Yesterday was insane. Could I actually be pregnant at 50?

Yesterday I was having pain in my back side. It got really bad and I went my primary care doctor. My pain quickly worsened and they decided to send me to the ER for probable kidney stones.

I go to the ER, they take all my lab work and order a CT. I’m waiting and waiting for the CT and the doc comes out and says “Change of plans with your imaging. We can’t do the CT because of your positive pregnancy test.” My jaw hit the floor! For background I am 50 and have faced lifelong infertility issues. My husband and I tried to have kids. Even went through IUI and IVF, no kids. We eventually accepted that kids were not in the cards for us. In 2019 my periods started getting crazy and I ended up having a uterine ablation. I haven’t had a period since 2020.

They confirmed with a blood test but as they put it, “Based on the numbers you have basically been pregnant for maybe a day or so.” Like, WTF?!? Has this happened to anyone else? They did the ultrasound and didn’t see anything suspicious like a tumor on my ovaries but it would be too early to really see the pregnancy.

Next week is filled with appointments. A few to confirm if the pregnancy is real and some for the kidney stones that sent me to the ER in the first place.

I’m just baffled and want to know if anyone else around 50 has had false positive tests? It’s times like this I really wish my mom was still alive. I could use her common sense approach to the world.

Update posted: https://www.reddit.com/r/GenXWomen/s/Jm3PGCWinP