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eBay pregnancy strips

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wifey6 · 09/11/2011 12:48

Hi...have posted in family planning as well... Would like some advice & recommendations on buying bulk pregnancy test strips please?

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 17:52

I did a test on the Sunday...& went to the doctors on the Monday. They give you the number to book in with the midwife at 8 weeks. Good luck! Can't wait to hear how you get on! X

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AllIWant85 · 10/11/2011 17:40

Will keep you updated. What is the usual stage before contacting the gp?

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 15:55

Please keep us posted allowant85! Congrats again!! Grin Grin Grin

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AllIWant85 · 10/11/2011 12:53

Thank you!! I am now back at work but trying to look like I don't have a massive secret that's bursting to get out!!

KatAndKit · 10/11/2011 12:42

Congratulations :) :) :)

AllIWant85 · 10/11/2011 12:38

Well I couldn't waiy,curiousity got the better of my so I went and bought a superdrug test and then did that and an ebay one at the same time.Ebay one was still faint but there, Superdrug one was clear as day,no squinting required!! :)

Nettee · 10/11/2011 10:50

I am pregnant with my third. I am quite proud of my testing restraint so sorry if I sound smug but here goes. I bought two cheapies for £1 from amazon (so actually quite expensive as they go). My friend came to stay and thought she was pregnant so used one of them and got a strong bfp on it. I waited until I had a late period (ok only one day late but officially late anyway) and then used the other one with the fmu. I got a bfp which was faintish but definately there. That was it! definately still pregnant 16 weeks later.

Clear blue is more convincing I admit from my first two pregnancies - the blue line did come up more clearly - but a line is a line and the cheapies are just as reliable and really you are paying for all that plastic surround.

I you have a pink line then you are done - congratulations!

HaveALittleFaithBaby · 10/11/2011 10:29

Don't test again yet all! It'll probably be inconclusive and just confuse you. Wait til the morning.

AllIWant85 · 10/11/2011 10:28

Am I mad to want to test again in a min? Blush

This poas thing is addictive!

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 09:34

Your right though...it's hard to believe so you keep doing them for reassurance! X

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KatAndKit · 10/11/2011 09:22

18 weeks. I did all of those tests by 5 weeks 1 day Blush

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 09:19

Congrats katandkit....how far along are you? I have to wait til my cheapies arrive!

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KatAndKit · 10/11/2011 09:14

This time around I think I got through:

A cheapy to get the bfp
Another cheapy a few hours later as first line almost invisible
More cheapies. including one I dipped in orange juice so that I could tell the difference between a faint bfp and an evap line
A twin pack of First response and a twin pack of Superdrug tests (the superdrug non-digis are very very good)
Some more cheapies to see if the line was getting better.
A twin pack of cb digis.
My last couple of cheapies
Another digi due to panic over the misleading weeks thingy on the previous one.

I am most definitely pregnant! And the first cheapie could have told me that without me needing to do all the rest of the tests. But what can I say? It is so hard to believe it at first!

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 09:08

Many that should of said....! Damn phone!

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 09:08

Kat&kit Grin pee on as man as you like! Grin

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 09:07

I would/ will be searching amazon & eBay to see if there are alternatives to the cb digi. Worth a try. I do see what you mean... I did a cheaply with my DS...next morning.. A cb...3 days later a cb digi! Madness!

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KatAndKit · 10/11/2011 09:06

The own-brands have digis (superdrug, boots etc) but they are less sensitive than the cheapie strips so better to wait until the time your period would have been due.
In the meantime if you have plenty of cheapies, do some more tomorrow morning if you want. They are so cheap there is no harm on peeing on as many as you like!

AllIWant85 · 10/11/2011 09:04

With me it's a case of I need someone to tell me I'm pregnant to believe them. The pink line doesn't compare to the word 'pregnant'. If there was an internet cheapy digital test I'd believe that, the only company that I know of though that does a digital test is cb.
Are there other makes?

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 09:02

Congratulations alliwant85!!!!!!

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KatAndKit · 10/11/2011 08:58

It's pink! You are pregnant! Congratulations :)

It is too true that you do NOT need a cb digi to confirm, and they are an evil marketing ploy. Especially the way that now they make us feel like we need to do at least three of them so we can see the weeks have gone up! But there is nothing like seeing the word "pregnant" on a screen in front of you.

HowOfShands · 10/11/2011 08:47

Clearblue have done a bang up marketing job, I'll give them that. Nowt wrong with cheapie test strips at all, they show up hcg, are cheap, sensitive and reliable and STILL everybody gets a cb digi to confirm. Madness.

AllIWant85 · 10/11/2011 08:47

*faint even. Spelling is not my strong point fitst thing in the morning!

AllIWant85 · 10/11/2011 08:44

Thank you for your responses, it is like a feint pink colour. Have never used these tests before and so wasn't entirely sure.

I went and stood in my garden and I could see the line clearer in natural light.

I guess I now have a long 48 hour wait until Saturday morning, think I may have gone mad by then!!

KatAndKit · 10/11/2011 08:32

An evap line tends to be more off-whitish than coloured. And appears when the test dries out.

If your line is pink then that is better news. The lines do take a few minutes when you use the tests early. A cb one might be a waste of cash at the moment, I would personally wait two days, do another cheap one, and if your line is definitely pink then, crack open the posh tests. Or if you are impatient get a First Response early result test. I find they give a positive the same day as the cheapies.

good luck!

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wifey6 · 10/11/2011 08:24

Good luck alliwant85....keep us posted!

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