When did you get a positive HPT?

netsirk2013 · October 2013

I am 6 days late and I swear I am pregnant but I still have not gotten a positive home test.

I have many symptoms.

I have very short cycles-compared to most people, so maybe I am just being impatient for it to show up in my system. I'll admit it is driving me crazy, I've taken a test daily in hopes for a positive.

So how long did you all need to wait until you got a positive after a missed period? And anyone else just know before the test confirmed it?

mamato3girls · October 2013

I got a positive at 9 dpo with my 1st, 3rd and 4 th. I didn't get a positive with my 2nd until 14dpo. Do you know when you ovulated? Could you have ovulated later than normal.

Lisarmace · October 2013

Well I did ivf, but I didn't get a positive hpt till the day after my blood test. Which was 15 days after retrieval (or ovulation for must)

netsirk2013 · October 2013

not sure but my cycle is very short, only 17-18 days. I have been like this for years and was put on mirena so I didn't have to go through it as much. it helped but where as we are ttc I have to put up with it. If I go by my charting, I am late... but if I was like most people I wouldn't be due for another week.

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24karat · October 2013

netsirk2013 said:
I am 6 days late and I swear I am pregnant but I still have not gotten a positive home test.
I have many symptoms.
I have very short cycles-compared to most people, so maybe I am just being impatient for it to show up in my system. I'll admit it is driving me crazy, I've taken a test daily in hopes for a positive.
So how long did you all need to wait until you got a positive after a missed period? And anyone else just know before the test confirmed it?

I didn't have positive tests till AF was 5 days late with DD and 3 days late with my twins. That said I had several times when I thought I was pregnant but AF would show up "late" (up to 2wks) because I ovulated later than normal.

Take your symptoms with a grain of salt...lots of things can cause pregnancy-like symptoms without you actually being pregnant. If you have enough HCG to cause symptoms you should be able to turn a stick positive. Take a test weekly till AF shows up or you get a BFP. If you go 60 days without AF or a BFP call your doctor.

beccam1230 · October 2013

I got my BFP when AF was 4 days late and honestly... That was my only clue-being late! My slight symptoms were the same as pms so I only tested because I figured that being late, I might as well check. It was a very quick and clear positive.

alm288 · October 2013

I was a day late and thought I should see if it's positive or not since we were trying. I didn't think it would be positive because I thought I was having PMS. Turns out those are als

alm288 · October 2013

Oops turns out those are also signs your pregnant. Guess I was a little clueless

EIK2013 · October 2013

I got my BFP 9DPO.

curlylocks3 · October 2013

I got my bfp at the equivalent of 10dpo. Based on yout charting, when did you O and what is your normal luteal phase length? Also, if you've been having that short if cycles perhaps your body is regulating to a normal length cycle- many early pregnancy symptoms are very similar to PMS symptoms of even ovulation symptoms.

Miggg · October 2013

I got my BFP at 9 DPO. Ironically it was the first cycle where I didn't have any pregnancy symptoms! I felt completely normal until about 8 weeks.

If you're not charting I'd strongly recommend checking out Fertility Friend. Knowing exactly when I ovulated eliminated a lot of that "not knowing" stress for me.

lauralou3x3 · October 2013

I got mine the day of my expected period, am now 8w5d. And it was a very obvious positive. I tested about a week earlier and got a BFN.

WashingtonQueen · October 2013

10dpo. For me, that was 3 days before a missed period.

awc1986 · October 2013

4wks 4 days, but I didn't actually test until then anyway because I sort of figured it would happen. We had an "oops" moment on vacation and I had a feeling deep down we'd been caught out.

stephaniespurlock · October 2013

I found out about 2 weeks after my missed period. I was throwing up and thought I was just sick but after a week of throwing up I realized I needed to take a pregnancy test and I took 2, both came out positive instantly!

HalseytoBe · October 2013

I was 8 days late before I took a test, and I only had signs of AF! I was under a lot of stress planning and wedding and getting a job, so I just thought that's why it was late. Test once a week, until AF or BFP shows up! Good Luck!

momthatlifts · October 2013

I got a positive about 6 days before my missed period

rowanthefrog · October 2013

I get my positives usually 4-7 days before I miss my period. Are you sure when you ovulated? If it was later than usual then your BFP would be later than usual.

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maelic · October 2013

Are you temping or just charting? Because temping should tell you how your luteal phase is looking this cycle.

I didn't test until I was 17DPO but I knew I was pregnant by then because I'd never had a luteal phase longer than 16 days.

colacrock · October 2013

With my first, I had a bfp on the day my period was due. With my second, it was 4 days before period was due or 10 dpo. And with this one I tested on the day I was due for my period and it was a negative, and today (two days later) I had a faint positive. Sorry I'm not too much help, I hope you find out one way or the other soon! Good luck to you.

netsirk2013 · October 2013

All my dr. told me was to track dates and how heavy of a flow I was. I don't do temps or anything like that. i just know that i have 17-18 days in between my periods from when it stops to restarting again. So unlike most people I have 2 periods a month....

netsirk2013 · October 2013

My dr said she wont see me unless i am 2 weeks late or if I get a positive hpt.

I have a history of miscarriages and how i feel now is how I felt before I found out i was pregnant before. My PMS is nothing like what I have been experiencing.

I am not having any cramps as if my period was coming but i have felt almost like a pinching feel a couple of times.

I would take all of these current symptoms over my normal PMS....

katekat8721 · October 2013

We did IVF, so 4dp5dt (4 days post a 5 day transfer) or 9DPO. I had beta this morning come back at 39. Woot woot!

starsinger17 · October 2013

12 DPO with this baby. I'm not sure with my first I think it was around 16 DPO but that was the first time I tested.

sparklingdiamond · October 2013

I got mine at 15DPO. I didn't test any earlier than that though.

Kfran84 · October 2013

netsirk2013 said:

All my dr. told me was to track dates and how heavy of a flow I was. I don't do temps or anything like that. i just know that i have 17-18 days in between my periods from when it stops to restarting again. So unlike most people I have 2 periods a month....

That is not how to count cycle length. Your CD 1 is the first day of your period. Count from there to the start of your next CD 1.

Let's just start there.

netsirk2013 · October 2013

I guess it was high hopes. Went to the bathroom in the middle of the night and i got a light visit from flo. Cramping now but the bleeding has since stopped, im sure it will pick back up again. I just dont understand why i had nausea and severe breast pain. Thats still killing me.

ugh... maybe next month but I could have sworn I was.

netsirk2013 · October 2013

My last period was sept 19-24 and before that was aug 28-sep 1 and the one before that was Aug 2nd-7th. no clue when i would have ovulated, the tools said sept 26th i believe.

24karat · October 2013

Cycles can vary month to month...you can have your normal cycle length and symptoms then boom. All of a sudden it changes. Mine were very regular and predictable before having kids. Now they're all sorts of crazy. If it makes you feel better, the nausea and breast pain are "normal" symptoms that can occur with AF.

Try charting your CM and temps. That's the best way to figure out what's really happening with your body and it'll tell you more than your first/final cycle days will. Good luck!

peggels24 · October 2013

1 day after AF was due.

IBackBevo · October 2013

I got a bfp at 9 DPO with both--one in the am and one in the pm. I knew even at about 6-7 dpo with number 2 because I was having implantation cramping that was exactly like what I had experienced with number 1 and I had NEVER had that sensation before except for when I had previously been pregnant. I knew even though I got a negative at 7, 8 and in the am of 9 DPO. I tested in the afternoon of 9 dpo and it was a bfp.

However, at 6 days after your missed period, I would think that you would be getting a bfp by now so long as you were using a sensitive test. Test with an FRER and if it is still a bfn, I think it is most likely a bfn.

JenniCollins · October 2013

My best guess is 16 dpo. I'm not 100% sure when my last period was, I did figure out what days we had sex right around when I think it was 2 weeks after my last period...can't wait to see the gyno and find out if I'm correct with my guess.

Kfran84 · October 2013

netsirk2013 said:
My last period was sept 19-24 and before that was aug 28-sep 1 and the one before that was Aug 2nd-7th. no clue when i would have ovulated, the tools said sept 26th i believe.

Ok, so, I went ahead and counted for you.

Your August cycle was 26 days and your September cycle was 22 days. The cycle that just ended, if you're saying you've started your period now, was 26 days.

Sounds like you sometimes have short cycles, but 26 days is pretty normal sounding to me.

I would look into ovulation testing to help with your timing if you are TTC.

Kfran84 · October 2013

Also, whatever tool you are using for ovulation prediction is crap. If you had a 14 day luteal phase and just started your period then you would have O'd around Oct 1. If your LP was any shorter, say 10 or 12 days long, you would have O'd even further into October, like the 2nd or 4th.

netsirk2013 · October 2013

Well, I was told that the first day was true fresh blood. So I guess today is not day one yet?

I am brown, so old blood. It starts and stops, I only saw it only a couple of times today when I wiped. So it is super light! I am not really crampy yet either.

netsirk2013 · October 2013

Thank You all for your help, its all confusing. Maybe I will have better luck next month!

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