Can IC affect home pregnancy tests

[hdb1982]

My husband and I are trying to have another baby. My cycles are linke clockwork. Last month I was 2 days late and it was very light and very short, I have read this could have been implantation bleeding. Now this month I am 6 days late and am showing up negative on home test. Can IC affect the results from not showing up in urine?

[Kara29]

Hmmmmm, not sure about that. I know that I had several positive pregnancy tests when I was TTC a few years ago and then when I went to get a blood test, they always came back negative. Good Question though! The best thing to do would be to call your Doctor about this.

I wish you the best!

Kara

[Judith56]

It never had any effect on me when I was having children and I used Home Pregnancy tests. Of course that was 28 and 25 years ago, so who knows if they have changed them much. I do know that if you are on any meds, be sure to check with your pharmacist or dr and see if that can affect the results. When I took my tests both times I was positive and I was truly pregnant:smile tee

[charmedx3]

in the early just missing my period it would always show negative! it seemed to take a little longer on me to show positive.

[hdb1982]

I still have not started. I threw up two days in a row this weekend. I am starting to get excited but I don't want to get my hopes up. I emailed my primary doctor to geta lab slip for a hcg blood test but have not heard anything back yet. I took another test yesterday but it still showing negative. I have been feeling a lot better, in regards to IC, in the past two weeks. I thought it was due to my pain medicine being increased but am begining to wonder if it could be because I am pregnant. My IC always flared really bad right before and during my period so I always thought it was hormone related so I am hoping I will be one of the lucky few who get better during pregnancy. I wanted the test yesterday to be positive so bad. Adams dad had to go to Utah today for 3 1/2 weeks to investigate the mine deaths a few months back and I wanted to be able to tell him in person before he left. He is so happy we are trying for another baby. Katie is their only grandchild. Adam did tell him I was late and have been nauseaus so he knows it is a possibility so I am sure he will be calling like crazy. Once he found out we were trying he would call and say "I'm gonna come pick up the baby so you guys can work on getting me another grandbaby to spoil." He is wonderful. I wish my dr would get my lab slip. I have about drove myself nuts. I tested positive with Katie on home test but I was 2 weeks late and that was before IC.
I think, IMOP, that IC could affect these test. Be it false positives or negatives. IC affects the bladder, which holds your urine, and these test base their results on what is in your urine. It says to have the urine in you body for atleast 4 hours prior to testing. It was hard but I did it. I used first morning, second morning, peed on the stick, peed in a cup. I have done everything the tests told me to. I have used first response, clear blue easy, EPT, and even Wal Mart brand for s***s and giggles. I am seriously going nuts hear not knowing. I think it is worse now then when I was 19 and missed my period and didn't want to be pregnant because this time I want ot be pregnant sooo bad. I have heard that people who want to get pregnant can make themselves miss their period and even have morning sickness etc. because they want it so bad. Hopefully that isn't the case in this situation because the thought of being pregnant never even crossed my mind until I was a few days late. I have got my hopes up so many months tojust get disappointed when my period started so I have not been doing that. Okay sorry for rambling. I am just really driving myself crazy wondering. If I am not pregnant that is okay I just want to know one way or another. Thanks for listening.

[hdb1982]

I had my labs done about an hour and fifteen minutes ago. Hopefully my dr will be checking for them and I will know soon, one way or another. If he doesn't call me by 7pm I will probably call the MARS line and have one of the nurses check it. I just want to know so I can stop taking my medications if I am pregnant. I want to be as medicine free as possible. I will let everyone know once I find out.

[dancemomof2]

I hope you get the results you want.

[GriffsMommy]

Good luck (crossing fingers for you). My first pregnancy test that I took must have been too early because it came back negative but a couple of days later it came back positive. I ran in and woke my hubby up at the crack of dawn and his response was "I knew you were pregnant", lol, I guess that's cause he'd had 3 kids before Griffin. Keep us posted.

[LeeAnn]

I hope you get a + + + + + + + + !!! Let us know! Your daughter is adorable. I saw the pictures you linked in your signature. Cute cute!

p.s. My IC has never been better and I'm 26 weeks. I saw my OB today and he said that "usually" IC patients feel better. I've read it's about fifty-fifty, but he said that his experience is that people report feeling better. He thinks that so much of IC is our bodies overreacting to perceived threats and basically our immune system freaks out at anything. He said that when you're pregnant, your immune system is down and you get get sick easier. HOWEVER, that's good for IC b/c it means our bladder isn't freaking out w/ every food we ingest and every allergen we inhale. That's what he said. All I know it that I haven't felt this good in 11 years and I dread the thought of not being pregnant anymore.

[Sally939]

How exciting. I hope you are pregnant. Let us know. Good Luck!

[hdb1982]

No baby this month. I actually started my period about 2 hours after I got the labs done. Oh well, I guess we'll have to keep trying.

[Claredale]

I'm sorry, I know you had so much hope.

Tracey

[dancemomof2]

Trying is the fun of it!