Can you get a 'False Positive' on an expired test?

[purrs]

I did a test this morning at 14DPO using a test that expired at the end of January this year. While the test was doing its thing, I threw my very dark yellow concentrated FMU down the loo and flushed the chain. The test was a First Response and it was still in its sealed foil pack.

I genuinely thought I could not get a BFP because I have no symptoms, other than that AF should be arriving today (and I don't feel like she is (although she still could, I suppose). This is why I decided to 'waste' an old test.

However, I got a clear BFP quite quickly - not a dark line, but no need to squint to see it, IYKWIM.

But then I started to torture myself over whether it could be for real because the test was old, so two hours later when I could pee again, after a cup of tea, I did two more tests: one an internet cheapie and the other a Clearblue test (this last one had a rip in the foil from when I accidentally opened it thinking it was one of my CBFM sticks earlier this month.....). My pee this time was very pale and not nearly as concentrated.

Both tests were properly negative.

I don't know what to think. I will re-test again tomorrow morning but I am going nuts today.

So ... can you get a false positive from an expired test. What do you ladies think?

[nancy10]

I would try again tomorrow with your first morning wee and go from there. It could be that you are pregnant but because it's early days the HCG levels aren't high enough further on in the day. Or it could simply be that the test in inaccurate because it's out of date. I have to say that I would have thought an out of date test would be more likely to give you a false negative then a false positive. Goodluck tomorrow, I hope you get the result you want. It's so frustrating!