I took 2/4 tests. Each was a 2 pack. One was WalMart brand the other was an EPT. All 4 tests showed up with a VERY THIN pink Line (they were the +/- type). The vertical line was 1/2 the size it should normally be. Does this mean im prego?? I've taken home tests with my other 3, but Ive never had just 1/2 a Line show up. Those ones showed up rather quick and they were the Dark full sized, showed up in less than 30seconds. Can you please help me?
2006-09-30 17:39:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
It's possible. Just make a doctor's appointment and then you'll know for certain.
2006-09-30 17:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The positive line is really faint. Is this okay? An HPT tells you exactly one thing: your urine either has detectable pregnancy hormone in it, or it doesn't. The darkness or lightness of a line doesn't mean much. Generally speaking, a very light line can mean there is a small amount of hCG in your urine, and a very dark line can mean there is a larger amount of hCG in your urine. This is why you may get a faint positive at 10 DPO but a darker positive at 18 DPO. However, this is not always true. Tests are all different, and even tests in the same box may differ in sensitivity. Comparing light/dark lines will just drive you nuts. If you see a line in the "results" window, you're preg!
Maybe you should just re-test using first morning urine as it contains the highest levels of the pregnancy hormone (HCG)...
I took another test and the line is lighter. Does this mean anything? Should it get darker? Not necessarily. In general, the positive line will be darker when a greater amount of hCG is present in the urine, but not always. Some tests contain more or less dye (meaning there is just more or less color to "stick" to your hCG.) Some tests are more or less sensitive-- even 2 tests in the same box can be different. Also, your urine may have more or less hCG in it depending on what you ate or drank, or how long it's been since you last peed. Food itself does not cause false results, but can affect how much urine you have and how dilute it is. Eating salty chips and drinking caffeine all day will result in more concentrated pee, whereas gorging on watermelon and ginger ale will result in lots of very dilute pee. But an HPT is not meant to tell you "how" pregnant you are. It only tells you if you are pregnant or not. As long as there is a line in the results window, you are pregnant.
Some women experiencing early miscarriages do notice their lines getting fainter or disappearing entirely, but even if your line gets fainter, it is not a guarantee that you are miscarrying, or that anything is wrong.
2006-09-30 21:36:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long ago would you have conceived, if you are pregnant? If it's 4 weeks or less, you may be pregnant and that could explain the result you're getting. I think you should either wait a day or two and take another at home test with your first morning urine, or see your doctor so you can get a blood test.
If you do take another at home test, try a different brand, like First Response or something.
But based on what you said, I think you probably are pregnant.
2006-09-30 17:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by dirtypinkshoe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The + - tests are much harder to read. Honestly go to the dollar store. There tests are just as accurate as the dr's office tests. They are more sinsitve than some you can get that are brand names! If you have a dr go get a blood test to be sure. They are the most accurate. Just make sure its a Quantitve not a Qualitive test. Or ask for the blood test that gives you the actual HCG #, that is the Quantitve test. Good Luck
2006-09-30 18:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by shannonlbuck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's positive. Pregnancy tests work by detecting a certain hormone only produced when you are pregnant. How detectable it will be depends on what time of day you take it, how much water you've consumed, and when you last took a whiz. It's impossible to get a mistaken positive test. I didn't test positive for 8weeks, but when there's a line, there's a new beating heart! Congratulations!!
2006-09-30 17:50:20 · answer #5 · answered by Luckiest_Wife_EVER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any line on the other side of the test strip is pink thin dark light its the same result (positive) then you are pregnant now what you need to do is go to the doctor and get a hgc blood count to see if everything is OK
2006-09-30 17:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by ladi t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you not using protection? I know you dont want to hear that, but you also dont want to go down the multiple abortion route. Be smart . Peace.
2006-09-30 17:50:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a thin line is still a line. so you are probably knocked up. go to the friggin doctor!!!
2006-09-30 17:47:08 · answer #8 · answered by MnKLmT 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
idk...maybe the test is bad...maybe your barely pregnant....dk..I would ask a doc if I took another one and it did the same.
2006-09-30 17:50:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋