Any line, no matter how faint, is regarded as a positive result. Very occasionally, it can be a false positive and the instructions often mention conditions that may produce this.
the faint lines probably meant you were very early on in your pregnancy and had low HCG at that time, HCG isn't produced until the fertilized egg implants in the lining of your uterus, at about 6-10 days after ovulation or after conception. ~pawsalmighty
Faint lines are positive lines. Positive is positive is positive. It sounds like you may have been pregnant but are having/had a miscarriage. With one of my miscarriages, I had a positive home test and then 2 days later I went to get my confirmation of pregnancy at planned parenthood. The gal came back in and told me I wasnt pregnant. When I told her I had a positive test at home, she decided she had better check it again. This time she agreed that I was pregnant, but the line came so faint and so late that she had missed it the first time. The next day I started bleeding, saw my ob and was confirmed to be miscarrying. The only way for you to know for sure is to see a physician, have a pelvic exam and possibly ultrasound and repeat pregnancy test.
Yes. A pregnancy test is considered positive no matter how faint the lines are. Faint lines can be caused by a number of reasons like using diluted urine, factory defect, or not having a high hormone level. If you are questioning your tests answer always wait a few days and retest.
Okay, if you can see there is two lines, but one is very faint, that is a 50% chance that it is. It could also be from sitting too long, as tests can become positive after a while. This is not what I understand. I was told that any line at all = positive, as the HCG that the test measures isn't in your body unless you're pregnant.
On rare occasions you can encounter a false positive due to improper testing, expired pregnancy tests, rare medical conditions such as certain types of cancer, evaporation lines, a recent pregnancy or a chemical pregnancy.
one line only is negative.. 2 is positive (doesn't matter if lines are faint)
There are a few reasons for faint lines on an at-home pregnancy test. You could have taken the test too soon, your urine was diluted, you were using a sensitive test, or you experienced a chemical pregnancy. To ensure better clarity my suggestion is to buy a more expensive test that clearly reads "pregnant" or "not pregnant" or you could buy some other form of a digital test. That will help with any confusion that might occur with pregnancy tests that require you to read lines or dots that may appear faint. If you do have positive result and it is faint, it is quite possible that you are pregnant. Wait a couple of days and try again to see if you get clearer results.
Well, it depends if you have two faint lines then yes you are pregnant. HCG levels in your system is not as high. This situation happened to me before in 2004. I had to take 6 pregnancy tests to be sure cause they were so faint. I went to the clinic and they did the pregnancy tests and it came out faint, but I was pregnant. If not sure then schedule appointment to see the doctor.
Even if it is very faint in color if it is there it is positive. I had one once and it was the faintest line, you could barely see it , and I was pregnant.
Most likely yes, you are pregnant or were. I don't think a pregnancy test can read positive without HCG present and HCG is produced by pregnancy. If it is a digital pregnancy test and reads positive you are definitely pregnant. Do be aware of evaporation lines that are gray or colorless. Make sure this positive line is colored. If the positive lines are not all colored you could be seeing the evaporation line which could be misread as a positive.
my pregnancy test positive result should be vertical but is horizontal
No, they don't. If you read the instructions included in the pregnancy test box then you'll see that one line may be fainter than the other. Two lines means positive.