Faint line or evaporation line

[Smileysa]

Hi all, v new to this forum. My OH and I haven’t been actively trying and been using pill (I had a tummy bug about 3 weeks ago). Had weird stitch in both hips, metallic taste in mouth and now I’m 5 days late. Just tested and it’s come up with faint positive ? Does this mean I’m pregnant or is this just a evaporation line ? Help !

[Mooey89]

That is not faint at all, that’s a strong positive!

[Smileysa]

Really ? I’m so new to this and more than a little terrified. I have had two fairly early miscarriages so part of me doesn’t want to believe it and get hopes up

[moaningmummyoftwo]

100% positive

[ShowOfHands]

Not faint at all. That's a clear positive.

[Smileysa]

Thank you ladies ! I always thought that the line had to be as strong as the control or it might be a false positive !

[ShowOfHands]

That's with ovulation tests. With pregnancy tests, any line is a positive and a false positive is vanishingly rare.

[Smileysa]

Went to doctors today ... the rest came up v faint positive . Doctor said given my past history of miscarriages I need to come back in a week or so to see if test is still as weak (if it is have blood tests) but hopefully it will be stronger after a week.. she said to watch out for bleeding.. and come back regardless.

Feeling v anxious, realise some women have had it 10x worse trying to conceive .. and this wasn’t planned but this has thrown me a bit (as got my hopes up a little bit) Cross your fingers for me

[kirinm]

Smiley, I’ve also had multiple miscarriages (5) but my GP never said something like that to me. If you’re worried you could push for earlier blood tests - you’d need to have two sets a few days apart to check if your HCG levels are rising.

Good luck, I hope things go well this time.

[2furbabies]

The strength of a line means nothing so not sure why a doctor would say that ? They normally give you the blood test right away