This is the CB with the smiley faces or empty circle right? Well if they are I believe they tell you not to go by the lines on the strip only to look at rather there is a smiley face or empty circle. Although I use this brand and the first smley face I got the lines were pretty dark, and then on the second day I checked again even though they say you don't need to, the test line was even darker. But if your purely looking at the lines, no there hasnt been an LH surge yet...Also try holding ot till 1 or 2 pm and see if that makes a difference. GL, I took some pics of mine but dont know how to upload them. If you wanna see them?