https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:04:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137987 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:56:59 +0000 Shutterbug 1137987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm usually a crazy early tester (8-9dpo) but this month I threw away my wondfos after 3 evaps and so I'm forcing myself into waiting. I only have one FRER left and I'm saving it for at least 12dpo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137978 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:53:42 +0000 lemondrop 1137978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually I'm a late tester, too many months of disappointments led me to wait until I was late- 16 dpo with my first bfp. The second bfp was at 8 dpo because I felt strange- it was super duper light. Then I spent the next week doubting it and wondering if it would be another chemical, but it stuck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137887 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:18:17 +0000 ShootingStar 1137887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always tested really early because it makes me more anxious not to know than to see a negative. I was also using an HCG ovulation trigger, which shows up on PG tests as false positives until it's out of your system, so I would test starting at 5 or 6DPO so I could see if it disappeared or got stronger. The month I got PG I had positives within the time window until 7DPO, positives outside the time window at 8 and 9 DPO, and then a real positive within the window at 10DPO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137821 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:41:00 +0000 loveisstrange 1137821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did at 8 and 10 DPO (BFN at 8 and BFP at 10). I only did it that early because I KNEW I was pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137660 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:35:41 +0000 MCD919 1137660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried to wait until at least 12 dpo. The months I tested earlier, I was just disappointed and in anxious limbo-land. Based on the lines I did get at 12 and 13 dpo, the months I was actually pg, I probably wouldn't have gotten a line before 11dpo. (I had a couple of losses). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137492 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 05:38:27 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1137492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only had the pleasure of doing this once and it was a full day after AF was supposed to arrive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137476 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 02:50:11 +0000 erinpye 1137476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep- I'm impatient. Both times I got positives at 8dpo (I usually get my period 14dpo). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137475 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 02:48:18 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1137475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have experience with this yet because with my son a missed period was what made me decide to test BUT I can see my impatience beating out my better judgment. I totally think its smarter to test closer to ones period financially and emotionally but I feel like I am gonna have a really hard time with that. I may test early and even if I get a line kind of hold my expectations an wait till day of my period to test again. We shall see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137465 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 01:24:56 +0000 sunshine83 1137465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was temping so I knew when I ovulated. Therefore, I had an idea of when to start testing. I usually started at 8 dpo because I wanted so badly to know. I was able to see a faint line that early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137230 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:34:00 +0000 Andrea 1137230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tested early with my first pregnancy and got a negative. I didn't think about it again for a week when I finally re-tested because I still didn't have my period. I tested early again with my second, but it was positive that time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137208 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:18:57 +0000 mrs. 64 1137208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually test at 8 or 9 dpo even though every fiber of my being knows better. I just always think that some people get a bfp that early, so why not me!? I wish I had more self control. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1137136 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 19:42:02 +0000 FaithFertility 1137136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wait until AF is due.....but I think with IF treatments it is easier to test early because you know things exactly </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136699 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:58:32 +0000 Happygal 1136699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually wait until at least 12 dpo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136695 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:57:39 +0000 artsyfartsy 1136695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tested at 10dpo. There was a good chance I was PG though and I had a lot of symptoms or else I wouldn't have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136691 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:55:41 +0000 Springtime 1136691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always tested early. I got squinters at 8 and 9 dpo. Definite BFP at 10 dpo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136670 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:47:51 +0000 twodoghouse 1136670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to test crazy early. Like 5, 6, 7 dpo. And I'd keep on testing until my period showed. I can't even believe how many tests I wasted in 2.5 years of TTC! The month that I got a positive we did IVF so I waited until 9dp3dt (12 dpo) and even that was earlier than my RE's office advised. It was a pretty solid, non-questionable line though (come to find out it's twins which probably accounted for the strong line, but we didn't know it at the time!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136657 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:45:13 +0000 Emsmems 1136657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited until AF was due to avoid disappointment and wasted tests! But when I got my BFP, I tested the day before AF was due because I had friends coming over that night for drinks... It was a dark positive RIGHT away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136593 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:27:45 +0000 lilteacherbee 1136593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I have no self control when it comes to POAS. Both times, I got my BFP at 9 dpo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136584 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:24:12 +0000 twinmama 1136584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normally I waited until like 12 dpo. The cycles we had help, I often started at 10 dpo. I got my first positive at 10. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136579 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:22:09 +0000 bhbee 1136579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tell myself I'm not going to test early, but then I get some symptoms and do it anyway. or I test early because I have a dr appt, or have a drinks event, and want to be sure. I find I feel about the same anxiety/obsession whether I test early or not, though I think for me waiting until 11dpo+ is ideal. I do try to limit the number of overall tests (so waiting to test again on a BFN) so it's not too expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136548 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:13:19 +0000 lovehoneybee 1136548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited until the day my period was due, and only then if my temps were still up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136545 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:12:31 +0000 GrapeCrush 1136545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't know this either. I was a late tester. I waited until one day after missed AF with #1. With #2, I was about 6 weeks pregnant when I tested, my BC got all wonky so that's why it was so late </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136544 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:12:18 +0000 Mrsbells 1136544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I am also a late tester </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136540 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:11:15 +0000 LindsayInNY 1136540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wait until 10-12DPO to test, almost always on a weekend. That's about when AF is due anyways, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136440 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:45:42 +0000 littlek 1136440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my pregnancies, we weren't TTC so I have no idea whether we tested late or early. We are in the process of TTC again, and I still don't have the whole O thing figured out, but my guess is I'll wait till 12 DPO or missed period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136409 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:36:28 +0000 Smurfette 1136409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe a day before my period was due, but that was the earliest. Too depressing seeing the negative. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136394 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:33:33 +0000 anonysquire 1136394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>According to my due date I got a squinter at 8dpo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136392 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:33:10 +0000 MamaMoose 1136392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm an early tester. But like @Orvis18: both times I've tested I've been pregnant so I felt right in testing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136382 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:31:10 +0000 bushelandapeck 1136382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tested both times early (9DPO and 11DPO) and both times were positive. I felt pregnant both times though, and I don't think I wound've tested if I hadn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-early-do-you-poas#post-1136380 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:30:42 +0000 Littlebit 1136380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been testing the last couple months at 10dpo. My LP is only 11 days usually. 6 days before my missed period would be like 6dpo!</p> <p>ETA: This month I'll be testing at 11dpo. I'd like to wait until I have a missed period. But I have no patience..and Wondfo's are cheap! </p>