HPT..how accurate are they?

Re: HPT..how accurate are they?

• katnipeverclean member

  November 2013

  I believe all of mine have said on the box 99% accurate. Past that I am at a loss.

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• jnnfrrose6 member

  November 2013

  Extremely.  Many doctors don't even have you in for your first appointment until 8 weeks because of the accuracy.  Try convincing my DH of this, however, and you will fail miserably.  He still says "if you're pregnant" to me when prefacing something.

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• tealowl member

  November 2013

  They are very, very accurate.

  "Your truth is different from my truth, and we're both right."

  TTC since March 2013. BFP 4/13/13, blighted ovum discovered 6/6/13, m/c 6/8/13.

  BFP 11/10/13, EDD 7/25/13 - stick little owlet!

  

   

  

  

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• BPer member

  November 2013

  Very accurate.  False positives are very rare.  If you're doubting, you could always take another one that is another brand.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• alyssa719 member

  November 2013

  There are studies on which ones are the most accurate/etc. but the 99% comes from being after your missed period.  Before a missed period, the info I found said not that accurate.  That being said, if you get a positive, it means you have the hcg in your system, which only happens if you're pregnant, so that would *have* to be accurate.  If you're like me, and get negatives even almost a week after your period is due, maybe not so accurate... I started getting positives at 6 days after my period was due even with the "early testing" kits.  Then again, I've rarely had a set schedule so that might have helped. 
  

           
  

   

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• 707mama member

  November 2013

  As long as you read them within the time limit on the box they are really accurate.

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• iris427 member

  November 2013

  ExpectoPatronum said:

  If you got a + then you are almost definitely pregnant. When they are inaccurate, it's *almost* always because women are getting a negative result when they ARE pregnant but not far enough along to show up yet, or because you misread the test (as in an evaporation line or misunderstanding the directions)
  

  
  This. If you got a positive, you are almost certainly pregnant.

  
  

  
  

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• amanda235 member

  November 2013

  I was told that any positive line no matter how faint is a positive result and that you have hcg (the pregnancy hormone) in your system. False positives are incredibly rare.

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