Clearblue Digital Pregnancy Test

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

Advice required!!
I've just used a Clearblue Digital Pregnancy Test and got a Not Pregnant result however when I removed the cartridge (as soon as the Not Pregnant result flashed up) there was a clear second line, not as dark as the control line but clearly visible all the same. I've never used these tests before and wondering if they work on the same basis as other pregnancy tests, does the second line indicate a positive result??

Rach - the lines don't mean anything (i think it states that somewhere in the leaflet!) these appear because the test also picks up LH as well as HCG - i used this test too when ttc dd1 and got "not pregnant" right up until 15dpo

[Rachett]

Thanks for the quick responses ladies!
Leaha, I did a quick search and didn't see that thread, woops!
Ella_Bear, You're right it does at the very top of the instructions leaflet, I read through it twice and still missed it
Do any other pregnancy tests pick up LH? I've had a really (really) faint positives using First Response over the last two days. Maybe I'm ovulating?? I have no idea where I am in my cycle and the suspense is killing me! grrr I'm terribly impatient

[Indadhanu]

OPKs test for LH don't they?

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

Thanks for the quick responses ladies!
Leaha, I did a quick search and didn't see that thread, woops!
Ella_Bear, You're right it does at the very top of the instructions leaflet, I read through it twice and still missed it
Do any other pregnancy tests pick up LH? I've had a really (really) faint positives using First Response over the last two days. Maybe I'm ovulating?? I have no idea where I am in my cycle and the suspense is killing me! grrr I'm terribly impatient

Rach - hehe don't worry about missing it in the leaflet maybe give it a couple of days and then re-test with 1st response again (i got my BFP with this brand and i was only 6dpo and yes the line was faint, but very much there!) - i think the digital tests are only good if you are later in your cycle? (well that's what i found!) - do you know when AF was/is due?

[sarah_wants_a_bub!]

Hi,

I had a friend who used one of those digital tests and it came up positive, then she took one of the standard HPT and it said negative (taken on the same day, same time). As it turned out the digital one was wrong. Although most of the time they must be fairly reliable, I wonder if the traditional ones are the best? To be brutally honest, I haven't really heard anything good about the digital ones.

By the way, she is now happily 31 weeks pregnant so even if the initial result isn't the one you want, there is still hope!

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

Hi,

I had a friend who used one of those digital tests and it came up positive, then she took one of the standard HPT and it said negative (taken on the same day, same time). As it turned out the digital one was wrong. Although most of the time they must be fairly reliable, I wonder if the traditional ones are the best? To be brutally honest, I haven't really heard anything good about the digital ones.

By the way, she is now happily 31 weeks pregnant so even if the initial result isn't the one you want, there is still hope!

I totally agree! - i only used the digital one as it was given to me by a friend who had bought them but never used it - i think the standark HPT are better especially the 1st response or lullaby conceptions brands