Tests not getting darker

[user1478182517]

Hi all

I took my first test last Thursday and it was so faint you had to squint to see. They got slightly darker but still not a coat defined line. This morning I took a boots own test and i can hardly make out a line at all.

I am going to try and get a drs appointment later today, but would you suggest this is going to be chemical?! Could it be Boots test? I would be 5 weeks today so surely they would be getting darker? I just want to prepare myself and not get hopes up

I don't think there is anything that indicates a problem. If you've a positive pregnancy test and no bleeding, put down the tests and just enjoy being pregnant. Most people never pick up another test after the first, even very faint, line. Stop stressing yourself out. You are pregnant and nothing indicates otherwise.

Not sure the doctor will be able to tell you anything at this stage. If it's helpful, I didn't get anything at all showing up on a test until I was a week late for my period. And then not a properly visible line until 5 days after that. Fingers crossed this is good news for you.

Oh I thought the doctors might take my bloods? Would they not? It's a horrible waiting game, and I can't help not testing and googling. I've never been pregnant before so I just expecting the worst :( thanks for your advice

Hi user,

Earlier this year I was pregnant, got my BFP the day my period was due and for the next two weeks I continued testing and getting stronger lines - I was testing every 2 days or so simply because I loved seeing that second line.

Anyway, two weeks after my initial BFP one of the tests I took had a slightly fainter line than previous, I thought nothing of it until I tested the next day and it was fainter again.

I went out and bought a CB digital test which came back as 1-2 weeks pregnant and then I knew there was a problem as I should have been almost 5 weeks pregnant.

I went to the GP who said it was very likely I had miscarried and she would expect me to start bleeding within the next week. She said that if I hadn't started bleeding then I was to return and she would send me for a scan to see why I hadn't passed the pregnancy. She didn't mention me returning in 3 days to have some blood tests but I declined as they would only show what I already knew.

As it happened I started bleeding the next day. People had been telling he stop obsessively testing after my initial BFP but I was so, so glad I had known the pregnancy hadn't been viable before the bleeding started. If I had gone to bed one night believing I was pregnant and then woken up to a huge blood loss I would have been devastated.

I'm sorry this is happening to you. Maybe buying a digital test may give you a clearer idea as to what's happening?

Hi writerwannabe, thank you for sharing and I am sorry for what you went through :( I don't want to get my hopes up as I haven't had a BFP yet, just faint lines and a 'not pregnant' on the CBD. I was having pinching sensations also, but they seem to have stopped too. I don't know what to think!

Hang on, a faint line is a BFP! How late is your period? If you have a BFP you can stop testing. If you start bleeding then yes, there might be a problem but until then, assuming you have a BFP, there is no point in torturing yourself.

Ok, so Dr said faint tests are nothing to worry about and to stop testing. As long as no blood and severe pain all is good. Now it's just a waiting and praying game!

I know I should stop testing but I did another test today and it was much stronger! It's made me feel a bit better :) I am going to stop testing now, I have spent a small fortune in tests the last week

Congratulations! Enjoy this moment, you have no reason not too!

Was just going to add that there are all sorts that can affect how dark your line is, including the sensitivity of the test and how dilute your urine is. Congratulations :)

Hi @user1478182517 I'm going through the same thing at the moment and wondered if you had a positive outcome? I had a mc in August so trying to keep positive as I have had no bleeding but my first pregnancy the lines got darker very quick and want to prepare myself too