A very faint line, but didn't check for hours

[juniper904]

Hello,

I'm ttc for the first time. I came off the pill at the start of December and had a period at my 'usual' time, which was mid month.

I did a load of ovulation tests at New Year but none came out positive. It's possible I wasn't doing them correctly as I misunderstood the instructions

I am now ~ 5 days late for my period, although before I was on the pill I had massively irregular periods and had been referred to a gynae with suspected endometriosis. I cancelled my endoscopy because I'm a wuss I decided it was unnecessary surgery at that time.

Anyway, today I did a test but forgot to check on it after 10 minutes. When I came back to it after an hour or so, there was a very very faint line. I'm using these as they are cheap and easy.

Is the faint line just a chemical response post hours, or is it the start of a dark line? Will retest in the morning with first urine, but just wondered how reliable any form of line is!

Thanks

[Kilkers]

Sometimes you can get an evaporation line if you check a while after the allotted time. Let us know how you get on this morning!

[juniper904]

I've now done three with faint lines on, so I guess that's a positive!

[NotAnotherPackedLunch]

Congratulations!

[Kilkers]

Woo-hoo, many congrats!

[Fishandjam]

If the faint line has the test colour - blue or pink - you is up the duff! If just greyish and only visible in certain lights, you may not be (prob just an evaporation line). Try First Response if in doubt; I could never get conclusive results in early PG with bog standard tests.

[Gooseysgirl]

Yay!! Congrats Splash out on a digital test to confirm

[juniper904]

Have bought a clear blue digital test for tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the . Going to miss the !

[Fishandjam]

So, are you?

[Kilkers]

Also agog!

[juniper904]

Yup /

Digital says preggers, 2-3 weeks

[Fishandjam]

Yay! Congratulations. Is it your first?

[juniper904]

Yup

I know it's still very early, and things could go wrong, but I'm still really excited!

[Kilkers]

Yey juniper, it's official now, congrats again! I'm 6 weeks pg with my first too, very exciting times ahead!

[juniper904]

for you too, Kilkers! Congratulations

[Kilkers]

Thanks juniper, have you worked your due date out yet? Mine is the 19th September.

[juniper904]

I don't know how long my cycle is as my periods have always been irregular (and December's is the first for 4 years!) but, based on my December one, I think I'm probably due on 23rd September. Good for the school year!