..."up to 7 days before your missed period..."

Mary0913 · December 2010

Anyone really test (and get a bfp) this far out from when af is supposed to show? I'm about 6 days away from when I *should* be testing, but those pregnancy test commercials with their "get results up to 7 days before your missed period," are sooo tempting tempting me to poas!

MrsBreezer80 · December 2010

With DD, I def got BFP about 7 days before my period. With this one, I used the same sort of test, but got BFN until 2 days before.

madhatter2003 · December 2010

I got my BFP with DS at 8 DPO but it was very very faint. I was in a medical study and the blood draw they had done showed a positive at 6 and 7 dpo, but I didn't know until they called me on the Monday to tell me to test. That was at 8 dpo.

jgilesslp · December 2010

Each time I got my BFP 2 days before my missed period. I got a negative 4 days before my missed period with DS...the MD's office tested me because I was TTC and they were putting me on a medication. I tested 4 days later and got a BFP!

Matt Dvorak · December 2010

personally, I waited until I was 6 days late to test b/c I didn't want disappointment if AF was to come, and I also didn't want to waste money. It's not going to be super accurate so early.

staycee · December 2010

they are hoping it's tempting. So you'll test, it'll be too early and you'll need to test more. Keeps their product selling that way.

in all seriousness, it could only possibly work on someone with a LONG LP, and happen to have an early implanter.

Becky262 · December 2010

First Response claims that 68% will get a BFP 6 days before AF is due (which means 32% will get a false negative). It says by 4 days before the results are nearly 100% (https://www.firstresponse.com/earlyResultInsert.asp#ReadingtheResult)

If you're pregnant, basically a 2 out 3 chance of knowing today would make me want to POAS. I got my BFP about 5 days before with both pregnancies

GL

GE · December 2010

eh, I'd just wait another couple of days. And then if you are testing early I'd only recommend First Response. I had v. faint line on a First Response five days before pd. this time but had a negative on a Clear Blue Easy Digital and on a $ store cheapie at the same time. Clear blue didn't show positive until following day.

mchupie · December 2010

Becky262:

First Response claims that 68% will get a BFP 6 days before AF is due (which means 32% will get a false negative). It says by 4 days before the results are nearly 100% (https://www.firstresponse.com/earlyResultInsert.asp#ReadingtheResult)

If you're pregnant, basically a 2 out 3 chance of knowing today would make me want to POAS. I got my BFP about 5 days before with both pregnancies

GL

These statistics operate on the assumption that you have a 14 day LP. If you have a shorter LP (Like me, ~12 days), you'll probably never get a positive at 6 days before your missed period, even if you are pregnant.

Tomkat8403 · December 2010

I personally think those test instructions are flawed. Cycle lengths and ovulation dates really determine your test. Because Hcg levels really only matter based on when your ovulation date is. It doesn't matter if it's two days before your missed period. If you ovulated late and implanted late, you still wouldn't get a positive test yet.

Whereas if you ovulated really early in your cycle and implanted early, you'll get a positive earlier.

I tested positive at 8 dpo with this one, which in a normal 28 day cycle would be 8 or 9 days before a missed period. But in my case, my cycle is short and I ovulate early so i got a positive test sooner than the pregnancy test said it could read it.

BakerMommy · December 2010

(lurking since I hope to join 1st tri soon Wink )

With DD, I got a very faint BFP on an early pregnancy test strip 6 days before AF was due. I like that the tests were cheap, so I could test often and not feel too bad about it. (I got them at https://www.early-pregnancy-tests.com/.)

HisGirlCridey · December 2010

I took one of those early six days before your missed period tests two days before my period and BFN. The day that my period was due is when I received my BFP.