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[ocelot]

Today's test was similarly questionable.

This particular test says to read at 3 minutes. At 3 minutes, there was a very faint line, but the color couldn't really be seen. By 5 minutes or so, there was a faint but definitely pink line.

With some tests, a negative result is not accurate after a certain amount of time (usually ten minutes) because a positive may develop regardless. I don't think that's what is happening here, but I suppose it's possible.

That's what I get for using cheap dollar store tests. And not even a respected brand of cheap dollar store tests (they were sold out of those). I can't find anything published about this one in terms of sensetivity or anything.

I have one more test, so maybe I'll take it in a few days, once the hormones have had a chance to build up some more. In any case, my body isn't doing anything that leads me to believe I might not be pregnant, so I'll take it as a yes.

(I find this all hilarious, as I've always been the person saying "A positive is a positive, no matter how faint" and rolling my eyes at people who took multiple tests after getting a positive.)

I'm not ready to announce this to the world, so please keep it quiet :)

Comments

[banshee.livejournal.com]

I was going to be one of those 'a positive is a positive' people, but I guess you know the drill!

Fingers crossed for you! :)

[oatmeal.livejournal.com]

good luck! and don't worry... as they say in old secret agent films: 'mum's the word.'

[telemicus]

no matter how long i left the negative tests, they never turned positive just by the passage of time. I admire your restraint in waiting a few days, after my first faint positive I only held out like 6 hours, then only 12 more hours after that!! Then I made it to the docs at 24 hrs after that first faint pos and they said "definitely pregnant!"