Am I seeing things?

[llama4u448.livejournal.com]

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I have an IUD, have had it for 3.5 years. My periods can be irregular so I take a test every once in a while to make sure everything is ok. I took this one after lunch today, went to throw out my trash and looked at it again. This is what I saw:



There is a faint line right? I know its not really valid since its after the time limit but I have never had this happen before.

Comments

[sparkle-lite.livejournal.com]

If it was after the time limit, that line really means nothing. Shadowing can sometimes show up because that's where (pardon the expression) the chemical indicators are impregnated. So, in a way, yes, you are seeing things. Don't trust what you see after the time limit the test information gives you.

[faithful-summer.livejournal.com]

Don't trust it if it's past the time the instructions tell you to read it at. If you're really worried, you could take another. But I would take that faint line (that I honestly am not even sure I can see in the photo) with a grain of salt at this point.

[the-bone-doctor.livejournal.com]

Looks like a vapor line to me; they show up after the time limit sometimes. You could take another test if you're really anxious and make sure to look at it within the stated time.

[misspaigeb.livejournal.com]

Honestly I don't see anything, but if it was after the time limit it doesn't mean anything anyway. It's negative.

[wiesoauchimmer.livejournal.com]

all the pregnancy tests i've taken so far (which are only three, so i'm not some big time expert here, but they were all different ones) had an explicit bullet-point in their instructions that any positive result that only appears after the time limit is to be disregarded as a false positive.

[mooselover13.livejournal.com]

I agree with those who point out the time limit, but as a die hard ttc'er for the last year if this had been my test I'd have been jumping for hope and asking all my friends if that was a line too.

You'll have to decide for yourself, but for peace of mind if it were me I'd wait a couple days and try again to make sure. (since I assume you don't want to be pregnant based on the fact that you say you have an IUD.) I hope it turns out however you are hoping it will.

[vertbio.livejournal.com]

I would just take another in a few days and forget about this one. I don't even see a faint line if it's any comfort :) I have heard of tests showing up positive an hour after they've been taken but it's not valid because the time limit. Nobody I know who's had that happen actually ended up being pregnant, they've always been false positives.

[jocelina.livejournal.com]

That sounds/looks like an evaporation line (http://www.peeonastick.com/hptfaq.html#7). I've noticed those on tests before too, especially after the ten minutes are up. As long as the test was negative initially, you're good to go -- as others have said, any result showing after ten minutes is not to be relied on.

[the-bone-doctor.livejournal.com]

Evaporation! That's what I meant. Not vapor. :)