Faint positive test

I had a faint positive test around 16 DPO. Is this normal? I thought the second line should be a bit darker. Should I be concerned? I tested in the morning

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What test was you using

Red dye stripes

Do you know what their sensitivity level is? It might be that they're bit higher. First response is usually good for getting a darker line earlier

Thank you! They can detect as low as 10 mlu

How certain are you of when you ovulated? If you’re certain then only getting a faint positive at 16 DPO isn’t a great sign. However I’ve heard of cases where women don’t produce much hcg and still go on to have successful pregnancies so who knows. Or maybe you actually ovulated later than you thought and you are only 9-14 days past ovulation

You can't know for certain when does ovulation happen that's why I said around. I did track my ovulation again with test stripes. I guess I will wait and see

I appreciate that. What were your signs of chemical pregnancy?

I had a lot of early pregnancy symptoms (more than I had with either of my successful pregnancies), very nauseous and felt “off”. One week after that test I took another and it was even fainter and then I started bleeding. Not knowing what was going on I went in to get checked out and my HGC levels were almost undetectable.

My tests were still faint at 6 weeks pregnant, my sons now 18 months old lol.

hopefully I am overthinking it. Good to hear a positive story!

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So I had a blood test at the drs bc I keep getting positive tests when the blood test was negative what could this mean? Hubby says the tests are negative and said he can’t see anything. Negative image down below.

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.