Idk what to do

So I don’t know how far along I am but I know I ovulated mar 20 and I’m pregnant but my test lines are not getting darker they are still pretty light what should I do

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You’d be fairly early, go get a blood test at your ob’s office

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Hey I wouldn’t worry too much about your lines getting darker as it’s still early. When I found out I was pregnant with my second my tests didn’t go dark until I was about 6ish weeks along. It just depends on how fast your body produces more hcg. I hope that helps a little. Everyone’s different and our lines get darker at different stages of pregnancy. But congratulations xx

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Ovulation marks 2 weeks pregnant so you’d be 4 weeks 1 day

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You’re just at the point where you’d be missing your 1st period, 4w, pregnancy is calculated by the 1st day of your last period, I’m using calculations based on a 28d cycle, guessing the 1st day would’ve been the 6th & you ovulated 14d later, it’ll be pretty close, but maybe not exact, considering I have as little as 26d cycles & almost always ovulate on day 12, but it’s still pretty close. With that said, many tests claim to be able to detect pregnancy up to a few days before missed periods, but we’ve all seen those very faint lines that can occur when we do. The best thing to do is retest every other day, it’ll give you your first indication that your hCG levels are rising if those lines get darker. This is why I force myself to wait until my period is late to test, I don’t like the idea of getting faint lines & then worrying myself about it until they darken, but to be honest, I’d say getting a noticeably + test result that early is prob a good sign, I mean it can't be + w/o hCG.

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If it helps the lines for mine never got darker , I went to the doctor for my appointment and I was already 9 weeks .. don’t worry about the lines too much 👍🏾😌 congratulations

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