Positive test several days after taking?? FRER

[NikolaPiccola]

I'm hoping someone can clear this up for me; I know that you're not supposed to look at tests past the set recommended time and I normally don't. However, I was going to clean out some of the old ones and I found this one (bottom in the pic) which I had taken on the day of my expected period this month. I'm 6 days late and still no sign of AF, which is why I found the bottom test strange.

When I first took it I thought that there was a second line but couldn't tell so I chucked it in a drawer. I've been using the cheapie ones that show hints of the second line as well. The top test is one from several months ago and as you can see, there is no distinct line (maybe a hint of an evap if that.)

What is the difference? Why is the bottom one showing the second line 6 days after taking and the top one, not at all? Is that a positive sign? I have more frer coming in today as I've never been this late in my life, but I just thought I'd ask out of curiosity!

Why don’t you test again?

sorry, here's a clearer image!

@MaryH90 I'm waiting for amazon to deliver some tests today haha!

Frer are terrible for this, I had dark pink line when I went back to one next day to throw it away. It says in the instructions to ignore lines that appear after the 3 minutes.

@NikolaPiccola if you read it outside the timeframe it's invalid as the line can still appear even If negative. I have known for some for it to be an early positive but don't get your hopes up just in case. Did you look at it hours or a day later or at the 3 minute mark then not until a week later?

Let us know how you get on when your tests arrive.

What do the cheapies look like?

@Alisa34 I know, but then why doesn't the top one have that? That's why I find it confusing haha

@Abi58 oh I agree, I normally don't look. I only took note of it because the much older test doesn't have a second line, you know? The bottom one though I thought there was a faint second line as soon as I took it but I didn't want to get my hopes up so I just threw it in a drawer. Also, here is one of the cheapies that I took. The bottom one has the strongest line and the top one was taken a day before, I think?

I had a chemical pregnancy two months ago so i don't want to get my hopes up. Until I have a frer confirm a positive test I don't wanna believe it haha

@NikolaPiccola 🤞🏻 for you ☺️
I had a chemical pregnancy my previous cycle so I completely understand what you mean 🤞🏻 and let us know how you get on with the frer when it arrives 🤞🏻☺️

Good luck x

I could have written this post myself! I POAS on Thursday and then picked mine up some time later and had a faint pink line... AF not due until Tuesday and I'm too terrified to test again. I'm consoling myself with this info!!
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@Abi58 @Yakadee thanks both! I will update once I take the tests x

@ikphillips oh wow that explains so much! And it makes sense. I ALWAYS keep the caps on and I just went to check the test (sorry this is tmi and gross) and the tip was still damp, which would explain why the result appeared. And it is also pink! That has made me feel better, and would explain why my period is 6 days late.

Essentially what I think he's saying is no the test strip won't go pink unless you have HCG in your system; yes you could still get a positive and then have a period (a chemical pregnancy); and yes 'evap lines' do exist but they are colourless. The reason hpt producers tell you to discard after a certain time frame is that people often can't tell the difference between a positive that appears later on and an evap. This makes logical sense to me personally but I still don't trust my tiny pink line and waiting until I get a BFP in the time frame (if that ever happens) x

@NikolaPiccola good luck to you, keeping everything crossed!!

@ikphillips yes I get what you're saying. I'm going to remain mildly hopeful until I get a period or a bfp then! x

@NikolaPiccola me too! I'm not counting on anything just yet but I'm quietly hopeful (although it will probably turn out to be nothing). It's funny I've done loads of research and that's the only info I can find on the internet that clarifies what some of this stuff means... there's just so little sensible/scientific information available. Drives me nuts

@Ailsa34 @Abi58 @Yakadee @ikphillips It's positive! My tests just came, this isn't first-morning urine (although I've been holding it in for 2 hours lol) and it's a very clear positive in person. I don't know why the camera doesn't pick it up. But yeah, I think I'm definitely pregnant! I had a friend confirm the second line btw aha

I'll update tomorrow morning as well when I take the second test!

Oh my gosh congratulations!!!! Wooo! So pleased for you. Oh god don't let me get my hopes up now!

@ikphillips Thankyou! I'm trying to not get too excited yet until I speak to a doctor Monday but still! Fingers crossed for you!

@NikolaPiccola - I can see it! Congratulations 🎉

@Yakadee thankyoU! Exciting times!

Congratulations!!!

so I just started spotting (pinkish brown with some spots of red, only when I wipe) and now I'm really worried. Please keep your fingers crossed that this is a sticky baba!

Congratulations- I have my fingers crossed for your sticky bean. Remember many women spot and bleed during early pregnancy and go onto have a healthy pregnancy. I know it’s easy for me to say- but try not to worry right now x