Kisagotami
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Hi everyone. Please don't lambaste me for posting here. I'm trying to do a service to the women of the world who, like myself, naively use a ClearBlue Easy +/- (non-digital) pregnancy test. I know, I know, you all already know that the blue dye tests are crap. Well, a lot of people don't know that.
My story: My husband & I are TTC & he purchased the 3 pack of ClearBlue Easy tests for me last month. We used one last month & got a positive result right away. I foolishly went on to announce my pregnancy to my friends & family. Some days later imagine my horror when I ended up in the ER trying to explain to a (male) Dr that I DID get a positive result & I don't know why his blood test is saying I am definitely NOT pregnant. AF came a callin' shortly there after.
I was annoyed but figured it was maybe a fluke or perhaps I'm just stupid & read it wrong.
This month I have two of these tests left & of course since they're sitting there staring at me, I HAVE to use them. Stupid mistake, really, because I got another positive. But this time I don't believe it. The next morning I take the last one, along with a First Response Early Results test. Both are negative.
I called the ClearBlue Easy helpline & the representative asks me if the positive result lines are thin. I say "yes". She says that that isn't a positive, it's an invalid result that I got because of the higher acidity of my urine sample. (None of this information is on their information sheet.) They are sending me a pack of digital tests, which I guess is good. But I'm not very happy with the performance of the ClearBlue test at this point.
When I google things like "clearblue false positive" quite a few people asking questions about it come up, but no decent answers. So here I am, posting, & hoping the next gal that has this problem & googles it will find this thread. Yes, that is a false positive. Don't use this type of test again! Like all the ladies here already know, use the pink dye tests. FREF seems to be a favorite.
Thanks, & again, I hope you'll accept my post without cruelty. If you don't like it, try ignoring it. Thanks.
Amanda
My story: My husband & I are TTC & he purchased the 3 pack of ClearBlue Easy tests for me last month. We used one last month & got a positive result right away. I foolishly went on to announce my pregnancy to my friends & family. Some days later imagine my horror when I ended up in the ER trying to explain to a (male) Dr that I DID get a positive result & I don't know why his blood test is saying I am definitely NOT pregnant. AF came a callin' shortly there after.
I was annoyed but figured it was maybe a fluke or perhaps I'm just stupid & read it wrong.
This month I have two of these tests left & of course since they're sitting there staring at me, I HAVE to use them. Stupid mistake, really, because I got another positive. But this time I don't believe it. The next morning I take the last one, along with a First Response Early Results test. Both are negative.
I called the ClearBlue Easy helpline & the representative asks me if the positive result lines are thin. I say "yes". She says that that isn't a positive, it's an invalid result that I got because of the higher acidity of my urine sample. (None of this information is on their information sheet.) They are sending me a pack of digital tests, which I guess is good. But I'm not very happy with the performance of the ClearBlue test at this point.
When I google things like "clearblue false positive" quite a few people asking questions about it come up, but no decent answers. So here I am, posting, & hoping the next gal that has this problem & googles it will find this thread. Yes, that is a false positive. Don't use this type of test again! Like all the ladies here already know, use the pink dye tests. FREF seems to be a favorite.
Thanks, & again, I hope you'll accept my post without cruelty. If you don't like it, try ignoring it. Thanks.
Amanda