I always thought digitals were just a way to make money

vflipo · August 2010

I never realized how many people really need a test to say "pregnant" or "not pregnant" in order to get it. I'm pretty sure that all line tests say something along the lines of "it doesn't matter how dark the test line is. If it's there, it's there."

Mrs.EmmaLouise · August 2010

..... they have non digital tests? How retro.

Jayfinn · August 2010

I think it's more for the husbands/dads to be. Smile

vflipo · August 2010

Jayfinn:
I think it's more for the husbands/dads to be.

If my husband ever questioned it, I would just show him the damn directions. But he knows I'm not a moron, so he trusts me.

qtsreign · August 2010

::le sigh::

So many stupids, so little time.

Nechie122 · August 2010

Eh, my digitals were the same price as my FRERs ($19.99 for a three-pack.) I guess I just like peeing on expensive things.

vflipo · August 2010

Nechie122:
Eh, my digitals were the same price as my FRERs ($19.99 for a three-pack.) I guess I just like peeing on expensive things.

I've definitely peed on some digitals myself. I don't have anything against them. I just think it's funny how often people make posts about faint lines and ask what it means.

Molluskwrangler · August 2010

I bought the digital b.c I had a coupon and it was on sale, otherwise I would just take my faint line and call it a day.

schoolsoutbride · August 2010

Meh, after 2 years of staring at blank tests, you'd be amazed how well I can imagine a line where there isn't one. Those CBE digitals are frickin' sensitive too! When I had a c/p, it picked up a beta of 11! I used the cheapies for obsessive POASing (bought them 50 at a time) and digitals when it mattered.

eisenberg0814 · August 2010

well, we had a cranky and hungry toddler on our hands and the only one my husband could grab was a non-digital one. And it could be that the second line is faint and it is still not pregnant. what can you do? we are hunting for a digital one and a dr tomorrow. new country, new language... so its not so easy as you might have it in the US...

anyway, good luck ladies.

jessjo04 · August 2010

We bought a pack of OPKs at the drugstore and it came with a digital. I wasnt planning on buying one, but I'm glad it came with one. I thought it was pretty fun, like peeing on a computer. Even had the little hourglass and all. Stick out tongue

RumbleLina · August 2010

vflipo:
I never realized how many people really need a test to say "pregnant" or "not pregnant" in order to get it. I'm pretty sure that all line tests say something along the lines of "it doesn't matter how dark the test line is. If it's there, it's there."

I don't think it is in order for them to get it. After peeing on so many sticks it is easy for your eyes to make up a line but it is hard for your eyes to make up the words "Pregnant". It is an awesome slap to your face to read it too.

For me, I only had one test and so I went out and bought more and those tests were horrible and not consistent at all (blue dye). I decided to get a CB digital then. I never posted mine on here asking about the line though so I guess that could be the difference.

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it,

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a $1.

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a $1. So,

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a $1. So, i

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a $1. So, I didn't

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a $1. So, I didn't tell

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a $1. So, I didn't tell him

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a $1. So, I didn't tell him about the

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Haha. My 1st BFP was using a pg test from the Dollar Tree. I knew DH would question it, since it was only a $1. So, I didn't tell him about

JenWhite123 · August 2010

Sorry about the Multiple Posts on this thread, not sure what happened. my computer just went crazy!! And the board won't let me delete them

SarahTx5701 · August 2010

schoolsoutbride:
Meh, after 2 years of staring at blank tests, you'd be amazed how well I can imagine a line where there isn't one. Those CBE digitals are frickin' sensitive too! When I had a c/p, it picked up a beta of 11! I used the cheapies for obsessive POASing (bought them 50 at a time) and digitals when it mattered.

yeah they are! my digital picked up my pregnancy withOUT fmu. I got my beta later that day and it was 4.

afwifestrecker7706 · August 2010

My friend gave me all the test I had so I took one that was almost expired and thought it was + cause of almost expired. So I took a digital again they were all given to me.

Scout05 · August 2010

To be honest, given that I tracked my chemical pregnancies through fading lines and a digital that went from Pregnant (after the full three minutes) to Not Pregnant, for me - it's a totally mental, meaningless soothing moment to see Pregnant pop up less than a minute later.

They're less sensitive than the line tests, so it I rationalize something is going right in there.

Obviously, I am a basket case so feel free to ignore this so called "logic."

violetvilla83 · August 2010

I had a few very faint lines that never got darker. After than DH didn't really trust lines, not even the 4 positive from 2 different brands.

rvandiver0705 · August 2010

Jayfinn:
I think it's more for the husbands/dads to be.

My husband didn't believe the two faint lines, even though I read him the instructions out loud. His excuse is that he didn't believe that it was a line.

Mrst2theB · August 2010

I had a coupon that made it cheaper than the others. I bought the dollar store ones and they didn't work meaning the control line didn't even show so I used my coupon.

*kendrick* · August 2010

I totally agree. When people give the advice to try a digital after a person gets a faint line, I wince a little. Digital v. lines is just packaging. The key is 100% sensitivity of the test and just like line tests, digitals run the gamut. A 25miu line test (e.g. Dollar Tree) is twice as sensitive as a 50miu digital (e.g. Clearblue Digital--not the early kind).

ashleyrsotomayor · August 2010

Jayfinn:
I think it's more for the husbands/dads to be.

Ha ha ha ha...oh Vflipo. My DH refused to buy line tests this time around. Although, I had just ordered 10 of them off of Amazon along with 40 OPKs....

Egsray · August 2010

Jayfinn:
I think it's more for the husbands/dads to be.

So True! I tested a few days before AF was to show and the line was very faint. My DH kept saying I dont see it. I was annoyed! I tried to explain that it didnt matter how faint the line was but he was worried and said he didnt want me to get my hopes up. So that evening I used a digital and it confirmed my earlier BFP. DH was satisfied. Nice thing about the digital was I took a pic with my cell and will text it to my mom when we are ready to tell her.

flowerchild77 · August 2010

I liked taking the digital test to know for sure. WIth my daughter I took the line tests, then went back for a digital to show hubby. This time around I bought a 2 pack digital test.

jessjo04 · August 2010

Jayfinn:
I think it's more for the husbands/dads to be.

I prepped DH. When we were ttc, I would show him positive pregnancy tests with very faint lines and explain that they were positive. I had a very, VERY faint line when I first POAS and even I doubted it. I later took a digital and called DH, he said as he was thinking about it on the way to work and was pretty sure it was positive. I trained him well.

schoolsoutbride · August 2010

I think people also think that evap line=faint line so don't believe faint lines.

ticcar · August 2010

me too, however I found that they proved to be more helpful than I could have ever imagined...

I had a cycle, then AF, then a cycle with spotting just after OV (temp rise). I had terrible cramps & thought it was very early implantation & thought maybe I was a couple more days past OV than I thought. I tested on a cheap strip & it showed a BFP. This is when I went & bought a digital, the only one in store was one that stated how many weeks you were.....expecting it not to register or to say perhaps 1-2 weeks I discovered i was 2-3weeks (past conception) which made no sense....after a few scans & blood tests at the hospital it turned out I had fallen pregnant the month before and had heavy bleeding (which i mistook for AF) ...it unfortunately ended in a miscarriage several weeks later, the hcg hormone never went up higher than it did on my test.

KRISTA555 · August 2010

ambrandau2:

To be honest, given that I tracked my chemical pregnancies through fading lines and a digital that went from Pregnant (after the full three minutes) to Not Pregnant, for me - it's a totally mental, meaningless soothing moment to see Pregnant pop up less than a minute later.

They're less sensitive than the line tests, so it I rationalize something is going right in there.

Obviously, I am a basket case so feel free to ignore this so called "logic."

:::lurking:::

ditta all this (only I had 1 chemical pregnancy but several years of infertility, meaning dozens of tests) ... a person can really convince yourself that it's just an evaporation line or something. seeing a positive pregnancy test is hard to believe after all the negatives.

sorry for typos- 1 hand typing

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