Asda sorry for false pregnancy test results

‘When we went for the scan they told me there was nothing there. No sign of an 11-week pregnancy’

ASDA has apologised after four of its pregnancy tests returned false results, leading a woman to wrongly believe she was expecting her first child.

The 25-year-old, from Plymouth, told her partner and wider family that she was pregnant only to discover the tests, which claim to be 99per cent accurate, were all wrong.

Asda insisted that its two-pack of digital tests are quality tested and a spokesman said it would continue to sell the product. The woman, who gave her name only as Michaela, said she wanted to warn others.

“After the excitement died down I kept thinking that I didn’t feel pregnant and I had no other symptoms,” she said. “I said I’d just do another test to put my mind at ease. It was a Clearblue test and it came out negative. I bought two more Asda and two more Clearblue and the Asda ones came out positive and the Clearblue came out negative.

“My mind was all over the place. I called the doctors and made a midwife appointment. I didn’t really know what was happening.”

A private medical appointment confirmed she was not pregnant. She said: “I came home that night and booked a private scan for the next available one. I booked it for my partner’s birthday and thought it’d be a nice thing to find out properly on his birthday. Everything started seeming quite positive.

“But when we went for the scan they told me there was absolutely nothing there. No sign of an 11-week pregnancy. It was really embarrassing.”

A spokesman for Asda said: “We’re really sorry to hear Michaela feels she had a bad experience with us. We want our customers to trust our products and ensure all our pregnancy tests comply with strict legislation and all batches are quality tested. We will not be issuing a recall on this product.”