Well i haven't got a clue what is going on, still no AF and did a cheapie test this morning and got another faint line, surely it should be alot darker now?

Any ideas anyone?

a faint positive is still a positive... how late are you now?

My AF was due on Monday, surely they should be pretty dark by now though? or at least darker.

maybe your dates are wrong.
at the end of the day, a faint positive is still a positive, and if you are concerned, you should see your GP

i told you, i took a cheap test a few days after a very strong BFP on a boots test and the line was so faint i was surprised.

Yes but what i really don't get is the hormone is supposed to double isn;t it every couple of days, so why are they still faint.

the sye in the test isnt so strong.

To be totally honest, i am hoping i have got away with it, but its just these fecking faint lines that are doing my head in.

Are these cheap ones known for giving a line anyway?

mines are all faint, but the CB came up with 'pregnant'. Did first test on wednesday, I think, and still getting faints positives.

Lots of people testify to the cheapies not getting any darker!

And you are how late now?...

i HATE cheapies. for every person who got a clear bfp at 8dpo there are 10 who got faint bfps or bfn at 30dpo. go to your gp, tell them you are concerned and ask for a lab test. you are driving yourself mad like this!

I am 7 weeks pregnant and still get a very faint line on internet cheapies. Yet a First Response gives a really clear line. Internet cheapies are not worth the postage.

It took me until AF was 8 days late before I got a decent BFP on a cheapie.

Get a Clearblue Digital.

I came looking for you for an update <stalker emoticon> can't believe you are still putting yourself through this.

Honestly, I really think you ARE pregnant - the giveaway bit is the hoping you have got away with it - def a sign of early pregnancy IME - oh yes and the lines and pluses everywhere, and the late AF......only a pregnant woman could have so much denial surely?

Hope you get some 100% certainty soon

Sorry for the delay everyone, you are all being so patient and kind about all this.

My period was due last Sun/Mon, still no sign.
i need a "proper" test but will have to wait until Tues (skint ).

Hopefully AF will have appeared by then, so won't need to spend £10 on one.

Do you want me to post you a midwives one??

these were both taken on th same day at about 8-10 days AFTER my period was late. The purple one is a cheapie and the blue a midwives test - look at the difference!

Sorry had missed this thread

I think we all know you are pregnant.

The strength of the line generally doesn't tally with the 'strength' of the pregnancy.

I don't want to sound all grown up, but I think you would do well to try and change your mindset a bit, all the signs do point to you being pregnant, and I think if you carry on talking yourself into not being pregnant, you are going to have a fairly major shock come Tuesday.

ARGH!

Ok, have done a clearblue again, and i don't think i am pg, have put a piccy in profile (again!).

I am a week late tomorrow at least, the CB is no stronger than last weeks, which it definately should be by now, all i am thinking is that how common is it to be almost a week late with no strong BFP - it can't happen alot.

So i got another faint line, if i was it would be much darker.

Still no AF though.

CB's are well known for giving very faint positives, there is no correllation between the strength of a line, and a strength of a pregnancy, and if the test's weren't picking up any hCG, they would all by negative.

Go to the GP tomorow, explain what's going on, I think even the leaflets in the HPT's says to go to the GP after a week.

I have said before, I was 9 days late with a perfectly healthy pregnancy before I got a BFP. And I am not alone in having to wait for ages before I got a BFP.

hCG does take a little while to make it into the urine, some people never get in their urine.

When did you do the test?

Hey NJ

Did it about an hour ago, had not had a wee since this morning so was good as FMU.

Also, looking at the pics i wouldn't say they are BFPs, they look kinda neg to me, i know there is a faint line but maybe i just have a high level of Hcg in my pee anyway.

Can you see faint lines?

Have just sneaked a peak at the test now, and the line is more prominent 45 mins later, but that piccie i took was after 5 mins.

Depends on what you ate and drank this morning.

You need a FR, CB/CBD are crap!

What are we going to do with you? Will this thread still be going by the time I have gotten pregnant and given birth????

*maybe i just have a high level of Hcg in my pee anyway.*

You can't have HCG in your wee unless you are pregnant.

Sooooo, if it was a faint BFP, would the line show more now? or would that be a evap line? because i can see the line a little better now, it has gone a bit darker with the time elapsed.

All i can go off is my 2 pregnancies i have already had.

dd - I did a clearblue (normal) the day i was due got a big, strong +

ds - did a test on the day AF due, got a neg, but got a + 4 days later.

For me to be pg now and not having a really strong + just seems a bit bizarre!

If i am pg, you can all be godparents for putting up with me though all this

through

I would go to the GP tomorrow and ask for a blood test,

take the tests with you and tell him many people you show'd the test at the time agreed it was +.

I was sure you would have gotten a BFP by now.

OK firstly, according to FF, most women do always have a small amount of hCG in their urine, anything up to 2.5, anything over 5 is considered to be pregnancy.

Secondly yes a BFP will get darker, (my very very faint BFP from DS2 is now very very dark, although that is more than 2 years old!)

Don't worry what the pictures look like, as has been said monitor, and even the transfer of pictures will all take away the clarity.

You should go by the test stick in front of you (within the time limit) if you see a line, it is positive.

For the record I can see faint lines on both the CB's.

Ok will go to GP in the morn, what happens with blood tests?

How long does that take for results to come back?

You have 2 blood tests (either 2 or 3 days apart, can't remember which now ) they will record the amount of hCG, if it doubles (or there abouts) then it is considered a viable pregnancy, though there have been cases where the hCG hasn't doubled and still things have been fine.

How many weeks would you be now, if you are pregnant?

You need to read this. It explains how false positives are nigh on impossible.

TBH honest I got a very faint +ve with clearblue-so faint it almost wasn't there. I've found supermarket own brands reliable (Tesco/Asda) and they're cheap too,about £5 for two.

Well my last AF was 25th March, so would be 5 weeks on Tues (if i am, which i don't think i am <sticks tongue out>!).

If you like,as a control,I'll get some poundland cheapies and see how dark a line I get (about 7 weeks pg).

You had better bloody be after all of this!!

Well I think you have a choice, either go to docs this week, or wait another week and go straight to EPU for a scan. I suppose that all depends on your state of mind, I'd have been banging the GP's door down by now! (She says, I actually wouldn't, am a bit of a stuburn mule, will only go to GP's when my head is falling off!)

snorris, i posted abouve a photo of my cheapie test at 6 weeks, theres barely a line, but the midvies one showed a great line.

I would get a tescos own too

Snorris...Thats very sweet of you, but don't want you to go to any trouble.

This is what i just don't get, if i am, and i am almost 5 weeks i would have a strong line, instead of these piddily, not sure if they are there, lines.

I didn't get any line at all, not even a faint one for 9 days after my period was due, it all depends how long it takes for hCG to build up in the urine.

Oh i did tescos ones didnt i, got nada, hence why i think i am not pg

The ones i have had faint lines on are....

about 15 cheapies, from ebay

2 X CB normal.

Had negs on.....

FR (very early on though)
2 X tescos own, last one was Thurs/Fri i think.

Also now, i am not even certain they were faint lines, dh is as blind as a bat and says he can;t see anything, i think i can see something, so thats why i have taken pics to see what everyone on here could see.

But I have heard it's possible not to get a +ve line at all. I know of somebody who's never got a +ve when she was pg with her 4th child

Sorry, on a tangent (sp?) now....

The only thing that is really bugging me is....

Loads of CM (LOADS!!)

Bloated

Feeling queasy some of the time, like waves of queasiness.

no af

Oh and LOADS of cramping, quite bad at times, for the past week.

Also have felt starving all the time.

I DO NOT want to be pg really, so how can i be imagining all this.

I have been following your threads and thought it was about time to add

I had exactly the same tests as you last november and had the exact faintness on them! I took it as i was pg so left testing again for another week or so (m/c in september so was very on edge)

I then got a VERY strong line!!

But work this out......

I got my not so bfp on the 30th of november and had my scan on the 19th january and they put me at 9+5 which made me about 2 weeks and 5 days pg when i got my very faint positive.

Could be same in your situation. Try testing again in a week, but i would say your tests are positive

Simple answer, you're not imagining it!

The only sex poor dh has had this month was the 11th and 13th April, none since then (poor lad!)

iliketosleep, thanks for adding your experience, pretty sure everyone is pretty bored by all this now

I wouldn't go by dates!

Im completely miffed as I think i was 20dpo and getiing negatives...

I cant work out WHEN i concieved,

most online calculators say it was on the week we wre on holiday with my parents... we didn't so much as hold hands the whole week!

I have always got faint lines on cb and superdrug own brands when i've not been pregnant. The only tests i've ever found to give a definate yes or no is Predictor (the pink dot one) they fade completely if its negative so theres no squinting for lines. Hope you get the result you want.

sureitsno3, you say , '
I DO NOT want to be pg really''

so , if this is a BFP, are you continuing with the pregnancy, am a little confused. you seem to be desperate for a BFP though. sorry if i am missing something

Lulu... It would be bad timing if i am pg, not really sure how i feel, but already have 2 dc and had a bad time with my youngest in pregnancy and with the birth.

It wouldn't be the end of the world if i am, i wouldn't have a termination if thats what you mean, but it just isn't planned.

It not having a definate answer that is driving me loopy.

i see. you are pregnant. you have faint positives. so , now you need to get your head round it and deal with the things that can be dealt with. will help however i can with pregnancy and birth trauma. you can CAT me if you want to talk privately

Lulu, You are a doula aren't you? don't think you are far from me actually are you northwest? iirc.

Lulus so lovely

Ohh Im northwest, where abouts are you 'sure'?

Maybe I could drop a midwives test off and check the result? lol

I am in <whispers> Preston.

I that far from <<hushed voice>> Manchester?

I think it maybe, shame!

About an hour Disenchanted, Oooh we should have a meet up sometime

Yea, Im sure we could find somewhere in the middle

oh yes, i am near you !

do i 'know' you on here? doesn;t matter if i do or not !

only thing is , am not around much the next few days as my grandma died and i will be in manchester for a few days with my mum.

Sorry to hear about your Grandma Lulu

thank you disenchanted.

what i meant was, if you CAT me, i might not repsond immediately

I have been on here for a few years, but not an overly well known poster really, not sure if you would know me or not, i don't come on here that much recently (apart from this.

I am sorry about your Grandma too Lulu

Hey I am in the middle-ish!! Accrington.

We very nearly put an offer in on a house in Preston a few years ago, wish we bloody had now, we'd have been millionaires, well not quite, but nearly!

Anyway back to subject, agree with Lulu (Hello BTW!!) you are most deffo pregnant, and like I said, you need to prepare your mind for that.

Oh no! So so sorry to hear about your grandma Lulu, anything I can do?

I will go the GP in morn, see what he says, he is never serious though so will prob just smirk at me

Hoorahhhhh you'll have an answer soon enough.

Won't be that soon will it, so just to claify once again, you can all see these faint lines? its not just me

Clarify obviously

Just so i don't feel a complete numpty when i go to GP

Can defo see faint lines on the CB's

thank you for your good wishes. just anxious to get to my mum and dad's and look after my mum. drop me a line, sureitsno3, if i can be of any help.

I'll bet Lulu, don't forget to look after yourself as well. Take care xxx

I can't see anything on the main pic on your profile, sorry.

I think you need a blood test at the GP's to make certain.

Thanks Lulumama, will do, really sorry about your Grandma and hope your mum and dad are ok

I don't know whether to go to the GP or not, don't want to make a fool of myself and waste his time.

If i was pg i am pretty sure i would have a bright line, and i don't therefore i don't think i can be pg, don't be sorry squacky i am not bothered if i am not pg really.

I tried really hard to see it, tilted my laptop n everyfink but I just don't see it. Was it with fmu? Are the pics in date order, are they getting lighter?

Oh no Lulumama, so sorry to hear of your loss , hope you are okay.

The one you see first on the profile page is todays, did it this aft, you may not be able to see it well, but was exactly the same as the other CB i did the other day, very faint line @ 5 mins and has dried a little darker.

Who knows eh

Just wish i would start AF, really do.

I've had another look and I think they might be evap lines, because they're barely there even the most recent ones.

That doesn't give you an explanation as to why you're late, unless you have O'd late this cycle as well.

Plenty of people on here have received verrrry late bfp's, so it is entirely possible, but the sooner you find out the better, as you can look after yourself properly etc.

The GP will not think you foolish at all. Your period is a week late after all. It would be a perfectly reasonable reason to visit to have this confirmed one way or another

I thought that (evap lines) but this was within probably about 3 mins! definately before 5 mins, on the leaflet it says do not read after 10.

Well if you can see the lines appear straightaway you are likely to be pg, but I do think you should go to the GP's.

I asked Dh what he could see and he said he could "maybe convince [himself] there was a line on one but nothing on the others".

But maybe it's hard to see on another computer iyswim.

They showed up within a min or so, not straight away instantly, maybe they could be evap lines, i don't know.
I am sick of looking/thinking about it now tbh, its doing my head in.

sorry sure looks like a very clear negative from here.do you mind me asking how old you are?

I am 28.

Like i said i am not bothered if i am not pregnant, its all the faffing that is doing my head in.

i was going to say if you were a bit older, your periods can be a bit all over the place anyway. i never know for certain when mine is going to turn up. when i came off the pill i went 13 months with nothing, and then they werr every 3 months..

No, mine are always bang on every 28 days, thats whats so weird.

I can't see anything on the tests either but then again I don't have the sharpest eyesight.
could you bear to take one more tomorrow with the first pee of the day (if you don't have any tests, perhaps nip out and buy one now?) and if that's STILL inconclusive then perhaps then make a GP's appointment.

Isn't it funny how quite alot have said they can see, and a few have said they can't.

I will go and have a chat with my GP tomorrow, i want an end to all this asap.

What about a digital test? There would be no is there isn't there, just a not/pregnant.

a digital wont come up bfp with lines that faint.

go to your gp!

Good morning

Hope you get an appointment today and get an answer (or at least get on the way to getting an answer)

Let us know what happen's, obviously!

Hello,

Decided i will wait another week, i don't want to make a tit of myself with GP so will leave it 1 more week see if AF turns up.



Thanks again to everyone for being so helpful and kind through all this.

Sure - you are a far more patient woman than I. If you are happy to wait, then that's fine, but you will not look like a tit for questioning this situation with a health care professional!!!

If you are going to wait, just keep an eye out for any sharp pains or severe cramping, particularly to one side. Someone else will know the other symptoms to look out for. Whilst it is quite unlikely, there is always a possibility of ectopic, which often gives faint +ves or low HcG counts.

Oh god, don't say that

Didn't know ectopics gave faint lines.

I have rang the GP and asked to have a word with him, going to phone back between 2 and 4.

Sorry, I didn't want to worry you!! Just make sure you are aware of what to look out for.

I'm no expert on ectopics - hopefully someone else can come and reassure you - I just am aware of the faint +ves bit.

Don't worry - speak to the doc and take it from there.

I'm nothelping, am I?!

The other things to look for ectopic is shoulder pain and bleeding, also a bloated belly.

I can't believe you are going to wait another week. Get thee to the GP's now, he will not think you're wasting his time.

Lol Teuch course you are helping.

I don't think i am pg anyway, but will have a word with doc anyway, saves going in.

I also think you should go today.

Sure, you are pregnant, you don't get positive test's if you're not pregnant.

You need to go to the doctors, soon.

Yes but i don't think they are positive now, don't know what they were.

If there was even the fainest of colour on the test line within the time limit (which I am sure you have confirmed before) then you are pregnant, now whether it is just that the hCG is taking it's time to get into your urine (which is a lot more common than people think), or if it is something more sinister, you need to see the doctor.

I don't want to worry you at all but if it is ectopic it can be life threatening.

You need to see someone as a matter of urgency.

The GP will probably just do an internal, have a feel of your uterous and tubes, he will learn a lot from that. He may either take some blood or do an extra sensitive urine test, and you will be on your merry way, nothing to be worried about.

Go and get it sorted once and for all!

@ doing an internal!

He won't will he? tell you what i will phone him this afternoon, have a chat with him, tell him everything and if he wants to see me i will go in the morning (they had no appts today, but open surgery in AM).

I think he will just say, wait another week, he already thinks i am neurotic (kids what can i say!) so he will really think i belong in the loony asylum with this, he smirks at me i am sure he thinks mad woman.

Let him smirk, or see the nurse.

The internal isn't too bad, better than even a smeer.

It is important that you go.

Ok, have spoken to him and he said leave it another week and i will know by then, thats what i thought he would say to be honest, and he said that by next week i will either have a strong line or nothing.

Oh well that was helpful of him.

I think I'd have insisted on being seen TBH.

And there is no saying by next you'll have a strong line or nothing, what a ridiculous thing to say?!!!

Make an appointment with the nurse or a different doctor, one who will actually take it seriously and not fob you off.

Whether you want to be pregnant or not isn't the case, you need answers for your own sanity. It must be driving you bloody mad!

Sorry... by next week.... it should say!

There isn't a different doctor he is the only one, tbh i was expecting him to say that.

Hopefully AF will arive soon, looks like that is the only way i will know for certain.

You need someone to check you, it is like I said, with out scaremongering, there could be something very seriously wrong causing the faint pos.

I wouldn't wait for a period that is never going to show up (well not for the next 8 or so months!)

I don't think there is much chance of it being an ectopic.

For me its just the am i pg or not. Fed up of the whole thing now.

Hi sure...
i have been following your story with interest and hope that you find out soon one way or the other what is happening.
I am kind of in the same situation as you.
I was due AF on 18th April on the Sunday 20th had bleeding that lasted 36 hours, not as heavy as normal then just stopped. Nothing from about 1pm Monday until Wednesday morning i started to have brown stuff, only when i wiped!!!(TMI) and severe back ache like i had pulled something.
Did 2 ebay cheapy tests wednesday both faint +. Again Thursday and Friday ebay cheapys both faint +, went away Friday for the weekend so did not take any tests. Came back yesterday did an ebay cheapy and again a faint +. Had the brown stuff until Saturday.
I have felt, bloated, tired, achey and back has been bad until yesterday and today feels normal again.
So like you i am unsure of what is going on...Not sure if i have some naff tests or i am seeing things. I did however dip one test into a glass of water to see if i could see a faint line on it but there was nothing.
I have no more ebay cheapies left and i am debating whether to order some more???
I am slowly going insane

Hi 2bg, have you done a clearblue or any other shop bought test?

After all this i don't trust the cheapies, the only one that doesn't add up for me is the clearblues

Still no AF here, i even gave dh a bit of "quality time" last night to see if that would bring my af along but nothing...weird.

Keep posting, we can keep each other company, i think i have scared everyone else away lol and they have all washed their hands of me (i know i am annoying tbh)

I got a negative with a digital test but positves with ebay cheapies and First Response.

Have you done a First Response?

I did, very early on, something like 10dpo. Haven't done one since <they are so expensive>

the tests with the cross are the worst to take imo...can you both not buy a FR test today?

The chemist here sells 2 FR tests for £7.99 and they are £8.25 for 1 in the Boots just up the road.

Will buy one today, then i seriously cannot buy anymore (dh will kill me lol)

I got mine in Sainsburys and it was £12 for 1 <faint>

If no af or bfp by the weekend I will go buy some and post them to you if you want?