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Brown discharge and dye stealer getting lighter - help!

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Blueberry1025 · 10/05/2023 22:38

Hi,

I previously had a chemical pregnancy at 4 weeks, 4 days.

I have fallen pregnant again and am currently 5 weeks, 5 days. Yesterday I had some brown discharge and it really shook me as I thought it was going to be a repeat of my prior chemical. I’ve taken another at home pregnancy test to be sure. My last test was at 5 weeks, 1 day and I had a strong dye stealer. My current test still looks strong but the control line is also strong meaning there is not as much of a dye stealer. I will post photos for you to see (first photo of the lighter control line was the test I took a few days ago, second photo of the darker control line is my test today).

I also don’t have many symptoms besides minor back pain, and minor stitch-like cramps every so often which I have had since falling pregnant.

Also at 5 weeks, 2 days I took the clear blue digital weeks indicator test and it still came up as 2-3 weeks. I wasn’t too concerned about this as I read reviews that it’s not overly reliable and that some people never got 3+ but went on to have successful pregnancies.

Has this happened to anyone? Good or bad? Please help. I’m really anxious as I really want this pregnancy to work out more than anything.

Thanks

Brown discharge and dye stealer getting lighter - help!
Brown discharge and dye stealer getting lighter - help!
OP posts:
Sottishmamaof4 · 11/05/2023 11:35

have You heard of the hook effect? Could be the reason for your “lighter” test, apparently if you dilute your urine with half water you’ll get a die stealer again, but I’d say stop testing. It causes nothing but extra anxiety 🥰

Kickingupmerrybehaviour · 11/05/2023 11:45

As above the hook effect is real. At about 6 weeks I could only get a line with a tiny bit of urine mixed with a cup of water.

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