Testing out trigger

michellecrance

Okay so I had an IUI 3/15 and I always test out my trigger. Last month I was using really crappy tests so they went BFN after about 3 days. After that, I bought some better tests and those were the ones that gave me by BFP at 12 DPO that I ended up m/c. So those are the tests I started using to test out my trigger this month.

Well, 6 days after triggering, the sons of bit*hes were STILL BFP! It was driving me crazy! Then I ran out of tests and ran out and bought some New Choice Dollar Tree tests because I'd heard good things about them and they were cheaper. I took it that same day. It was BFP but BARELY so I was excited HCG was on it's way out the door. The next day, I took the same Dollar Tree test and it was totally BFN. "Hooray!" I thought!

So this morning half asleep I grabbed a test out of my "TTC box" (you should see this box, you'd die. Syringes, needles, alcohol swabs, boxes of HPTS, Femara RX bottles, Prenatals, Metformin, Calcium supps - I think that's it) ANYWAY...I grabbed a test out of my TTC box only to realize it's one of my old tests, not the dollar tree kind but the kind I was using before them. I thought whatever, this will do.

So I peed on it and God help me it was BFP! Now not all crazy BFP but there was no denying that faint line although faint, existed! I also used the same urine with a dollar tree test (I never pee on a stick, I always pee in a cup and dip the stick because it's the only way I can do it without making a huge mess) and it was 100% BFN.

So now, I am left with this totally irrational thought that I know is dumb but I can't get rid of.

#1) Obviously, my previous brand is more senstive than dollar store brand so now I won't ever be able to use the dollar store brand and feel 100% like I can rely on that since on the same day with the same urine I got a BFN out of it when I was getting a BFP out of my other tests.

#2) If at 7 DPO I am still getting a BFP and it's possible to get a BFP at as early as 10 DPO (and even 9 DPO sometimes) I am terrified it will never go BFN and I will not be able to depend on my BFP (should I get one) at 10 or even 12 DPO.

Now the line is much fainter than when I first started testing out my trigger BUT I worry that if I am indeed pregnant, there is a very small chance that the HCG never fully left my system before I started creating my own HCG due to the pregnany.

This test pickled up a 9.8 beta last month so I know it's super sensitive and 9.8 beta at 7 DPO is not out of the realm of possibility. If this stupid test never goes BFN, I WILL NEVER KNOW IF IT'S MY HCG OR MEDS! I hate this! Why does this all have to be sooooooo hard!? Can someone please help calm my totally irrational fears?

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That's why I don't test that early, I don't have the patience to deal with that. I'm at 9 dpo and can't wait to test but I'll hold off until the morning of my beta. I hope its a BFP for you this cycle.

michellecrance

I would never test that early either if I was really trying to get a BFP. I was looking for exactly the opposite. This is technically ny 3rd IUI and I always test out my trigger so that when (if) I get my BFP I'll know it's for real and not just leftover meds. It's never lasted this long before! It's normally gone in 4 days tops. This is just so bizarre.

Anyway, I have decided the only way I am going to get any peace is to ignore testing all together until 12 DPO (Sat.)

I have my fx for your beta! The wait is so hard isn't it?

Joyous1106

My trigger (ovidrel) doesn't leave my system completly until 10 dptrigger, so I don't poas until after that because I can't it.  Good Luck!

michellecrance

Yeah it really depends on the dose of your trigger. Most women use either the .5 mil or the .10 mil and they say the rule of thumb is it takes about a day per thousand to leave your system. I use the .5 mil dose so I guess that's why it's normally gone by 4 or 5 days. I have no idea why it's taking so long this month! I just have to try occupy myself until Saturday otherwise I will drive myself crazy!

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michellecrance:

I would never test that early either if I was really trying to get a BFP. I was looking for exactly the opposite. This is technically ny 3rd IUI and I always test out my trigger so that when (if) I get my BFP I'll know it's for real and not just leftover meds. It's never lasted this long before! It's normally gone in 4 days tops. This is just so bizarre.

Anyway, I have decided the only way I am going to get any peace is to ignore testing all together until 12 DPO (Sat.)

I have my fx for your beta! The wait is so hard isn't it?

The waiting sucks and if you add all my phantom symptoms from the progesterone, but it's all a waiting game, either waiting to O or waiting to test.

kerryberry78

Hey:

I'm also 7DP IUI (I had it on the 15th, like you).  I tested this morning on an internet cheapie to see if the HCG was still there, and there was a barely perceptible BFP.  My last IUI, the HCG was long gone by now, so I don't know what is up.  Trying not to get my hopes up too much.  I'll probably start "officially" testing this Friday (11 DPO).

 Good luck!!

michellecrance

You're right about it being a waiting game. Waiting, waiting all the time. Waiting for blood work, waiting for follicle check day, waiting to trigger, for IUI day, for testing day...you'd think we'd be the most patient people in the world but I honestly think all this waiting has made me even less patient! LOL

michellecrance

Hey, Kerry! Glad to see someone feels my pain! LOL I got a false neg. on internet cheapies last month so I try to stay away from them but if you're still getting a BFP than yours seem okay!

I am so glad we're on the same day. I am going to tryyyyyyyyy not to test until Saturday but I have a feeling I may cave on Thursday or Friday.

Are you going to keep testing out your trigger or are you gonna back off until Friday?

kerryberry78

I tried to resist but I retested today.  It was negative.  Going to do all I can to wait till Friday to test again.  Luckily I have a very early morning Thursday and will be running out the door to catch a train, so I won't have time to test on Thursday morning.  I just have to resist testing tomorrow!!  One way I thwart my own testing neurosis is to go to the bathroom immediately when I wake up, so I won't be able to test with FMU.  Sometimes it's enough to stop me from testing.  Can't wait to know one way or the other - Monday (when the doc told me to come in for a beta if AF doesn't arrive) can't come soon enough!

michellecrance

Kerry, I couldn't resist either. This is the verdict:

Dollar Tree - BFN

Clearblue Easy Digital - BFN

Walmart - BFP (although the line was faint it WAS there)

CVS - BFP (although the line was faint it WAS there)

I have a very hard time believing a 5,000 dose would still be in my system 11 days post trigger. Every website I can get my hands on says it's safe to test 10 days after a 5,000 dose and today is 11 days so I lean toward my BFN's not being false positives but who can know for sure? I have NO CHOICE but to wait until Saturday to be able to rely on the results.

michellecrance

Kerry, I posted this in another post also but I wanted to make sure you saw it and check in on you! I got a BFN this morning on all tests lmao I am trying to think of this in a positive way. We knew it was not likely that I was getting a BFP at 8 DPO. That is almost unheard of. It was also not likely that my trigger was still causing false positives but since it HAD to be one or the other something "not likely" was the culprit. The good news is that it IS FINALLY BFN. So when and if I get a BFP now, it will be 100% for real no questions asked. I finally feel like the rest of you LOL When you guys get a BFP that's it! HOORAY! I'm left over here going "Is this for real or is this the meds talking?" I don't have to do that anymore. At least not anymore for this cycle. I do have to say that although I know that a BFN at 9 DPO by no means puts you out of the race, I do kinda feel like that BFN is probably accurate. It justs seems like 12 DPO (when I got my BFP last month) is not all that far away and that I should be getting BFP's by 9 DPO if I am indeed pregnant. That logic is just plain stupid I know. HCG doubles rapidly in early pregnancy so it is VERY possible to get a BFN at 9 DPO and a BFP at 12 DPO. Anyway, so now I will test every morning until BFP or AF shows up.