Wanting to belong here!!!

[pjs]

Hi-
I am mom of 2 boys (ages 3.5 and 11 months). My 11month is still nursing and I have not had any sign of AF. Yesterday, I woke up and did a clearblue digital test- it immediately showed "Pregnant" I couldn't believe it- I'm so excited.

Unfortunately those digital tests only show your result for about an hour and then the screen clears. I still have both positive tests from my boys as a tangible reminder that "yes, I was in fact pregnant" even if I didn't feel it for awhile. So, wanting to confirm, I have done 3 tests since then and they were all negative. The first was a fact plus which has a sensitivity of 100 (which I didn't know until I did it, saw it was negative and started scouring the internet for some explanantion!). So then I went to the dollar store and bought three tests that have a sensitivity of 25 (same as the digital). I did one yestday afternoon and it was negative and then decided to use my first morning urine this morning on test number 3- and it too was negative.

I don't know what to think- obviously all I can do is keep waiting it out, but if I received a positive on the clearblue digital yesterday it can't be wrong, can it?

Thoughts?

[birthjunkie27]

:hug I know how hard it is when you don't know for sure. I don't have any experience with ClearBlue Digital....Just wanted to share my support. I'm now 28 weeks pg with #3 and I was the same way in the beginning. I had negative after negative....I finally gave up after a week of negatives, then one day I just decided to take the LAST test I had, just to get rid of it, and low and behold, it was Positive....Hang in there....best of luck!

[oetien]

Yup! That happened to me too!
This is my first pregnancy. So, I was late and I kept getting negative on the tests until I was about 8 or 9 weeks pregnant..

[busybusymomma]

I had probs with the digitial tests too. :( Now that I'm over two weeks late it's really sunk in. Long story short, the + was very faint but I had a + sooner with the Dollar General test than I did with e.p.t. and I used to be a big e.p.t. fan. I don't like these + and - tests. :hug :fingersx: :dust

[Naughty Dingo]

I think the digital is pretty sensitive. the only other test that is as sensitive is the FRE. That will give a + result before the $ store tests do. But it is expensive and also can give a disappearing (false) positive. I had that happen last spring and it sucked.

I would try to hang in there and test again tomorrow and the day after with the $ store test. Or if you can't stand it get another digital or a FRE

Good luck, If it was positive then I bet it is real. What does the actual stick look like when you eject it? I know even negatives have two lines, but is the test line darkish?

ND

[busybusymomma]

Just wanted to add... what confused me about all the tests I used was the fact that the whole + sign was light, not just the vertical line. :scratch But I didn't try to eject the test, I don't think the DG or e.p.t. were made that way? Someone sent me to peeonastick.com which has some info about digital tests.

[ksmommy]

The thing is that there is no false positive, unless it appears after 10 minutes and NOT right away. I got my positive tests with Clearblue and here I am. The peeonthestick.com helped me a lot. You might find a lot of useful info on there. :) Best to you! :) :love

[ellymay]

I don't know if I am reading that wrong but are you saying that a + isn't false
unless it is after 10 min or comes up late? If that is what you are saying that
isn't necessarily true bc if you use a sensitive enough test you could get an
immediate false positive bc of a chemical pregnancy. A line after 10 min isn't
a positive at all it is only an evaporation line....I am sure most all of us know
that I just thought I would add it in.

[Elowyn]

Dealing with similar issues here (which is why I've been quiet for a couple of days, and took the pg out of my sig.) I had faint pink second lines on 3 internet cheapies (supposedly sensitive to 20 miu) on Sunday/Monday, same yesterday, same this a.m. All have appeared at greater than 10 minutes, and I can't get anything else (ept, accu-clear, cbe digital - all 50 miu tests) to come up +. (Although the line on the digital stick is getting darker.)

ETA: These late lines I'm getting - originally it took more than an hour to show up - now they're coming up in 20 mins or so...so there ya go...maybe that's progress.

I've never had problems with evaporation lines on the internet cheapies before, and they were giving me nice white negatives up until Sunday pm (14 dpo). So basically I'm now 17 dpo w/ no sign of AF & going :nut

Just a :hug to say I'm right there with ya, and loving these stories above!

[ellymay]

Well good luck to ya I hope you get a true bfp soon but you just can't consider it
a + if it comes up after 10 min. Maybe go to the doc if she doesn't show soon that
way they can take blood and you will know for sure.
I think they need to come out with something like a diabetes thing where you
prick your finger and it tells you for sure if you are pg or not! That would be a
cool idea I think.

[pjs]

The digital positive came up before I even had a chance to put the test down on the counter and see how long I had to wait!!! So it was really, really fast. The line on the ejected stick was dark, but I don't think there were two lines, kind of a wide line?

I guess I'll just keep playing the waiting game- I'm going to do a test with first morning urine every day until a get a positive! I've already spent over $30 on tests, I can't bear to spend another $15 on another digital!

Yikes- I'm torn!

Hoping for number 3!!!

[Elowyn]

Um, thanks Ellymay. No kidding. I'd say "No s---" but it's against the User Agreement. I took the pg out of my sig - what more do you want from me?

Y'know what, I'm just going to take a break from MDC - this is the second snotty thing I've been told in 2 days, and I'm getting tired of it. I know they could be evap lines. Anyone with half a brain knows they could be evap lines. However, I'd love for you to come walk in my shoes & have AF be 4 days late (and yes, before you ask, I do f'ing know when I O'ed) & have the chart that I do and be told "well,y'know, you just can't consider it a + if it comes up after 10 min." No crap.

ETA: PJS - sorry to hijack your thread. I'm done now.

[ksmommy]

What I meant by that was that if the test takes more than 10 minutes to show up positive it's not accurate.
Makes sense? :flipped :o

[ellymay]

I am VERY TRULY sorry if I offended you.! That was not my intent so I am
very sorry if it came across that way that is why I put that most of us know
that and I didn't mean that as you didn't know. I am very sorry if I upset you
that truly was not my intent and I was not meaning it to be snoty at ALL!
Again I am sorry for offending you.


Um, thanks Ellymay. No kidding. I'd say "No s---" but it's against the User Agreement. I took the pg out of my sig - what more do you want from me?

Y'know what, I'm just going to take a break from MDC - this is the second snotty thing I've been told in 2 days, and I'm getting tired of it. I know they could be evap lines. Anyone with half a brain knows they could be evap lines. However, I'd love for you to come walk in my shoes & have AF be 4 days late (and yes, before you ask, I do f'ing know when I O'ed) & have the chart that I do and be told "well,y'know, you just can't consider it a + if it comes up after 10 min." No crap.

ETA: PJS - sorry to hijack your thread. I'm done now.

[Elowyn]

I'm sorry...as I reread, that makes total sense. I think I'm just overly emotional & sensitive today.

Group hug! :hug

Off to go deal with myself and attempt to get out of my funk.

[ellymay]

Elowyn - I know how you feel I think we have most all been there when af is late
and you just don't know what to think and I am sure that getting one + and then
no other is very stressful. I don't think anyone here is trying to say that you don't
know when you Oed we are just trying to help with some explination for you as to
why you might be getting a - test result.

[Naughty Dingo]

I think I'm just overly emotional & sensitive today.

Elowyn, It's hormones Mama! ;) A good sign.

Listen, I can't tell you not to sweat it, because that is impossible, but your chart is nice, you got a nice + on a good quality test, the others will be + for you soon enough.

When you get tortured like this at the beginning, it really makes you relish that nice dark + when you get it.

I know you said you didn't want to spend more cash but maybe it would be worth the investment of a few more dollars for you to get some peace of mind? I got a + with the FRE (At 8dpo) before I got my digital + so that one would likely be nice and dark for you. I got my internet positives much later.

Hang in there Mama Elowyn and Mama T, who wouldn't be impatient and stressed over something as incredible and important as this?

ND

[zion]

visiting from april DDC. I took a test when I thought I was pregnant and it was negative. I threw it in the trash and walked away. About 20 minutes later dh went in and said "it's not negative anymore" And it wasn't. It was positive. It wasn't evap lines because there was dye...the line was pink. Same thing happened next morning. Negative until about 12 minutes later. Next day...positive in 2-3 minutes and positive digital. Basically what I'm saying is that it can happen. They say you can't 100% rely on it if it's after 10 minutes but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to 100% throw one out that turns positive after 10 minutes either.

And I disagree with the PP. A chemical pregnancy isn't a false positive. The test is actually detecting the hormone. The pregnancy is not viable but the test is not wrong.

Best of luck Elowyn. Fingers crossed for ya!!

[ellymay]

Yeah I didn't mean that it wasn't detecting the horomone so I guess technically
it isn't a false +. I just meant that the + will go away once af starts so it isn't
really a + in the sense that it you are not really pg. You know what I mean??....

[dshields]

Just my two cents (I know you want it!)
My tests were $ trees that didn't have the faintest whisper (10 dpo) until very close to ten minutes, maybe even a little after. On day fifteen after o, still got the line, and took less time to appear, but still took longer than the 2-3 minutes that the insert says you should have your result by, and didn't darken up until close to 8 minutes. Be patient with these annoying things! And find a dollar tree where you can get a boatload and keep on testin'!

good luck and hugs all around!
Danielle

[pjs]

I took a $ store test this morning- negativo, but I can't take this anymore. I'm buying another digital today. What's an FRE?

[ellymay]

I am sorry I sure do hope the dig gives you a bfp!!

[gabry]

What's an FRE?
First Response Early Result. Best wishes to you, and Elowyn too. I truly think both of you will end up with and undeniable bfp!

[busybusymomma]

First Response Early Result. Best wishes to you, and Elowyn too. I truly think both of you will end up with and undeniable bfp!
:nod :thumb

[pjs]

Ok- I bought a 2 pack of FRE and a 3 pack of clearblue digital. The digital said not pregnant and so did the FRE (both were not done with FMU). I called the 1-800 number and the rep said that if it has been less than 15 days since o'ing, the test could pick up hcg in my fmu and then not pick it up again (esp since the 2nd dig I did was in the middle of the morning) until more time has elapsed. She recommended waiting and testing again, so since I now have 2 more digitals, 1 FRE and 1 fact plus, looks like I'll have enough stock to keep testing!!!!

I'm going to do the digital again tomorrow morning and hopefully there will be enough hcg to say pregnant again (and this time I'll have the digital camera ready!). I'm thinking I am just really, really early and it was lucky that enough hcg was detected in the first test (if it had said negative I would be so much better off emotionally!!!) to send me on this wild ride.

Thanks for all your positive vibes....

[Naughty Dingo]

Oh man Mamas, what agony. I hope you get your lines in the AM

ND

[minimunklemama]

:hug this is not fun mama,I say a positive is a positive(that's just my two pennies though) wishing you oodles and oodles of .. :dust :dust :dust :sticky :sticky :sticky

[busybusymomma]

Oh man Mamas, what agony. I hope you get your lines in the AM

ND
:nod

:fingersx:

[pjs]

I tested this morning with FRE and clearblue digital- both said negative.

I'm really at a loss- I took the digital test the other morning and it said "Pregnant". It was digital so there is no mistaking it. My DH has told family about this and he believes we're having a baby. He doesn't know about all the other tests I have done in the meantime (he saw the "Pregnant" result with his own two eyes!) and I don't know what to think. If it said pregnant, then why 3 mornings later would it not say pregnant?

Is there some way that it could have detected a miniscule amount of hcg and this new box has less sensitivity? Peeonastick.com says you can get varying results even within a box. I'm really struggling right now- I wouldn 't be an emotional wreck if I hadn't seen the positive. I've taken many tests many times and always accepted the fact that they were negative, but I can't accept this in light of the positive result I received the other morning. I just want to know either way, but I am reluctant to accept a negative since I did have a positive!

Is it possible that the timing of the positive test could have been so early that it happened to catch a surge in hcg? But then my hcg should be doubling every two to three days- so how early could it have been on Tuesday? When should I test next? Argggghhhhhhhh!

I want this to be true, and if it's not, then why, oh why, did a I get a positive? It's just not fair.

Sorry if this doesn't belong here, I just don't feel comfortable starting to post on a ttc board with a positive test result, kwim?

[ellymay]

Why don't you just make an appt with an ob? It will make you feel better to know
one way or the other. I can only imagine how frustrating and upsetting this must
be for you right now and all of the stress it is causing but just save those test just
incase the doc says your not and if a doc confirms you are then screw the test!
I personally don't know what to think about your situation. I just feel like to give
you piece of mind you should just go see a doc. Good Luck and I sure do hope
you get a bfp what ever you decide to do.

[gabry]

Pjs, I'm sorry about the negatives :( It is possible that you had a chemical pregnancy, where there was a very brief implantation and hcg production, but it didn't 'stick' and therefore became negative again. Is af overdue? I hope I'm wrong and it may still happen. If not, hope it happens soon.
Elowyn, any news?

[busybusymomma]

Why don't you just make an appt with an ob? It will make you feel better to know one way or the other. I can only imagine how frustrating and upsetting this must be for you right now and all of the stress it is causing but just save those test just incase the doc says your not and if a doc confirms you are then screw the test! I personally don't know what to think about your situation. I just feel like to give you piece of mind you should just go see a doc. Good Luck and I sure do hope
you get a bfp what ever you decide to do.

:yeah: Your OB could order could a blood test and save you a bit of time waiting. I assume you haven't been charting or anything since you mentioned you haven't see AF. Just call 'em up and tell them you're still nursing, had one positive test and a couple negative.

I had better luck (an earlier test result) with the +/- Dollar General test than I did with the +/- e.p.t. test. Go figure.

I should think you'd get a + with the hpt in the next couple of days, but the uncertainly is crazy- I know cause I filled my blog with it! :LOL

[Sydnee]

I hope you can get a final answer soon!!!! :love

[mamacatsbaby]

I hope you can get a final answer soon!!!! :love



:nod

[ellymay]

Just was wondering what happened????

[pjs]

I decided to hold off on testing until Monday- I'm driving myself crazy. I'll try a digital then. This is so frustrating- if I didn't have that very clear "PREGNANT" on the first digital, then this wouldn't be such a big deal.

[ellymay]

Are you going to make an appt for the doc if it also says neg and you still don't
get af?

[ellymay]

Did you test yesterday???? How is everything????

[busybusymomma]

Did you test yesterday???? How is everything????
:yeah:

[minimunklemama]

:yeah:
I was thinking about you too mama,

[Naughty Dingo]

Yeah, me too.....

ND

[pjs]

My midwife had a quantitative hcg blood test done yesterday- the results were conclusive- NEGATIVE. My midwife believes it was a chemical pregnancy. I have not had any AF since 11/2003 and my midwife said it was possible there wouldn't be any bleeding at all. DS #2 has increased his frequency of night nursing, so I don't know if I'll see AF at all any time soon (although I'd love to, then I could at least know I'm o'ing). It was a great surprise to "think" I was pregnant, even if it was only for a short while. Guess now is a good time to join the nursing mamas trying to get pregnant. Thank you for all of your support during this uncertain time. Best of luck to all of your with your May babies and hopefully I'll be joining the due in XYZ( June, July, etc) soon!

[gabry]

I'm sorry, Pjs... The nursing mommas group is a great place to hang out. I should know, cause I spend a lot of time there the last 10 months or so. Best wishes to you!

[mamacatsbaby]

Good luck pjs, I hope you get that BFP really soon! :fingersx: :dust

[ellymay]

I am sorry that you got a bfn but I hope you get one soon.....

[busybusymomma]

I hope you'll soon have AF and/or a BFP. :Hug and :dust

[ellymay]

Can she not give you something natural or otherwise to help enduce af?

[pjs]

With DS # 1, I was very anxious to get AF back, at 13 months pp I started taking vitex. It didn't do anything. I stopped taking it around 18 months pp and at 19 months pp I had my first AF (I think it was the new moon). The following cycle (I o'd at like day 30) I got pregnant with #2. So, I think I'm just going back to my mindset before the positive digital, and that was, it will happen when it's supposed to happen and I just need to trust that.

I guess a good thing is if it was an early loss, I must have o'd? And perhaps this question is better for the nursing mamas, but right after the positive test, DS#2 significantly increased his night nursing, is it possible the surge in prolactin prevented my body from continuing with the pregnancy? Anyway, I'm just glad I have an answer.