Would You Take a Pregnancy Test From the Dollar Store?

March 10, 2009

Last week while in the checkout line at the dollar store, I noticed pregnancy tests nestled between first aid kits and hydrocortisone cream. My first thought was "OMG! A dollar!? What if those are expired?!" but hey, a test is a test right? When I returned home I Googled the brand and found out I am not the only person wondering about it. Turns out plenty of people have tried them, most of whom found them effective (well at least the people in the forums I read). Would you trust, buy or try a pregnancy test from a dollar store?

19 Comments

amber03 1 year 42 weeks

I have used in the past and they do work. I got a positive one for my youngest whom is now 8 months old. You just cannot test too early.

3 years 22 weeks

I used the dollar store pregnancy test all three times that I was pregnant with my children so I can definitely say that they work. Why waste money on the more expensive brands just to get the same end result?

3 years 39 weeks

My friend brought a pregnancy test frm the dollar and it came out positive and she didn't go buy 1 of those expensive ones to confirm it and she is now 7 months prego... There no such thing as a false positive but there are such things as a false negative... baby dust to you

4 years 2 weeks

I used two Dollar Store pregnancy tests and kept hoping that the first was a false positive. (Those don't happen, just evaporation lines.) I was going to follow up with a blood test, but after the second positive, there were too many signs to chalk up to coincidence (sore nipples, absolute fatigue, lack of a period, and morning sickness). I can't wait until my partner is surgically sterilized and the kiddo's adopted.

MommaChel 4 years 10 weeks

I tried the exact preg test that's in that picture. It says wait a few minutes, but my results showed up in less than seconds. These things work and I think they're great for the money. If you're unsure, you can buy 12 more (since that's how much one regular tests costs haha)

kaelye 4 years 10 weeks

I used them to find out I was pregnant with my twin girls. Of course I couldn't believe so I went out and bought the digital to tell me definately I was pregnant. For $1 per test, what can you lose?

SweetnLow 4 years 10 weeks

Of course! If you chart for any length of time and get the urge to POAS (pee on a stick) at 6 days post ov, you quickly begin to look for cheaper tests to save $. The best are the internet cheapies (ICs) which as literally the reactive strips with no plastic housing. They usually wind up being less than a dollar.

SweetnLow 4 years 10 weeks

Of course! If you chart for any length of time and get the urge to POAS (pee on a stick) at 6 days post ov, you quickly begin to look for cheaper tests to save $.The best are the internet cheapies (ICs) which as literally the reactive strips with no plastic housing. They usually wind up being less than a dollar.

betty kraker 4 years 10 weeks

me too it was a faint yes but i deffently was i went and bought a few diffrent ones and they all said yes

lickety split 4 years 10 weeks

yes i would. with my third the pregnancy test was negative, i think, 3 times before it FINALLY tested positive. by then i was 3 months pregnant. the tests are all the same, why pay more? it isn't possible to have a false positive unless you have another medial condition that also needs attention.

mhg 4 years 10 weeks

i wouldn't...hopefully, though, i won't need another pregnancy test, as i'm preggo w/ #3 and done with reproduction!

meandtheo 4 years 10 weeks

i don't think i would waste the dollar, i know it is only a dollar but if you go out and buy and expensive brand after you use the cheap you have just defeated the purpose of the dollar store!!

Rally RE 4 years 10 weeks

the dollar store often gets a bad name. while some products are names you've never heard of, there are occasionally some you'll recognize and they are there because of too many being made and the company wanting to sell them instead of tossing them. i'd get a second opinion from the doctor no matter where i bought my test.

skigurl 4 years 10 weeks

i would MAYBE try this based on all the true testimonials from people who have used them....but that's what i say NOW...if i were really worried i was pregnant i doubt the first place i'd hit up would be the local Dollarama....at that point, saving 14$ isn't as important as getting a true result! no matter what the prognosis, you'd still want a second opinion and you'd end up heading back out to the pharmacy anyway!

w00bie 4 years 10 weeks

I used these. I am pregnant now and it gave me my first positive. I followed it up with a more expensive brand just to be sure :)