Anyone had a good outcome w/ lines not getting darker

[verypunny]

Yes and I drove myself insane peeing again and again to see if it got darker. It really messes with your mind. For the record, this pregnancy they really didn't get darker and I'm 37 weeks. With my miscarriages they did get darker. I don't think it's indicative as much as it drives us crazy.

Also your wondfos look awesome!

[MadamePresident]

I think that any line is a positive and they are all all really early. I'd tell.

And Congratulations!!

[glauren]

I agree the FRER doesn't look much darker but I have heard nothing but bad things about the new ones, so I don't know that I'd trust them.
Your wondfos definitely look to be getting darker, though - and that's a great sign!!

[hetty]

The new frers suck. Your wondfos look good to me! I'd probably tell.

[icedcoffee]

Pee sticks only tell you whether you are pregnant and not how pregnant. I wouldn't read into it. I know it's hard not to.

[kaycee]

I've never tested with anything other than wondfos because I pee on so many. Those are clearly getting darker. I think that it is still early, I'd only worry if the line was gone. I would tell and try not to stress, which is hard.

[bcarp30]

Yes and I'm nursing him right now. The line was just never very dark.

[quesyrah]

My lines never got darker so I wouldn't let that worry you.

[chickadee77]

Yup. My tests actually went completely negative, and I thought I had a CP with my pregnancy that resulted in L. (I also had full-on bleeding and super low betas.)

Also, if you're peeing on all the things (I do that too, no judgement!!!) you're probably drinking more than you normally do, which dilutes your pee and/or makes you pee more than normal, which can result in fainter lines.

[miamigirl]

I think the Wondfos look great! It's still early, so I wouldn't worry about it.

[cilantro]

Your wondfos look great.

[cherry1111]

I hated the FRER this time around. Wondfos have never failed me.

[bcv513]

I know people say the FRER are the best but I hate them. I got a negative on a FRER in the morning and a positive digital that night. FX for you

[chickadee77]

Jul 4, 2016 9:08:34 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Jul 4, 2016 9:06:15 GMT -5 chickadee77 said:

Yup. My tests actually went completely negative, and I thought I had a CP with my pregnancy that resulted in L. (I also had full-on bleeding and super low betas.)

Also, if you're peeing on all the things (I do that too, no judgement!!!) you're probably drinking more than you normally do, which dilutes your pee and/or makes you pee more than normal, which can result in fainter lines.

The one this morning was with FMU though. I will say I've always had better luck with afternoon pee but I feel like by 3 days after my first positive it shouldn't matter.

I still say don't worry - again, because I used FMU, too, and my lines totally disappeared. When I asked my OB to run betas (which they don't normally do at my practice) she re-iterated that tests don't tell you HOW pregnant you are, just IF you are. She said there was a wide variety of things that can make tests lighter or darker (the amount or quality of the dye in the test, for example) that have nothing to do with the viability of the pregnancy.

Congrats again, BTW!

[bcarp30]

Also, when I took the test with DS and showed DH he thought it was negative because the line was so light. I had betas and they were perfectly where they should be, so the test was just funky.

[mannah]

This happened to me sort of--for my second pregnancy I got a faint positive FRER but a negative digital test FOUR DAYS in a row. I was going crazy. Finally on the 5th day of positive wondfos and FRER I got a positive digital--on 18 DPO. For my first baby I got a positive digital on 10 DPO. I was sure it was going to be a chemical pregnancy up until that point. It wasn't--I went on to have a healthy pregnancy. Lesson learned--tests are weird and our bodies act/respond different with each pregnancy. Yours all look like solid positives, but it's such a mind game I totally understand.

[antoniamarchette]

I really think the new tests just don't get as dark. I was panicked this pregnancy because of that too and my wondfo's got nice and dark. Congratulations!!

[wanderingenough]

Yes, and the stinker had me up for two hours last night. I got a super early positive just like my previous pregnancies, but because of a history of MC I literally made myself nuts when the sticks didn't get darker those had. It never happened with R. They stayed light for a week and I finally gave up trying to see a darker line when a blood test confirmed I was pregnant. Try not to stress!

[hungrycaterpillar]

Jul 4, 2016 9:09:24 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Gross I just realized you can see pee on one of the wondfos. I'm sorry about that.

Hah hah. It's not as if we don't know what you did to get all those tests.

I think the wandfos look really good and I would try hard not to worry too much. I know that's hard though.

[JayhawkGirl]

My FRER took a long time to darken with DD, and really so did my wondfos.

[fayeelle]

I drove myself crazy with this! My FRERs were all over the place and never really consistent. I just went with the "a line is a line" train of thought. Also the Wonfo's are trending darker.

[wanderingenough]

Jul 4, 2016 10:10:18 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I'm trying to stop myself from going to Walmart and buying more tests.

Go buy yourself some cupcakes instead!

[loira]

Your Wondfos looks great! I used the UK version of Wondfos with A, and mine didn't get darker day by day - I preferred to compare them every other day (like a 48hr doubling). Even then they didn't start getting a lot darker until I was 5.5 weeks.

[awick14]

With this pregnancy (15w6d) I never got a dark line on either wondfos or on a frer. My RE told me to stop peeing on all the things and try and relax. I was having betas done though and watching those double helped.

[verypunny]

Jul 4, 2016 10:49:11 GMT -5 awick14 said:

With this pregnancy (15w6d) I never got a dark line on either wondfos or on a frer. My RE told me to stop peeing on all the things and try and relax. I was having betas done though and watching those double helped.

I just want to say I'm so happy for you, congrats!

[wanderlustmom]

Yes! Huge congrats to you!

I tested way early with DD and got a positive on 10 DPO. Then the next two days--same test no line. 13 DPO I got a dark line.

[cari]

The wondfos definitely look progressively darker and the new test looks good too. Now stop peeing on things!!! Easier said than done, I've peed on more than 5 tests since my bfp yesterday :/

[carolinagirl831]

I think the new FRERs just suck.
Congrats!! That is so exciting!