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Urgent advice needed re First Response pg test RESULT please!!

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 08:54

Morning all,
I did a First Response test first thing this morning as my AF is due today and hasn't arrived. Have had period-like symptoms for the last three days but no AF. I normally get these symptoms before AF but not for this long so I was wondering whether (touch wood!) they could be pg symptoms??!
ANYWAY, I did the test and one line showed up (which is negative, I know) but when I really peered at it, I could see another faint, faint,faint line. You have to really peer at it to see it; it's not immediately visible. Could this be positive, or is the line just there anyway?

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kittycatcat · 16/02/2009 14:08

i used a boots cheapie.....

SalBySea · 16/02/2009 14:03

1st response are pants, got a -ive with 1st response just 2 days before +ive with cheapo test

I dont believe that they show clear +ives any sooner than any other test

kittycatcat · 16/02/2009 13:55

Test done. BFN ah well thought that might be the case.

kittycatcat · 16/02/2009 12:16

ok, will get one at lunch, thanks both

laughalot · 16/02/2009 12:12

Kitty go on get a pregnant or not pregnant they are great

kittycatcat · 16/02/2009 12:06

Hmmm, it's a no win isn't it what to do what to do? Am so impatient, like most other MNetters i suspect

yellowflowers · 16/02/2009 11:58

Really hoping it's positive but just to say I have had the faintest of faint lines with first response before and it has been negative - also had false positives with clear blue. now I just don't really trust the tests at all

kittycatcat · 16/02/2009 11:40

Gateau did you do another test? I am in my first month of ttc and AF is 2 days late. I have symptoms but think it might be my body adjusting.....

helips · 09/02/2009 11:26

I took a first response test 2 days after af due and had the faintest of lines, could only see it if you really squinted! That faint line is now my 17 month old ds!!

Northernlurker · 09/02/2009 11:26

If you've ovulated late then that could be why the line is faint. Good Luck!

yellowflowers · 09/02/2009 11:09

That is a great idea MRSHAPPY - I will do that next time myself (the photo I mean)

kiltycoldbum · 09/02/2009 10:19

when i went to my doctors at what i thought was 8wks pg he did a test and said "its very weak but it says positive, only just, i went for a scan and i was 12 wks! so it could be a very faint positive, get thee to the chemist for a digital and do it!

MrsHappy · 09/02/2009 10:15

I have never had a decent strong positive with a FR. They are often pretty light for me, even a couple of weeks after my period was due the positive line was nothing like as dark as the control line.

These days I take a photo of my imaginary lines. If they show up on screen I believe they are there. Otherwise I decide they are wishful thinking!

The only real answer though is to get a digital - although if you can save it for the morning when your wee will be more concentrated.

Lots of luck.

ScorpiowithabigS · 09/02/2009 09:48

I know they are very good tests..ususally very clear BFP

flynn1984 · 09/02/2009 09:40

Gateau I tested with a First Response 3 days after my AF was due and I got one strong line and one extremely faint line i mean it was that faint I had to squint at it for hours. I am now nearly 22 weeks pregnant so congratulations!

HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 09:36

I'm sure it'll be fine. My doc was spouting loads of statistics at me, if I remember rightly 85% of women have a successfull pregnancy after 2 consecutive mcs... pretty good odds I reckon.

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:30

Thanks HF.
Feeling VERY anxious. IF I am pg it'll be a very cautious happiness!
We didn't use any ov tests as I was obsessed enough without bringing those into the equation - we just bonked like mad around the time I thought I was oving.

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 09:28

I hope if you are pg that it all goes well, I can live vicariously through you (plus it gives me hope that you can get pg after 2 mcs!)

HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 09:27

I'm ok surprisingly. This was my second mc in a row too, so while we're not taking a break from ttc, I'm taking a break from obssessing about it No counting cds, no 2ww, no thinking about it, just lots of sex sex sex

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:13

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that HF. I didn't know you had mc'd. How are you?
Am I right in thinking this is your second m/c? Either way, good on you for being positive.
IF I am pg, it'll be fraught with angst as my last two pgs ended up in mcs.
Take care.

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:10

Geepers.

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 09:09

Hi Gateau, I'm ok. Unfortunately I mc'd, but I'm doing ok. Feeling v positive. Issy and I are ignoring our cycles somewhere on the conception boards

Hope you get your positive. I swear by those digital fellows, with perhaps an old fashioned analogue chappie if I'm more than a few days late and I'm certain I'm pg (no point splashing out if I know I'm going to get a strong line eh? )

Geepers · 09/02/2009 09:09

On a First Response there will be no line at all. I've probably done over 100 of those tests and they have always been stark white when negative.

It was a First Response that first showed positive for me with this pregnancy, and the line was so faint I could only see it with a torch shining through the back of the test

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:08

You give me hope, craving! Thank you.
Maybe it was a defective result? Am popping out to get another at lunchtime. Think will opt for a digital.

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MinkyBorage · 09/02/2009 09:08

any line = pg, even very faint

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