For those of you who had a faint line...

kcisthebombdotcom · May 2010

when did the line turn darker? I got a line this morning, but I can't tell if it's a BFP or an evaporation line. I'm not sure if I should test tomorrow morning or wait a few more days.

Thanks!

Linnea503 · May 2010

Well, I had an extremely, extremely faint line yesterday at 12 DPO. But it was sooooo faint that I honestly thought it was likely an evap line. DH saw it too though.

Today at 13 DPO I got a still faint but much clearer positive second line. I consider this my BFP (which makes yesterday a SSP? scrawny slight positive?)

First response is the brand giving me the clear positive.

4321piper · May 2010

That happened to me this Friday - I thought I was imagining it! (I got my BFP - yay!)

You might want to run out and get a pregnant/not pregnant digital test. Remember, use your early morning urine if you can otherwise you might get a false negative.

Best of Luck

chapmanwedding · May 2010

A line is a line in my book

Within a day or so mine was darker...and after a couple of days it was a dark line. Try a digital too in a few days, they aren't as sensitive, but the answer is more definite.

Good luck!

nygirl07 · May 2010

my first test was a blue dye test and my line wasn't faint but I was told not to trust them...I then took a $ store test a got a very faint line. I took another $ test the next day and it was darker and I also took a FRER and there was defiently a line. Don't try a digital if your still early...I took one the at 10dpo and got a negative even though the other tests were positive...I tested again at 13dpo with a digital and got a positive.

The $ store tests were really good though

pitterpatter129 · May 2010

You could barely see mine, so I ran out to get a digital and sure enough, it said yes! The doctor's test didn't show a line at all!! They did blood work to make sure! I agree that the first response tests work the best, they detect a lower level of hormones.

kcisthebombdotcom · May 2010

4321piper:

That happened to me this Friday - I thought I was imagining it! (I got my BFP - yay!)

You might want to run out and get a pregnant/not pregnant digital test. Remember, use your early morning urine if you can otherwise you might get a false negative.

Best of Luck

I actually have an extra digital from when I got pregnant the first time (considering the ticker, it hasn't been that long, lol) but I'm not sure how long to wait. Are the digitals pretty sensitive?

kcisthebombdotcom · May 2010

nygirl07:

my first test was a blue dye test and my line wasn't faint but I was told not to trust them...I then took a $ store test a got a very faint line. I took another $ test the next day and it was darker and I also took a FRER and there was defiently a line. Don't try a digital if your still early...I took one the at 10dpo and got a negative even though the other tests were positive...I tested again at 13dpo with a digital and got a positive.

The $ store tests were really good though

Yeah, I tested this morning with a dollar store test. When I was ttc my DS, I could have bought stock in dollar store tests, lol! I bought a few of them since DS was born (since we're not trying/not preventing) but the dollar store near my house closed and I used the last one this morning! I'm so pissed!

~Flossie~ · May 2010

Mine turned darker the next day. When in doubt, use a FRER. I've never heard of that kind giving evap lines. Good Luck.

heidismith · May 2010

I had a faint line the day I was supposed to start AF. the next day I went and bought a digital.

LaVitaBella830 · May 2010

I took a test on Tuesday, it was very faint. I took another test on Wednesday, it was a little darker, but not much - still very faint. I then called the doctor and went in and had them do a test - theirs was faint as well. They sent me over for blood work and that came back as another possible - but my hormone levels were a little low, so Friday I took a digital test and it said YES! Monday they tested my hormone levels again and they were perfect!

After all that, I think I'll use digital from now on for my next pregnancy!

mchupie · May 2010

I had a very faint line at 10dpo, and "Pregnant" on a digital at 12dpo. I took a FRER on 13dpo which had a dark line.

MaryYVR · May 2010

My lines were faint but definitely there at 9 DPO. It was darker at 10 and 11 DPO. For some reason, my tests were always darker later in the day than with FMU. For example, the afternoon of 10 DPO was slightly darker than the FMU on 11 DPO. I've heard of that happening to a few people too. Not sure why.

TripMomma · May 2010

I had a faint 2nd line on the morning of 9DPO, by that evening it was darker and I got 'Pregnant' on a digi. I kept POAS every morning for 4 days to see the line keep getting darker.

MarriedaSportsNut · May 2010

I was using cheapie test strips from Amazon and got a faint positive at 8dp3dt (11dpo). I got my husband out of bed to pee on another one just to see clearly what a true negative looked like. From then I tested 2x a day and as someone else mentioned I got good results after work (5-7pm) and not just FMU.

A line is a line though! If you have any doubts, give one to your husband :-)

sweetgirl425 · May 2010

chapmanwedding:
A line is a line in my book
Within a day or so mine was darker...and after a couple of days it was a dark line. Try a digital too in a few days, they aren't as sensitive, but the answer is more definite.

Good luck!

This!! just be aware that the digitals are definitely not as sensitive, so if you are testing early and/or not using FMU it will give you a false negative.