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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The World's WORST Pregnancy Test Giveaway!!!
It has been a REALLY long time since I did a giveaway, so let's see how this grabs ya!
I had the worst experience ever using the Babi HPTs and that is saying a TON coming form the girl who has never met a pee stick she didn't like. Like a fellow TTCer pointed out, I should have known the tests sucked when they couldn't even spell baby right. Usually even crappy pee sticks have redeeming qualities. Not these.
I spent the last 7 days or so testing out my trigger using these Babi pregnancy tests. In my last post I showed you how for three days in a row the lines on the tests didn't change one bit. My levels were obviously dropping but the lines told me a completely different story.
Then finally the lines went away... well not really. They were lighter, then not there, then suddenly there again. It was just enough to give me false hope. I switched to name brand tests and saw the line get lighter and lighter. The Babi tests were giving me lines of varying shades pretty much ever time I tested. Including this test from yesterday morning:
Before I go on I want to let you know that the test pictured above had to be a fluke. That was the darkest line I had and maybe even darker than my trigger pictures. I just think that these tests blow chunks. I am feeling pretty confident that I will be getting a visit from Ol' Aunt Flo at any moment. No line to speak of on today's name brand test and feeling more PMS-y than baby on board-y.
This pic makes the middle test look like it has the start of something. Bottom has a maybe.This is when the package says to read the test.
This one makes the top one look like it might have a shadowy looking something too.
Now the top two look negative but the bottom test has something that looks pink!
Or maybe not???
Then after an hour of sitting The bottom test has a visible line. The middle has a shadow of something and the top we'll call negative.
I totally recognize that most normal women would have thrown those tests away right at the 5 minute mark and be done with it. I never claimed to be normal. I also went to Amazon and read all of the negative reviews. Apparently I am not alone in my thoughts that these tests stink! Others who used these tests thought they were going to miscarry because the lines were always so light and never got any darker. Others said that they got super light lines and had very obvious dark lines on First Response Tests. The bottom line is that even if you are a pee stick addict, these need not be in your stash.
So I bet you are wondering how on Earth this post could possibly be a giveaway post, right? Since these tests are worthless to me, I thought we could make this into a game!!
I want you to tell me in a comment (Disqus comments please!) or in a blog post (post a link in the comments) what you would do with 30 of the world's worst pregnancy tests. Whoever comes up with the most entertaining response/post will "win" the 30 Babi HPTs! Be creative! If I can't decide which idea makes me smile the biggest, I'll put it to a vote and let the readers decide!
Deadline is November 20th!
I had the worst experience ever using the Babi HPTs and that is saying a TON coming form the girl who has never met a pee stick she didn't like. Like a fellow TTCer pointed out, I should have known the tests sucked when they couldn't even spell baby right. Usually even crappy pee sticks have redeeming qualities. Not these.
I spent the last 7 days or so testing out my trigger using these Babi pregnancy tests. In my last post I showed you how for three days in a row the lines on the tests didn't change one bit. My levels were obviously dropping but the lines told me a completely different story.
Then finally the lines went away... well not really. They were lighter, then not there, then suddenly there again. It was just enough to give me false hope. I switched to name brand tests and saw the line get lighter and lighter. The Babi tests were giving me lines of varying shades pretty much ever time I tested. Including this test from yesterday morning:
Before I go on I want to let you know that the test pictured above had to be a fluke. That was the darkest line I had and maybe even darker than my trigger pictures. I just think that these tests blow chunks. I am feeling pretty confident that I will be getting a visit from Ol' Aunt Flo at any moment. No line to speak of on today's name brand test and feeling more PMS-y than baby on board-y.
Last night, for fun, I dipped three test into the same urine specimen
and sat poised and ready to capture what I had been experiencing all
week. Welcome to:
This pic makes the middle test look like it has the start of something. Bottom has a maybe.This is when the package says to read the test.
This one makes the top one look like it might have a shadowy looking something too.
Now the top two look negative but the bottom test has something that looks pink!
Or maybe not???
Then after an hour of sitting The bottom test has a visible line. The middle has a shadow of something and the top we'll call negative.
I totally recognize that most normal women would have thrown those tests away right at the 5 minute mark and be done with it. I never claimed to be normal. I also went to Amazon and read all of the negative reviews. Apparently I am not alone in my thoughts that these tests stink! Others who used these tests thought they were going to miscarry because the lines were always so light and never got any darker. Others said that they got super light lines and had very obvious dark lines on First Response Tests. The bottom line is that even if you are a pee stick addict, these need not be in your stash.
So I bet you are wondering how on Earth this post could possibly be a giveaway post, right? Since these tests are worthless to me, I thought we could make this into a game!!
I want you to tell me in a comment (Disqus comments please!) or in a blog post (post a link in the comments) what you would do with 30 of the world's worst pregnancy tests. Whoever comes up with the most entertaining response/post will "win" the 30 Babi HPTs! Be creative! If I can't decide which idea makes me smile the biggest, I'll put it to a vote and let the readers decide!
Deadline is November 20th!
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2 comments:
Oh Maria, I'm so sorry that the hpts were being total jerkfaces with their all kinds of crazy different lines!! Don't beat yourself up over waiting longer than the five minutes...I don't think any of us ever just give it that long! I love your idea for the giveaway. Please don't include me in it bc I would like others to wine...but if I had 30 of those to experiment with, I would have Steve pee on some, my cats pee on some and me pee on some and see who turns out to be the most "pregnant" after five, ten, twenty mins. Lol!
Sending love, hugs and prayers!! Xoxoxox
Maria
*other to WIN, not WINE! Hahahaha!
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