If a pregnancy test is really faint when you take it, after like 2 days can it fade but still be a positive or does that mean it's a negative if it fades after a while..?
2006-08-13 07:44:13 · 10 answers · asked by Cakoo4cocopuffs 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
thanks everybody! I just wasn't sure about that!
2006-08-13 08:29:31 · update #1
no the fading is just it drying out, if it was positive when you take it, it's still positive, I recently found my test from my son who is 1 1/2 and it wasn't that faint when I took it (I remember, I scanned it lol) anyway it looks negative now.. and he's climbing the couch as we speak lol
2006-08-13 07:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might sounds a bit crude, but I think when the pee evaporates or dries, the line fades. I don't think a line is any less a line even after it's faded. (I know this because with my last pregnancy, I was in shock that I was pregnant. That test stayed in my bathroom for a couple of days and I kep looking at it to see if it was really true... it was.)
Now negative tests shouldn't be read after the first 5-10 minutes (which ever the directions on the box say). Negatives can turn into false positives and into false hopes or fears if you read them after too long.
2006-08-13 14:50:43 · answer #2 · answered by gonefornow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason that the tell you to read the test within a certain time frame is for that reason as well as for the fact an evaporation line may appear. If it came up positive then assume your pregnant, and book an appointment with your family dr to confirm and start prenatal care. You can have a false negative, but never a false positive in pregnancy as the hcg hormone is only produced when pregnant. However you may have a pos. and then start to bleed a few days later, which is when the egg never properly implanted any now a miscarriage has happened. That is why they say to wait until after a missed period to test. Good luck and congrats
2006-08-13 15:47:39 · answer #3 · answered by - 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually, the box that goes to the home pregnancy test will say that the reading will become invalid after about 10- 20 minutes.
2006-08-13 14:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my experince My tests were always faint but it was positive it was just there wasnt enough of the horomones in my my body it was very early in my pregnancy. Thats what my OB told me and I have 3 kids and one on the way.
2006-08-13 15:53:34 · answer #5 · answered by Angela M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the test, just take it again! They are sometimes false negatives, but hardly ever a false positive.
2006-08-13 14:47:31 · answer #6 · answered by Margie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you read the directions it says not to accept the answer after 10 mins...what ever it was before the 10 mins is your answer....after that throw it away
2006-08-13 14:48:09 · answer #7 · answered by gaigesmommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it's supposed to fade. don't worry, if you had a positive and you WANTED it to be positive...it's still positive. likewise if it was negative...
2006-08-13 14:48:07 · answer #8 · answered by one_sera_phim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-13 14:59:38 · answer #9 · answered by ♥♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
still postive
2006-08-13 15:24:26 · answer #10 · answered by UKNOUCIT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋