Is this a negative result??? Help!!

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Registered: 09-21-2003
Is this a negative result??? Help!!
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Mon, 09-22-2003 - 8:30am
Hi . I am on the pill but only had period which lasted a few hours and I have been felling unwell etc.

I took a clear blue pregnancy test this morning, but I am not sure if it worked or not... The result line was negative but it was so faint you could hardly see it, also all around the line was very blurred blue and so the whole window seemed to go blue.There was a vertical lione but right on the edge of the window (it was also very shaky!) ..also the control line took about 5 or ten ,minutes to appear... could i still be pregnant after or this result or is this a negative???

Thanks ... ( I know its prob a anegative but i want to be sure before I start my new pack of pills tomorrow).

very confused, Lulu




Edited 9/22/2003 8:45:35 AM ET by lulu1688

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Mon, 09-22-2003 - 8:54am
Sorry, but I'm confused as to what you mean by a "negative line". I don't believe that there is such thing. The idea is if you have one line, ie: the control line and nothing else, that is a negative result - if you are pregnant, you will get two lines. Ie: one line in the test window, one line in the control window.

I've found Clear Blue Easy to be accurate in the past, but I'm sorry, I'm still unclear about what your actual result is!

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Registered: 09-21-2003
Mon, 09-22-2003 - 9:11am
the clear blue test I bought said that if there was a - sign in the window that was not regnant. but if a + showed that was pregnant, so the negative line was - but with the blurring etc I described in my first post..thanks.

so i had both the line in the first window and the control line appear.


Edited 9/22/2003 9:12:07 AM ET by lulu1688

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Mon, 09-22-2003 - 11:00am
I would say its a neg. but I would test again in a few days or visit my doctor. I had the same problem with the CBE test, I prefer the ones where no line means no and any line means yes.
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Registered: 09-23-2003
Thu, 09-25-2003 - 12:19pm
I happen to have had the same exact situation occur to me! I am on the pill & my LMP was Aug 19th, I was due to start on Sep. 21st & on the 23rd & again today took the Clearblue + or - test & got the exact same results you described. Right after I tested on the 23rd I had some very light bleeding that lasted for 5 hours & then stopped. This is very un-normal for me as my AF is normally very heavy. I've decided to wait the month out & see if AF visits next month or not, other than that I don't know what to do. It is nice however to know that someone else out there is going through the same crazy anxiety! Let me know how things work out for you!

-Ashley

 

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Thu, 09-25-2003 - 2:39pm
ok, granted, i've never used that particular test before - but it sounds to me like you guys got bad tests if there was blurring in the window, or if the control line took more than a couple minutes to show up. if AF doesn't come, go buy a DIFFERENT test (i suggest the wal-mart brand ones - they're cheap, easy to read, and are supposed to be almost the exact same thing as EPT). good luck!

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Registered: 09-21-2003
Fri, 09-26-2003 - 4:08am
Hi,

thanks for replying. I thought i would just add whats happened next. I took two more tests (one more clearblue and one different brand) The first test taken on the night i posted the first message was negative. I took another test the next morning which showed a faint (but clear) positive. I called my doctor, who told me to take this months pills as normal and just see what happened next month ( i think he was busy!!!).

I dont think I am pregnant as i had sickness for one or two days and then nothing but any advice anyone has would be great.

The only thing I have noticed is that my nipples are showing more veins (little ones not very big), but to be honest I never pay that much attention to them so this is probably normal since I am still taking the pills...

If anyone has any clue as to whats going on I would be very very gratefull to hear from you!!




Edited 9/26/2003 4:15:11 AM ET by lulu1688


Edited 9/26/2003 5:21:55 AM ET by lulu1688