faint bfp not getting darker

[ebeaum1981]

Hi as in the title I've got 8 faint BFPs on ics and one faint on a frer since Sunday. Do I class this as I'm pregnant as the lines don't seem to get darker. I rang my Dr and he referred me to midwife who didn't seem concerned that they were faint. She didn't even offer a blood test. Do I relax and say I'm pregnant or should I keep testing? Xx

Congratulations, I'd say you're definitely pregnant :)

I'd agree. I think there comes a point where you need to stop testing! You haven't had a single negative so I think you're fine. My tests never got very dark either.

Oh, and that pregnancy is a 2yo dd now!

Thanks :-) I asked on a different forum and was basically told that I might miscarry and to demand a scan or blood test! :/

Ring your midwife and explain your concerns, im sure they'll have some advice for you :) Everyone is different x

Any line however light is a positive, congratulations! I never loads of tests but my lines were always ones you could hardly see with both my pregnancies. I think some women just have more of whatever it is they pick up then others. You could try a digital test if you're worried but they are more expensive

A line is a line. It really doesn't matter how dark it is. You are pregnant congratulations!

HCG doubles only every 48-72 hours which is perhaps why your tests aren't getting any darker. I'm sure if you gave it a couple of days and tested again the line would be a bit darker.

I had tests that didn't seem to get much darker, I paid for 3 HCG blood tests a few days apart, I had been warned it wasn't looking great but all ok for now I think. Good luck

CONGRATULATIONS!! xx

My early tests were very faint, it took 2 weeks to get a good line, to the point were I was crying assuming I'd miscarried. I'm now 18 weeks

Thank you everyone. You've all put my mind at rest :) I've got a frer and a digital so ill leave it another couple of weeks before I test again xx

This was my strongest bfp. Showed up within a minute. X

I did daily tests after my first positive. Took 11 of them until they got darker. Am now 14 weeks

Also I found the line took a lot longer to darken on the cheap ones, first response much quicker

Be careful with the digi, it took ages to show positive on that for me, caused me loads of stress

I'm in the same boat, I'm finding that the internet cheapy ones take ages to go dark and don't bring up a great line... I googled similar ones at the same dpo and generally found mine were quite similar to other people's, which put my mind at rest.

Buy a clearblue digital.. No awful line reading. But I'm sure a line is a line!

Good luck :)