Which pregnancy test did you use? [Archive]

shortyhmm

11-05-2006, 08:31pm

** mods pls do not move - wanting info from other bpf-ers **

Hello ladies (new and old)

Just wondered when you got your bfp, which pg test did you use? I've seen some tests that I don't recognise, (Accuclear and Predictor) but they're cheaper so just wondered if anyone had used them and had any opinions?

Chocolate Lips

11-05-2006, 08:36pm

You're not pregnant are you :teehee:

I used Clearblue Digital, the only other one I used was First Response, which never gave me a positive.

Oops I also used Boots own which were fab.

shortyhmm

11-05-2006, 08:46pm

:oops: Will be testing this weekend if nothing shows up :teehee:

Madwife

11-05-2006, 08:47pm

:shock: :grin: :ellie: ooooh how exciting!!

Chocolate Lips

11-05-2006, 08:47pm

:oops: Will be testing this weekend if nothing shows up :teehee:

:teehee: I had one of those moments a few weeks ago, but she turned up in the end :teehee:

Petrus

11-05-2006, 08:51pm

I used the real cheapy dip stick type thing, looks like a blood glucose strip! First one i did was negative, 2nd was positive! :nod:

shortyhmm

11-05-2006, 08:55pm

Well, we'll see. If the line turns blue, then it turns blue. I'm kinda liking this stay at home business anyway! DH is absolutely convinced that I'll not need a test. But then he said the same last June too...:rolleyes:

Just wish I'd had time to shift the excess from the last one! :doughnuts: There might be time yet.

shortyhmm

11-05-2006, 09:01pm

http://www.accessdiagnostics.co.uk/acatalog/Accuclear_pregnancy_test.html

What do you think? Too good to be true?

squidgell

11-05-2006, 10:18pm

I used some cheapy ones from there (not the Accuclear ones) and they came up with a very very faint line, I then tried a clearblue (not digital) and it came up very strong straight away. The cheapy ones have only just started showing a proper line (I tested again earlier in the week in a bit of a panic :oops: :lol: ) but I know that other people have had strong positives with them straight away. Sorry if I sound confusing!!

Calamity

12-05-2006, 11:27am

It was a Boots own pee stick I used. No idea about the one's you've mentioned.

J.x

Princess Fiona

12-05-2006, 11:44am

I voted other and clearblue.

I had bought some of those dipstick ones from ebay and got 3 BFP's but i didn't believe them so i went out and bough a Sainsburys own (again BFP) and then back out again and bought a Clear Blue :rolleyes: OBVIOUSLY they were all BFP's but i STILL didn't believe i was pg so insisted my GP did a test too :oops: :oops:

Nat

12-05-2006, 12:53pm

I used clearblue.. 5 times... :lol: Why is it you never believe the first 4 tests ???

dora the ex...

12-05-2006, 02:41pm

i used a test out of the pound shop..and got BFP but then the same day i got a BFN from my dr..:scratchchin:

Biba

12-05-2006, 03:13pm

The first hint I got was a +ve OPK stick from a digital fertility monitor then a First Response the next morning and a clearblue digital for my OH he didn't believe the others so i got one that said PREGNANT on it!!! Then a few other normal Clearblue ones as I had them from the study I was on.

donna-j

12-05-2006, 03:29pm

I used a Clearblue digital, and was too scared to do another test in case was wrong the first time.

Damsella

12-05-2006, 07:48pm

** mods pls do not move - wanting info from other bpf-ers **Sweetie, this is Damsels - there's no need to be paranoid! :tongue: First of all, there's only me doing any modding. Secondly, even if I think a thread does need moving (which I don't think this one does) I don't move it until it's had at least a few answers.

Life is pretty chilled here, you know! :meditate:

I voted Clear Blue, btw.

shortyhmm

12-05-2006, 09:49pm

Sorry Damz, sorry, sorry!

Just used to the 1950's version of a forum :oops:

shortyhmm

12-05-2006, 09:52pm

Thank you everyone for taking the time to read (and more importantly reply to) my post.

Guess Clearblue is leading the way. Do you think it's because it's the most well known brand?

Haven't been out and bought a test yet :oops: will probably nip to the chemist tom!

ChelseaHarvey

12-05-2006, 11:24pm

Oooooooooo how exciting GOOD LUCK :ellie:

I used tescos own and it showed up a few days late then i used clear blue, got a stronger BFP with the tesco one

tekkencat

13-05-2006, 01:02pm

I used clearblue.. 5 times... :lol: Why is it you never believe the first 4 tests ???

just noticed this post - BLOODY HELL SHORTY :ellie: :ellie: :ellie: fingers crossed you get the result you want :cheer2: :cheer2:

Amethyst

13-05-2006, 07:52pm

I used a Tesco one on Keeley and a wilko one on Ollie both gave a really strong positive.
Good luck Shortyhmm hope you get the result you want.

Amethyst:smile:

shortyhmm

13-05-2006, 09:29pm

just noticed this post - BLOODY HELL SHORTY fingers crossed you get the result you want

Chickened out :oops: didn't buy one. I want to know, but I don't want to know, IYKWIM. Have told DH I'll nip to Tescos tom. I'm only a few days late and who knows if my cycle is a normal one...?

DH joked that I should hurry up and find out, then we can change Olivia's Christening and have a double one instead :lol:

guinness

14-05-2006, 11:23pm

i used the 3 in a pack jobs from poundland - did the job just fine!
not quite as easy as some (you need to dip the stick in a little pot of wee rather than wee on a stick, but tbh didnt make a blind bit of difference to me. a bfp is a bfp!
good luck hope you get the result you want!!!

Diddlum

15-05-2006, 07:19am

I used a Superdrug one, cos it was cheap.:oops:

ETA - Your cycle could well be messed up, and it's quite normal for your hormones etc to make you feel as though you're pregnant again not long after having a baby. I was CONVINCED I was when Niamh was about 3 months old, and was crapping myself but I wasn't in the end. I've heard a lot of people say the same thing too.

ChelseaHarvey

15-05-2006, 09:02am

So any news - did you test :puzzled:

Peridot

15-05-2006, 11:28am

I used 1st response because I wanted to test before AF was due and it worked straight away - followed by another 2 1st responses and 2 more clear blues :oops:
can you tell I couldn't quite believe it!!!
I think I used 1st response as, as far as I know its the only one that can tell you so early and clear blue because as you say it's the best known brand!
I too paniced that I may / may not have been pg again but AF arrived when Thomas was 11 weeks, I was sooooooooo close to buying a test but know what you mean about being too scared to.
Hope you get the result you want :thumb:

shortyhmm

15-05-2006, 04:28pm

:teehee: I think I'll do another poll - How many times did you test before you believed your bfp? :teehee:

I'm soooooooooo much of a chicken :oops: Will defo test tom as I ordered a test off the interweb, well 3 actually, and they'll be here tom :hop: (Site recommended by someone, sorry I can't remember who but thank you!! :oops: )

Crazyfool

15-05-2006, 04:33pm

I actually gor a BFP from my consultant at the hospital , however I did a Clearblue to double check :nod: I haven't really done them before so I went for a brand I knew

WeeBird

15-05-2006, 09:30pm

I used a clearblue with Owen and I used a clearblue again this morning and got a BFP. So we are expecting again. Will probs do another test in a few days though

WB x

shortyhmm

15-05-2006, 09:35pm

Ooooo congratulations WeeBird! :clap:

Henrietta Figg

15-05-2006, 09:49pm

I used Boots own brand and Asda own brand. Cheapskate that I am. They worked fine, although I didn't test until AF was late.

shortyhmm

16-05-2006, 12:57pm

Thought I better post on my own poll :rolleyes: I used an Acon Early Detection One Step Ultra Pregnancy Test. Dead simple and above all - cheap! Will be using a Clearblue tom though just to double check. :oops: