Absolutely no way I'm pregnant, but...

Good news
Anndd relax 😌

I think in general on these boards there is huge misunderstanding around pregnancy tests. They're not designed so that if you wait an hour, take them to pieces, take a photograph of it, invert the colours, boost the contrast, and look with one eye shut, you can sort of see a line there.

They are designed to be straightforward tests that detect the presence of the pregnancy hormone at a level that would be expected in a woman who's due on her period, and indicate it in an obvious, clear, visual way.

Every positive pregnancy test I've ever had has been instant and unmistakable, except for one I took 3 days before my period (and the one I took 24 hours ater that WAS instant and unmistakable).

There is going to be some sort of line there in some way, because that's the part of the test that includes whatever it is that detects the hormone and dyes it pink/blue if the hormone is present.

There are all these women going around convinced they've had "chemical pregnancies" or "early miscarriages" when all they've had is a late/missed period and an evaporation line.

It's cruel to keep telling people this if they want to be pregnant (and also if they don't!)

As an infertile woman with PCOS and wildly irregular period this is so true and was the bane of my TTC lifetime.

I could hold of for WEEKS past when a 'regular' ladies period would come with zero signs of starting but like clockwork the SECOND the piss hit the pregnancy test the flood gates of the red sea would open. EVERY FUCKING TIME... like life and my body way just laughing at me.

It's a line, just not a positive one. I've seen very few posts saying they can't see a line. The amazing thing is that many women don't seem to understand that evap lines are incredibly common, and the op's circumstances mean it's incredibly unlikely for it to be positive, as has been proven.

The Conception board is always like that. Posters are always insisting that tests are positive when they're obviously not. No idea why.

Good news OP you must be relieved

i would definitely have read that test as positive too! Not good to think of all the potential false hope some women must get with a false faint line like that. I wonder what causes it?

Good news OP! Amazed so many people were so certain that was a positive 😵‍💫

*false positives I mean

Such a relief for you OP.

I would get DH's swimmers retested anyway, for any chance it was a chemical pregnancy (though evap or dodgy test obviously also explanations!)

I has a similar faint line last year op which was definitely not a positive. I thought false negatives almost never happened, but apparently not.

I guessed as much.
I used 2 frers and had faint lines and was convinced I was pregnant.
A week later period started.
Deffo not chemical as other tests such as clearblues showed nothing and clearblue is the only test I had a very strong positive on with my first.

Ah, phew. Great news op.

Phew 😉

I had this the other month, even had the same line on a first response. Period arrived a few days later but have been all over the place since then.

My opinion is that the line is an evap, your discharge was ovulation, and your cycles are out as a result of covid vaccines + your age.

Good luck either way.

The test looks positive to me.

i hope you’re ok OP.

Oh lovely what a shock, I’ve been waiting to see if you had taken a test 🥺

that’s definitely a BFP, not sure why others are saying they can’t see it, should of gone to spec savers I reckon!! I can see it perfectly and it’s pink not grey.

maybe you could call the doctors?

Amazed at people saying it’s not a line.

hope you’re ok OP.

I hate to tell you but when I was trying for my second I was gutted as I had my period cramps a few days before and then on my period due date. I thought “oh great, I’ll have to try again next month”. Tested and nothing.
wasn’t until 5 days late I got that very faint line like you. Period cramps turned out not to be period cramps but they felt exactly the same.
Have you retested OP? Xx

Having stared at 100s of pregnancy tests over the years it's definitely a BFP but you are right it's very faint of you are 10 days late

The colour in the test line can become more apparent just by being wet, although it hasn't actually darkened as such. The blue line tests are worse for this, but it is possible in the pink ones.

A very faint line at a point where it should be dark can be a sign that there is a pregnancy but it is not progressing.

I can never see the lines in these threads even though everyone else can. I can see this one, just, but as before, it isn't what I'd expect to see at ten days late.

The test detects the human hormone…. Which isn’t present unless pregnant

Evap lines and false positives for other reasons both exist

Hope AF arrived through the night and it’s not a pregnancy.
Would definitely chase up that test for your DH though!

The test detects the human hormone…. Which isn’t present unless pregnant That is exactly what my test looked like… my child 18 now! Congratulations