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(Update: possible BFP mentioned) POAS obsessed. How early do you start after IUI?

lupineauralupineaura member
edited September 2014 in Secondary IF
I've done several oral medication/TI cycles (for my daughter and for this TTC go around), but I am now 7 days post IUI- my first ever. I realize it is way too early to test- I might as well pee directly on the money I would spend, for all the good it would do me.

But...when can I start? How early have you ladies broken out the pee sticks after IUI?
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Re: (Update: possible BFP mentioned) POAS obsessed. How early do you start after IUI?

  • Steph1673Steph1673 member
    Did you do a trigger? If so, you need to test it out before you can test, or you could get a false positive.

    I don't do triggers, just oral letrozole, so I usually start around day 9 or 10dpiui.

    Good luck!
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  • iheartsippycups2iheartsippycups2 member
    I'm the odd man out on this one- I rarely poas, I wait for beta. poas makes me crazy, so I try to avoid it all together...
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    My History:
    Lots of BFN's & failed IUI's w/clomid and/or femara
    Finally BFP with femara & t.i.- son born 6/17/2010
    Started TTC again around when DS was 3ish
    Lots of BFN's with femara & t.i & ovidrel
    Tubes clear, S.A came back low motility but high count
    About to switch to injectables w/femara, did one last cycle with just femara & an IUI with ovidrel- stupid motility was fantastic in the sample, but count was 700,000 AFTER wash! Had to sign a paper to even still do IUI- BFFP (big fat freaking positive) Go figure!
    1st Beta 13dpiui 54, 2nd beta 48 hours later 115, 3rd beta 48 hours later 310, 4th beta 72 hours later 1748.
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  • lupineauralupineaura member
    @Stef1673, I did trigger, but did not test it out. The nurse told me it should clear my system in 7 days; maybe 10 at the most. I am 8 days post trigger.
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  • pettycrockerpettycrocker member
    Was it a Sub Q trigger or IM? If it was a 10,000 trigger (IM) it takes 1 day per 1000u, a min. of 10 days to be able to really trust it is out of your system. So 11DPT would be the earliest you can trust the results.


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  • Steph1673Steph1673 member
    iheartsippycups2 said:
    I'm the odd man out on this one- I rarely poas, I wait for beta. poas makes me crazy, so I try to avoid it all together...
    My doc doesn't' do betas until I get a positive HPT, so I pee :-)
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  • iheartsippycups2iheartsippycups2 member
    Surprisingly, I am tempted, just a little, to poas this weekend- but who knows if I actually will...
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    My History:
    Lots of BFN's & failed IUI's w/clomid and/or femara
    Finally BFP with femara & t.i.- son born 6/17/2010
    Started TTC again around when DS was 3ish
    Lots of BFN's with femara & t.i & ovidrel
    Tubes clear, S.A came back low motility but high count
    About to switch to injectables w/femara, did one last cycle with just femara & an IUI with ovidrel- stupid motility was fantastic in the sample, but count was 700,000 AFTER wash! Had to sign a paper to even still do IUI- BFFP (big fat freaking positive) Go figure!
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  • lilmac2929lilmac2929 member
    lupineaura We are IUI twins! I did my first ever on Sept 5th too! I triggered Wednesday and just POAS to make sure trigger was out of my system.  BFN - first time I have been happy about that :) I am going to try to POAS Monday.  It is when AF is due or 10dpiui.  I am feeling zippo symptoms though so I am not hopeful.  

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    DX: Unexplained Secondary Infertility, Slight DOR
    Sept 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel) = BFN
    Oct 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel + Progesterone) = BFN
    Nov 14- Benched due to cysts Looking for New Doc
    Feb - IUI #3 (Letrozole + Ovridrel)
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  • BookishMommaBookishMomma member
    I don't have any advice, but am stalking this thread to gather info for my first IUI cycle next month. I"ll be triggering, too. 
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  • sailorgalsailorgal member
    I was told it would take a week to get out of my system but it took 10 days for the squinters to disappear. 
    Me: 32, DH: 33
    DS #1: April 2010
    DS #2: July 2015 (preemie born at 31 weeks) - our little miracle conceived through ART - unexplained secondary infertility/adenomyosis
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  • sailorgalsailorgal member
    Steph1673 said:
    My doc doesn't' do betas until I get a positive HPT, so I pee :-)

    Whereas my office needs us to do betas in order to move onto the next medicated cycle! I think it's to limit liability in case you were pregnant and then you started medication like femara which is not safe during pregnancy. 
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  • lupineauralupineaura member
    Thank you all for your advise and shared experiences! I think I'll POAS on Monday with @lilmac2929‌ :)
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  • HawaiianSunset09HawaiianSunset09 member
    I normally start at 7dpiui testing the trigger out. Last pregnancy(loss) I got my bfp on 9dpo. 
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  • lupineauralupineaura member
    Tested this morning and BFN. At least I know the trigger is out of my system! Trying not to be down- I know it's very early. Will test again Wed, then wait for beta on Friday.
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  • ScarletBegonia79ScarletBegonia79 member
    i always wait until 16DPIUI, if AF hasn't come before then. my doctor doesn't do betas for IUIs. i have been let down by the POAS process so many times that it is torture waiting for it to pop up.  

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    IUI #1 April 2014: BFN

    IUI #2 July 2014: BFN

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  • lilmac2929lilmac2929 member
    lupineaura Sorry about your BFN! Me too :( I had a pretty steep temp drop too.  I hope AF holds off for you and Wed looks better!!!
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    DH 35, Me: 34
    DX: Unexplained Secondary Infertility, Slight DOR
    Sept 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel) = BFN
    Oct 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel + Progesterone) = BFN
    Nov 14- Benched due to cysts Looking for New Doc
    Feb - IUI #3 (Letrozole + Ovridrel)
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  • lupineauralupineaura member
    Sorry @lilmac2929! I hope your temp drop doesn't signal the end of your cycle. I don't temp. I've also heard sometimes medicated cycles make the temps inaccurate- I hope that's the case for you! Good luck with future testing.
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  • lupineauralupineaura member
    I am tempted to use my other pee stick tomorrow...someone talk me down off the ledge...the fact that they are covered by our FSA doesn't make them free, right? Haha
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  • pettycrockerpettycrocker member
    lupineaura said:
    I am tempted to use my other pee stick tomorrow...someone talk me down off the ledge...the fact that they are covered by our FSA doesn't make them free, right? Haha
    I think you should just go test right now. Why wait? You can always buy more tests tomorrow. Send your husband out to buy more tests right now. WHY WAIT?


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    2 IUIs 
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  • GraceyandTroyGraceyandTroy member
    potatocastillo said:
    lupineaura said:
    I am tempted to use my other pee stick tomorrow...someone talk me down off the ledge...the fact that they are covered by our FSA doesn't make them free, right? Haha
    I think you should just go test right now. Why wait? You can always buy more tests tomorrow. Send your husband out to buy more tests right now. WHY WAIT?
    I agree with Castillo!  Pee in a cup, Pee on a stick, PEE on EVERYTHING!  Haha!  I can never wait, so I say pee pee pee!
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  • lupineauralupineaura member
    @potatocastillo‌ I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but I do like to pee on things. Well, not all things. But a lot of them.
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  • lupineauralupineaura member
    1:45am. My daughter (unusually) wakes up crying for a stuffed animal. I am exhausted and POAS. Ladies and gents, we have a squinter. Not quite calling it yet but will see if I can have my beta moved up.
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  • lilmac2929lilmac2929 member
    edited September 2014
    Ooooh that's exciting!!!  Congrats!!! 
    DS: Born November 2011
    TTC #2 since April '13
    DH 35, Me: 34
    DX: Unexplained Secondary Infertility, Slight DOR
    Sept 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel) = BFN
    Oct 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel + Progesterone) = BFN
    Nov 14- Benched due to cysts Looking for New Doc
    Feb - IUI #3 (Letrozole + Ovridrel)
    March/April - IVF #1 - Antagonist Protocol - Follistim+HGH+Low Dose HCG - 11R/9M/5F - 2 8 cell 3dtransfer - BFN on April 23, 2014


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  • tortuga47tortuga47 member
    Yay!! Congrats!
    Sept 2013 started TTC#2 (never got PP period so hoping for the first egg to drop)
    Jan 2014 - diagnosed POF (Premature Ovarian Failure) and told pregnancy not possible without egg donor because my ovaries would never function again with my hormone levels (FSH 136, LH 98.6, AMH <.03, estradiol 0, HCG 7) - using acupuncture, chiropractic care and TCM herbs / supplements
    March 11, 2014 ovulated despite every doctors prognosis!!!
    Oct 2014 hormones (FSH 48, Estradiol 89, HCG 1) not good, but heckuva lot better!

    Nov. 16, 2015 FET of single adopted 5AA embryo - BFN
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  • lupineauralupineaura member
    Now I may have peed on too many things. Last night I took another test, and the line was much darker. I also got a "yes" on a digi. I was happy. This morning the line is back to a squinter. Now I am worried. Does a fading line always mean a CP? When I called in my positive test yesterday morning, the nurse said they won't see me for a beta before Thursday.

    Gah.
    Sorry if not many people are interested in these frequent updates, I don't have many people I can talk to about this.
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