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Urgent advice needed re First Response pg test RESULT please!!

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 08:54

Morning all,
I did a First Response test first thing this morning as my AF is due today and hasn't arrived. Have had period-like symptoms for the last three days but no AF. I normally get these symptoms before AF but not for this long so I was wondering whether (touch wood!) they could be pg symptoms??!
ANYWAY, I did the test and one line showed up (which is negative, I know) but when I really peered at it, I could see another faint, faint,faint line. You have to really peer at it to see it; it's not immediately visible. Could this be positive, or is the line just there anyway?

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 08:57

Hey Gateau, hiya I hate squinting at those blooming lines... the only way to tell is to splash out for a digital one and get a straight yes or no, or wait three days and test again if you can bear it. Sorry if that's not helpful. Good luck though, really hope it's a bfp!!

ladyjuliafish · 09/02/2009 08:58

look at peeonastick.com

ladyjuliafish · 09/02/2009 08:59

here

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 08:59

Thanks HF. How are you doing?
Did you manage to get a scan?
While you're on, can Af symptom sbe similiar to pg ones?

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Geepers · 09/02/2009 09:00

First Response don't usually give false lines, however, I'd expect them to be showing quite obviously pregnant by the day your period is due.

You need to test again in a day or two.

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:02

Thanks lady; that's a fab link!
Now I'm squinting even more to see if any of them look like mine - as far as I can remember, anyway. Left it at home. Am obsessed, but not obsessed enough to bring it into work and look at it under my desk

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alicecrail · 09/02/2009 09:04

I used a digital one and was shocked at how quick it worked and its so clear. Good luck

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:04

That's what I thought Geepers.
I just wondered if the second line was maybe there anyway in the background ready to show up positive if that was the case.

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cravingchocolate · 09/02/2009 09:06

I tested when I was 2 days early and got a very very faint line like the one you described - am now sitting, typing with one hand with the result of the line breastfeeding aged 9 weeks!!

MinkyBorage · 09/02/2009 09:08

any line = pg, even very faint

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:08

You give me hope, craving! Thank you.
Maybe it was a defective result? Am popping out to get another at lunchtime. Think will opt for a digital.

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Geepers · 09/02/2009 09:09

On a First Response there will be no line at all. I've probably done over 100 of those tests and they have always been stark white when negative.

It was a First Response that first showed positive for me with this pregnancy, and the line was so faint I could only see it with a torch shining through the back of the test

HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 09:09

Hi Gateau, I'm ok. Unfortunately I mc'd, but I'm doing ok. Feeling v positive. Issy and I are ignoring our cycles somewhere on the conception boards

Hope you get your positive. I swear by those digital fellows, with perhaps an old fashioned analogue chappie if I'm more than a few days late and I'm certain I'm pg (no point splashing out if I know I'm going to get a strong line eh? )

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:10

Geepers.

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:13

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that HF. I didn't know you had mc'd. How are you?
Am I right in thinking this is your second m/c? Either way, good on you for being positive.
IF I am pg, it'll be fraught with angst as my last two pgs ended up in mcs.
Take care.

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 09:27

I'm ok surprisingly. This was my second mc in a row too, so while we're not taking a break from ttc, I'm taking a break from obssessing about it No counting cds, no 2ww, no thinking about it, just lots of sex sex sex

HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 09:28

I hope if you are pg that it all goes well, I can live vicariously through you (plus it gives me hope that you can get pg after 2 mcs!)

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Gateau · 09/02/2009 09:30

Thanks HF.
Feeling VERY anxious. IF I am pg it'll be a very cautious happiness!
We didn't use any ov tests as I was obsessed enough without bringing those into the equation - we just bonked like mad around the time I thought I was oving.

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HeadFairy · 09/02/2009 09:36

I'm sure it'll be fine. My doc was spouting loads of statistics at me, if I remember rightly 85% of women have a successfull pregnancy after 2 consecutive mcs... pretty good odds I reckon.

flynn1984 · 09/02/2009 09:40

Gateau I tested with a First Response 3 days after my AF was due and I got one strong line and one extremely faint line i mean it was that faint I had to squint at it for hours. I am now nearly 22 weeks pregnant so congratulations!

ScorpiowithabigS · 09/02/2009 09:48

I know they are very good tests..ususally very clear BFP

MrsHappy · 09/02/2009 10:15

I have never had a decent strong positive with a FR. They are often pretty light for me, even a couple of weeks after my period was due the positive line was nothing like as dark as the control line.

These days I take a photo of my imaginary lines. If they show up on screen I believe they are there. Otherwise I decide they are wishful thinking!

The only real answer though is to get a digital - although if you can save it for the morning when your wee will be more concentrated.

Lots of luck.

kiltycoldbum · 09/02/2009 10:19

when i went to my doctors at what i thought was 8wks pg he did a test and said "its very weak but it says positive, only just, i went for a scan and i was 12 wks! so it could be a very faint positive, get thee to the chemist for a digital and do it!

yellowflowers · 09/02/2009 11:09

That is a great idea MRSHAPPY - I will do that next time myself (the photo I mean)

Northernlurker · 09/02/2009 11:26

If you've ovulated late then that could be why the line is faint. Good Luck!