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A few articles from PeeOnaStick.com about HPT's ^.^
8. The positive line is really faint. Is this okay?
A HPT tells you exactly one thing: your urine either has detectable pregnancy hormone in it, or it doesn't. The darkness or lightness of a line doesn't mean much. Generally speaking, a very light line can mean there is a small amount of hCG in your urine, and a very dark line can mean there is a larger amount of hCG in your urine. This is why you may get a faint positive at 10 DPO but a darker positive at 18 DPO. However, this is not always true. Tests are all different, and even tests in the same box may differ in sensitivity. Comparing light/dark lines will just drive you nuts. If you see a line in the "results" window, you're preg!
9. I took another test and the line is lighter. Does this mean anything? Should it get darker?
Not necessarily. In general, the positive line will be darker when a greater amount of hCG is present in the urine, but not always. Some tests contain more or less dye (meaning there is just more or less color to "stick" to your hCG.) Some tests are more or less sensitive-- even 2 tests in the same box can be different. Also, your urine may have more or less hCG in it depending on what you ate or drank, or how long it's been since you last peed. Food itself does not cause false results, but can affect how much urine you have and how dilute it is. Eating salty chips and drinking caffeine all day will result in more concentrated pee, whereas gorging on watermelon and ginger ale will result in lots of very dilute pee. But an HPT is not meant to tell you "how" pregnant you are. It only tells you if you are pregnant or not. As long as there is a line in the results window, you are pregnant.
Some women experiencing early miscarriages do notice their lines getting fainter or disappearing entirely, but even if your line gets fainter, it is not a guarantee that you are miscarrying, or that anything is wrong.
10. I took several tests and got both negatives and positives. What gives?
There are many variables-- concentration of urine, sensitivity of the test. Since true false positives are pretty rare, if you get at least one positive HPT, you are probably pregnant. Wait a couple of days and test again or try another brand if you are suspect.
I Don't know why, but reading this just made me feel better about my situation. She said that it's actually pretty common for women to have completely normal pregnancies, but to not metabolize HCG in their urine very quickly. I'm going to go in for a blood test on Tuesday hopefully, so i guess that i'll just have to wait until then to find out for sure. I haven't started bleeding or even spotting, which would help support my chemical pregnancy theory. I'm just hoping that everything is ok. I thought that those articles could make other women with situations like mine feel better about it.
Being stuck in limbo sucks!!! (had to vent just a little bit lol)
8. The positive line is really faint. Is this okay?
A HPT tells you exactly one thing: your urine either has detectable pregnancy hormone in it, or it doesn't. The darkness or lightness of a line doesn't mean much. Generally speaking, a very light line can mean there is a small amount of hCG in your urine, and a very dark line can mean there is a larger amount of hCG in your urine. This is why you may get a faint positive at 10 DPO but a darker positive at 18 DPO. However, this is not always true. Tests are all different, and even tests in the same box may differ in sensitivity. Comparing light/dark lines will just drive you nuts. If you see a line in the "results" window, you're preg!
9. I took another test and the line is lighter. Does this mean anything? Should it get darker?
Not necessarily. In general, the positive line will be darker when a greater amount of hCG is present in the urine, but not always. Some tests contain more or less dye (meaning there is just more or less color to "stick" to your hCG.) Some tests are more or less sensitive-- even 2 tests in the same box can be different. Also, your urine may have more or less hCG in it depending on what you ate or drank, or how long it's been since you last peed. Food itself does not cause false results, but can affect how much urine you have and how dilute it is. Eating salty chips and drinking caffeine all day will result in more concentrated pee, whereas gorging on watermelon and ginger ale will result in lots of very dilute pee. But an HPT is not meant to tell you "how" pregnant you are. It only tells you if you are pregnant or not. As long as there is a line in the results window, you are pregnant.
Some women experiencing early miscarriages do notice their lines getting fainter or disappearing entirely, but even if your line gets fainter, it is not a guarantee that you are miscarrying, or that anything is wrong.
10. I took several tests and got both negatives and positives. What gives?
There are many variables-- concentration of urine, sensitivity of the test. Since true false positives are pretty rare, if you get at least one positive HPT, you are probably pregnant. Wait a couple of days and test again or try another brand if you are suspect.
I Don't know why, but reading this just made me feel better about my situation. She said that it's actually pretty common for women to have completely normal pregnancies, but to not metabolize HCG in their urine very quickly. I'm going to go in for a blood test on Tuesday hopefully, so i guess that i'll just have to wait until then to find out for sure. I haven't started bleeding or even spotting, which would help support my chemical pregnancy theory. I'm just hoping that everything is ok. I thought that those articles could make other women with situations like mine feel better about it.
Being stuck in limbo sucks!!! (had to vent just a little bit lol)
