Am I freaking out over nothing?

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I have had great progression so far, usually noticing the lines getting darker each day. That is until today. 7dp5dt and 8dp5dt look identical and I’ve been panicking all day. Has anyone had this happen and it turned out ok?

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Woohoooooo it’s Beta day!! My tests look great today and I’m about as confident as it’s possible to be on a blood draw day 😅 Thank you all so much, you eased my anxieties over the weekend tremendously! I’ll update once I have numbers.

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I think that’s normal hun! Definitely not any fainter. Maybe take a break from testing tomorrow and try the day after. That should give you a better picture. If you can resist … I know how hard it is. Addicted tester over here 🙋‍♀️

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You have to be careful not to compare the older dry test to new fresh one. They dry and get darker, also, mine always needed two days to show a difference!

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I noticed i get the best results to see a difference when I test every other day.

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My 7&8 were nearly identical as well, and I also freaked out. I’m now 26 weeks, so all was fine. 
You are truly supposed to compare your every other day tests, so compare 6&8 for your progression, I found that helpful.  Also, I noticed another poster said don’t compare the wet and dry tests and I agree, my dry tests darkened and weren’t great to compare. 
As a true test weirdo I made myself the following picture so I could compare all my wet tests 😂😂

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This is totally fine! Try not to stress over this.

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Happened to me on 4-5 dpt lol had to go back and find this picture but basically freaked out for nothing and I forgot that you shouldn’t compare dried tests to fresh because they’ll look somewhat darker.

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This is my progression so far if you line up every other day, I think it looks ok?

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Mine looked almost the same 7 and 8dpt too!

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Ladies, thank you so much for your reassurances! I woke up this morning and retested. I’m not sure that it’s darker, but they’re all great lines and the clear blue for sure is much more clear and blue than it was two days before. Y’all helped me relax! I think I’m ok 🙂 I’m just going to be happy with my clear positives and go into beta as optimistic as I can.

Am I freaking out over nothing?

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