Birth Control- Will it effect a pregnancy test?

Question

Specifically, is it possible for the birth control to present a false negative or positive? Is it possible if the drug is still in a person's system, for the drug to have any effect? Could the extra hormones create a false positive? Could they create a false negative?

Is it true that birth control "makes your body think you are pregnant?"

Answer 1

Birth control cannot cause a false negative on an HPT. The test is looking for HCG, which is only present when a woman is actually pregnant.

But it is true that birth control does trick your body into thinking you are pregnant, it just doesn't use HCG to do it.

Answer 2

The hormones in birth control are artificial hormones. They do not effect the results of the pregnancy test, because the test detects a different kind of hormone.. yes some bc may trick your body into thinking that your pregnant such as (depo shot injections) however it can not trick a pregnancy test...