Tesco pregnancy tests?

[celynbear]

Hiya, it's been a while since I've been on here! I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with TESCO brand pregnancy tests? I've taken 3 and with each of them a very very faint but pink line showed up within 5 minutes. I've never even had a ghost of a line before and that's in 3 years of being told there's absolutely nothing wrong and we're just unlucky. I don't want to get my hopes up because they're so incredibly faint but they're all definitely pink and are still there a day later and I was told evap lines were more of a grey colour... I've been feeling slightly sick on and off but nothing major, bit of cramping, incredibly tired and a few headaches and I just feel, well, different, even before I considered testing.

Sorry for the essay! Any thoughts?

[pud1]

I had this with tesco tests. I went to the gp to be confirmed and was told that if the line shown within the period the test instruction states then it's a positive regardless of how faint it is. My faint line is sat watching Cbeebies as we speak.

How long does the test say it takes to develop

[celynbear]

It said to read it after 3 minutes, if there was nothing to wait another minute, and anything that appeared after 10 minutes you should disregard. I thought I saw something within 3 minutes but I wasn't 100% sure. After another minute it was definitely there. Just really faint! Same thing every test.

[pud1]

Well I am by no means an expert but I would say that's a positive. I think it means that your hcg levels are low. These are the hormones that are detected in your pee. These get stronger the further along you go.

[celynbear]

Bloody hell. I was genuinely at the point where I was accepting it just wasn't going to happen. Thank you for the help!

[ISeeThreadPeople]

A line is a line. How faint the line is can be to do with the sensitivity of the test, time of the day, concentration of urine, peculiarities of that batch etc. A line means it has detected hcg, no more no less. Bar a couple of v rare instances (like chemotherapy), you produce hcg only when pg.

You are pregnant.

Congratulations!

[celynbear]

Oh my god. Thank you! I can barely believe it, it's been so long trying and I've never had anything!

[Christelle2207]

well done i had similar on tues with internet cheapies after ttc 1 year. didnt believe it either. you are preg but i recommend superdrug non digi if you want confirmation or first response- very easy to read.

[babyjamesblackberrycrumble]

Congratulations. I really rate these tests. I have had 2 recent miscarriages and when testing to see if hormones have returned to normal theses were the tests that were most sensitive iykwim :)

[pigletpower]

My 14yr old DD1,DS 7 and DD2 3 have all announced their presence via the Tesco tests!

[TwoFacedCows]

aww! congratulations!! what a lovely early xmas present!