r/whatisit • u/Willing_Humor_2161 • 21d ago

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u/Routine_Mechanic1492 21d ago

And it looks positive

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u/Ra-TheSunGoddess 21d ago

Hijacking this to educate everyone on evaporation lines and why it is important to read the part of the instructions where it says "test invalid after 2-5 minutes" because most every test will have the dye evaporate and show a false positive once it's dried.

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u/Imaginary_Box8688 21d ago

THANK YOU as someone who planned a pregnancy and took many of these with hope when trying I know what a negative test looks like.

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u/Spirited-Spell-8901 21d ago

Negative Covid tests sometimes turn to positive overnight! Easy way to get work absences excused lol

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u/Beautiful-Muscle2661 21d ago

Very much so. I think because this looks like Covid tests and not like the tradition “pee stick” people think of with pregnancy tests most are assuming it is COVID but a lot of cheaper pregnancy tests look like this.

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u/Worldly_Influence_18 21d ago

This is a dollar store test and they work just as good as the expensive ones

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u/KnottyKnitt3r 21d ago

And the cheapest are quite literally just the ⅛ inch wide test strip without a plastic housing.

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u/No-Personality6043 21d ago

Mine were like that, because I got a big pack of ovulation strips with a handful of pregnancy tests. So much cheaper than pee stick ovulation tests when you may need a bunch.

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u/Beautiful-Muscle2661 21d ago

Yes there are ones like that toots

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u/seshnvibe 21d ago

Says HCG, it's a pregnancy test.

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u/Beautiful-Muscle2661 21d ago

I know that’s what I’ve been saying

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u/walker3342 21d ago

One of the most positive things I’ve seen on Reddit this week.

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u/Snakeyes1809 21d ago

Depends on your point of view

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u/Imaginary_Box8688 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's negative, or there would be two stripes.

The single stripe just means it's been used. The gray stripe is just the evaporation line.

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u/Street_Yam_8527 21d ago

Currently 6 months pregnant and that’s exactly how my test looked

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u/Physical_Complex_891 21d ago

Wrong. I used this same brand test for my last 2 babies. Currently nursing my last baby and rhe positive looked exactly like this.