I’m writing this in December in the early days of pregnancy, with the hopes that by the time it posts, I’ll have posted a happy announcement.

UPDATE: This pregnancy ended in miscarriage at 9 weeks, but I’m still publishing this for my memories.

Ok, so my experiment started at 9dpo when I decided to test with the only 25miu Wondfo I had. And this test had been around for awhile, it had even left my possession and done some traveling and come back to me months later when the person I gave it to ended up not needing it. So it was a well traveled test and therefore the grayish shadow that appeared couldn’t be trusted. 😆

If you don’t see anything there, don’t feel bad. Neither do I. Even in real life, it was very questionable if there was actually a shadow or just my eyes playing tricks on me.

But thankfully I had several leftover internet cheapie tests laying around, and thus began my test comparison experiment.

I had one Easy@Home 25miu which I think was expiring this month. I pulled it out of the wrapper and it had some defect on the edge of it, so I decided it wouldn’t be trustworthy but I dipped it anyway, just cause. (smu, for those wondering) I also had 2 EZ Level 25miu tests (which I’m pretty sure are made by Pregmate, but I could be wrong) and a few One Step 10miu tests which I’ve had forever and usually don’t use them because they’re ridiculously narrow and I can hardly read the results. But they were still in date, as were the EZ Level tests. I also had a brand new pack of Wondfo 10miu that I had just received the day before.

So I dipped them all and waited, expecting nothing. This is what I got:

Eyes that are trained to the faintest of faint lines may be able to detect something on these, Especially the Easy@Home. If you don’t see anything, don’t feel bad. They’re near invisible. The One Step 10miu had absolutely nothing at all. EZ Level always seem to have a grayish line for me, so I certainly couldn’t call that a positive.

So, as you may or may not be able to see, I needed to test with something “trusted” in order to confirm. This is when I had to think up an excuse to go get some more tests without tipping Matt off just yet. Under the guise of finishing Christmas shopping, which was necessary anyway, I grabbed a box of Clearblue Early (25 miu?) and a box of Clearblue Digital (website says 25miu in the USA),  *just in case*, and the First Signal $.88 tests which have never failed me. It was late afternoon/evening by the time I took these. These are the results…

At first glance, it’s negative. And I see nothing in this picture. In real life there was a line that may have literally just been an indent. I certainly wouldn’t have called it a positive. Maybe a reason to retest in a couple days but not a positive.

The digital said “Not Pregnant”, so I wasn’t sure what was up at that point. But I still had the Fist Signal, so I tried it later in the evening. *It’s important to note that I’d been basically dehydrated all afternoon, so the Clearblue was with probably the most concentrated pee.*

Like, that’s not even that hard to see. I feel like it’s a decent line, really. So, these tests are STILL my favorite, the most sensitive apparently, and the earliest clear positive result. $.88 tests for the WIN!!

Of the internet cheapie, Easy@Home was the winner. I wished I had more than one, for progression. But I did continue the next day (10dpo) with Wondfo 10miu and One Step 10miu and my last EZ Level 25miu.

Wondfo gave an easily visible line
I wouldn’t have considered the One Step to be positive, but there was definitely something there
EZ Level gave an even better line than Wondfo

On 10dpo I also used the second digital test.

There’s no denying that!!!

On 11dpo I used the last Clearblue Early, just to see if it had progressed yet and, wow, yeah there was a nice dark line! I also used a Wondfo 10miu and OneStep 10miu.

So I think the Clearblue and Wondfo are actually close to equal strength at this point. Now I’m wondering what my actual hCG levels were! The One Step was obvious but still faint. So I do not recommend those since clearly you can find out sooner on tons of other brands.
OneStep at 11dpo

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