well this is odd, took 2 tests, first one starts negative, 20-30 min later shows...

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Chelsea

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...upfeintly positive,2nd is neg? 5 days late now :( boyfriends leaving for army business soon so ive been SO stressed all freakin week :(

so when i was late i got worried. bought walgreens preg. test, the + - ones. opened it up, first test came out negative just fine. i noticed the "control" panel was oddly extremely feint... error? anywho, set the test downstairs by my room and was with friends. about a hlaf an hour later i recheck this thing to throw it away and sure enough, a feint vertical line. first thoughts: (oh shit.) in my hurry, i look up "evaporation lines" on peeonastick.com... and im praying to GOD thats just exactly that.


anywho, around 5:00 i got back from a run, i was thirsty so i had a couple glasses of water. around 9:00 my friend came over to study for finals with me some more, and i told her baout my predicament, she told me to take the other test, so i did. completely negative.

my question: a) whats with that first one? and should i be freaking out?
and b) the fact that i had a couple of glasses of water like 4 hours before i even retook the test wouldnt have affected my hormone levels in my urine that much.. right?

im so stressed. augh. help :(


(ps, symptom wise, im good. i do not throw up, ive had only small cases of stess headaches, and honestly im only worried why my period is so late)
 
I have been pregnant twice and both times the tests came back negative many many times. I didn't have a positive test until I was 8 weeks along both times. So the possibility is still there.
Plus, you don't want to test after drinking that much water. The best time to test is first pee of the morning. The hcg (pregnancy hormone) is strongest then. The more you drink, the more diluted the hormone is and that will make the test be negative when in reality you are pregnant.
I was reading on cbs.com that First Response early test is the best one (they ran tests on 18 different brands). Not all pregnancy tests are created equal. Some don't detect the lower amount of hcg. But the First Response one does detect smaller traces of the hormone.

Good luck!
 
Did you read the pamphlet that came with the test. It most likely says to disregard any result that appears after ten minutes. So you had two negative tests. You aren't pregnant.
 
Ok in regards to the first test don't worry about that because the instructions always say after so many minutes (usually 10) that the answer is void and not correct. And as for being late that could just be stress, considering your boyfriend is leaving for army buisiness.
 
hm it might just be stress. How long did you wait for the first test? If it showed up positive within 5 minutes whileyou were with your friends it could be positive...however after that it'smost likely an evap line. The 2nd test would be wrong anyway since you took it at night and you just drank water.any hormones would be diluted. Best thing to do is wait a day take another test first thing in the morning! that's the most concintrated urine. if still neg and period is still missing go in for a blood test
 
hm it might just be stress. How long did you wait for the first test? If it showed up positive within 5 minutes whileyou were with your friends it could be positive...however after that it'smost likely an evap line. The 2nd test would be wrong anyway since you took it at night and you just drank water.any hormones would be diluted. Best thing to do is wait a day take another test first thing in the morning! that's the most concintrated urine. if still neg and period is still missing go in for a blood test
 
any result after 10 min should be ignored. and stress, that is most likely what has made your period late. you most likely are not pregnant, but its not impossible. I'm not psychic nor am i a doctor, so i can not tell you 100% that you're not pregnant.
 
the test will be good up until 10 minutes after you take it, after a while it will change to positive, if the second one was negative its probably cause you are not pregnant, but to drink too much water it will definitely change the results, you need to test first thing in the morning with your first pee
 
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