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A few questions about a V.V faint + (?)...

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LadyOfWaffle · 19/11/2007 10:15

Because I haven't had my period yet (it's now over 2 weeks late) I took a pregnancy test just after it was due (-) a few days ago (-) and a few hours ago. I thought it was negative but took it into another room where there was more light and there is sort of another line (it's clear blue where you get a + or -). But it's only on the bottom of the cross (so it's now a T shape) and very thin, not as thick as the horizontal line. Is that just an evapouration line? I went into the bathroom bin to get the instructions, and I saw the test I put in there a week ago - it is a very definate +... is that an evap. line? Or did I throw it away too early? I threw it in after I guess 5 mins or so... maybe less, I can't remember! What do I do? Can the GP confirm either way, or do they do the same sort of tests? THanks.

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iliketotrickortreat · 19/11/2007 11:37

i very thin vertical line on a clear blue is a negative sorry i had loads and rang the cb help line and they sent me 2 free digital tests woohoo but both said not pregnant but then a few weeks later i got bfp

DANCESwithHughJackman · 19/11/2007 11:28

BLIMEY! I am surprised another woman would suggest that but then I am mega impatient! Anyway, what are you still doing here? Get thee to a chemist...stat.

Smithagain · 19/11/2007 11:17

Oddly enough, she wasn't. And she also failed to recognise chickenpox on my eldest child, despite the mother of all spots throbbing at her from DD1's forhead.

So I politely request to see someone different these days !

DANCESwithHughJackman · 19/11/2007 11:16

I'd go and buy a sensitive test (like first response) and try again. Preferably with your first wee of the day. I bet you are though unless your period is often two weeks late....

DANCESwithHughJackman · 19/11/2007 11:14

forget about it....wait a couple of weeks. As if you could I'm guessing your GP was a man

Smithagain · 19/11/2007 11:12

It sounds similar to the very faint positive I had when I conceived DD2. I tested because I was having some wierd bleeding and thought I had better "rule out" the possibility that I might be pregnant, before I went to the gp about it !

My gp didn't believe it was really positive and told me to go home, relax and try to forget about it for a couple of weeks, then test again. Which might have been good advice, actually.

What I actually did was buy a different make of test, which just gives you a dot for positive and nothing for negative. It was much clearer. And it was positive. But that was just me ...

LadyOfWaffle · 19/11/2007 10:52

Bump - sorry! Just been reading in the archives about tesco HPT & evap. lines so am totally confused.

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LadyOfWaffle · 19/11/2007 10:23

Is digital better? Would that detect it better than the line ones? It's just the fact it's a weird +, when I say it's faint I mean it's really really faint and so so thin, more like the other line has 'leaked' downwards a little. And the other one has been in the bin nearly a week... I was trying to take a pic on my digi cam but it won't focus (I don't know how) so you can actually see what I am on about. The one that's a week old is just a tesco one, if that makes a difference.

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ClaphamLauren · 19/11/2007 10:18

I went to my GP with a very faint positive when I was a week late and he looked at it (I took the actual test with me because I thought I was going a bit nuts...) and didn't even bother getting me to do a urine test or bloods.

Personally, I would take it as a positive or maybe try a Clearblue digital test? Two weeks late should give a decent line or positive really. Sure an expert will be along shortly!

Congrats if you are

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