https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:24:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-982600 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:39:42 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 982600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: Yep, this is what my doc told me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981994 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:32:19 +0000 mlm2934 981994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: that's what I meant... CP (chemical preg) is before ultrasound is able to confirm gest. sac :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981863 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:50:21 +0000 T.H.O.U. 981863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: @pui: You can have an ultrasound done whenever. Some get them at 4 weeks, some not until 12, that doesn't factor but try this definition: </p> <p><a href="http://miscarriage.about.com/od/onetimemiscarriages/p/chemicalpreg.htm" rel="nofollow">http://miscarriage.about.com/od/onetimemiscarriages/p/chemicalpreg.htm</a> </p> <p>What Chemical Pregnancy Means:</p> <p>The term chemical pregnancy means that the miscarriage happened at a point that a missed period and biochemical tests, such as an hCG blood test or a home pregnancy test (checking hCG in urine), were the only evidence that you were pregnant. The miscarriage happened before an ultrasound could have shown a gestational sac.</p> <p>When the pregnancy develops to the point that ultrasound could confirm the existence of the pregnancy, the term becomes clinical pregnancy. Thus, a chemical pregnancy would be a miscarriage before the fifth week of gestation -- or within about week after your missed menstrual period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981861 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:49:40 +0000 Mrs.Someone 981861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Countdown to Pregnancy has good stats on getting BFPs by DPO. Based on what it says, I always tell myself that I'll wait until 12dpo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981769 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:20:06 +0000 pui 981769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: Ah I see </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981738 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:12:26 +0000 mlm2934 981738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: anything before ultrasound is CP I believe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981661 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:54:37 +0000 pui 981661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorCalWayfarer: I didn't think that counted as a chemical pregnancy. I thought that only referred to pregnancies discovered before the day of your expected period and anything after that is considered a miscarriage...</p> <p>In any case, I am so sorry for your loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981579 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:39:58 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 981579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMcD: amen sister ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981553 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:34:07 +0000 deactivated_account 981553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NorCalWayfarer: I can't even imagine having to deal with that. I'm so sorry, friend. Everything about pregnancy is bit nerve wrecking in my opinion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981544 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:33:18 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 981544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I like your idea of testing on the weekend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981533 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:30:34 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 981533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LizSmith: sorry for your loss. </p> <p>@pui: @MrsMcD: Last month I got a BFP on 12 DPO (LP is generally 14 days) and still got a BFP on 14 DPO but then had a "chemical pregnancy" a week later at 5w -- so basically my period was a week late. Unless I hadn't tested til waaaay late (21DPO or later), discovering the CP would have been unavoidable. I'm still going to test at around 12-14DPO next time. Sadly the chemical pregnancy is just something I've had to deal with. But it definitely makes testing even scarier than before. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981408 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:02:00 +0000 Littlebit 981408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tested at 10dpo last month, but I think anywhere between 10-12 is good. Like @LindsayInNY: I would much rather test on a weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981388 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:57:39 +0000 spaniellove 981388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 dpo sounds like a good day to test, but from what I've read OPKs are not more sensitive than HPTs...you'd get a positive on any decent HPT well before you'd get a positive OPK. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981378 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:53:55 +0000 LindsayInNY 981378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The earliest I've tested is 10DPO. I almost always test on a weekend though so sometimes it's later. Ideally, 12DPO since my LP isn't any longer than that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981351 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:48:27 +0000 deactivated_account 981351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I wouldn't know want to know if I had a chemical pregnancy either. Ignorance is bliss!!</p> <p>And I'm totally curious as to why anyone would want to use an OPK as a HPT? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981341 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:46:38 +0000 T.H.O.U. 981341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: yes. This is me too but somehow that logic never wins out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981339 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:46:34 +0000 Smurfette 981339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 DPO is good to me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981336 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:45:18 +0000 pui 981336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, I wouldn't want to know if I had a chemical pregnancy. I would rather remain ignorant and assume any bleeding is just my period. That is why I would always wait until at least the day of my expected period to test. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981300 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:36:45 +0000 TheReelDeal 981300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go with the day before my expected period. I too had a m/c and seeing blood gives me the same feeling, so I understand wanting to test early :heart: </p> <p>I wouldn't use OPK's as pregnancy tests though, they are unreliable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981288 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:33:22 +0000 T.H.O.U. 981288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hahah. I usually give in at 8dpo but that's really unreliable. I try to mark it for a minimum 10 dpo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981223 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:19:06 +0000 singingbee 981223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually started on 12 or 13 DPO so I would always test then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981219 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:18:18 +0000 Adira 981219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 DPO sounds good to me!!! But I don't know anything about OPKs... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981185 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:13:29 +0000 Bao 981185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think 12 dpo is a good day to test. I would use a regular HPT though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981173 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:12:28 +0000 ShootingStar 981173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything I've read says OPKs are not more sensitive than HPTs. They only pick it up well after an HPT would. If you want sensitive, I'd get some wondfos from Amazon. </p> <p>Personally I always liked testing early because the wondering what if was worse than the negative. Also, I experienced a CP which didn't show up until 15DPO on HPTs (and late implantation can sign that the pregnancy won't stick) so I much preferred to know earlier. If you want a realistic start time, 12DPO is fine. You could even go 10DPO, which is when I got my +. Personally I would never wait around for AF, but I'm just way too type A. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981164 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:10:01 +0000 Shutterbug 981164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say 12dpo is a safe time to test if your LP is usually 14 days or so. I don't know the exact stat, but more than 50% of positives are reported (on FF) on 12dpo.</p> <p>As for OPKs, I wouldn't use them as HPTs. I think you always have some level of LH in your system, so you could get a false "positive" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981162 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:09:49 +0000 stargal 981162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would test 12 days post ovulation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-would-you-test-1#post-981155 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:08:01 +0000 Torchwood 981155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think for a lot of us ttc, the consensus is that AF's arrival is less upsetting than a BFN. I was totally there, but since my m/c I feel the opposite. Since bleeding was my first sign something was wrong, seeing blood on the tp when I'm still hoping to be pregnant just brings back bad memories. That being said, I don't really like negatives either. So when do you think, assuming a normal cycle, is the best day to test to have a lower chance of a false negative, but still before AF is likely to show so I have some warning that it's definitely coming? Maybe 12dpo? I'm starting charting this month, so I'm thinking the temp drop will give me the warning I need, but I'd like to test too.</p> <p>Also, one article I read suggested that opk's (which I'm starting this month as well), can act as hpt's, and are even more sensitive. (Something about the proteins being similar enough that opk's can't tell the difference, so they detect pregnancy too, but it doesn't work the other way around with hpt's because they're more specific.) Does anyone have any thoughts on using them in that capacity? </p>