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Question by  mookey7 (27)

Can you be pregnant and have a negative home test?

 
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Answer by  John (9008)

No home test is completely accurate, especially early in a pregnancy. Thus, it is possible to be pregnant and get a false negative on a home test.

 
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Answer by  amswplusone (652)

The short asnwer is absolutely yes. Testing too early reduces the accuracy of the test substantially, by as much as 20% in a single day's difference. Home tests look for the presence of Chorionic Gonadotropin, which is only detectable in pregnancy, and even if it's in your system the test could miss it. A positive test is rarely wrong, though.

 
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