If I take a home pregnancy test and still see a faint line, does that mean I'm pregnant?

A lot of women are confused when they've been suspicious of pregnancy, they take a home pregnancy test, and then see a faint line. They're wondering, "Am I really pregnant or am I not?" It all goes back to a couple of things. First of all, a home pregnancy test is detecting a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG, and that's a hormone that your body starts to release early in pregnancy. And levels rise exponentially and peak around 8 to 11 weeks gestation. Levels aren't high enough for a home pregnancy test to detect it until 2 weeks after conception. So the best thing to do if you suspect pregnancy is to wait until your period should start, and if it doesn't, then that's when you should take a home pregnancy test. Even then, though, women still get faintly positive results or falsely negative results, because ovulation usually happens about mid-cycle, but some women ovulate a little bit later than the norm, and that means that HCG levels might not be high enough to be detected by a home pregnancy test until a few days later.

So if the first test is faintly positive, or negative, and you still haven't started bleeding in another 3 to 5 days, take another test. Let a few days go by - I know it's hard to just put that in the back of your mind and wait, but unfortunately, that's the only thing you can do - is be patient. If you are indeed pregnant, and the HCG levels are rising appropriately, if you take another test in 5 days, it should be pretty positive and obvious. But if it's not, at that point, then call your doctor. And after asking you more specific questions, they can determine if further testing is necessary. Usually what happens at that point is they bring you into the office, you take a urine test there, or they recommend taking a blood test. A blood test is a lot more sensitive than a urine test, and it can tell you 2 things. It can tell you, "Am I pregnant?", yes or no? And then it can also tell, if you order a specific test, how high the HCG levels are. So that test is usually necessary if you started bleeding, but you knew you were pregnant in the past. That information can be helpful in determining if the pregnancy is progressing as it should.

[mslady]

Faint lines mean that test has detected hcg. Even a tiny amt... it should get darker over next couple of days if pregnancy is viable (hcg increases quick when the baby is doing well).

[tjnrawr]

I checked my "negative" test after 2 hours and now my daughter is almost 5🤣

[whowantstoknow]

faint lines for me always mean I'm pregnant.

[virginiaw]

I almost never show more than a faint shadow, even several months into a pregnancy. Even when pregnant with my twins, I had only a faint line on the 20 million tests I took. ;)
I'm now seeing barely a shadow on several different tests, different brands.

[MarlyT]

Sorry. In some cases if the test window says 5 minutes and 7-10 minutes later I see a line I believe that is still a positive. It happened with my last pregnancy that way. So I truly believe that's not necessarily the case always.

[mellery]

Update after watching this. So First test I saw no lines the later I looked at it saw a faint line. Thought nothing of it thought it was evap line. Took 2 more test extremely faint line after recommended waiting time. Later that night went and looked again on test hours later line is definitely visible but again was past recommended wait time. I just waited 3 more days took a digital test came back positive. Yep am preggers.
: update unfortunately I had a miscarriage. I suppose maybe that’s why the lines were so faint to begin with.

[morgandelvalle]

I've gotten 2 faint lines on my tests. The test said not to read after 10 minutes but the lines appeared around 5-6 minutes not 3. I've had 3 other people look at them and we all agree they look faint but blue not grey. Anyone else have this happen?

[forverinlovewithtvd]

My sister took one and before 3 minutes there was faint line ... so.we took the second just to make sure it wasn't a defective one and that one also came out with a positive

[betsyforever]

I took 4 all negative even the $15 got a cheap $1 from Walmart positive . I didn't get my period I knew I was pergo all negative untill I was two months pergo. now my IUD fell out was loose I'm getting the faint line again

[sunshineasmr]

I’m 31 days late. I took a pregnancy test faint positive. I don’t want to get my hopes up.

[lynb_]

Why would a test turn positive after the recommended time? If u don’t have hcg in your urine it should never turn a color because isn’t the test only looking for hcg. Evaplines are grey and never have color just grey? So why would it change color after the time frame ?

[exehebytes]

My wife is in its 7th month of pregnancy and she took a pregnancy test but still gets a blurr line. Shee needs it for her maternity leave. Could you suggest a better solution?

[veronikako]

I should get my period today, had weird symptoms and now I see the literally most faint line... I’m so confused

[brandyboone]

I took a test at home and I have a little pink. What does this mean although I know that it may be way too soon if I clocked calculated my cycle correct it only puts me at maybe a week after conception breast is sore

[kayleejensen]

I'm now on cylce day 39 I spotted dark brown 8 days ago now I've had a SUPER faint line on a blue dye test and have nausea. My husband thinks km crazy but im sure I'm pregnant.

[sabithamarivada]

It appears that when tested two lines are very near not sure weather to treat it as positive or not

[charlisabernard]

What does it means when my first pregnancy test is positive with a purple line then the same night I have a white line on my second test

[skystinnett]

I have a faint line but people are telling it’s negative

[Spiderninja]

What do 2 faint lines mean like I looked all over the place and I haven't seen anything about them

[amariekeyona]

I took a pregnancy test and Both have faint lines everybody can see, days later I had light blood For 3 days with very little spotting I’m confused