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Faulty test/dye run or faint positive?!

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LemonMember · 29/08/2025 13:26

Took the top test at 5pm on Wednesday evening - took the second about half an hour later and tests since have had no lines on them… am I going mad?! I tested with FMU on Thursday and was negative but not been able to test with FMU again since... I've only been able to test with Clearblue and in the evenings as I've been away with work.

Since Tuesday, I've been so nauseous and my boobs feel like they weigh a tonne. But I'm worried it's all in my head :( Other forums are saying such mixed things - if I am pregnant, based on dates I'm v v early so hoping that it's just not strong enough to show through yet.

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JumpingAnt · 29/08/2025 13:28

When are you due on your period?

Crategate · 29/08/2025 13:29

I'd say the wee on the second one has been hanging around for less time in your system so is weaker??

LemonMember · 29/08/2025 13:30

JumpingAnt · 29/08/2025 13:28

When are you due on your period?

This is the tricky part - I have PCOS and have never been regular so I don't have a clue when I'm due on 😂

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JumpingAnt · 29/08/2025 13:31

LemonMember · 29/08/2025 13:30

This is the tricky part - I have PCOS and have never been regular so I don't have a clue when I'm due on 😂

Do you know when you ovulated then? You say based on dates you’d be very early so what do you estimate the dates could be?

LemonMember · 29/08/2025 13:32

Crategate · 29/08/2025 13:29

I'd say the wee on the second one has been hanging around for less time in your system so is weaker??

Yeah the second test was defo with much weaker wee. I've chatted on some other forums and lots say that I'm potentially just wayyyy too early to get a conclusive answer. Something definitely feels different, the nausea and breast pain, I've never had even with PMS. But equally, I know the brain can play tricks... I'm too impatient for this 😂

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LemonMember · 29/08/2025 13:33

JumpingAnt · 29/08/2025 13:31

Do you know when you ovulated then? You say based on dates you’d be very early so what do you estimate the dates could be?

Sorry I mean based on dates of unprotected sex - I came off my last period on the 11th of August. And we TTC several times that week, so if this is a pregnancy, it would have caught around that time.

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ShouldHaveCouldHaveWouldHaveDone · 29/08/2025 13:35

So much dye bleed.
I wouldn’t take those as positive I’m afraid.

LemonMember · 29/08/2025 13:38

ShouldHaveCouldHaveWouldHaveDone · 29/08/2025 13:35

So much dye bleed.
I wouldn’t take those as positive I’m afraid.

That seems to be the general consensus 😔 Thanks for your reply! It's so hard to not get your hopes up isn't it!

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LemonMember · 29/08/2025 16:15

Just to update on this...

I’ve just tested again and got the middle test… It can’t be another faulty test can it?!
The bottom one is just after but I had to dip that into the toilet bowl so not as accurate. My head is all over the place!

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ForGiddyDreamer · 29/08/2025 17:02

@LemonMember that middle test looks positive to me. Might be worth getting a digital test and using the first wee of the day. The last test isn't usable as you dipped it in the loo. It would be so dilute with normal loo water. Good luck!

LemonMember · 29/08/2025 17:20

ForGiddyDreamer · 29/08/2025 17:02

@LemonMember that middle test looks positive to me. Might be worth getting a digital test and using the first wee of the day. The last test isn't usable as you dipped it in the loo. It would be so dilute with normal loo water. Good luck!

Thankyou! Will grab a digital after work and hold off using it till the morning if I can. Still feeling super nauseous and my boobs are killing but at this point I can't decide if it's all in my head 😅

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