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Faint positive pregnancy test not getting any darker

I got a faint positive 2 days ago at 12 dpo. The positive wasn't very visible until almost the 10 min mark on an 88 cent Walmart test. I got 2 positives that way on Sunday. I took another test yesterday at 13 dpo- a frer that the faint line showed up at around the 3 min mark or before and a cheap wm test that showed up closer to the 10 min mark again. Today, 14 dpo, I've got another cheap wm test- very faint and again showing up closer to the 10 min mark. It doesn't seem to be getting any darker. I'm waiting on my first beta results from my dr yesterday and going crazy. I'm so worried this will be a chemical. We've been trying for 3 1/2 years. Anyone experienced this where the test didn't get darker and had a successful pregnancy?

2 Answers • 7 years ago


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wait for your blood test.
the tests need time to get darker.
just imagine if your hcg was 20 on 12 dpo it was just 30 the next day and 40 on 14 dpo - all would result in a faint line. to get a dark one you need 100.
the chemical pregnancy would mean you get a positive and then the period comes and you get a negative. what you describe, if the lines are there, are normal pregnancy, maybe late implantation.
you will know for sure when you get your blood results (and then to be sure blood results from 48 hours later). gl!

7 years ago


I have to disagree with the other poster. I have had two early miscarriages that were classified as chemical pregnancies. All that means is that the pregnancy was lost before you would have been able to see a heartbeat on an ultrasound. It's still a loss, it was still a pregnancy. One of them I knew I was pregnant for over a week and when my "period" came, it was extremely painful, as I was over 5 weeks pregnant. The other, my "period" was just a few days late. With both, I had positive tests until after I was already bleeding.

Your tests sound a lot like my second cp. With an unsuccessfully implanting embryo, hcg often starts being produced but then halts or sputters before eventually going back down. However, that doesn't mean that is what is happening with you. You should wait for your test results to be sure.


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