Faint BFPs, your experiences please!

**SallyJ** · June 10th, 2008, 06:19 PM

Hi, I have been having faint BFPs since Saturday afternoon, they come up within the timeframe but they are, well, faint. I've had 5 of them, with 4 different brands (the Crystal Clear on Sunday was the darkest).

AF was due on Saturday or Sunday so I am well and truly overdue, and think something is definitely going on. To be honest I am expecting a chemical pregnancy.

Just wondering if you've experienced this and what was the eventual result.

**~clover~** · June 10th, 2008, 06:23 PM

With DS I did 2 test the same brand. The first was very faint. I wasn't due for AF for another week, so I was only just pg. That's why it was faint - low levels of hcg. The second I did 2 days later. Still faint, but I kinda knew I was pg & I'm pretty sure you are too.

Congrats!

**Kitt3n** · June 10th, 2008, 06:26 PM

I was 4 days late - doc needed to get out his magnifying glasses to try to see the line.

Now i am 14 weeks!

**satya** · June 10th, 2008, 07:15 PM

My experience with faint lines is not positive I'm afraid. I've had 4 pregnancies but only 1 that's gone past 5 weeks. With the early losses my HPTs were really faint and did not get darker as the days went on. With one of the pregnancies I got a negative result in the middle of 4 positive ones (two + one - two +) - I then tested positive with a BT but the HCG had halved two days later so we knew what to expect.

With this pregnancy I had a faint positiveHPT 7 days after O so at about 20dpo and by the next day it was a very clear positive.

I have seen lots of ladies with faint + HPTs that have gone on to have healthy pregnancies, this is just my experience with them.

I'd suggest you head off to your GP for a BT and ask what your HCG level is when you get your results so you can compare it to the next one if it is positive (and I hope it is).

Best of luck.

**Ginger** · June 10th, 2008, 07:20 PM

i had a really faint bfp line that resulted in my now 8 month old ds!

**~Saram~** · June 10th, 2008, 07:38 PM

I had faint pos from 11 dpo and they didn't get that much darker all the way up 5wks and we have a happy healthy baby girl. I d say congratulations!!!!

**SallyJ** · June 12th, 2008, 05:23 PM

Unfortunately the number was low (10) and on the drive home I felt cramps, and sure enough I am now bleeding with worse cramps than usual.

I'm not too unhappy, it's not a huge surprise that it didn't work out and TBH it was exciting just seeing that second line after so long trying.