted: It is possible that your fetal implant was defective and that you lost the fertilized ovum, or that the initial test was actually falsely positive and you were never actually pregnant. Keep trying, but first test yourself again in a week.

Answered 6/17/2013

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