Faint lines

I think I ovulated around 25-27th August so I would be around 19dpo today.
All the cheap test strips were coming up negative until last Friday when I was due on my period. The lines have stayed quite faint and have only got slightly darker.
Clear blue showed fairly strong lines pretty quickly & a digital says 1-2 weeks.

I’m just worried the lines are so faint on the cheap strips, has anyone else had this??

This is my second pregnancy and with my first I got positive tests before my period and the lines got darker everyday and were very strong by now…

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Yes I had this. I quickly learnt each strip has different levels of detection of the hormone hCG so each strip will differ. Additionally, each strips ‘dye’ will differ too, meaning lines will vary also!

Highly recommend sticking to one brand. Hope that helps 🤍

I received a faulty batch that in the heat waves had got too hot and it destroyed the dye somehow. As others have said, maybe try a different brand. From what I’ve seen and experienced the darker lines don’t start till around day 20 too

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