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4 weeks

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Anon0404 · 22/05/2026 09:44

I’m currently 4 weeks pregnant after having a loss last year. I’m struggling with accepting my dye stealers are getting darker / staying the same. Can anyone see if my tests are getting lighter??

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Gardenflowering · 22/05/2026 09:46

Wow, that there is a LOT of testing!

Do you any symptoms of miscarriage, is that why you are testing so much?

yonem · 22/05/2026 09:48

The darkness/lightness of the test doesn’t mean anything about the viability of your pregnancy, it could just be that your urine is more or less concentrated. You need to step away from the tests for your own sanity.

Anon0404 · 22/05/2026 09:51

I have no symptoms of miscarriage however I didn’t have any symptoms last time. I’m worried I’ll have another silent miscarriage - I also don’t have any pregnancy symptoms but I wouldn’t know what to look for either as I’ve never made it passed 5 weeks

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Gardenflowering · 22/05/2026 09:57

While I completely get you are worried, these tests tell you one thing.. you are pregnant, that’s it. Not how pregnant you are.

The other thing is, you know 100% that there is absolutely nothing you can do if you are having a silent miscarriage, nothing. Repeatedly testing does not change any of that.

Please stop wasting your time & mo why on these tests. Right now, right this minute you are gloriously pregnant, soak that in, enjoy that fact!

IncyTwiny · 22/05/2026 14:07

You don’t have any dye stealers yet but that’s normal for 4 weeks. The pink line tests are getting darker so that’s the best you can hope for at the moment.

springdaffodils26 · 22/05/2026 14:38

Step away from the tests you’re going to do more harm than good stressing about the darkness and the intensity of the tests. You are pregnant that’s clear leave the tests alone. Take each days as it comes.

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