I took a pregnancy test yesterday and at first I looked at it and went, "****, it's negative." But, of course, I couldn't leave it at that, I had to examine it at every angle, under every light, and, lo and behold, I could see something. But what? It didn't exactly seem to be a line. More like a shadow of a line, or possibly where the line is supposed to go if it were a positive test. I took another one this morning: same thing. This is frustrating! I know the "if there's any line at all you're pregnant" rule, but this line is so light I can't even tell if it's a line. For the first five minutes of examination I thought I was seeing things. It darkened up a bit (and by a bit I mean seeable to the blind eye now) as it dried, but after 10 minutes the test is considered invalid. My question is, I "saw" the line, or where it would be, before the 10 minute mark. So is it valid, or is it possible to see where a positive line would be on a negative test (under intense scrutiny)?
2007-09-24 00:57:35 · 6 answers · asked by Miraculous 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
P.S. I'm going to get a blood test when my husband gets home from his flight physical. This is really just to hear if anyone else has had a similar experience and whether their test was really positive or negative. I don't want to have false hopes.
2007-09-24 00:58:42 · update #1
Well, I know about evap lines, and I saw this "line" or shadow or whatever while the test was wet, not after it dried. While it got easier to read when it dried, that doesn't mean I didn't see anything while it was wet (obviously or I wouldn't have asked this question to begin with). And it was an e.p.t. I've heard you can get false positives with them, and I don't know if this is what they meant. Hence the blood test.
2007-09-24 01:11:12 · update #2
Well first of all what brand test is it?
Dollar Tree tests are notorious for evap lines. And recently a bad batch of First Response and Answer tests went out where women were getting dark pink lines even when they were not pregnant.
I'd say you should try a digital, they are most accurate and sensative of all the tests (I got a + on one 5 days before my period was due and my HCG the next day was only 20, the tests say they measure at 25). Good luck!
2007-09-24 01:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by alexis73102 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was exaclty the same!! i had bought 6 tests all getting this faint line and lo and behold im 19 1/2 weeks pregnant lol the reason why it is so faint is that you might be very very early on in pregnancy so your hcg levels are lower but the test is still picking them up !
2007-09-26 10:03:23 · answer #2 · answered by denise 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the digital pregnancy tests. That will give you a clear yes or no answer. If it comes back negative, test again with the other test it should come with a few days after. There may be more of the HCG hormone in your system at that time.
2007-09-24 08:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
with my 2 oldest my tests were just like yours and also sadly wen i had my mc's as well but no matter how faint if there is one there your pregnant i have looked on neg tests and no way could even see the faintest line no matter how hard i wanted to so congrats and good luck at the docs
2007-09-24 08:03:56 · answer #4 · answered by jmc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when i was pregnant with my third child it was the same thing really faint positive line i had to have a blood test hence having a third child it was a big fat positive. Good Luck
2007-09-24 08:05:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you had to go to that much trouble to see a line its negative what you saw was an evaporation line test again in a few days
2007-09-24 08:07:22 · answer #6 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋