Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the advice. I haven’t stopped the meds yet. I’m having weird crampy sensations like I do before my periods. Who knows. It’s just frustrating but worth it.

What’s DPO...days past ovulation? Is that the same day as my retrieval? Yes right? Today would be 10 dpo.

You are now 12 DPO Op, did you test? If you are pregnant, a test would be positive by now. Good luck.

You can always get POAS test from CVS.

My friend didn't get her BFP until 18dpo (13dp5dt). He's now a wonderful 5yo. Don't stop you meds!

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the advice. I haven’t stopped the meds yet. I’m having weird crampy sensations like I do before my periods. Who knows. It’s just frustrating but worth it.

What’s DPO...days past ovulation? Is that the same day as my retrieval? Yes right? Today would be 10 dpo.

if you are only 10dpo, that is WAY too early to even think of stopping meds. That’s the equivalent of 5dp5dt (5 days post 5 day transfer) or 7dp3dt (7 days post 3 day transfer). I got my BFP at 8dp5dt with my successful pregnancy. I am also with SG, and I agree that the wait until 14 days after transfer is ridiculously long, but please don’t count yourself out yet. 10dpo is really quite early.

OP here. Thanks for the advice. I haven’t stopped the meds yet. I’m having weird crampy sensations like I do before my periods. Who knows. It’s just frustrating but worth it.

What’s DPO...days past ovulation? Is that the same day as my retrieval? Yes right? Today would be 10 dpo.

I kept testing till 2 days before beta (SG). When I still kept getting glaring white tests I stopped meds. I wouldn't quit at your stage, OP.

SG just doesn’t want to deal with chemical pregnancies. That’s the only reason for them to wait so long.

OP - I would test from 11dpo until 16dpo. If you still don’t have a + by 16dpo then I would make a decision re: continuing p4/e2. You could call the nurse first if you want.

Biggest question is if you’d regret stopping early just for the very slim chance you’re pg.

Anonymous wrote:Your trigger might still be in the bloodstream. So you can test, but it will not be reliable. If you're into testing early, should have tested the trigger out first.

HIGHLY unlikely.

Of course you can test now. I got a BFP 9DPO (which I counted at retrieval). Dominion let me come in the next day for a blood test, but I think SG makes you wait the 14 days, which I find to be torture.

It's no gimicky bullshit. really.
SG isn't making anything off a few pennies of estrogen or progesterone.

They know if they test everyone at 18 days post retrieval (then they'll get an accurate result in 98% of patients (or whatever). At 14 days post, this percentage might be 85% (or whatever..I'm throwing a number out there).

I had VERY low, very slowly rising betas following IVF. If I had done a blood test at 12 days post retrieval it may have been 2 or 10. Inconclusive at best. Probably at least initially reported as negative.
My betas were still really low at 18 days post ovulation and then never doubled as they were supposed to.
I ended up with 3 kids from 2 IVF cycles and all 3 are athletes and A students in middle school (so they didn't end up slow physically or mentally---just started out very, very, very slow!!)
Good luck!

Everyone's HCG levels rise differently. According to the Betabase, viable pregnancies have occurred in women with HCG levels as low as 6 on 16 DPO. This level would probably not be picked up by a home pregnancy test.

I haven't done IVF and am definitely not an expert, but I think they give you the hormonal support for a reason, something having to do with how the drugs or the egg retrieval affects how your body produces hormones naturally.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. My problem is if I'm not pregnant then I don't want to continue progesterone 3x a day and estrogen 2x a day for another 8 days until SG tests me. If I stop the progesterone, I will get my period when I normally should. If I'm pregnant, I'm not going to miscarry bc I skipped 4 days of progesterone.....right? Anyone else feel like its $$/gimicky BS to make me spend money on pills and suppositories when I'm not pregnant?

Gimmicky BS? Really?

No, you cannot stop the progesterone and estrogen. You need them and if you skip for 4 days, yes you could miscarry!

OP, i get you. I would normally do the meds until day 13 or 14, and then stop, a few days before SG tested me. Unnecessary excessive estrogen can be harmful, why do it?

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to but I'm just shocked that in a normal cycle I would know by now. Egg and sperm met 10 days ago. I'm going to wait it out and test again on Thursday. Who knows...

In both my IVF pregnancies I got my first very faint line 11dpo. I've never heard of anyone testing positive before 10dpo. Don't stop your meds! It's way too early!

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My problem is if I'm not pregnant then I don't want to continue progesterone 3x a day and estrogen 2x a day for another 8 days until SG tests me. If I stop the progesterone, I will get my period when I normally should. If I'm pregnant, I'm not going to miscarry bc I skipped 4 days of progesterone.....right? Anyone else feel like its $$/gimicky BS to make me spend money on pills and suppositories when I'm not pregnant?

Gimmicky BS? Really?

No, you cannot stop the progesterone and estrogen. You need them and if you skip for 4 days, yes you could miscarry!

I'm not going to but I'm just shocked that in a normal cycle I would know by now. Egg and sperm met 10 days ago. I'm going to wait it out and test again on Thursday. Who knows...