BFP or Evap line?

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BFP or Evap line?
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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 12:46pm

I posted this in a different thread, but I thought I'd repost here to get some feedback from the group. I'm brand new at this, and I don't know what to make of it:

Omg, omg, omg. Okay, I don't know what to make of this, but--

I took that CVS brand test this morning, and thought it was a BFN (could see a VERY VERY VERY faint line if I squinted), but out of my obsessiveness, looked back on it about an hour afterwards and there is a blue line in the results window. I heard that these tests are notorious for producing evaporation lines like this. I've been told that you have to disregard any lines after 10 minutes of doing the test. But, I also heard evap lines are dull, look like dents, look 'different' than the space around them, and aren't the color that the test is supposed to be. This is a thin line straight up and down, and clearly blue.

I took a FRER right then (mid morning urine), and it came up BFN. I don't know what to make of this. I'm only 9 DPO, and I used FMU with the CVS brand, so maybe there's a possibility that I don't have enough hcg in my urine for it to be detected, except through a concentrated FMU? OR, this has to be the most convincing evap line I've could imagine.

I can't get my camera to take a picture of it because it won't focus so close up. I hope that my description helps!

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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:11pm
Since you did get a BFN in the afternoon, I would wait and retest first thing in the morning tomorrow. I know it sucks to wait. Maybe even a different brand of test. Please let us know how it goes!!!
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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:17pm

I just had this happen to me the other day with one of those equate blue dye tests

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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:21pm
I just looked at your blue dye test, ladymama, and mine looks very much like yours. :( Oh well! Are you sure yours is a false positive/evap line? You haven't gotten AF yet, right?
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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:33pm

No I haven't gotten AF yet Candice so I'm still hopeful but I was so sad when I found out about those tests, because for 1/2 the day I was ecstatic thinking I might possibly be pregnant. I am soo writing them a letter about their faulty tests!


I'm not even sure when I ovulated, if I go by a 32 day cycle like last month then I should be due for AF Saturday.

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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:39pm

I agree, that would be nice. It's so frustrating to see a line there, and to think it's probably nothing. I think I'm going to assume it's nothing because FRER test I took after that came out BFN. I'd imagine that FRER would have picked something up if there really was hcg present.

I've noticed that bb's are fuller and heavier, and I have on and off pelvic cramping as well-- all can be PMS. I guess the only thing we can do is wait for AF, then retest if she's MIA.

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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:48pm

Have you considered going in for a blood test? I'm half tempted to.

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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:56pm

I have some early EPT, Target blue dye, and Answer left. I might head to Walmart and pick up theirs if I don't see anything from AF and keep getting BFNs. I also don't know if I should waste anymore money on these tests since I doubt I'm pregnant (I imagine at 9 DPO something would have shown besides an evap line :( )

We won't be trying for another year, and this month was the first month in a long time that we've BD'd during fertile time. I doubt I'll be using anymore tests after this month for about a year.

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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:58pm
Oh, and about the blood tests-- I think I'll wait to do that until AF is late and I'm still getting BFN's. It just seems premature right now to ask the doc for a blood test. He'll think I'm nuts, lol I'll be seeing him on the 20th anyway, so maybe at that point if it's still questionable I'll get one.
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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 2:28pm

Yeah I'm pretty sure they all thought I was crazy when I kept going in for blood tests..haha...even the receptionist asked about my results...lol.


I still think it's early for testing though and not everyone gets BFP's this early, some people do but I think most people don't get them til closer to their AF due date.

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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 4:41pm

I hear you about being impatient-- I have the patience of a rattlesnake, hehe. Well, especially because the 'what if' is a big one here ;)

I think it's smart that we remember that BFPs often come first close to the missed period date. I'm still 5-6 days from mine. Let's hold out the hope! lol Otherwise, we will have perfect examples of evap lines that look exactly like BFPs. I tried several tests today after the morning questionable test, all of which came up BFN.

And like I've been saying all along, I just have a gut feeling I'm not pregnant. Maybe it's intuition, maybe it's my pessimism; either way I just feel I'm out.

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