What does a positive pregnancy test suggest?
Patient: Dear Dr. Jain, I would like to know if i might be pregnant. I stopped using the depo provera in June 2009 and have nt received my normal periods only for 1 day in May 2010 i have seen some brown discharge on my panty and nothing afterwards. 2 weeks a go my stomach has grown and it looks like a pregnant stomach, i feel movement, bloated and sometimes pain in my lower abdominal. This past monday (28/06/2010) i have done a home pregnancy and the results was positive, could it be that i m pregnant? I don t have any symptoms of being pregnant exampl: morning sickness, sore breast, increase of appetite ect.) What could it be. Thank you so much for taking time reading my query. Regards Doctor: Hallow Dear,1. Your periods were very scanty, just few spots of brown blood.2. You have morning sickness.3. Your breasts ar sour.4. Above all your pregnancy test is positive.All these findings are supporting the diagnosis of pregnancy. Still if you are in doubt, you have two options for confirming the disgnosis:1. Beta hCG test which is very sensitive and specific, hence the chances of false positive results are almost nil.2. Ultrasonography will provide you direct visual evidence of pregnancy status. I hope this will resolve your dilemma.Dr. Nishikant