Customer Reviews

First Response Pregnancy Test, Gold Digital, 2 ct.

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I had nothing to go on but a gut feeling, simple math, and some slight symptoms that could've been early menstrual symptoms, but I went to the pharmacy and asked which test was most accurate for detecting pregnancy early. The female pharmacist was adamant about this one, and I liked the yes or no feature, so I bought it. Ten minutes later I got a positive, three days before my period was due. Nine months later my son was born. :-) The result remained displayed on the screen for a few days, btw, not just a couple of hours. I highly recommend! I do not recommend any early detection urine tet if you've recently had a miscarriage or given birth. These tests are designed to pick up on miniscule amounts of hcg running through your system that a doctor might read as a negative in a blood test. Always get a blood test.

I chart my cycles (using a BBT), so I knew exactly when I had ovulated. Since my chart turned triphasic about 7 days after ovulation, I had an inkling I could be pregnant. I had a bunch of cheap internet HPTs that promised to detect down to 10 miu of hCG (that's extremely sensitive -- even the ones that tend to be considered very sensitive are usually around 20 miu or more). At 10 days past ovulation (5 days before my period was expected), I finally got an extremely faint line on a 10 miu test (so faint I wasn't even entirely certain I was seeing it).

I decided to pick up a digital to see if I could confirm. My research pointed me to the First Response Digital Gold as being the most sensitive digital test out there. Given my extremely faint line, I assumed the digital would be negative (since it appears to detect at 18 miu, which is less sensitive than the stick I used earlier). I held my urine for about 5 hours (after my original positive test in the morning), and did not eat or drink much during that time, so that my urine would be nice and concentrated for better results.

Testing with the First Response Digital Gold was easy. As soon as you remove it from the package, it activates (don't remove it until you're ready to test!) You can either aim it into your urine stream, or pee into a cup and dip the stick. I chose to pee in a cup and dip. The little icon on the screen began flashing a few seconds later to indicate that it was working. And within 3 minutes, I had an unquestionable "yes+"!

I loved that I was able to place the cap over the wick, so I could put the test in my purse without fear of getting urine all over. The package warns that the test will need to be thrown out after 30 minutes, and the digital display will stop working. However, the battery lasted about 5 days for me. It was exciting being able to show my husband the "yes+" later that evening.

I was using cheap pee-stick pregnancy tests from here on Amazon, because I like to start testing really early, and that was ok.

By the time we got to the day before my period, those showed a very light line, which my husband agreed he could see, but he wasn't convinced that a very light positive result was really a positive result.

So, we bought a pack of these for about $15 at Walmart, because we wanted something digital. I was a little nervous about using it, because I didn't want to accidentally get the plastic part wet, so I used a dixie cup, and that worked fine.

The little clock thing started going, and my husband and I watched....YES+! It was nice to get a clear result that we could both agree on.

I kind of like how this test has a plastic cover for the end. We took our positive test to show his parents, and that would be awkward and gross without the plastic cover, but with the plastic cover it seemed totally fine. His mom understood right away what it was, and she was excited. His dad said, "Oh, what's that, a thermometer?" "No....well...kind of...but, no..." "Oh! It's a glucometer!" *we all grinned* "Nope!" "OH!! I know!! Congratulations!" So, that was pretty funny.)

I also received a false positive which was so disappointing!!
I bought the First Response package with 2 free regular & 1 free Digital Gold. The 2 days before my responses had been negative, then the morning of my blood test I used the Digital Gold with a big positive. I was really excited, and then later that day I got a BIG NEGATIVE with the blood test! (no way to screw up blood tests) The next day again I took an at home test (EPT brand I think) which was of course negative.

I found out later that the exact same thing had happened to a good friend of mine, just with the Digital Gold test.

This is the best pregnancy test. It is very sensitive. I found out my pregnancy only after 10 days I ovulated. First I tested with the regular FRPT, there was a very light pink line. In order to make sure, I used the digital one and it said "Yes+" It was the best day of my life. I'm so thankful to this product because of telling me the results sooner than later. I started taking care of myself from really beginning.

I had a miscarriage a month ago, but my hormone level was down to a "negative" 2 weeks prior to me testing for pregnancy. I had suspected I could be pregnant, but since I didn't have a missed period to go by, I tested for pregnancy with a First Response Digital Gold test 2 weeks after I thought I had ovulated. The test came back positive, but despite having had a negative hcg level I was still hesitant to believe I was pregnant. I called my doctor who had me come in for a blood hcg test right away. The blood test came back a negative 1, and yet somehow the First Response test gave me a positive the same day (newly purchased... not expired, and I followed the directions just as written). I won't be purchasing this type of test ever again, and I highly suggest if you want an accurate result, you consider a different test as well.

I ordered these for the 'digital' aspect, but sadly I received regular FRER tests, which for that price is not a good deal. I returned them.