how faint a line is too faint??

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-13-2003
how faint a line is too faint??
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Thu, 07-31-2003 - 10:19am
hey, does anyone know, if you get a REALLY faint line, is it still a bfp? i'm 16 dpo today, still no af (but lots of cramps) and this morning i got a really faint line at 5 min (the recommended reading time) which gradually got darker until the 10 min max. it's now been 1 hour+ so it's turned into an evaporation line.

is this a bfp or not??

thanks

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-10-2003
Thu, 07-31-2003 - 11:14am
From what I've always read, a faint line is a line, and therefore is a positive.

Congratulations!

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iVillage Member
Registered: 07-31-2003
Thu, 07-31-2003 - 11:49am
What a coincidence! Just this morning I took a test and came up with a very faint line. At first my husband said he couldn't see it. Then, he said he could. It seemed to get a little darker after a few minutes. I can see it, and it doesn't look like all the other negative ones. My doctor said that normally a very faint line just means you don't have the high levels of HcG yet. She said to wait a few days and test again. Good luck to you!
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-09-2003
Thu, 07-31-2003 - 12:33pm
A line is a line - it sounds like congratulations may be in order!

Tami
Mommy to Anna 7.7.04 & Ben 11.19.06

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-13-2003
Thu, 07-31-2003 - 1:24pm
thanks everybody! i'm going to try to go in for a blood test today or tomorrow just to be sure