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can alcohol effect FMU - how faint a line can you get?

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solighticanhardlyseeit · 17/02/2009 10:22

I feel like a right idiot starting this, have name-changed mostly because I don't want to look like a fool.

I am, according to Fertility Friend, 13DPO. Though this is based only on EWCM as I didn't monitor anything else this month so I am guessing ovulation could have been as much as 2 days later than FF says. FF suggests that my test day is tomorrow. I am not late yet.

I tested about 4 days ago (I know, I know!) and got a definite negative but this morning I tested again (clear Blue but not Digital) and within seconds I got the very strong blue control line and then within the two minutes what I think is a very very faint line crossing through it.

Last night before I went to bed I drank a can of lager so was wondering, could alcohol affect the urine in so much that the line could be really faint, or even cause a false positive?

I know I should go and get another test and test again tomorrow but I am inclined to just wait and see if my period is late. I know that people say a line is a line but it was just so faint I think my eyes are just deceiving me because I want this so much.

I keep telling myself to not be so stupid but am just wondering how faint a line other people have got and still been pregnant.I have always assumed a line would be very obvious to the naked eye.

It was a bit like this and not an evaporation line as I read it within 2 minutes.

I am expecting that within hours of posting this my period will come. I have no other symptoms apart from a bad back and getting very hot at night(which I assumed was a sign my period is coming) ....
TIA

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singsong · 17/02/2009 11:21

Can of lager should not affect the test. I had very faint line with ds1 and few days later got a strong line. I would retest in couple of days.

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solighticanhardlyseeit · 17/02/2009 11:51

Thank you

I will re-test. At the moment I am not getting my hopes up. Just needed to write it all down because I can't really speak to anyone!

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bringonthetrumpets · 17/02/2009 11:54

ooooh a positive is still a positive!! yaaay for you! i think that since you read it within the 5 minute time period and there's a second line.......

you're a pregnant lady!

suwoo · 17/02/2009 11:57

Yep, a line is a line however faint. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

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solighticanhardlyseeit · 17/02/2009 12:00

well, thank you for being so positive but I am not convinced. It was really really really faint, almost not there, almost as if I was imagining it.
I'll pop back if I get my period and let you know.

Please please don't let this be wishful thinking.

My OH is away so I can't really speak to him, plus I don't want to get his hopes up.

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suwoo · 17/02/2009 12:12

I was like this with my current pregnancy and particularly my second. I could only see the line if I held it near the window . It was there though!

tinseltot · 17/02/2009 12:21

I tested in the evening (with a boots own test) before going to bed and the test appeared negative. The next day at about 3pm i looked in the bin and for some reason i picked the old test up and looked at it again. Like you, i could see the very very faintest positive line. I half thought i was imagining it. It had developed over hours tho as was defo not there 5 mins after i did the test.

So i went straight upstairs really excited and did another boots test and sure enough it was positive! The line was pretty clear.

So i would say that it is pretty likely that you are preggers! maybe get another test and do it now cos mine changed status in the space of 24 hours. My baby is due in just 10 days time!!!!

Good luck!

xx

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solighticanhardlyseeit · 17/02/2009 16:50

well, in 40 minutes time I can go and buy a test. Then when I get home I suppose I will do on - though I feel like I should at least wait intil the morning or even Thursday as my period will be late by then.

Oh bugger. I hope I am!

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cece · 17/02/2009 16:53

I had a week of faint lines, so faint you could barely see them. Never did get a strong positive as gave up after a week and did a clearblue digital. I am now 27 weeks pg so yes a very very faint line can be positive!

tinseltot · 17/02/2009 17:16

Good luck!!! let us know the result!

xx

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solighticanhardlyseeit · 17/02/2009 19:03

Ach - well.... just did a Tesco own brand test and no line so it's possible I am just a numpty.

will probably try again tomorrow but might hold out until period is very late or until it arrives.

There's always hope that it just needs FMU.
Obviously I dug the other test out of the bin and had a peek - a slightly darker line which is most likely an evaporation line and obviously I am discounting, but I live in hope.

x

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suwoo · 17/02/2009 20:50

You really need to do a test in the morning, with the strong wee- that could make a big difference. Have you got a test for in the morning? If not, save your wee and then buy one- its what I did this time (15 weeks now).

tinseltot · 17/02/2009 21:10

Will cross fingers for your next try

xx

lauraloo09 · 17/02/2009 21:27

solighticanhardlyseeit I had a faint positive so faint on a first response I had to tilt test and really squint at it before I saw anything, kinda light the photo of the test you posted...I'm now 23 weeks pregnant.

Please let us know how your next test goes like others have said wait until first morning urine, always seems to give stronger more accurate results

suwoo · 18/02/2009 08:55

Any news yet????????

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solighticanhardlyseeit · 18/02/2009 10:39

Tested again this morning and was negative. Let that be a lesson to me

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tinseltot · 18/02/2009 11:25

Sorry to hear that. I guess wait a few more days and see what happens (whether AF arrives). Fingers crossed that this is a very shy bfp!

xx

suwoo · 18/02/2009 12:28

Which test was it? The cheapo test sticks are the best IMO. Well wait another day or two and see what happens. Fingers crossed for you x

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solighticanhardlyseeit · 18/02/2009 19:20

Tesco own brand. My Boobs are really quite sore and no sign of my period.

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solighticanhardlyseeit · 18/02/2009 21:02

Just went to the shop and bought a clearblue non digital test. Can again see the faintest faintest line but not sure if I left it too long (longer than the 10 minutes) but my OH can see it too. Damn me for not waiting until tomorrow. If my period doesn't come tomorrow the I am going to have to buy another.

Sorry for obsessing about this but I have been trying so long.

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ScorpiowithabigS · 18/02/2009 21:03

Tesco tests are very good, IMO. Hope it goes + for you though!

suwoo · 18/02/2009 21:32

I hate to keep being positive when it could be bad news, but it really does sound good. Make sure you save the morning wee in readiness- will make a big difference

bringonthetrumpets · 19/02/2009 10:44

any news, any news??

Dropdeadfred · 19/02/2009 10:52

why do you keep buying non-digitals? it ads to your confusion...just buy a CB digital...good luck!

Mum1369 · 19/02/2009 10:55

Sorry -been lurking........any news ??

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