Urine pregnancy test with IVF before beta?

[Anonymous]

I'm dying to do a urine pregnancy test before the beta even though I know 100% that it really isn't a good idea. I just can't wait to know (or have an inkling) and feel like I need it to mentally prepare. This is especially the case since the day of the beta is a work day and I'd rather not hear the news while at work without being prepared. Anyone else do this or have thoughts?

[Anonymous]

knew I shouldn't do it, but totally guilty of giving into the urge, the first IVF cycle it was bfn from 10pt and stayed that way but the second time it turned + at 9dt so I knew it was different...Of course I didn't believe it was REALLY true until the U/S

[Anonymous]

I tested both times before my beta to be prepared. Honestly, I was glad I did to process (both good and bad).
Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tested both times before my beta to be prepared. Honestly, I was glad I did to process (both good and bad).
Good luck!

Same here. It really helped me, even though I forced myself to keep an open mind until the beta results came in.

[Anonymous]

I did IUI, not IVF, but I tested before my beta. I needed to know before hearing it from the nurse. I think it just depends on your personality.

[Anonymous]

there's another thread on here about this... but it seems most people DO test before. i didn't use a home test, which actually surprised me (i mean, i know i am in control of what i do-- but only sorta these days!). i just hated the idea of being happy, but not really sure if i could be happy... or worse, being sad, but holding out (assumingly likely unnecessarily) just in case. the later seemed particularly horrible-- being really upset from a negative home test, and then having to wait knowing i'd likely be more upset, and then being really upset again when i got the call. but i recognize everyone is different, and totally see the point in preparing for good news.

other ideas include having the nurse call your partner (gets them more involved in teh procses, and chances are they know how to best break news to you, should ou need to) or asking for a message on a machine (so you can check when you are in a physical space that allows for that more easily).

what worked for me was realizing, past a certain point of likely implantation, that it had either worked or not and nothing i did was likely to change that.

the other thing i realized was that thinking about how i would feel if i got a positive call and then thinking about the same negative call was WAY TOO MUCH of an emotional rollar coaster. i could not stop bmyself from thinking about it, but i could stop myself rfom bad/good fantasies.

good luck whatever you decide!

[Anonymous]

PP - i meant "preparing for bad news" in the last sentence of the first paragraph...

[Anonymous]

I always tested so I would be prepared. One word of advice though would be to not get TOO excited because there is always the dreaded chemical pregnancy. I had that happen twice (once IUI and once IVF) both times I had + on HPT but then a super low beta.

[Anonymous]

Do it knowing its limitations. What's an extra $20 compared to your sanity??? It also reduces stress. BTW - Target has the best prices on HPT. Buy more than one. For me, I could test in the morning and if it wasn't quite yet time, I get assurance that I just couldn't know yet. But it kept me from obessing the meantime. I say this as someone who is currently in the 2ww.

Ultimately, the beta is the word, though, so don't get too excited on a +. What I have also planned is a treat for myself for either result. I find this plannng helpful, as it ease a letdown and gives ne stuff to focus on. The no answer involves a lovely bottle of wine for me and DH.

[Anonymous]

Just don't do it too far before - if the trigger shot hormones are still in your system you could have a false positive! (Lessons learned from a women on a web-board I visited during our cycle. She was antsy and tested the day after after her embryo transfer, got a + but she wasn't actually pregnant.)

I did mine at home the same morning as the beta. Happily I got a +, but I figured if it had been negative, I'd rather be at home with DH than at my office when I got the news. Plus, I felt going in for the beta knowing bad news would enable me to ask the nurses how soon we could try again. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I'm have 5 days left to test for a pregnancy test and I'm getting nervous and wanting to know. I had ivf 2 embryos transfer, but it's best to wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm dying to do a urine pregnancy test before the beta even though I know 100% that it really isn't a good idea. I just can't wait to know (or have an inkling) and feel like I need it to mentally prepare. This is especially the case since the day of the beta is a work day and I'd rather not hear the news while at work without being prepared. Anyone else do this or have thoughts?

I do it every time and I don't see what the big deal is or why that "isn't a good idea". Those tests are very accurate.

[Anonymous]

Do what works for you. I myself prefer not to test before the real test from the doctor b/c I prefer to keep hope alive until the last possible moment, but, if you feel better testing yourself ahead of time, go for it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm dying to do a urine pregnancy test before the beta even though I know 100% that it really isn't a good idea. I just can't wait to know (or have an inkling) and feel like I need it to mentally prepare. This is especially the case since the day of the beta is a work day and I'd rather not hear the news while at work without being prepared. Anyone else do this or have thoughts?

I do it every time and I don't see what the big deal is or why that "isn't a good idea". Those tests are very accurate.

They are not always accurate for women undergoing IVF. If the embryo does not implant and you take a urine pregnancy test, you can have a false positive because of the HCG in your system from the trigger shot. HCG is what the urine home pregnancy test measures. It just isn't as sophisticated as the beta. OP - I'll soon be in my first two week wait period and I know I will not take a home pregnancy test. They are banished from my house. I have done too many and had too many negatives. When my husband and I confirmed IVF was our only hope for a baby I vowed never to do one again. I haven't looked back and have been much happier. I've been a trooper through this process - no one at work suspects a thing. So, I also vowed that when I do get the call sometime in mid-October and if I am at work - I give my permission to stroll on out of there if I want to leave. This happens to be what works for me, however. I tend to think it might ease your anxiety to make a similar vow but to each her own. GOOD LUCK!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm dying to do a urine pregnancy test before the beta even though I know 100% that it really isn't a good idea. I just can't wait to know (or have an inkling) and feel like I need it to mentally prepare. This is especially the case since the day of the beta is a work day and I'd rather not hear the news while at work without being prepared. Anyone else do this or have thoughts?

I do it every time and I don't see what the big deal is or why that "isn't a good idea". Those tests are very accurate.

They are not always accurate for women undergoing IVF. If the embryo does not implant and you take a urine pregnancy test, you can have a false positive because of the HCG in your system from the trigger shot. HCG is what the urine home pregnancy test measures. It just isn't as sophisticated as the beta. OP - I'll soon be in my first two week wait period and I know I will not take a home pregnancy test. They are banished from my house. I have done too many and had too many negatives. When my husband and I confirmed IVF was our only hope for a baby I vowed never to do one again. I haven't looked back and have been much happier. I've been a trooper through this process - no one at work suspects a thing. So, I also vowed that when I do get the call sometime in mid-October and if I am at work - I give my permission to stroll on out of there if I want to leave. This happens to be what works for me, however. I tend to think it might ease your anxiety to make a similar vow but to each her own. GOOD LUCK!

Yes, but only if you test too early. The trigger shot should be out of your system after ten days or so. If you want to make sure, you can buy a bunch of inexpensive tests and test from the day of the trigger to see it leaving your system. The blood beta test, by the way, also measures HCG. The difference is that it tells you what your exact level is, and that it can pick up the very lowest levels that are likely chemical pregnancies. You do not risk false positives if you test with a urine pregnancy test just before your beta. You may get a false negative if your levels are really low or if the test you use is not very sensitive, but if you use something like FRER, that shouldn't happen if you have a viable pregnancy.

I personally did test, and was glad I did, as I hate waiting for phone calls and getting such personal news from some nurse. With my unsuccessful TI cycles, it was good to get the bad news in private. With my successful IVF, I started testing at 8dp3dt, at which point I got a VERY faint, nearly invisible line, which got noticeably stronger starting at 10dp3dt. By the day before my beta, there was no mistaking I was pregnant, so when the nurse called after the blood test, I just picked up and asked "What's the number??". That was suspense enough for me!