A Woman Very Eager to Become Pregnant Takes a Home

A woman very eager to become pregnant takes a home pregnancy test about a week before her period is due because there is a chance an egg has already been fertilized. She is devastated when the test comes back negative, but then she fails to get her period a week later. What would a doctor most likely tell her?

A) She should not be too disappointed because about 50 percent of fertilized eggs do not lead to pregnancy.
B) She should not be too disappointed because it takes most couples over two years to become pregnant.
C) A significant number of pregnancies end in early miscarriages, which would explain the negative pregnancy test and her late period.
D) She took the pregnancy test too early and should retest because she may be pregnant.
E) Home pregnancy tests are highly unreliable; women should only use laboratory tests.