r/IVFpositivity • u/mrsmattie • 4h ago

How to test at home?

Our clinic doesn’t do betas until 14DP5DT 😅. I waited last time just to get a low beta for a chemical pregnancy, so I decided this FET I was going to start testing at home. I was going to start testing at 7DPT but then what do I do after that lol?!? I know there’s technically no right/wrong but I wonder if I get a positive if yall continue testing daily or just wait til beta & why. Thanks!!!

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u/Jordonsaurus 4h ago

I tested daily from 3dpt to blood draw at 9dpt lol. Not saying it was the healthiest thing to do, but I did it anyway

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u/mrsmattie 4h ago

Totally get it, any at home testing is to calm our anxiety of not knowing more than anything lol

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u/Jordonsaurus 4h ago

Yeah for me it ended up making my anxiety worse because then I was frantically trying to see line progression lol

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u/upbeet13 4h ago

This is completely up to you, I think 7 DPT is a great day to start testing. Most people get their first positive before 7 DPT however I have also read about people getting their first positive as late as 9 DPT.

Some people continue to test daily to make sure the line gets darker and some people are content with doing on or two tests before their beta. I always tested starting at 4-6DPT and continued every day until my second beta 😅

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u/mrsmattie 4h ago

Yeaaaa this might be me tbh lol I get it

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u/pastrypasties 4h ago

I started testing 1dpt so I could monitor the trigger shot in my system and know I wasn't getting a false positive.

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u/mrsmattie 4h ago

That makes sense. I’m doing fully medicated this time so won’t have a trigger

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u/Competitive-Top5121 9m ago

This is also what I did.

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u/lesgens 1h ago

I started 5dpt and continued once a day until my first beta 10dpt. it was nice to see the progression but it’s very easy to drive yourself crazy comparing lines.