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Expired Pregnancy Test

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EngiNerd · 31/08/2020 16:40

I'm a couple days late. Took a couple pregnancy tests (1 yesterday with FMU and 1 today wtih FMU). The test were left over from my last pregnancy two years ago. They were the IC tests too and noticed the expiration date was 5-2018. Tests came out negative. I'm still nursing my last baby (21months old). My cycle returned in Jan of this year and has been 28-29 days consistently except for the 2nd to last cycle which was about 6 weeks long.

I know it's so hard to know without doing OPK's and still nursing but what are the chances of those two tests really being false negatives? I went and bought more sensitive tests an hour ago and I'm wondering if I should wait until tomorrow morning to take it or just try to hold my pee for 4 hours and take tonight.

I'm afraid the test will be negative and I'll be disappointed though it would be good to know if I should be anticipating a period anytime soon since I do wear a white uniform at work and definitely don't want a surprise (I'm wearing a pad for now but I hate wearing them if I don't need them).

Anyone use expired tests and get false negatives? How far past the expiration dates were they? I guess mine are more than 2 years past the date so I'm guessing severely unreliable at this point.

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asabee · 31/08/2020 16:44

Expired tests have given me false positives funny enough and I'm ttcing so I was truly gutted.
I'd advice you go ahead and take the test regardless. Keep us posted

ArcticSky · 31/08/2020 17:33

I had a strong false positive from an expired one Confused

EngiNerd · 31/08/2020 17:48

I couldn't wait. I really had to go so I went 1.5 hours after my last pee and took the test. I peed in a cup and dipped for 5 seconds. I swear I see a feint line. Gonna test in the morning. My hopes are up now though! I'll try to post a picture of the test.

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asabee · 31/08/2020 17:55

@ArcticSky hmm me too!
@EngiNerd yes yes post a pic

EngiNerd · 31/08/2020 18:24

Ok, so this test is about an hour old. Not sure if it's the lighting or not but it is VERY hard to see.

Expired Pregnancy Test
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