• Week by Week
  • Sex and Pregnancy
  • Weight Gain
  • Exercise and Nutrition

New to the forum? Sign Up Here!

Already a member? Please login below.

Forgot your password? Need Help?  
Learn and Discuss About...

Six Evaporation Lines In A Row?!?!

8 posts on this thread and the last post was on July 23rd, 2009 4:15 PM
There are currently 4898 members logged in.
bethypooooo - June 15th, 2009 2:43 PM
[Original Post]

OK... this is how my life has been lately. I'm not ttc, but would consider myself blessed to welcome a little one.
May 12-24: had sex many times with hubby using pull out method
May 24: cramping then light spotting
May 25: Negative hpt and negative quant blood test (too soon perhaps)
May 26-28: nothing
May 28-29: heavy bleeding, then spotting, then nothing (I'm irregular and don't keep track of af, also I'm usually a 7 day af)
May 29: hubby left town so I couldnt have conceived after this time
May 29-June 12: Pregnancy symptoms including hot flashes (I'm 24!!), continuous headaches (never had one in my life that I can remember), slight cramping, increase in CM, lightheadedness, what I think would be morning sickness, lower back pain, joint pain, and an inflammed knee (which I'm not sure what that was about). Also during this time period numerous negative hpt.
June 13-14: I took six pregnancy tests (the equate blue dye kind). On the first one I thought I saw something within a few minutes, but wasn't sure. After examining it with an eagle eye, I was sure I saw something and after 20 pics with my cheap cell phone camera I was even able to catch it in a picture. So confused so I took five more of the same brand within the next 24 hours (I know, I know... I'm addicted and obsessed) and they all have the same thing. Some lines are really faint but bluish in tint and others have a darker clearly visible from a few feet away hair thin blue line on the left and then it fades to a line. They are all straight, not off center, and the same thickness as the control line.
I have an appointment with my OBGYN on the 22nd, but I wanted to know what you guys think. I'm not sure how common evaporation lines are, but I've heard they are more common on blue dye tests. Can I really get six in a row? Some showed up more clearly after the 10 minute time limit, but I *thought* (maybe I'm imagining it) that I saw them around 3-7 minutes.
So... what do you think? My husband is still out of town and so he hasn't seen them, but he thinks I'm crazy, although he admits seeing the second line on the picture.


bethypooooo - June 15th, 2009 2:45 PM

let me also add that I didn't conceive prior to June 12 as hubby was out of town since March 30.


bethypooooo - June 15th, 2009 2:53 PM

correction... prior to may 12 :) my bad


HappyAsh - June 17th, 2009 12:02 PM

I would say, buy a different brand and retest. Also, for the record an evap line is rare..so 6 is very unlikely. Did you buy all of them in a bunch? Let us know when you use a dif. brand.



ethomas2414 - July 2nd, 2009 10:34 AM

I had 1 definite pos then 2 faint after that in the same day went for a blood test that was negative but still feeling sick tired. I have 2 daughters so I know what it feels like to be pregnant and i definetly feel pregnant. I havent had a period since may 20th....I hope to hear what the docs said bethypooooo


suzy3223 - July 20th, 2009 1:40 PM

Has anyone had evap. lines with Walmart brand HPT? I did one this morning and by 2 mins it was negative so I tossed it - then when I went back and looked at it again an hour later it had a faint line (blue in color) and now the line had gotten darker. Hummmm. I know you're not supposed to look at them past 10 mins, but it's torture for me!! I guess I will try another one tomorrow morning. I'm 7 days past ovulation!


ethomas2414 - July 21st, 2009 7:33 PM

I just wanted to update a little..... last night I took 3 pregnancy test all were clearly positive. I took another this morning and it was def positive as well. I am going to try to go to the doctors tomorrow morning for a blood test and see if I can find out if I just got pregnant or if I really was pregnant and the blood test i did was wrong.


nicky - July 22nd, 2009 11:43 PM

ethomas- i can't wait to hear what the doc says. my last peroid was june 11th. i have taken several test and they are all negative. i am irregular so i don't know exactly when i should have tested. i have a son and i feel like i did when i was preg with him minus the sore breast. i was cd 35 when i tested positive with him (it wasn't dark though).



ethomas2414 - July 23rd, 2009 4:15 PM

My boyfriend wasnt believin my pregnancy test so I bought the digital ones and they cam back pregnant. I went to the doctor yesterday.........got my pregnancy confirmed I am almost 10 weeks according to the drs!!!! Good luck and let me know how your appt goes!!!