Very very faint line on pregnancy test almost invisible

So how faint is very faint?

Obviously, everyone has a different idea of what a faint line looks like but we're talking anything from not very obvious to proper put-your-specs-on-and-peer-at – as you can see from our main picture of 6 different positive pregnancy tests (some done with multiple test strips) shared in our MadeForMums Community.

I know how hard it can be sometimes to tell if it's a line or not.

When I was trying to conceive, I remember squinting at pregnancy tests trying to work out if there was a faint line or not.

Faint positive pregnancy test but feel like period is coming

In fact, I always asked my husband to check – and then I admit I may have sometimes done a repeat test to be sure!

Why is the line so faint?

If the line is faint, then it is likely that you are testing very early on in your pregnancy.

A pregnancy test is designed to show a line if it detects, in the urine you dipped it into, a threshold level of a hormone called human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG).

Levels of hCG start low, then rise hugely from 4 to 5 weeks of pregnancy on. They are at their highest at about 10 weeks of pregnancy, and then s

if i get a faint line when should i test again

very faint line on pregnancy test when should i test again