Pregnancy tests not getting darker? (2024)

katherinegrey said:

Hi all I got my bfp on a frer yesterday and on a digi today, but I took two IC's, one yesterday and one today and they're not getting any darker? The line is about the same as yesterday, and yesterday I didn't use fmu and today I did, should I be worried?? Thank you xx

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In my experience, ICs are crap at detecting the subtle shifts in pregnancy hormones. Your best bet is to use a FRER or any other pink test to check the darkness (although I've had good luck with Clearblue as well). Also, remember that hormones typically double every 48hrs or so, so you may be within this window (thus your tests look the same). Especially at the beginning, when your hcg is so low, the darkness change might be negligible (think about how your first positive might have been HCG 10, 48 hours later it would only be 20, which is still pretty darn low and will bring out a pretty faint line on any test).

Hope that helps!

Don't worry
I was 6 weeks pregnant when mine finally got dark

Saw a healthy heartbeat last week !

I took pregnancy tests daily for a couple of weeks after I finally got my BFP and I too was a bit worried by the fact that the lines didn't seem to be getting noticeably darker.

My ICs seemed to take ages to get really strong, and even then they weren't much stronger than the control line.

I know it's hard, but try not to worry.

Hi there, I remember you from the TTC boards Congratulations on your BFP

My IC's seemed to take forever to get dark and in the beginning I couldn't notice the difference every day (more like every second day). I bet you'll notice a difference tomorrow or the day after x

this has helped me lots too.......my arrived yesterday but its so faint you can hardly see it!! but it was there yest afternoon and this morning too....still faint but there!!

and i should def stay off google search!!

its had me panicking this morning that ive been getting evap lines..........3 in a row.....when ive used the same tests for the last 3 cycles and only ever had one evap after a few hours of looking..........what are the odds?!

pomeranian said:

this has helped me lots too.......my arrived yesterday but its so faint you can hardly see it!! but it was there yest afternoon and this morning too....still faint but there!!

and i should def stay off google search!!

its had me panicking this morning that ive been getting evap lines..........3 in a row.....when ive used the same tests for the last 3 cycles and only ever had one evap after a few hours of looking..........what are the odds?!

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I'm exactly the same! Never had an evap before, and now got four super faint lines, can't be evaps, surely!

Ella_Hopeful said:

pomeranian said:

this has helped me lots too.......my arrived yesterday but its so faint you can hardly see it!! but it was there yest afternoon and this morning too....still faint but there!!

and i should def stay off google search!!

its had me panicking this morning that ive been getting evap lines..........3 in a row.....when ive used the same tests for the last 3 cycles and only ever had one evap after a few hours of looking..........what are the odds?!

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I'm exactly the same! Never had an evap before, and now got four super faint lines, can't be evaps, surely!

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no no no def cant be!!! can you upload me a pic of your test??? ive attached mine.......lets compare

pomeranian said:

Ella_Hopeful said:

pomeranian said:

this has helped me lots too.......my arrived yesterday but its so faint you can hardly see it!! but it was there yest afternoon and this morning too....still faint but there!!

and i should def stay off google search!!

its had me panicking this morning that ive been getting evap lines..........3 in a row.....when ive used the same tests for the last 3 cycles and only ever had one evap after a few hours of looking..........what are the odds?!

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I'm exactly the same! Never had an evap before, and now got four super faint lines, can't be evaps, surely!

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no no no def cant be!!! can you upload me a pic of your test??? ive attached mine.......lets compare

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https://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s451/ellahopeful/TTC/DSC02803.jpg

This was after it had dried though, was a bit lighter during test time.

katherinegrey said:

Glad this thread is helping others too my tests are just the same, not darker, but not lighter so I'm going to take that as a good sign that at least they're not getting lighter! I'll attach a pic of my faint lines so you can see them because even with faint lines it came up pos. on a digi!

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they are darker than my lines at the moment

although i only got a line yesterday so im hopeful mine will get darker.......3 test and three lines!!