Expired FRER? Are results still valid?

Hello ladies, I took a FRER yesterday ( around 12DPO) in the morning, and it was a BFN. Later I saw on the wrap, that test expired some time back in late 2008. Do you think that it might show incorrect results due to being expired? Just clinging to almost non- existent hope here.

Re: Expired FRER? Are results still valid?

Just read this on Whenmybaby.com:

Check Pregnancy Test Expiration; Discard expired tests!
The pregnancy test's box, or, in the case of generics, the outer package, should show the expiration date of the pregnancy tests.

You should use the home pregnancy test before the expiration date. If it's expired, the tests likely will not perform correctly as the active ingredients that detect hCG will be inert. So, if you find an old pregnancy test in the closet that expired 6 months ago, or 3 years ago, toss it and invest in a new one!

The good news is that most tests you buy have a long shelf life (e.g. we checked several drugstores, and expirations were from 1 to 2 years after the current date). Another oddity we occasionally found: the expiration date on the outer box did not always match the expiration date on the pregnancy test's inner wrapping! In all cases, the pregnancy test's expiry date (on the inner wrapping) was either the same as or later than that shown on the box's outside!

Tip: If buying at the store, take a minute and check the expiration date on several of the boxes. Very likely, you'll find that expiration date varies: buy the test having the latest expiration, especially if you are buying multiple tests in the same box. This way if you don't use all the tests now, the other ones in the box will expire as far off as possible.