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cantaloupe / 6059 posts
With baby #1 my FRERs came in a 3 pack so I took all 3, then a digital, then 3 dollar store tests.
With baby #2, I took two FRERs and 3 dollar store tests.
Oy. I maybe have a bit of a testing addiction...
eggplant / 11408 posts
@Littlebit: @mfa_lady: feeling different is GOOD! FWIW, I didn't put much stock into the tests during my sticky pregnancy, either. I went in for a test in the office before I even got up the courage to POAS. And I really don't think anyone could have convinced me during my entire pregnancy to take a digital, even on the day before I delivered. I just stopped trusting them and instead went with my gut. Excited for you ladies!
apricot / 316 posts
I used up 5 tests. The first one at 9dpo was a BFN. The second one at 10dpo was a faint line on a FRER. I took two more at 12 and 14dpo until the line was as dark as the control line. I just wanted to make sure the line was getting darker and that it wasn't going to be a CP. Then I took the digital test with weeks estimator at 5 weeks to make sure it said 3+ weeks after ovulation. It doesn't measure any higher than that otherwise I would be taking another one hehe.
coconut / 8681 posts
Well I always feel like the crazy person on these polls. Oh well lol.
I had 2 MCs before a sticky pregnancy. With my first sticky pregnancy I first tested at 8DPO (insane!!!) and got a positive. From 8DPO until we heard the heartbeat at 6w2d I took AT LEAST one test a day. For the first week or two it was one in the morning and one at night. I'd alternate between wondfos and FRERs. Craziness. Absolute insanity.
With LO #2 I bought a pack of 2 tests to "just check" since I hadn't had another period after my first post-partum AF. I did not think they'd be positive. They were and I took them both the same day. Then I bought 2 more packs of 2 FRERs and took them all. So 6 total? And I felt like that was me being "calmed down." Hahaha wow.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
With LO 1: at least six. One on a weds (neg), one on Saturday (pos), pos digi on Sunday, then at least three or four more throughout the week to see if the line was getting darker bc I was having unexplained bleeding
nectarine / 2115 posts
My first pregnancy ended in an early miscarriage. I watched the lines slowly fade away and then I started bleeding. This time I had just received a brand new 50-pack of Wondfos when I got my BFP. So I just kept testing! It settled my mind to watch the lines get darker instead of lighter!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
With #1 I just took one. I just knew that we were in a good space and was symptomatic enough to not need to test again.
With #2 I never tested once
pomegranate / 3565 posts
2 tests with each pregnancy - that's how many came in a pack. It never occurred to me to keep testing. To me, no period meant I was still pregnant.
nectarine / 2784 posts
I'm definitely in the "all the tests!" camp. Three frer, one digital and let's just say a heaping handful of wondfos. I've stopped testing but I do have one of the weeks estimator tests that I'm saving for a rainy day
persimmon / 1343 posts
I took 11 but not all the same day. I got my first positive at only 8dpo so I kept taking them every day or every other day until I tab or if tests just to "make sure I was still pregnant" hehe
pineapple / 12566 posts
With LO1 just one.
With LO2 I tested the day AF was due and it was a major squinter, practically white. I tested 3 days later and it was a definite
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
1 for my BFP. Then I took another one a week later just for fun.
apricot / 409 posts
Just one. I'm cheap, plus I had symptoms like crazy so I just went with it.
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