Evaporation Lines

they appeared after a few minutes but got ever-so-slightly darker as time when on. they are still so faint that you have to put them in the sunlight and squint. i'm thinking bfn but those darn lines are taunting me!

We tried to conceive for about 9 months. In that time, I think only a couple of tests (and we testing a LOT; like 10+ times per cycle) *didn't* have evap lines, and the first response ones showed up fast - maybe 12-15minutes. With some of the other brands, they didn't show up until 20-30 minutes, so they were pretty obviously evap and not positive results.

Actually, we also had an issue with the first response one month where we had a faint positive within the test window, which later disappeared. They actually mention this somewhere (website, directions, i'm not sure?) and call it a negative result. I mention it only because it was *so* disappointing to us, as we hadn't heard of that happening before. We switched to the dollartree tests and loved them. They still get evap lines, though.

Good luck! 11DPO is still pretty early, so even if those lines turn out to be evap, you may still get a true positive in a day or two!

I've heard that evap lines are usually gray-ish and a faint positive will be the same color as the test line (just lighter). Give it a few more days and try testing again

I also heard that evap lines are greyish while true positives are blue or pink, but many of the evap lines I saw were either pink or blue. (And as Julieanne wrote, we saw many.) But you never know for sure until your cycle ends!

A huge thanks to everyone who offered insights.

I took a digital and it is positive!

I wasn't sure about protocol of posting postives here but I did want to offer 3 lessons I learned this cycle that may help others:

1) I swear I had PMS symptoms 3 DPO. So I was sure I wasn't pregnant. Guess my body does those things (bloat, mood swings, etc.) every month no matter what!

2) Lines so faint you can only see them in sunlight while squinting --- and with no discernible color -- CAN be positives.

3) The Answer test gave me my earliest clear positive and the Clear Blue Easy digital test (the one that says on the box that you can test several days earlier) gave me a positive 11 DPO.

Best wishes to all of you!

EDIT: wanderinggypsy - you are SO right about hpts being colossal wastes of money! I spent way too much this cycle (I think I tested 8 times...) I think I have some sort of disorder!

Congratulations!!

Congrats!!!

i hate those lines, I get them all the time, non stop, they are a tease :

Congratulations, peacelovingmama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!