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Have Any of You Had Faint Positive Pregnancy Test with a Healthy Pregnancy?

Hi ladies,

My cycles are normally 24 days apart. My last period was July 16th and I ovulated on July 25th (I am charting my temps). I was supposed to start my period this past Monday the 9th and I didn't. I have been having bad headaches (I never get headaches), a lower backache, mood swings and bloating. I tested on Monday and it was a faint poitive. It was definitely positive, as I didn't have to squint or look at it in perfect light to see there was a second line, it was just light. I then tested yesterday morning as well with the same brand test (FRER) as well as another brand. Both were positive as well, but again faint. My basal temp is not great either. It hasn't dropped below cover line, but I just have this feeling that if the pregancy is successful that my temps should be higher and the tests should be darker by this point. I was 16 days past ovulation as of yesterday. I am going to test again tomorrow morning and I hope to get a darker line. I will also try to go in and have my HCG levels checked because I know that is the only way to see if a pregnancy is progressing normally. With both of my boys I tested the day before and the day of my missed period and had very dark, obvious positives. I am just wondering why it is still so light. I am hoping that it isn't a chemical pregnancy. I was just wondering if any of you have had faint positive and then gone on to have a successful pregnancy? I just need a little bit of hope I guess! Thanks ladies!

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So What Happened?™

Thank you all for your encouraging comments! I was hopeful, but unfortunately my instincts were right on this one and it was a chemical pregnancy. My first faint positive pregnancy test was on Monday and it ended in a very early miscarriage 5 days later. :( I had my HCG levels checked 3 days after my positive and they were only at 36 and my progesterone was only at 1...very low! The doctors said it probably wasn't going to be a viable pregnancy and 2 days later I started bleeding. I am doing okay with it. I am just ready to move on and try again! Thank you all again for responding! You all made me feel much better even though I knew in my gut that something was wrong!

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Yup! He's 4 now and crazy and wonderful. I know that some women don't get positive "pee sticks" until they're three months along! Who knows why.

I, on the other hand, had a very strong positive with my first, and just a faint one with my second.

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Two of my three kids were very faint pregnancy tests. I didn't have a single issue with either pregnancy. Good luck!!

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With my daughter you could barely see the line, I want to the store and bought a didgital test to confirm. Both my pregnancy and daughter were perfectly healthy and normal. :)

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Try not to stress of the darkness of the line, these tests are designed to see the HCG not predict the Viability of the pregancy. That would put our OBG's out of work. Deep breath my dear look at the test for what it is, YOU ARE PREGNANT, CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

See your doctor and let him assess what is going on, if anything.

Relax and enjoy it.

Congrats again.

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Seven weeks ago I gave birth to my 3rd child, and the positive line on that pregnancy test was very faint, so much so that I texted a pic of it to my sister to get her opinion. It was a normal and healthy pregnancy. Good luck!

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If you are positive of your ovulation date than I wouldn't get my hopes up. Sorry to be harsh but at 15dpo you should have more than 25-50hcg. I have had 2 chemical pregnancies before and the line was faint and just didn't get any darker. I OBSESSED over testing and it was very disheartening.
I hope I am wrong and you get a darker line tomorrow!!!!!

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Yes, I've had a faint positive pregnancy test before and now I have 3 beautiful children!

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With my daughter you could barely see the line, I want to the store and bought a didgital test to confirm. Both my pregnancy and daughter were perfectly healthy and normal. :)

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I didn't have any positives with at-home tests but had a very faint line at the doctor's office. I had a wonderful pregnancy and have an extremely healthy nine-and-a-half-month-old son. Even the nurse at the doctor's office had dismissed the test as negative until she was about to throw it away at the end of my appointment and looked at it again -- sure enough, there was the faintest of lines. (What an emotional doctor's visit!)

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I had a line so faint I could barely see it, had to look right next to the window and then wasn't even sure I was seeing the line. And my pregancy was healthy, no problems and we have a healthy 2 and a half year old. I don't think the brightness of the line means much about the health of your pregnancy. Congratulations!

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The same thing happened to me, and I had a healthy pregnancy and baby!

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