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Help!!! Bfp then Bfn both clear blue digital tests !

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Holly78 · 13/12/2007 14:10

Help!! I got my bfp on monday night with clear blue digital (says pregnant in words), so today i thought (as you do) the spare test from the same box i will use it to check again and came up not pregnant. I have had no bleeding still feel shattered and queasy, no cramps or bleeding.
Am i pg or not?

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SantasLittleToiletFlusher · 13/12/2007 14:14

I heard that a negative result can sometimes be wrong, but a positive result is never wrong.

Can you get to a chemist to buy another test to put your mind at rest?

yellowbean · 13/12/2007 14:58

did you do the tests with first morning wee. if you did the negative one later in the day the hormone level could be diluted and give you a negative. positives are positives.... though just re read and you got the positive at night... i'd do another test. first response always reliable with me

Holly78 · 13/12/2007 15:55

i got the positive in the evening and the negative one this afternoon. i called the Dr surgery and spoke to the nurse she said test in a couple of days or wait till my af is due on the 22nd and see if it comes or not! i am gutted that i might not be pg after all.

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JingleBelgoHoHoHo · 13/12/2007 15:58

your AF is due on the 22nd? If you tested last monday, that's very early to test. Today is also very early to test. I would wait until the 22nd to test.

hopefully · 13/12/2007 16:02

Did you say that you thought your last AF might have been implantation though? Or am I imagining it?

Have you got time to dash out and get another test today, then at least you can test first thing in the morning? Not that that's any help at all right now. A friend of mine once tried just not weeing for several hours and not drinking too much so it was as concentrated as it would be in the morning when she wanted to test in the afternoon. No idea if it is as effective though.

Holly78 · 13/12/2007 16:07

Thanks Jb i know its early for this month but my nov af was only 2 days spotting and was feeling faint on fri thats what prompted me to test iyswim. i thought i must have concieved last month. i will just have to wait and see it going to be one long week ! Just can't understand bfp then bfn with cbd i thought they were supposed to make finding out easier!

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Holly78 · 13/12/2007 16:09

Hopefully- i was thinking the same can you reccomend another test other than cbd?

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ShowOfHands · 13/12/2007 16:10

The other possibility is that it could be a chemical pregnancy. I hope not and that the second test is just wrong but chemical pregnancies are very common and you only really know about them if you test early.

I hope you get the answer you want.

Holly78 · 13/12/2007 16:11

I was thinking that may be the case also .

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santaspregnantlittlehelper · 13/12/2007 16:13

i also hope you get the answer you want. tescos tests have always worked for me (well both times, although this time we did about 10 tests to make sure as we were testing early and they were really faint)

good luck

xxx

camillathechicken · 13/12/2007 16:14

what SoH said

this is a problem with early testing, if your cycle is regular, then waiting until at least the day your period would be due is better... if you wait until you are late, then you know whether you need to test or not.

early testing often causes a lot of upset and worry.

you cannot get a false positive , but you can get a false negative... the test is looking for HcG, which is only present in urine when you are pregnant.

merrylissiemas · 13/12/2007 16:25

agree with lulu. clearblue et al make a lot of money by encouraging us to test early but the reality is that it causes a lot of heartache in the long run. i hope that it is a false bfn though

Holly78 · 13/12/2007 16:32

Thanks all.

camilla- i have read on a site that sometimes cbd are known to detect LH hormone and has caused a few false positives,so maybe thats what it was ( if this is true).

i have decided to wait untill af is due and avoid confusion. x

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Holly78 · 13/12/2007 16:34

I have read a lot of negative and positive things about cbd today. Will be able to make up my own mind by the end of this month hopefully.

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camillathechicken · 13/12/2007 16:39

i used Asda tests when i was late , £6 for 2 IIRC, they gave me the right results !

surely a test is a test is a test? if you have HcG in your urine, a test will pick it up, regardless of whether the test cost £2 or £15 surely? the early response tests can be up to 40 % - 50 % incorrect depending on when you test

I hope you get the result oyu want, holly

iliketojinglethembells · 13/12/2007 19:56

can i just pop my head around the door to say....

I have read a few reports on cbd saying positive when infact its a bfn i think it was peeonastick.com but im not sure. I think also that cbds detect lh as well as hcg. If this is the case then you could well have had a LH surge (ovulating) makingthe test read positive then saying negative some days later.

I could be completely wrong but as hgc doubles every 48 hours or so i think its highly unlikely that you would have enough hcg to get a bfp on a cbd (you need loooaaddss) on the monday night then not enough some days later.

I am hopefully wrong and you do get your bfp on the 22nd

good luck x

Holly78 · 16/12/2007 21:17

just to update have managed to hold out on testing again (don't know how ) but will test this week and see what happens! GULP!!!!

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yellowbean · 16/12/2007 22:29

you're very restrained... hope you get the right result....

Holly78 · 18/12/2007 09:47

Update..... yesterday did another pg test negative....then last night spotting so called nhs24 who got a nurse to call me...i told her everthing and that i have now started having morning sickness since sat!!!! . she said that when i tested it may have been a chemical pg and thats why i'm testing negative now...but i have to wait untill af arrives (due around 20th -23rd) and see if i come on if not they will take blood tests as i may still be pg!! or if i have a heavy af then its prob a mc!! and to let my gp know...so now i'm totally confused and playing the waiting game

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yellowbean · 18/12/2007 20:56

hooly, hope you're okay. waiting is awful isnt it. my dates are same as yrs. i still feel sick and exhausted by testing neg.. but could be testing too early.... fingers crossed for you.

Holly78 · 23/12/2007 22:19

just a little update...af should have been here by now still no sign...i dont know what to do next..no point calling gp untill after xmas, think i will wait till thurs and see if af comes or not,def cant face doing a test and getting bfn again... still feeling queasy and have huge headache..i would just like to get over this and get on with ttc.

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ellasmum1 · 23/12/2007 23:42

Holly just wanted to wish you lots of good luck! Must be really awful for you being in limbo like that. I'm sure it might just be very early and you will soon test positive again!

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yellowbean · 26/12/2007 22:16

any news holly? i got a bfp on 23rd and bfn on 24th!! havent tested again yet....

Holly78 · 27/12/2007 12:54

Hi yellowbean no news, i have been reading your other thread... its is a total kick in the guts to get a bfp and then bfn isnt it? you feel in complete limbo... my af is now 5 days late. Cant face testing because i am worried that if it negative then that means i prob was pg ans lost it and now prob need a d & c or something. but cant help thinking i could be pg and have the usual symptom spotting. have not had the courage to tell my dp that i have missed af he still thinks we have mc just dont want to dash his hopes. I will go and buy pg test 2mrw and if its bfn then i will just have to bite the bullet and phone gp..

Funny how a simple line can cause such upset.

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ellasmum1 · 31/12/2007 15:10

can I just add that I didn't get a bfp until my AF was a whole 14 days late- did loads of negative tests over that 14 days,and then suddenly went positive day 14! I was so relieved as I thought I was imagining all the symptoms! So there is hope Holly xx
(Got my bfp 23rd dec so still v early days)

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