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Multiple faint positives

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cherubtastic · 21/04/2008 21:31

I tested on Tues and got a faint positive, next day it was -ive. I have tested again on Fri and Sun and again this eve and they are all faint +ives but dont really seem to be getting stronger. Do you think this is odd or a problem???

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NatalieJane · 23/04/2008 16:58

I can see a cross on both of the CB tests.

And I hate to say I told you so, but I did warn you that the CBD would come up not pregnant.

I think with the number of faint positives you have had (and whether or not we can see them is pretty irrelavent, it is if you can see them) I'd be inclined to think that you are pregnant, you just have to be cautious not to get too excited.

But you know your own body, you had the feeling you were pregnant, wayyyyy before you were even due on, couple that with the fact that your period is normally like clock work and that you still feel pregnant, I think there is only one answer!

Don't forget as well, it is very easy for someone who is actively TTC to get symptom after symptom, not so easy for someone who hadn't been trying.

sureitsno3 · 23/04/2008 17:15

Hey there NJ, I don't know, have just done a tesco own make one (my friend had one) and that was negative.

God knows.

NatalieJane · 23/04/2008 17:21

Blardy hell woman, go and get a FR!!!

Tesco's are also well known for being less sensitive than many others.

FR FR FR FR FR FR!!!!!

Use tomorrow's FMU, and get an answer (unless you are like me and don't get BFP's till you are 9 days late.....!)

Squackycake · 23/04/2008 17:25

Hmm if you tested on Mon with ebay cheeps (10miu) and got faint positives then today you would expect to have double the hcg in your urine.
So testing with fmu would result in a positive test using a test measuring less than 20.
The digi ones measure 50miu so that could explain why tht is negative.
The tesco's ones measure 25 miu which could also explain the negative.
I think at this point I see 2 options:

Wait four days and if no period test again. You will undoubetdly have enough hcg in your urine then.

Test with ebay cheeps again if you have any. Test one test with urine and a second with just water (control), see what results you get. This should clear up whether it's the batch of tests you have and also should give you more than a very faint at this far past your period.

The CB tests at 25miu I think which may also explain why it's so faint.

hth

sureitsno3 · 23/04/2008 17:29

I thought the digi ones are now 25 not 50, its says on the box test 4 days before period is due.

The tesco ones are 25 as is the CB normal, at the end of the day a test is a test is it not, so if i was pg it would show up no matter what brand i use, and i would have thought they would be stronger today.

Still no show of AF, loads of CM (sorry!) keep thinking i have come on and when i get to the loo its just cm , so now 2/3 days late and no bright pos test, i don't think i am now.

sureitsno3 · 23/04/2008 17:30

Have no ebay cheapies left, now if i had i would have got dh to do one

sureitsno3 · 23/04/2008 17:31

Sorry i keep thinking of more to say....

The only odd one really is the CB yesterday

NatalieJane · 23/04/2008 17:43

I was reading on POAS.co.uk yesterday or the day before, that the test's have to be able to read at least what it sayd they can, so if you buy a multi pack of 2 tests and (for example) if the box says it can read 50miu it doesn't mean that every test in that box will read at 49miu, some can be very very varied, the example they gave were FR, in a lab test one of the FR test's were found to give a BFP at 4.5miu

Most women do always have a certain level of HCG in their system, any thing over 5 is considered to be pregnant, so if it was going off the cheap 10miu ebay's tests, then a feasable argument would be that if a FR can read HCG at such a low amount, then so could the 10miu ones, and that what they are picking up and showing as a BFP is in actual fact the HCG that occurs naturally in our bodies.

BUT, and it is a big BUT, I can clearly see two BFP's on CB tests on your profile, CB's IIRC are stated as 25miu? Which means you are either pregnant, or have a very very high 'natural' level of HCG for whatever reason, which I think is very un-common.

Is it worth going to your GP, asking for bloods?

NatalieJane · 23/04/2008 17:49

See here for a better explanation

sureitsno3 · 23/04/2008 17:51

I contacted the company that sells the cheapie ones and asked that very same question, and he said no way, that the level would have to be 10 for a faint line to appear.

Don't think i will bother my GP yet, not much point, like i said a test is a test, and i should be showing a pos by now.

I do have another tesco test, so will wait until Sun/Mon and test then, all this test buying has skinted me

Another thing i was thinking of was i had sex twice, and worked it out, it was day 18 and 20, so going off that i am either 12 dpo or 10 dpo. (i concieved my ds on day 19 of my cycle) so this seems to be my fertile time.

No AF though = a bit weird, plus the CB.

NatalieJane · 23/04/2008 17:55

He's a bloke, what does he know?

I have mentioned, I was 9 days late by the time I got a BFP with DS2, and he was fine, it really isn't that unusual.

I must go and get tea on, but seriously, I think you have to be pregnant, and I think it will only be a matter of bastard time before your tests will show it!

Squackycake · 23/04/2008 21:47

If you are, say, 12dpo now and tested positive 2 days ago, but negative now, then there is a possibility it could be a cp.

I had this happen last month, tested at 10dpo faint positive (but definitely there), then 12dpo tested negative (cb) with my period arriving later that day.

I hope that's not the case with you though.

If you haven't had your period by Monday I think I would go to the GP and ask for blood test which will let you know one way or another.

sureitsno3 · 23/04/2008 21:52

The CB on my profile i did yesterday afternoon, i had resigned myself to the fact i wasn;t today but then tonight i am feeling queasier than ever, and have absolutely loads of CM.

sureitsno3 · 23/04/2008 21:55

The cheap test sticks i did on Sat which were 10miu, then i did a CB yesterday and got the faint cross that was 25miu. Did tesco own make today about 4pm ish and got a neg.

OracleInaCoracle · 23/04/2008 22:00

STOP TESTING! you will not get a different result from testing with different HPTs or at different points in the day. if you are 12dpo then (if you are pg) it is probably too early. (i see a line too tho...)

Mum1369 · 23/04/2008 22:08

Looks like a positive to me, mine looked like that about 4 days before my period was due (he's now nearly 3..)

NatalieJane · 24/04/2008 09:41

Anything today?

sureitsno3 · 24/04/2008 12:08

Hey NJ,

No nothing, no AF.

Squackycake · 24/04/2008 12:19

What's the plan then Sure?

sureitsno3 · 24/04/2008 12:43

God knows, haven't got a clue lol.

Squackycake · 24/04/2008 12:44

Oh well as long as he knows I'm sure you'll be fine lol

No news is good news tho

sureitsno3 · 24/04/2008 13:02

I just don't get why i wouldn't get a strong pos by now, as my AF was due on Monday. What is going on!!

Squackycake · 24/04/2008 13:05

Have you tested again with fmu?

Was wed the faint cb test, or was that tuesday? If it was tuesday then your levels should have doubled today & in theory you should see a stronger result if you are pg.

sureitsno3 · 24/04/2008 13:09

I did a tesco own make test yesterday and it was neg.

If i wasn't feeling so queasy and didn't have loads of cm i would say no i am not pregnant.

Plus as said before, CB are pretty reliable, plus i had the faints on the test strips surely they can't all be wrong?, but it would have been cd 18 or cd 20 that i got pregnant so even though i have missed my period it is still quite early i guess.

Squackycake · 24/04/2008 13:21

I think if I was in your shoes then I would get another cb, test tomorrow with fmu, it should be more positive than the last one. If it isn't I think I would go and see the GP.

Are the cb pics on your profile of the same test?

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