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!

Pregnant!!!!

I can see the line but confused as to why it's not darker. Go to the dr and get a blood test!

@anitagreen tbh I'm not really sure. We weren't tracking. Just seeing how things go. My doctor told me that a line doesn't necessarily indicate concentrate so I'm trying not to worry. I will be having tests done anyway so fingers crossed. Today's was darker though. I will see how Thursday's will be.

@kmammamalto that's ok. They are really faint on the pictures. I was honestly expecting this morning to be negative and when I turned the test over the line was very obvious to me. I didn't have to squint or anything. For some reason though with the frer tests mine have always dried lighter.
Anyway, I still haven't had my period and I'm not in any particular pain. My symptoms have gotten worse so I'm taking this as a positive sign. The nurse told me that the bleeding could have been late implantation blood so idk.We'll see.

@glittertissues that's ok. They are super faint! But it was so much clearer in person! I didn't have to squint or anything. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

@Polly7805 that's what I'm confused about too. I haven't had any of the typical miscarriage symptoms, I haven't even soaked through a pad! I'm not in any pain and the bleeding only lasted 2 days! Apparently, I could have implanted later, the nurse said that it's a possibility as she also had this sort of bleeding when she was a week late. It can also be that my hormones haven't been building up quickly enough. I was told that sometimes they start off really slow and then you get a random surge. I'm still wary but I'll remain hopeful until I'm told otherwise.

And I mean heck, I know someone who didn't get a positive pregnancy test until she was 5 months pregnant! There's always some hope lol

I took my last one step strip test this evening and it's possibly the clearest line I've ever gotten on them! My sister saw it too and that's saying something cause these are absolutely terrible to read lol.

@NikolaPiccola I guess IRL if people are seeing lines that's all that matters - honestly I can't see lines, except in your last photo & then because you've edited the photos, it's hard to know what I'm seeing!

Best of luck to you - hopefully you'll see darker lines soon & all will be clear 💐

@EarringsandLipstick yeah it's a bit hard to see on a screen, especially when my camera doesn't do a good job of picking it up. Thankyou!

How did you get on????

Was you pregnant?????