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BFP not getting darker?

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bizzylizzy79 · 07/10/2011 12:05

Hi, this will be my 4th pregnancy if all goes according to plan. My period was due approx a wk ago and I've done 5 tests since monday. They've all come up + since then but lighter than the control line and not getting darker. Boots cheap and tesco tests. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Oeisha · 07/10/2011 12:23

You're pregnant! Congrats!
The control line is only an indication that the test had worked, not an indicator of how 'strong' the other lines should be. The feintness of the test line vaires so much from woman to woman, day to day (mainly due to fluid intake) that as long as it says positive, it's positive. If at all unsure, read the leaflet enclosed, but most say even a feint positive is a positive, so
Congrats again!

MustControlFistOfDeath · 07/10/2011 12:34

Mine were the same, really faint line compared to the control line.

Congratulations

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bizzylizzy79 · 07/10/2011 12:55

Thank you! Don't know why I'm feeling so paranoid this time around. Just heard so many stories about the lines getting darker as hcg increases. Thanks for the reassurance :)

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nickelbabe · 07/10/2011 12:58

I think it's that it has to be the same thickness, not darkness. :)

well done! good shagging.

themightyskim · 07/10/2011 13:29

mine was never as dark as the control line either but im still nice and pregnant :) congratulations

Iggly · 07/10/2011 13:30

Stop weeing money down the loo

Congratulations!

LIG1979 · 07/10/2011 13:35

Hello.....sorry to give a negative view and I am keeping my fingers crossed for you.

I had a chemical pregnancy at the end of August which involved lines using 1st morning urine. I had lines for 4 days (9-13 dpo) that never got past the faint positive or "1-2 weeks" on the cb digital one. After about 4 days it was so faint only I could see it and I got my AF the next day. (If you aren't using 1st morning urine then it may be the dilution of the urine that is causing it to be faint.)

When I was pregnant before - I spent alot of the first few weeks POASing and definitely saw an increase in the strength of the line over time so it was very dark by around 6 weeks pregnant.

Good luck!!

nickelbabe · 07/10/2011 13:56

good point.
maybe leave it another week lizzy?
see if it darkens then?

justhayley · 07/10/2011 14:12

Your having a baby congrats. My tests were the same I got a cheap sainsburys own brander and the + was really faint - after 4 tests with super faint results I thought id buy clear blue digital- sure enough it said nice and clearly I'm pregnant. Id say 100% it pregnant but u can always check with ur GP just to make sure :)

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bizzylizzy79 · 07/10/2011 18:43

Thanks all! Waiting game I guess! Nerve racking time as my youngest is just 8 months....

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PickleSarnie · 07/10/2011 20:18

I'm being paranoid too and stupidly peed on another stick which ended up being lighter than before. Cue even more paranoia.

So I did a bit of an experiment. I spend a couple of quid on some internet cheapies. Then I stuck five of them into the same pot of wee. Technically they should all be the same darkness but pretty much every one was different. I'm hoping that means you can't tell much by the darkness of the line.

HannahHack · 07/10/2011 20:24

HGC is highest around 4 w pregnant. It is completley normal for it to actually get lighter/lower after this. I heard this from a preg test rep last week! Though the test should just be used to show the presence of HGC not the concentration.

However, if you are worried just make an appointment with your GP. They do emergency apps if you worry down the phone at the receptionist saying I think I am pregnant!. Sound worried. It helps!

Good luck! and congrats.

Oeisha · 08/10/2011 09:19

Interesting. How's about this. Every time you're tempted to POAS, put the money you would have spent on the stick in a jar and buy something utterly useless (other than more sticks) and fluffy for baby, or a mahoosive bottle of wine/whatever at the end of it all???

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bizzylizzy79 · 08/10/2011 09:39

Thanks awesome idea! Cheers

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BartletForAmerica · 08/10/2011 10:45

A positive test is a positive test! Congratulations, bizzy! Hope all goes well for you. With DS and with my current pregnancy (7/40), my tests have all been very light.

Some tests will get darker, some won't. They are not designed to test the concentration of HCG, just the presence of it.

Unfortunately though, Hannah's pregnancy test rep is talking nonsense about HCG being highest at 4 weeks. It is highest at 13-16 weeks, but it is amazing to see the really wide variation of the HCG level in normal pregnancies.

www.americanpregnancy.org/duringpregnancy/hcglevels.html

iomegawoman · 08/10/2011 16:36

Congratulations Bizzy Lizzy, i was delighted to see this post as i have been testing the last few mornings with tesco tests and the line is coming up but is so faint that i was doubting that it was there at all. My DH made me buy a first response to use tomorrow morning to set my mind at ease because he said a line is a line - I should enjoy it. Heres hoping we both get our definite positives!

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bizzylizzy79 · 08/10/2011 19:55

Fingers crossed for you iomegawoman! I'm still crossing mine! Please let us know how you get on in the morning x

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iomegawoman · 09/10/2011 12:37

Well I did the FR test this morning and it also came up with a line albeit a very faint one again. I was pregnant earlier in the year and miscarried in April and the lines on all the tests I took that time were very strong. We are now afraid to get excited in case it isn't correct so I think I will wait another week or two and take another one then, hopefully it will all work out and we will get DC3!

lolajane2009 · 09/10/2011 13:41

congrats, a line is a line.

mine got lighter through first tri but no issues as 5 week old boy downstairs shows.

iomegawoman · 19/10/2011 15:36

Hi everyone, I held off testing until Saturday when I got a BFP in about 30 seconds! We are now hoping that this one will be a successful pregnancy. Good luck to everyone on this thread!

RubyLovesMayMay · 19/10/2011 15:48

I thought the same thing and posted about it

but these two lovelies reassured me that shades of lines doesnt count for much other than being pregnant

So congratulations

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bizzylizzy79 · 19/10/2011 17:43

Congrats iomegawoman! Hoping for a healthy pregnancy for you. I've been back and forth for blood tests after spotting and cramping. All subsided now though and ultrasound next week to see what's what so fingers crossed.

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iomegawoman · 22/10/2011 18:35

HI bizzylizzy, hope everything went well for you, been spotting myself since Thursday and the Doctor had no surgery Friday, the EPU won't see me until Monday - I'm a nervous wreck!

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bizzylizzy79 · 23/10/2011 12:47

Sorry to hear to that iomegawoman. Waiting is so hard. No more developments for me yet. Should know more on Tuesday but the time is really dragging. Trying to keep busy to help pass the time.

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iomegawoman · 23/10/2011 16:52

Bizzy, I'll be thinking of you on Tuesday. Take it easy until then.

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