History Main / PregnancyScare

* Happened to ComicBook/SilverSable in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse during her own short-lived series. She thought she was pregnant after sleeping with her ex-husband and starting making plans to retire from the adventuring business. It turned out to be a glitch in her cycle and her doctor pointed out this was probably for the best as the reckless actions she had taken while she thought she was pregnant indicated she really wasn't ready to be a mother.

* Happens to Erika Moen, as shown in this [[https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/late/ Oh Joy Sex Toy]] comic strip. After her husband assumes that she's ovulating, she tells him that she's due for her period soon. After finding out that her period was running late, she worries that she may be pregnant. She ends up getting her period six days later.

* Happens to Erika Moen, as shown in this [[https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/late/ Oh Joy Sex Toy]] comic strip. After her husband assumes that she's ovulating, she tells him that she's due for her period soon. After finding out that her period was running late, she worries that she may be pregnant. [[spoiler: She ends up getting her period six days later.]]
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* In ''Film/TheMeddler'', Lori panics at possibly being pregnant so her mother Marnie buys her a pregnancy test. It comes back positive as do several other tests Lori takes. Turns out Marnie accidentally bought ''ovulation'' tests.

* In ''The Meddler'', Lori panics at possibly being pregnant so her mother Marnie buys her a pregnancy test. It comes back positive as do several other tests Lori takes. Turns out Marnie accidentally bought ''ovulation'' tests.

* ''Film/LookBothWays'': The plots diverge based on Natalie feeling unwell and taking a pregnancy test after her hookup with Gabe. In the Austin reality, she's actually pregnant, but in the Los Angeles reality it was because of food poisoning.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': The episode "Sibling Rivalry" opens with Lois having one. After the test turns out negative, she orders Peter to get a vasectomy, kicking off the rest of the plot.

* ''Manga/InThisCornerOfTheWorld'': Suzu experiences a loss of appetite and period, so her family tells her to "eat for two". When she comes back from the doctor diagnosed as not with child, she's forced to eat a very skimp meal (a small bowl of plain rice) to make up for the extra she had eaten earlier (her family isn't cruel, just being realistic in the face of wartime food shortages).

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* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'': Seth finds a used pregnancy test -- positive -- and freaks out because he thinks he's gotten Kelly pregnant. He hasn't. [[spoiler: Curtis has gotten his other-sex-self pregnant]].

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* In ''Series/{{Bones}}'', Cam panics when she finds a positive pregnancy test in the lab's bathroom, considering that her teenage daughter had recently used it. She interrogates Brennan--not guilty--and realizes that it was Angela's. Who got a false positive, naturally.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'', Emily thinks she's pregnant after she and Josh are caught in a PrimalScene in their car, causing the two to freak out as they have neither the time or money to have another child. The tests turns out negative, leading to the main plot of the episode where Josh contemplates getting a vasectomy.