Extremely faint line on sd test, negative on digital. Any advice?

[paulw]

Hi all,

My girlfriend and I are still in our first month of TTC#1 - and we could use some advice/opinions.

She stopped taking her pill 3-4 weeks ago, so it's very early. She's experiencing symptoms that could either be withdrawal from her pill or early signs already - feeling sick, dull aches/pains in stomach, peeing far more than usual, and such.

She is also now 4 days later, and she is never late. Even when she stopped taking her pill once before, she was still on time for her first AF. So this is unusual for her.

Wednesday (2 days late) she took a standard clearblue test, and we got an extremely faint line. I mean it was very, very faint. Barely visible. We darkened the photo and it becomes easier to see that there's definitely something there, but I'm reading about evap lines.. so we wern't sure how to read that.

I would show a photo of the line but I'm not able to post an image until I've made 10 posts here.

Today she took a digital test (now 4 days late) and we got "Not Pregnant". Absolutely gutted to see that.

I've been reading hundreds of articles and forum posts about HCG levels, early testing, false negatives, evap lines, and I just don't know what to think..

Is it possible that we could still be pregnant with a digital giving us a negative? Could it be telling us no because it's too early? 3-4 weeks off her pill is still very early to tell, right? I'm reading everywhere that ANY kind of line on a sd clearblue test is a positive, even if it's barely visible without darkening the photo.

I went out today and picked up another sd test, this time a different brand to the clearblue we've been using and this time it's pink dye, and we also have another digital test... should we test again tomorrow? Maybe Sunday? Wait a week?

Any advice/opinions would be brilliant!

Cheers,
Paul

 

[hanni]

Hey,
Didn't want to read and run.
Could well be a faint positive because it's still early or an evap line, blue dyes are crappy and hard to tell when they're faint.
Digital aren't as sensitive so it might just be too early for a positive result on that.
I'd suggest trying a pink dye test tomorrow. I've found First response early readers are the best and if it was a faint positive you should get a nice line on a first response by now. If not just wait a couple more days and test again. It just depends on how sensitive the tests you buy are.
It might just be her periods are out of whack with coming off birth control.
Fingers crossed for you both

 

[FutureBabyG]

Hey,
Didn't want to read and run.
Could well be a faint positive because it's still early or an evap line, blue dyes are crappy and hard to tell when they're faint.
Digital aren't as sensitive so it might just be too early for a positive result on that.
I'd suggest trying a pink dye test tomorrow. I've found First response early readers are the best and if it was a faint positive you should get a nice line on a first response by now. If not just wait a couple more days and test again. It just depends on how sensitive the tests you buy are.
It might just be her periods are out of whack with coming off birth control.
Fingers crossed for you both

Agree with hanni. . . test with frer. if the line is faint i would test again after three days with another frer. good luck. lots of baby dust to you both.

 

[paulw]

Thanks for your replies.

False alarm unfortunately - heavy visit from AF this morning Absolutely gutted.

We'll just keep trying. Any further advice is always welcome.

 

[laurac1988]

Sorry guys. Hope next cycle is the one xxx