Beware of Equate blue dye EPT from Walmart! False BFPs

InLove16

I posted yesterday about how I got 3 BFPs using the Equate brand Early Pregnancy Test from Walmart.  It has the blue dye with the "I I" if you are pregnant and not the +/-.  (its clear plastic)  We haven't been trying to get pregnant but the other day I just randomly mentioned to DH that I thought I was ovulating and should we just try and see what happens???  So we did and since my cycles have been a little off lately I am guessing I am just now at 9dpo give or take a couple of days.  Yesterday morning I took the Equate test and within 1 minute the second blue line showed up.  It was faint but it was definitely there with color.  I didn't need to squint to see it.  So I thought, "wow, I guess i"m pregnant!  I must have ovulated earlier than I thought because it probably wouldn't show up at 8dpo!"  So of course I peed on the other 2 sticks in the package and they all showed the same faint blue line meaning I was pregnant.  I thought I'd heard stories about the blue dye tests and that they were known to give false positives (which I conveniently forgot when I BOUGHT the tests) so I ran out and got a few dollar tree tests (new choice) cuz they were always very sensitive.  They were all negative.  By this point I thought maybe my pee was just diluted since it was now the middle of the day so I retested this morning using the dollar store test.  Negative.  

So i googled "equate brand false positives blue dye walmart" and sure enough tons of women have had the same false positives.  I haven't given up yet on this cycle by any means and I did go get an FRER 3 pack so I'll give it a few more days and test again.  This is just an FYI b/c I really thought I was pregnant...and its just an awful feeling to sit there and look at those "positive" tests and then learn that they are wrong.  

Atalanta0214

Sorry to hear about what you went through but thanks for the warning.  I have some upstairs right now that I don't know if I'll be using now.  Good luck this cycle.

tarapaige1

I also got false positives with those tests.  I will never buy them again!  Or any blue dye tests for that matter.  I read that it happens with blue dye tests because they're made with a different paper. 

Karen Collins

thanks OP for the heads up! And your son has the most amazing eyes! So pretty!!

Mrs.M317

That false positive is called an evaporation line.  They are very common in any blue dye tests.  I'm pretty sure a few ladies a few days ago also had this problem. 

Sorry! GL! 

OneDayAtaTimeX87

I'm sorry, that must really be crappy. Thanks for the fyi

EXL311

I had a similar problem with the Target brand tests.  I hadn't heard of the blue dye tests having this problem before.  I definitely won't be buying them again.

epirani

Just to let you know I understand. I took and EPT digital and got a BFP. NO mistaking because it said PREGNANT. Then later all other test were negative. I looked on line and there were tons of people saying that they go false postives from them. KNOW how you feel...It is horrible