Positive or a false result?

[ShellUK09]

Hello,

I’m new here and I’ve been lurking for advice for a while, thought it was just best to post my own question!

Myself and my partner have just started trying to conceive and are in the first month of trying. I was on the mini pill for years, and came off a fews month ago. My cycle was just getting into some form of normality again after no periods on the pill.

Ovulation happened around 17 days ago and a few days ago I started bleeding for 3 days, as this was earlier than my period I wondered if it was implantation bleeding. As I’m 36 now I expected it to take a while before we got a positive result, but as I have been feeling different in myself this week we thought we would try a test. I just got a cheap test from Poundland as it still seems early to be testing to me and I didn’t want to fork out for an expensive one yet, there is a faint line there but I can’t tell if this means positive or not. This is the first pregnancy test I have ever done so I’m really not 100% sure of what I’m looking at, I have attached a photo I hope you can make this out, is this positive or too faint to tell?? I’m not sure if the bleeding meant I had been pregnant but I’m not now. I will need to test again in a week to make sure, I’ll make sure I buy a digital test next. Any advice is much appreciated thank you

I can’t see a second line.
They’re not very sensitive tests though. Pink dye ones are the best (first response).

Thanks for your response, I will get some First Response tests next. I can see a faint line but not sure if I’m looking at it wrong or if the line is meant to be in a different place? We think we are going mad here! I’ve attached a different photo in case the first one wasn’t clear. This is all new to us

I'm sorry I can't see a second line either, but sometimes when they are super light, they can't be picked up by a camera. 17dpo I would expect a clearer result, but I've never used those tests so can't compare. Fingers crossed for you, it's such an exciting and frustrating process this baby making business.

Sorry, I don't see anything either - are you meaning a line where the part with 'max' and the arrows has peeled away?

Where do you think the second line is? I'm usually amazing at spotting squinters, but I can't see a line on yours.

Yes the part where the max and arrows has peeled away, I now realise we jumped straight to the wrong conclusion! It’s definitely negative then. Know where to check next time. Thanks for all your help and we will keep going feel a bit of a fool now but very glad I asked too!