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False positives?

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bingandflop · 02/01/2020 20:32

Hi all

I had a BFP this morning and another this afternoon, however I have since read that the brand I used (One Step Ultra Early from Amazon) is notorious for false positives. Now I feel really deflated and I dont know what to think until I can get hold of a different brand on Saturday.

Anybody had a false positive before?

Xx

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lucymagoo · 06/01/2020 18:54

Congrats!! So happy for you Flowers

Lozz22 · 06/01/2020 18:05

I think mine definitely must've being false positives. My blood test came back negative and I'm now on a very heavy painful and very clotty period.

Congratulations OP Smile

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bingandflop · 04/01/2020 17:21

Seems like they weren't false after all. Thanks for all your support and hope everyone who wants one gets a BFP soon xx

PS sorry photo is upside down!

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Babyg1995 · 03/01/2020 22:02

I would get a digital as the lines are quite faint then you will know for definite.

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bingandflop · 03/01/2020 22:00

Ella, best of luck for your BFP tomorrow Flowers xx

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bingandflop · 03/01/2020 21:00

Ah no worries Ella thank you for your replies. Have just looked at this evenings test again and this is how it appears now, much darker than earlier Confused

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Ellabella234 · 03/01/2020 20:16

Won't let me post them sorry - annoying!

Ellabella234 · 03/01/2020 20:14

@bingandflop forgot to attach my faint ones for you to relate!No think yours are positives 🤞🏼💐

Ellabella234 · 03/01/2020 20:13

@bingandflop OP I can see the faint line in today's test too. It looks like it has some pink to it? This was my EXTREMELY faint line today 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ (one was pink edges ?but faint line through and the second was just bottom I think but they're pink and more pinky in person)... I am possibly fooling myself tho and the wait is horrid!!Testing again in the morning Cos I can't help myself 🤣xx

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bingandflop · 03/01/2020 17:51

Hi all, did make it to the pharmacy. Couldn't get a FRER but managed to get another (not well known brand). This is the result. I really dont know as I feel I can see a REALLY faint line but might be seeing things/might be evap or shadow. Was not FMU and the test was 25 miu whereas the others I've done have been 10 miu xx

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bingandflop · 03/01/2020 10:29

Thanks mooey and kell. I can but have my DD with me who is 8, can read, and I dont really want her to see me buying a pregnancy test as it will open a whole can of worms...haven't said anything to DH yet either as want to be 100% sure. I could go to the pharmacy and send DD to look at hair bobbles while I quickly grab a FRER...might try to do that. Thanks for all your support xx

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kell2126 · 03/01/2020 10:20

Wow, OP – if that's an evap/false pos, then it's the the world's most cruel one ever. Can you get hold of another test today? Crossing everything for you!

Mooey89 · 03/01/2020 09:17

You’re pregnant OP Grin

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bingandflop · 03/01/2020 08:50

Even with a crappy brand surely I wouldn't get 3 false positives? Argh idk! X

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bingandflop · 03/01/2020 08:45

Today's offering attached. Seems just about positive I think? But lighter than yesterday and still same brand. Limbo is pretty torturous isn't it!

Tigress, there is a paperclip icon near the emojis, click on there to attach a photo xx

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Tigress54 · 02/01/2020 23:30

How do you attach a photo ??? 😊

Danni12 · 02/01/2020 22:17

I didn't realise it was possible to get a false positive as the test responds to HSG which is released when you are pregnant....I once had a very very faint second line but following tests (all FRER) were BFNs so I just assumed it was a chemical pregnancy.....Sad
I hope it is good news for you OP

Flossylou · 02/01/2020 22:13

I've had false positives on the one step... last
Month I was using the same pee and getting one positive and one negative. And that was on more than one occasion. But I've had them be more reliable before so not sure if I had a bad batch.

Hope it's your bfp sending lots of baby dust x

Mooey89 · 02/01/2020 22:11

I think two false positives would be unlikely- do another in the morning and get a more reliable test to confirm tomorrow.

lucymagoo · 02/01/2020 22:07

I've had a false positive, definitely not an evap as it arrived in time. These were boots own brand. I did a FRER and clearblue the few days after which came up negative. It's not letting me attach a picture unfortunately

Lozz22 · 02/01/2020 22:06

I took 2 tests a morrisons one just before Xmas and a co op one on Xmas day both came up with a faint positive. Every other test plus blood test has come back negative so I'm really confused!! Even worse I feel Pregnant. I have the same symptoms as before and my other half commented tonight at just how horny I am, which is exactly what happened last time I was Pregnant. Thing is after having 4 miscarriages I'd hate to do something and have another one because I wasn't careful or something

Tigress54 · 02/01/2020 21:46

I’ve read so much today about people having Positive results showing hours and hours later and other tests showing negative when they actually were pregnant! I did buy a clear blue early detection which came up negative I did it this afternoon .I have one more left and apparently I shouldn’t be testing until next week , I’ll probably get my period in that perimenopausal fashion before I do that test , I’m 54 and I’ve had my ovaries and womb scanned as I only started with symptoms of this peremenopausal mularky in February last year when I missed a period and since then they’ve been a wee bit later than usual but I’ve still had them but the purpose of the scan was to see if I had any cysts and my results were I’m all healthy in the gear box dept ... that don’t mean I’m fertile either, Arghhhh ... us women don’t half gi through the mill don’t we !

FaithInfinity · 02/01/2020 21:35

I had false positives on Boots’ own brand tests, more of a grey so maybe evaporation lines but definitely looked positive when I wasn’t. I’d advise getting either a Superdrug test (purple dye) or a First Response Early Response test because the pink/purple dyes are less likely to give false positives.

kell2126 · 02/01/2020 21:33

Best of luck – and keep us posted! FX xx

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bingandflop · 02/01/2020 21:27

Thanks Kell. Have ordered some clear blue to arrive Saturday so will see what happens. Still have 2 left, will do another in the morning biy dont really trust the result now x

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