Is a Very Faint Positive on a Test Still a Positive?

I think it's positive - my first test was very faint - but I have a 5 year old to prove it was positive!

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Take another test with your first morning urine and wait then.

I would not rush out and say you are pregnant. You aren't even late yet. Not trying to be Debbie Downer here - but really? You could be getting a cold...you could be getting symptoms from anything....

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A line is a line, faint or not. Go buy another test for TODAY! Congrats!

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I think everyone is missing a key piece of information - you said you threw it away and then dug it back out - how much later?

If it was past the 10-minute mark, it could be an evaporation line or what Rachel D. said.

If it was within the window the test instructions say, then it's positive - faint or strong, doesn't matter.

Update: To your SWH - if you got two faint lines, then you're pregnant. No question. That line only shows up when it detects the pregnancy hormone. Congrats!!!

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The tests do expire after X amount of minutes... so I would retest just to make sure.

Good luck.

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Just buy the kind that says Pregnant or Not Pregnant. Why wait until tomorrow?? There is no way I'd be patient enough for that. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

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No, it's not a positive, the urine saturates the stick and causes the faint appearance. [facepalm]

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Go buy another test right now. Pee on it, and get back to us. The sooner, the better. I have to work in an hour! Lol. I want to know!

Mine were faint, too. We gave up on TTC when I became pregnant with each of our girls. :)

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LOL - the first time I took a pregnancy test was in the bathroom with my friend on the other line (she has 3 kids). She asked me "well??" and I said "well there's a faint line but it's not solid so does that mean no?" She said "nope, you're pregnant." I said "Are you sure - shouldn't it be solid?" She said "Preggo." I said "really? are you really sure?" That baby is now 4 =)

definately pregnant..... this is funny, because thats exactly what i did with my first daughter, after diggin it out of the trash there was a very faint line... i ended up taking 5 tests within 2 days and most were very faint then i got the one that reads pregnant, big help....

its probably just faint because, like me, you are very early along.... almost too early to tell... but trust your test and congrats!

I would buy a second one just to be sure, though. :)

Buy the electronic test that actually says the words, I peed on like 4-5 of those stupid sticks with the lines, the second line was always fainter/lighter than the test line... my dd is 2 1/2 now so obviously a faint line was enough, lol.

Yeah - it was in my case.

is that what people mean when they say - I'm kind of pregnant?

I had a very faint second line when I found out I was pregnant with my second child!

Here is what my doctor told me, you CAN get a false negative, but you can NEVER get a false positive. If there is even a faint positive line... you are pregnant! The only way for even a faint line to show up is if you have the pregnancy hormones in your body. So congrats Mommy!!!

My 4 year old was a faint line :). Not so faint anymore!! LOL - Congratulations!!

When I had a very faint 2nd line, I was pregnant.. That 2nd fainted line popped up fast also on the tester... Why wait until tomorrow, try another one now :0)

wait 48-72 hours and test again. You could have a "borderline" result. Also, test your first morning urine. It is more concentrated, and the older tests always said to do that.

I had a "faint" line with my 4 year old, gave it another day, the line was still faint. After that, bought the digital and got a clear "pregnant". I hate those tests with the lines.

=0) What a fun Christmas Day announcement THAT will be!!!!! Congrats! I'd be shocked if you're NOT.

My first test had a super-faint line. So did the next four that I took the same day. Kiddo is 4 now. :)

Sounds exactly like what happened to me! Right down to the good solid lines days early w/ previous pregnancies.
I retested 2 days later and it was still barely there...but there nonetheless!

I know all about evap. lines. But I have never ever had one. And I have taken dozens of HPT's. ;)

Let us know!!!