Clear Blue Easy + sign fading? Thoughts

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Registered: 09-12-2003
Clear Blue Easy + sign fading? Thoughts
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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 9:08am
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help. I took a test, the new clearblue easy with the + or - sign in the window. I usually buy ept, but I had never seen the one with the plus sign and there were 2 tests for the price of one. Anyway, I did the first one in the evening at 10 dpo. I got a faint cross, the vertical line was faint and I was sure it was +. I looked at it again the next day and it was still there but faint. Last night, at 12 dpo, I decided to take the other one just to make sure that the line was darker (the hcg increasing, I hoped). The vertical line for the cross was definitely darker and came up right away, so I was pleased that it seemed to be faster. However, I looked at the test this morning and it seems really faded.

I know I'm pregnant. I don't mean to be stressing out... but has anyone had this experience. I'm just hoping that the hcg is going up and this is a viable pregnancy that's all. Any thoughts or support is appreciated.

Thanks a lot, congrats and good luck to everyone!

Sahara

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 9:12am
If you took the test and the line was lighter, than I would tell you (from personal experience to hold off).. I had faint line 10 DPO.. It kept getting lighter and then finally I got negative HPT a week late got AF. But becuase your line was dark I think you are ok (I'm not a dr though). It is possible that since the test sat over night some of the liguid evaporated or the line itself just got lighter. I think they say something like a positive test will show for 24 hours?!?!?!?!?
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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 10:20am
Did you use the digital version of the test? If so, I have read that the pos. only last I believe 48 hours. If not, I am in the same boat as you somewhat... I am so impatient that I bought a 3 pack of FRE and used one right when I got home. There was the slightest second line (I even showed the neighbor and she saw it) and an hour or so later it was gone. BTW, I am only about 5-6 DPO. I just got excited thinking that I could get a REALLY early pos. I had read somewhere on the web that it has happened at 3-4 DPO that people got a pos. GL and let us know!

Jackie TTC#3

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 4:02pm
Wow, Jackie! A line at 5 - 6 dpo is amazing. I hope you are pg. No, I didn't use the digital test, just the regular one. It's been a while since I looked at HPT's so, I don't know how new this + sign clearblue easy one is, it just caught my eye and like I said, it was 2 for one. I think I might go and buy an ept test; I have always found them to be very reliable. I'm really not that worried, I guess it's just something to obsess over! LOL Good luck to you.

Sahara

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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 4:40pm


I would say if you really want to make sure...go ahead and have a blood draw done. That way it willremove any and/or all doubt. Gl Luck to you.
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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 5:22pm
I had a question about that... does one just call her doctor and request an order for a blood test? Or, do people actually go into the doctor? I am always amazed at how quickly some people get in to see their doctors. I called in July for an annual appointment and have one for September 30! I'm not even going to call and tell them I'm pg b/c I fear that they will reschedule it for a "first time visit" where they fill out all the paperwork etc... They'll tell me that my regular appointment doesn't have enough time allotted. It's crazy! I love my doc, he's in with a midwife, but I really see him as much as possible b/c I think he's so great.

Another question, what kind of blood test? I know there are quantitative and qualitative tests? Beta tests? What do they all mean?

Thanks in advance

Sahara

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Sun, 09-14-2003 - 12:21am
Hi Sahara (pg ment, prev. m/c ment),

Former poster, now graduate/lurker piping in to say that I had the same experience with CBE--I like the test. It came up positive right away for me, and it is sensitive, but yeah, my positive faded by the next day (yet 10 weeks later I am still quite pregnant). If you got the plus, it's likely positive--doesn't need to last. No other test faded like that with me. Just CBE. It sounds like congrats and good wishes are in order!

As far as the blood testing goes, not everyone has to have them. With my first pg I didn't, but having since had a m/c, I wanted to check levels this time. I had no doc as mine had just left (found out the day of my bfp), and in the practice they don't see you until 8 weeks anyway, so I asked the nurse, and one of the other docs in the practice (who now *is* my doc but had never met me) ordered a quantitative beta. I say, go for the quantitative if you can, because you get the actual level of hcg in your blood rather than a qualitative yes or no answer. The qualitative test could fail to detect a pregnancy if your level isn't quite high enough yet, but with the quantitative you'll know the levels. Also, then you have the option of repeating the test to see if the numbers rise (they should double every 2 to 3 days).

Anyway, good luck, and good beta and sticky vibes to you!

E

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Sun, 09-14-2003 - 10:23am
Thanks for your response, E! Good luck and congratulations to you too!

Sahara