Whoo hoo! Hoping for a sticky bean for you OP!

OP here - 16 days post trigger. I gave in and took a HPT this morning... It showed a faint positive line. So after 14 months of trying and one IUI cycle am I cautiously optimistic. Trying not to get fully excited until my blood test on Monday!

Anonymous wrote:OP here - I'm 15 days post trigger... so maybe I'd be ok to test tomorrow? I read it takes 14 days to work it's way out (I know everyone's different, but didn't know in time to "test out")

The trigger should be out of your system by now! Keep us posted and good luck!

Anonymous wrote:PP mentioned online HPT strips if you're testing a lot... are those reliable? Have heard different opinions on them so am curious what people are using that's reliable when you're doing a lot of testing? Thanks for sharing all the info!

For me, they have been super reliable and sensitive. I use Wondfos off Amazon.

OP here - I'm 15 days post trigger... so maybe I'd be ok to test tomorrow? I read it takes 14 days to work it's way out (I know everyone's different, but didn't know in time to "test out")

How many DPO are you (or really, how many days ago did you do the trigger shot?)?

Anonymous wrote:PP mentioned online HPT strips if you're testing a lot... are those reliable? Have heard different opinions on them so am curious what people are using that's reliable when you're doing a lot of testing? Thanks for sharing all the info!

PP here. I haven't had any issues with HPT strips purchased online. I've used Proven, Easy@Home and Clinical Guard. No false positives (unless you count the positive from trigger), and when I got pregnant the Clincal Guard was positive when I first tested on 11 dpo. From what I remember they had a sensitivity of 10 mIU/ml, which is not much less sensitive than FRERs. Only minor downside is that you also have to get cups to dip the strips in.

When I did get pregnant I tested with ClinicalGuard initially. Of course I had to keep testing every couple of days, and when I ran out of the ClinicalGuard I went to CVS and picked up a box of Clearblue tests. It was exciting to get a positive on a traditional stick test, but it did seem absurdly expensive compared with the ones I got online. Ironically I've heard that Clearblue tests do sometimes give false positives because of the blue dye. All the HPTs I've bought online use red/purple dye.

Same thing goes for OPKs. I can't imagine paying for store bought OPKs when the online ones are so much cheaper and work just as well for me. But then, I was TTC for a year and a half and probably went through more of those than most people.

PP mentioned online HPT strips if you're testing a lot... are those reliable? Have heard different opinions on them so am curious what people are using that's reliable when you're doing a lot of testing? Thanks for sharing all the info!

Testing out the trigger shot! I didn't think/know about that... I may be out of luck. Hopefully I'll get a BFP this time and not have to worry about it. If not, now I know. Thank you all for that info

I was testing out my trigger shot and saw the second line get very faint by days 8-9 after my IUI, then I had a couple unusual symptoms crop up in the afternoon of day 9. The second line was slightly darker the next morning on day 10, so I was actually pretty confused and in disbelief that I might actually be getting a positive test so early. Looking back, though, the second line was lightest on day 8 and had become slightly darker on day 9. I'd had 3 previous losses (chemicals and a miscarriage at 7 weeks) over the past year, so the plan was for me to start an additional medication (lovenox) once I had a confirmed positive beta. Even though my beta blood draw at my RE's office wasn't scheduled until day 14, I called to ask for an early beta after the line was even darker on the morning of day 11. They confirmed it that day and I started on lovenox that night. This is my only pregnancy, so far, to ever make it this far (currently in 2nd trimester).

I always tested early (about 11 days after IUI). I always wanted to just wait for the blood test but was never patient enough. Our 3rd IUI worked and I will never forget the moment of looking down at the test and seeing two lines! No regrets here from testing early, even though I of course drove myself crazy until the official result, but I would have been going crazy anyway.

I didn't test after the first IUI, as I had no reason to believe it would be positive (I wasn't pregnant). Second IUI I had a strong feeling I was pregnant (due to a totally irrational emotional meltdown), so I did test at 11 days after the IUI and I was right (I had tested the trigger out).

I am glad I tested because I was taking DHEA and I stopped that right away. Another reason to test is that if you have hypothyroidism, you should have your TSH tested right away (TSH can go up very quickly as soon as you are pregnant). But if none of those things apply to you, it's probably better not to test. If you do though, don't spend tons of money on drug store tests - buy the HPT strips online, you can get a bunch of them for a few bucks.

I had a faint positive about 9 days after my IUI. The day before I was to test at Shady Grove, it was a glaring dark positive. Like PP, I tested out the trigger shot and knew when it was out of my body.

I tested out my trigger on 2 IUIs, so I knew that it was usually out of my body by day 7. I always started testing on day 10.

Some people test early, some people wait.

Is it worth taking a home pregnancy test after IUI? I'll go in for my blood test on Monday but I'm already getting antsy... I'm taking progesterone, so I'm having side effects that are like pregnancy symptoms. Fun, fun.