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358971 tn?1330888975

i need someone to tell me I'm not crazy and faint line is possible!!

Uhhh....i think i see a faint line on the internet test strips. I've taken 4 in the last 30 minutes (that's right...squeezed that pee right out 4 diff times).
I've been going crazy the last week since i've had the internet tes strips mailed ot me......i've taken at least two every day.
Today, i THOUGHT i saw a color difference, but then it went away afte a minute or two (by the time the 5 min mark was up). So i tested again, saw a shiny-ish line, like i could see where the 2nd line is supposed to be but there wasn't really a color to it. So I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me and used water on another test to determine if i could see that same type of shiny line. NOOOOOO>>>>couldn't! So I tested again, but i was trying to mark where I saw the line and got ink everywhere!! So, I tested AGAIN, AND This time I put it up against a stark white book page, and i swear I see a faaaaiiiinnnnt line! I faint faint so faint I"m thinking i'm seeing things. OMG, I wish my damn DH didn't have the camera at work so i could take a picture......ohhhhhh......
i know ya'll can't do anything, i just had to tell someone so i don't go crazy!!!
It's almost like I have to look away so i can see the line in my periphereal visionk , that's how faint it is...but i swear i think one's there.
After my qualitative test at Planned Parenthood yesterday i shceduled a quantitative test w/my doctor. The nurse told me she'd have the results by this am and she would call me. Well, the stupid COW didn't call me and so at 2 I called her. Turns out the office closes at 12 for the day and i can't get the results from the lab myself! So I have to wait until tomorrow to get the results and i'm so impatient!!! I had given up hope after that qualitative test but now, with this ever so faint line, i'm instilled w/hope again!!!!

wheww...okay, i'm done. ;-)
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358971 tn?1330888975
tina1111,

Well, you were absolutely right and I don't mind you for being so. I think the "squinting" that was required was a good sign that i wasn't preggo. Beta came back at a 2 so obviously, not preggo.
I appreciate your input though and I have to agree, especially about IC!
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178239 tn?1277405491
It's so hard to say. Yes it is certainly possible. But, some strips aren't as reliable. I have had $tree ones with very dark lines (no squinting required) and it was a bfn. Like Sarah said, I'd do fmu and see if is darker. So many say a line is a line. But, it's not always true. Look at alikat's photos. She had many DARK bfps and neg beta. You can go to the gallery at twoweekwait ******* and see tons of false pos pics. Either from defective tests or convincing evaps.  I'm not trying to crush your hopes by any means. I want it to be bfp for sure. I am just really gun shy with a lot of ic tests and pretty much strip hpts in general. I have been let down too many times. SSBD
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425331 tn?1210954038
i would test agian w fmu and it should be darker but i guess by then you could have your results. i would have to agree with bioclock though sorry... i know thats now what you want to hear but i really do hope that im wrong. get back to us asap with your results. GOOD LUCK & BABY DUST
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358971 tn?1330888975
do you have any idea if the internet test strips' lines are supposed to disappear? After 30 mins are so, the line that looks so clearly positive eventually fades to where its hard to see. maybe this means it wasn't really a line to begin with? ??? ;(
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443102 tn?1222125946
LOL!  Well, good luck!  A line is a line, no matter how faint....unless it is an evaporation line......but you did several so I think you could have  BFP in store for you!
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