Am I Positive?

I don't think anyone wants to hear this story from the very beginning so let's start with the home pregnancy test. In movies and on TV the pregnancy test seems like a definitive thing. You pee on a stick (POAS) and you're either pregnant or you aren't. Well I had bought a bunch of "internet cheapies" because pregnancy tests are remarkably similar and why pay $20 for a 2 pack if you can get 50 online for $20?

Since I had a ton of pregnancy tests I started testing several days before my period because sometimes one can get a faint positive that early. I had gotten two or three negatives though and was taking one last test before I went out of town for the weekend when a very faint second line appeared. I immediately did another test with the same result but the lines were so faint I could see them but not pick them up on camera. I told Ben what was up and asked him to go to the drugstore for a first response test, which as supposed to be one of the most sensitive tests and better than my internet cheapies. Ben return several minutes later and I use this test, wait three very long minutes, and get..... nothing.

What the heck? I assumed I would get confirmation from the fancy expensive test, and here I knew less than I did before. Later I went to brush my teeth and saw the test still sitting there and there was a pretty solid line. Technically the test was negative within the window of accuracy, however it is much harder to have a false positive than a false negative. Oh well, I had to leave for BART to catch my train so I figured I would eat healthy all weekend and test again when I got home or I would get my period, either way I would know soon.

So yeah, home pregnancy tests are not as simple/easy as they appear at all.