Have started using these, but finding them a bit hard to interpret. The ones I've got come individually wrapped and have a green end. The other end has a very thin bit of foam over the end, and a thin plastic strip over that. On the thin plastic strip is a black marker line and arrows to show which end to dip. You wee in a cup then dip the strip no deeper than the black line for 10 seconds. you can see the moisture climb up the strip and pretty quickly the control line changes to purple. I though that i was getting negative tests despite having some ovulation pains. Today i decided to pull the foam off to look underneath, and hey presto! apparent positive after a few minutes. I then bathed DS and put him to bed, and came back about 40 minutes later. The positive test line had gone. So...1. is the test line meant to be under the foam? and 2. Is it likely to fade after 40 mins?
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