IVF and POAS testing question

babygirlpriest · August 2010

Yet another question that would be more appropriate for my assigned nurse, but whatever:

After the embryo transfer, how will I know if I'm pregnant?

I know. That's a beyond stupid question but hear me out... will the drugs in my system give me a false positive? Does it depend on the drugs? Can I POAS at 10-14 DPO(well, past transfer) or are the days different than a typical ttc cycle?

Sorry again for the stupidity of the above question.

surfergirlkona · August 2010

I believe you can test the trigger out (it worked for IUI), but what do I know

lunatwo · August 2010

Don't test! Even though I tested out my hCG shots, I still had false positives even on the day my betas were 0. Apparently hCG stays in your urine longer than it does in your blood. It sucked. I say wait for betas!!

babygirlpriest · August 2010

lunatwo:
Don't test! Even though I tested out my hCG shots, I still had false positives even on the day my betas were 0. Apparently hCG stays in your urine longer than it does in your blood. It sucked. I say wait for betas!!

Thanks. Honestly that scares the crap outta me... well, a lot about this process scares me. But I think the only thing that would suck more than a BFN at the end of September would be a BFP followed quickly by a BFN.

lunatwo · August 2010

babygirlpriest:
lunatwo:
Don't test! Even though I tested out my hCG shots, I still had false positives even on the day my betas were 0. Apparently hCG stays in your urine longer than it does in your blood. It sucked. I say wait for betas!!

Thanks. Honestly that scares the crap outta me... well, a lot about this process scares me. But I think the only thing that would suck more than a BFN at the end of September would be a BFP followed quickly by a BFN.

Yes, I can honestly say that was not a good day.

babygirlpriest · August 2010

lunatwo:
babygirlpriest:

lunatwo:
Don't test! Even though I tested out my hCG shots, I still had false positives even on the day my betas were 0. Apparently hCG stays in your urine longer than it does in your blood. It sucked. I say wait for betas!!

Thanks. Honestly that scares the crap outta me... well, a lot about this process scares me. But I think the only thing that would suck more than a BFN at the end of September would be a BFP followed quickly by a BFN.

Yes, I can honestly say that was not a good day.

Hope my response didn't sound flippant... I can't imagine how much that sucked.

schen0510 · August 2010

Yes you can test...the nurses at my RE asks all the time if I have tested. They just recommend that you test out the trigger. So I started poas at about 8 dpo to make sure I had negatives...you can start earlier if you would like...and this is based on your retrieval date...which would put you about 10 days post trigger. My RE says that the trigger...which would give you a false +, is usually out of your system in about 10-11 days. Once you get your negatives...after that a + will indicate a bfp...so says my RE.

momagain2009 · August 2010

May I jump in? I'm with Luna.....don't bother testing, just wait for your beta. I too thought I had tested out my trigger during an IUI and ended up with a false positive. It was 14dpiui too. One would think it would have been gone by then.

Good luck!!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!

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