am i pregnant

[OneOpalHam]

hello, i’m not great at writing so i’ll just list my situation. am i pregnant?
-missed period
-very different symptoms to my standard period
-very very sore swollen boobs, extremely sensitive to any touch
-i am usually very emotional when due on, not at all at the moment
-weird clear dreams, disrupted sleep
-threw up over the smell of a deodorant i used to love today
-nausea waves
-not stressed, i react differently when stressed
-insomnia, then sleeping on end
-used a clear blue digital weeks indicator test, was told negative, opened it, 3 blue lines. asked none pregnant friend to do same test, only 2 lines
-slight positive on another clear blue test, then a negative. then a slight positive on a pink dye test
-didn’t take any pictures apart from a few, the camera quality washed the photos out, so said lines were more distinct in real life.
thank you xx

I thought if the test came back negative after a missed period, it meant that it was a definite no this time. I believe that you can only get false negatives before your period is due as it was too early to pick up HCG.

How long ago was your missed period?

I can't see a line on the plastic test

Get one of the more expensive ones that says "pregnant xx weeks" or "not pregnant" so that you have a definitely yes or no

If you've definitely missed your period you would expect to have a clear postive by now. Sorry OP. Do you have regular cycles? How late are you? If you have irregular cycles then anything is possible. But if not, I would say negative. I don't know how those digital tests work, but I've opened one up before and had 3 lines and not been pregnant so you're really not meant to try and interpret them I think.

they can be irregular, but from remembering when they were “more” regular id say about 2 days late, i know for definite i was on this time last month, so i’m just as confused, what should i do? wait a few more days and test again? i’m new to all of this🥹

i’ve just looked at the pictures i posted and the quality is horrendous, not sure why it’s done that. i’ve check with numerous people face to face to see if they could see lines, which they could. wish all of this wasn’t so confusing

She did. It was negative. But she broke it open and that’s one of the pictures above.

@OneOpalHam if you are actually late on your period you should get a clear positive by now. Try and buy one of the digital tests that simply say pregnant or not pregnant. Not the one with the weeks indicator. The weeks one requires a higher amount of HCG, 25miu I think. But the simple pregnant/not pregnant early detection one is only 10miu. Which is the same as most strip tests. That will give you a clear answer. If that is still negative it’s unlikely you are pregnant. HCG doubles every 1-2 day though so worst case if no period test again in about 4 days and you should be guaranteed a definite answer.

I would say no purely because you’d get a stronger line… Opening up a test also just makes it invalid anyway. Sorry op

The weeks one is 10miu as well! I looked the other day for myself because I wanted to know when I’d get a 3+🤣

thank you xx

Oh really that’s interesting! I really thought it was higher! That’s good to know then!

I've had a truly awful time this week peering into tests (clear blue) to see if my ivf worked. I had evaporation and indent lines that I was scrutinising multiple times a day. It wasn't a nice place to be. I was not pregnant, and understood after a couple of days that my tests would have become less open to interpretation if it was the news I wanted to hear. It's a rubbish journey to be on, I totally understand peering into tests. If it's not strong by missed period, then either you ovulated late (totally possible) or you're not pregnant. My official test day was today but my period has come so no more guessing!

i have a picture of one i did 20 mins ago ( at the time within the 2-3 min window) and compared it with a grey evap line.i’m aware clear blue are notorious for this. i’m assuming these are evap lines because they’re skinny, but pictures below regardless. (and i’m sure the website will butcher the quality again 🙄)

Both of those tests look invalid. These types are terrible for that. I agree with the others, get a digital (don’t take it apart they can’t be read that way). I would wait ideally a week, but at least 3 days before you take the test. At the moment I would say you weren’t pregnant, but definitely check in a week if you haven’t started your period.

These do look similar to my indent/evap lines. It says to read the test between 3 and 10 mins after taking it. My bluer line came up after 10, so that was on me. If it did come up blue in the timeframe either it’s a good sign or clear blue need to send you some free tests to make up for the faulty ones. I know how all consuming it is, I really hope you get the result you wish for.

like three person above said, test in a few days to have a clearer result. (I tested everyday, obvs, but just wasted my money and made me unhappy)

*like the person (not “three person”!)

I'm sorry OP but it just doesn't look to me like it is a positive. I'm sorry that it isn't what you want to hear at the moment when TTC... definitely wait 3/4 days and test again and then if you are pregnant, it will be very obvious. Everything crossed for you xx

maybe it’s just the picture quality on here but they don’t look positive to me + given that you’re late you’d expect a pretty distinct line

I think your best bet is to wait a couple days and test again, I know the wait can be agonising!

How did you get on @OneOpalHam? Hope that a new test brought you the result you wanted 🤞🏼