Keep me away from the HPT

[Anonymous]

or better yet, help me decide when/if I should test. I got a positive OPK very early for my cycle (CD9). BD on that evening. The early OPK might be because I micarried in January and my cycles aren't stable yet. Before the m/c, I would get my period exactly two wks after a positive OPK. Well, tomorrow is two wks after the positive OPK. I guess I should expect my period tomorrow. If I don't get it, should I POAS tomorrow or Thursday? Should I wait until 28days, which is my normal cycle? What would you do?

[Anonymous]

I would do it tonight! But don't listen to me, I would have started 5 days ago. $ store tests are cheap!

[Anonymous]

OP, Did you test yet?


Good Luck!

[Anonymous]

OP here. No testing today. I didn't have any in the house. I bought some last night. Today is 14 DPO. If AF doesn't come by tomorrow morning, I'll test. I'll post here either way.

[Anonymous]

I wish somebody kept me away from testing. I tested this morning (second morning urine though) at 10 dpo and got a negative. That just spoilt my mood for the whole day. So if I were you, I would test later than sooner and preferably at night. At least you will have the whole night to recover from the disappointment. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

OP here. PP, I'm sorry. I spent many hours trying to talk myself into waiting until CD28, which will be next Tuesday. I actually talked myself into testing this morning and geered myself to get a negative. I did the deed and then stared at it for about a minute, threw it into a drawer in disappointment and then took the dog for a walk. I came back at least 30 minutes later to find a +. I know that the instructions say don't read results more than 10 mins after the test. However, I have had enough negative tests to know that there isn't even a faint line hours later on a negative.

My last pregnancy that ended in a m/c had a faint line 13 days past a postive OPK. This one is a faint line 15 days past a positive OPK. I shoud tell you I did a First Response test at 11 days past the positive OPK, and had no line at all. I did show DH. He seemed very unimpressed.

I have two more of the Fact Plus tests in the package. I may go try to by some FRER tests or a digital today.

I am open to advice here.

[Anonymous]

As a very experienced FRER user, I can say that I got a LOT of false positives that showed up after the 10-minute window. When I finally got a positive, it showed up well within the three-minute window. It sounds like you weren't using a FRER when you got your positive, so I hope yours is for real!

[Anonymous]

Doesn't sound like you need advice to me... just congratulations!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish somebody kept me away from testing. I tested this morning (second morning urine though) at 10 dpo and got a negative. That just spoilt my mood for the whole day. So if I were you, I would test later than sooner and preferably at night. At least you will have the whole night to recover from the disappointment. Good luck!

PP, OP again here. Don't be too discouraged. 10dpo with 2nd MU. I wouldn't expect a positive either.

[Anonymous]

10 dpo with 2FMU tester/poster here again. My husband just called me with his sperm analysis test results - everything is low - count (9 mln), motility and morphology (4% Kruger), so I doubt I am pregnant. I am going to Dr. Gordon at Dominion Fertility to explore a natural IVF with ICSI since my husband's sperm is our only issue. Good luck to you, OP!! I also got a positive test after 10 minutes with my last pregnancy (unfortunately ended in blighted ovum).

[Anonymous]

Hi PP, OP again. I have a couple of questions - what is ICSI (I have always wanted to know) and is a blighted ovum a sack with nothing in it? If so, that was my last pregnancy that ended in the m/c.

Good luck. I don't seem to have an issue getting pregnant - this would be my 4th. I seem to have a problem staying pregnant. I'll post again next week.

[Anonymous]

ICSI stands for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. It's when they take a good sperm and inject it directly into an egg to fertilize it.

And yes, blighted ovum is when a sack develops with no fetus in it.

Have you done any testing since you had so many miscarriages? I went through a complete round of tests and everything is fine with me. My husband's sperm is our only issue.

[Anonymous]

We did the tests last fall. I had the bloodwork and the HSG done. Then, DH has an SA done the day that I discovered I was pregnant. We never got the results because I was pregnant. Then I m/c'd I never went back to the RE. I just assumed old eggs. I am 43.

[Anonymous]

There are more tests that you can do, e.g., biopsy of your uterine lining to determine whether you have enough nutrients to sustain a pregnancy. Don't blame your "old" eggs. My 41-old co-worker just had a healthy baby girl, so it's possible to have a successful pregnancy in the forties. I would go back to RE if I were you. With four miscarriages, there's definitely something wrong. May be it's even something simple that they will tweak (like adding some supplements) and your next pregnancy will be successful.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Just to be clear, it's two m/c's five years apart. One healthy happy baby girl conceived almost immediately after the first m/c in 2004. The second m/c was just in January 2010. If I am pregnant now, it'll be my fourth pregnancy. If that one goes awry, I'll go back and see the RE.

50% of pregnancies at my age end in m/c through no real problem except old eggs. I accept that.

I have had progesterone problems in all three previous pregnancies. There is a chicken/egg problem. The low pro could be a sign of a bad pregnancy, or the low pro could be the cause of a m/c. The doctor's just don't know. Given that I appear to have had a blighted ovum in January, I'd think the low pro was a sign, not a cause.

I do know this: In both my m/c's, but not the successful pregnancy, my beta numbers never doubled. That's what I'll be looking for.

I will not be call the doctor until CD 29, though. They'll think I am nuts calling at CD 23, which is what today is.