um... how faint is a faint line?

[colditz]

Did a pregnancy test this morning as period is a week late....

there is the faintest smudge where the positive line would be, so faint I'm not entirely convinced it's there.

Court of mumsnet, what do you think?

THinking of you Colditz, let us know how it goes on Monday.

have you still been getting faint lines?

No, have had clear negatives ever since. That's why I am so worried really. I wouldn't mind bein pg, or not pg, but cannot stand not knowing!

its really strange that you had a line originally isn't it

Once I had a "smudge" in where the positive line should be. Got really worried. Wasn't pg, but had splashed all over the damn thing and think I made the predictor ink run from one box to the other!

With both of my kids I skipped a cycle before getting pg. I was testing like mad when I missed my period and it kept coming up neg. Two or three weeks later and I got a positive. Scan showed that I was only just pg, but going from date of LMP I was 10 weeks!

colditz - i don?t want to worry you - but are you sure you haven?t had any discomfort in your side? or felt unwell?
Just that a similar thing happened to my sister - preg test was faint line, then no period Really bad pains came on in about week 6, GP told her not to worry...got so bad she insisted going to epac where she was told too early too scan, don?t worry...Another unsympathetic GP visit and follow up epac visit (need written GP note to go to epac round here) she was finally taken seriously and hormone levels monitored - staying same/dropping slightly. She had an ectopic pregnancy and was getting really serious - she is fine now.
Just the fact that you had a line and then no line makes me suspicious - those tests are pretty good, would be amazed if it registered positive and then was really negative.
If nothing happens in next 24 hours or so, can you go back to your surgery and see a different GP who might check you over more thoroughly?
I know they said likely delayed for stress which makes sense if it weren?t for the preg positive test result.
Be careful, not trying to worry you, just wish you well and to be safe xx

I am falling to pieces about this, and dp genuinely doesn't seem to give a sh!t.

He's claiming not to have realised I haven't had AF yet. I am supposed to be going to dr's tomorrow, as it was dp's day off, but he has decided to go to work. So i have to take ds with me.

I hate him! I really hate him!

he hasn't noticed that I have been tearing my hair out for nearly 3 weeks! He didn't know I hadn't come on, despite me telling him every day!

If it was his body, and his hormones, and him bloody life, I'd be expected to take time off work while he languished in bed.

He hasn't noticed, and he doesn't bloody care anyway. My coworkers have shown far more concern than he has. I feel like bloody hitting him just to make him notice my presense. He'd soon notice my absence if we ran out of milk and crisps.

Feeling very angry and tearful and unloved and unnoticed and like a Victorian wife who suffers in silence.

Were you up all night because you were so angry with dh?.....you and me both. I can't even remember what I was so wound up about this morning, I just know that I HATED him last night as I lay there in the dark and he slept the deep sleep of the totally selfish.

Hating is all part of loving is what I say...all part of the ups and downs and rich tapestry of a relationship.

Sounds like your hubby is doing a 'bury head in sand' approach that some men are particularly well adapted to because they are so self-absorbed.
Can you not insist he comes with you - it will turn things around and make sure he focuses on the issue and you won't feel more alone and festering bitterness towards him. You'd probably swing the other way then and remember the love again and forget how you could have hated him.

aww colditz as if you havn't got another to be worrying about, if you try sitting him down and telling him how worried you are will that work?

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colditz - hope you have a better day today. Sorry to hear that your Dh annoyed you so much. Men! Sometimes they just don?t get it at all. Mine frequently misjudges how to play stressful situations and does the emu thing rather than the "tower of strength, lets talk about it and I will listen, not offer advice, hand out the tissues and buy a take out..". Still, if we didn?t love them they would not be able to get under our skins and upset us as well as they do

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hi colditz how did it go at the docs today??

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I'm being sent for blood tests for prolactin, testosterone, pregnancy hormones and all the thyroid bits and bobs! Dr doesn't know what is wrong, but he seems to think something is!

try not to worry to much, at least it is going to be thoroughly investigated

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Well, now he has reassured me that I am 99% not pregnant, I am going out for a meal tonight.

I'm going to eat seafood, wash it down with Vodka and behave in a generally unsuitable manner.

Dp still has head firmly lodged in sand. grr.

pleased you got it checked out and that they took you seriously. Hope the test results help clarify the situation for you. Enjoy your meal out - sounds like you need it

have a good night out, large amounts of vodka will help you feel better lol

Thankyou every one so much for giving me support when I have needed it. It has meant the world to me!

hope you're feeling much better

hope you're feeling much better