I woke up in the middle of the night last night feeling incredibly nauseous.  I laid there in bed to see if it would pass, but unfortunately it did not.  I ended up throwing up for about 4 hours.  I woke up my poor husband who brought me ice and water, even though I couldn't get anything down.  Throwing up is ONLY appreciated when you are pregnant (this coming from someone who be so lucky to have morning sickness).

I watched 3 episodes of Love It or List It on HGTV and had to keep getting up.  I was so tired I would fall asleep on the toilet.  Finally around 5 AM I fell asleep on the couch as it was getting light outside. I woke up at 5:30 and crawled back into bed.  I slept for a few more hours.

I woke a a little while ago with a bad headache, but no longer feeling nauseous.  Taking my temp was totally shot to hell.  When I took it this morning @ 9 it was almost 98 degrees.  I normally temp at 4:30 AM so I guess today is a wash.  I peed in a cup and dunked in the CB Digi for 15 seconds.  Big O.  Then just for kicks I dipped in a Wondfo.  The Wondo is nearly if not positive.  Ahhhh I don't know what stick to believe anymore.

After getting another false positive on the Clearblue Digi opk yesterday morning, I decided to call the number on the box to chat with an "expert".  My second false positive yesterday was done while I was away from my house.  I had peed on the stick this time because I thought it was kind of gross to pack a "pee-cup" with me.  Of course when I woke up I was still not with it 100% so I guess I must have stuck it in the flow for a second too long?  Sure enough another "smiley".  When I ejected the stick, it was almost completely blue with no lines.  WTF?  I was so annoyed because I didn't bring an extra stick and I had to hold it for several hours later in the day. 

I took a Wondfo yesterday afternoon and it was definitely negative.  I have the beginnings of fertile CM, but no EWCM yet.  I always have EWCM before a positive ovulation test.  I also know that the test in the morning was not a true positive.  After seeing some of the comments on my previous post, I decided to call the hotline.  Wasting 2 sticks from that box killed me.  They are almost $2 a stick!

The girl on the recorded phone call politely asked me what my question was.  I explained to her the situation with the positive and then negative test in the same urine and the whole dye run.  She was very firm with me in explaining that you should NEVER look at the stick itselff because the digital device does not interpret straight off of the lines.  She said that the digital reader is always right and detects "blah blah" amount of LH.  I told her I understood, but that the stick was almost completely blue from dye and when I have had sticks look like this before they came up with errors on the digital reader.  She again scolded me for even looking at the line, but told me that she would send me a free pack if I would answer some questions for her.  Ummm duh.  Of course I am going to answer questions and save some money.

She asked me about my cycle length and when I last got my period.  I told her my range had been from 41-32 days and she asked me when I had last had a 32 day cycle.  I told her that was my last cycle and they were shortening because I was taking fertility medication.  She asked if my medication could be causing a false positive.  I told her no.  Femara isn't supposed to cause false positives, plus that wasn't my issue.  Then she asked if I had an HCG trigger or if I could have been pregnant.  I told I did not have a trigger and there was no chance I was pregnant since I had gotten a negative HCG beta and then gotten my period 2 days later.  Her final "bright idea" was that maybe my cycles really were shortening so much that I actual was getting a positive result.  She said she hadn't really heard of anyone ever getting a positive and then a negative with the same urine.  I didn't even know what to say to that so I just reiterated the fact that I felt that I couldn't trust the tests anymore because of what had happened.  She stopped with the ideas and gathered my address, the lot number of the package, and the expiration date.  She told me to call back with the numbers on the stick and foil wrapper for their information.  Tonight I get to go sifting through my bathroom trash can.  Fun!  Oh well, at least I will get some free tests!  Now I just have to figure out when I am going to ovulate!

I never thought this could happen, but it happened to me this morning.  I am a big fan of the Clearblue Digital Ovulation Tests (aka 'smiley face' opk).  I have had very good luck with them so far.  This morning I started my usual testing a few days before my CM is even fertile.  I peed in the cup, stuck in the stick for 15 what I thought was 15 seconds (by counting one one thousand, two one thousand, etc.), set it on the counter, and then walked away to my computer.  I started peeing in cups instead of right on the stick because, since I use FMU, I find myself way too uncoordinated when I first wake up to be able to aim at the stick.

Fully expecting a big O, I returned to the bathroom to check and lo and behold there was a smiley.  WTF?!  It is only cd 11.  I immediately ejected the stick and saw a tremendous dye run.  I got out a Wondfo opk, dipped that for 3 seconds, and then watched it like a hawk.  A very light test line...definitely not my usual positive.  Luckily I hadn't thrown out the urine yet so I waited for the CB Digi to get back to a blank screen and then I got out another stick (I cringe thinking about the cost of this).  This time I got my cell phone stopwatch and used it.  15 seconds later I laid the stick down on the sink and walked away.  A few minutes later I came back and it was indeed a big O.  I ejected the test and saw that there was very faint test line.

A few things...

1.  I have heard that CB Digis NEVER have false positives.  I did a little Internet research and I have found some similar stories (and pictures) of girls that have had false positives due to dye runs.  Many suggest calling the company to confirm.  I wonder if they would send me a free test kit due to this waste of an extra stick.

2.  I have had similar dye runs cause actual errors on the test.  I feel like this one should have caused an error so now I am wondering if this electronic test stick is screwed up.

3.  Last month when I got a smiley, I also had a strongly positive Wondfo opk.  This was not the case this time.

4.  Last month I ovulated on day 17.  I am feeling like it might be a little earlier this month, but not day 11 or 12!  I don't even have any fertile CM yet.

Here is the pic...what do you all think?  Totally a false positive right?  Have you ever had a false positive due to a dye run?