Stupid question about pregnancy tests

[DisKim]

Thanks for all the good wishes! I just keep staring at this pink line in amazement. I was like this with my other two as well. I usually walk around the baby section of one of the department stores until it sinks in.

 

[phillybeth]

Originally posted by ahutton
Hi DisKim - welcome to the land of no more denial! It is very, very rare for a home test to give a false positive as it detects HCG, which is only present in measurable amounts when you are expecting.

Yup, it is much more common to have a false negative than a false positive. Congratulations!