V faint line frer 3 days in a row 8-10dpo

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Hello, this is my first post so not sure if I’m doing it right but I’ve found lots of comfort reading others stories during my journey which I’ll go into another time but it’s been difficult and I’m now in my 2nd cycle ttc after loss and not being allowed to try for 6 months.

I’m now 10dpo and have had the faintest squinting move in the light and stretch to see it lines on frer the past three days which are maybe the teeniest teeniest bit less faint each day but still barely there. All came up within the 3 mins but I know frer can be notorious for Evap lines and indents and false hope. I know all I can do is keep testing and see if it gets darker but I feel so hopeless and just want someone’s advice, opinion, support.

i’ll try and upload pictures now not done this before but please if anyone could give their opinion/experience, am I seeing things? Is this nothing? Could this be the start of something?

first image is all three together but hard to see in the light top is 8dpo middle is 9dpo bottom is today 10dpo.

all done with fmu, I get nothing in the afternoon with few hour holds and these faintest lines with fmu all frer so don’t know if I’m being incredibly unlucky only getting indents in the morning?!

thank you

I feel like Mumsnet always makes you think if your lines are faint they’re going nowhere but all 3 of my pregnancies have started with lines that were basically invisible and I know if I posted on here asking I would be told Evap/indent/line eyes.
I think the biggest tell tale is what happens tomorrow though, or at least in next 2 days. If it doesn’t get darker then that’s not right. Will be following and hoping for you

I see lines on the 9 and 10dpo tests! Hopefully they will get stronger

@PollyDarton1 eeeh I really hope it’s not indents. Thank you! Just want it to be morning now so I can’t rest but scared it’s going to be nothing x

@Shoemadlady thank you, I need both sides so I don’t get ahead of myself if it’s disappointment tomorrow. Can you not see any lines or is it that you think they’re indents?

@katiekss oh my goodness thank you so much for finding your pics and posting them. Your 10dpo looks so much like mine I think! Hoping my 11dpo tomorrow does too then! You’re right I think it’s really dependent on tomorrow, hoping it’s progressed in some way if it’s more noticeable it’s going in the right direction. If it’s completely blank or still barely noticeable then I’ve been cursed with indents and will never buy frer ever again! Will post tomorrow as soon as I’ve taken my morning test. So nervous!

@Hazelnuttella thank you so much for sharing! The first one is very faint, so glad you got your bfp. I’ll be happy if I get something show up on an easy@home tomorrow going to test with one of those too first thing in the morning and then I’ll hopefully know either way what’s happening. Really hoping it’s something. Will post results either way!

@Blossomandbee thank you! I really hope it’s stronger tomorrow. Feel like it has to have become more noticeable by tomorrow morning otherwise I’ll have to rule myself out and will have a cry about being so unlucky to get so many indents playing tricks on my mind and never buy frer ever ever again! Didn’t even know having a faint line could be so misleading!

Remember tomorrow might not seem much darker cos really it's every 48 hours you should test.. but it definitely should have something on it, even if just really similar. There's no way that test upon test would show faint lines if there was no HCG, so if you're getting a line again tomorrow it's a really good sign. Also would you consider trying a few other brands tomorrow? I got that faint line at 10dpo then confirmed the next day with another FRER but also with about 4 other brands also. Every one of them showed a faint line and that was sooo reassuring for me. They weren't all expensive or highly sensitive ones either!

I always set these threads "to watch" and then end up crying my eyes out when I see a baby at the end of the 9 months of updates!!

I really really hope this thread is the same. I can see a line and I have everything crossed you for.

I definitely see a line on the 10dpo test. My fingers crossed for you!!

@katiekss yes you’re right aslong as I see something and it looks like it’s getting even the tiniest bit more noticeable then surely it can’t be a fourth indent. Great idea about the other tests, I’ve got my final frer, an easy@home and a clearblue 6 day early test all lined up ready for the morning! Hoping to see something on them, so nervous I just want it so badly. Thank you so much for your support today x

@rhow aw that’s so lovely! Thank you so much. Fingers crossed for the morning, I will post an update either way. I hope I can be a happy ending thread, so scared it’s going to go the other way! x

@VixFromThe6ix thank you! I can’t wait for the morning now but so scared as want it so badly. Let’s hope a line means there’s a baby and first response isn’t giving false hope x

Really excited for the update this morning! Have everything crossed for you. Give the tests a good 10 mins also. I know also that goes against advice but these early tests with faint lines need time to show up and there's no way they have evaporated in that time lol so don't worry about that..

Hi everyone, sorry for the delay in updating I’ve just been feeling a bit sad this morning.

unfortunately it looks like I’ve just been cursed with indents and will never use first response again as it’s cruel to see anything on a test if it doesn’t mean anything.

This morning I’ve got the same indent again on a frer fourth day in a row but absolutely nothing on a clearblue 6 day early or an easy@home strip all done with the same fmu this morning.

pictures attached of this mornings tests.

I think I’m out and I’m so sad, surely if the first response indents were something they would be clearer by now and something would have also atleast squinted on the other two tests. If I’d have just done the frer again I might have held out hope for tomorrow but surely the other two tests would have shown something.

11dpo today, af due on Sunday so I don’t think there’s any chance left now that I’m pregnant this cycle?

thank you so much for all your support, advice and opinions, it really helps x

Looks like an early line to me, not indents, but anything can happen at this stage, so I would truly advise you to wait until Monday 🙀if at all possible. I was exactly the same as you though and would test from 7dpo every cycle. Nuts when I look back but I had to know. Good luck with it.

Looks like an early line to me too - and stronger than the last couple of days. Is there colour to it?

Easy@Home are less sensitive than FRER if I'm correct, and my CB took longer than FRER to be clearly positive when I had my DS.

I would stop testing and wait until Sunday/Monday - if AF doesn't arrive, test then. My line on FRER looked similar to yours at 10DPO and it wasn't until 12DPO where I got stronger positives.

Just reading this and I don't think you're out OP. Today's line looks clearer to me than yesterday's on the frer, and frer are definitely more sensitive than those other two tests.
That being said, I did suffer with frer indents getting my hopes up last cycle so you're right to manage your expectations x

This was my frer indent if it helps to compare. Yours looks possibly stronger but also I agree don't get your hopes up just in case.

That line on the frer is quite clear, if it's an indent that's really unfair, they shouldn't make them like that. I don't see anything on the other tests sorry, but fingers crossed for you, it's not over yet 🤞

@Dumbphone I don’t know anymore, I was starting to believe it could be something but I’m so disheartened now. Yes I think you’re right, I’m going to try and give myself a break from testing this weekend and see if af rears her ugly head on Sunday or not :(

I’m going to try and not test early next cycle as it’s so consuming and confusing. It’s just so hard going through this every month, sounds like you got your BFP eventually though, how many cycles did it take you if you don’t mind me asking?

@PollyDarton1 I thought I could see hints of colour in all of them but now I don’t trust my eyes anymore! I want it to be something so badly and just seeing the shadow of the line made me feel hopeful.

i thought I would have atleast seen a hint something on the other two? I’m not sure on the sensitivity of the easy@home one but I thought it was 10hcg.
I know clearblue ones aren’t usually as sensitive but this was an ultra early one that says results 6 days before your missed period on the box so thought this type would be just as sensitive as the frer? I’ve attached a picture of the box as don’t know if they’re any good?

Yes you’re right, just need to try my best not to test anymore and let nature take its course. I’ll either come on AF on Sunday or test again Monday and will know either way xx

I had awful indents on frer. Was so upsetting.

I also had stronger lines with second morning wee rather than first!

@Hankthehonk thank you. I do think the frer are getting slightly slightly slightly more clear but I was sure it would be a bit more obvious on the frer by now and I would have seen something on the other two if it was something real!

I believe I have the 10hcg version of the easy@home if that’s a thing and not just an Amazon gimmick and the clearblue I used was an ultra early 6 days before your missed period so thought it would be just as sensitive as frer? I’ve posted a picture of the box above.

so sorry you’ve been through this too it’s so unfair. I don’t understand why frer make them like this as the whole point of pregnancy tests is a line is a line unlike ovulation tests. Hope you’ve got/get your BF-clear-as-day-undeniable-P soon

@MuppetTime oh my goodness that’s such a strong line for an indent too! Thank you for sharing, I’m so sorry you’ve been through this aswell it’s really unfair and first response need to fix their tests. I won’t be using them again!