8dpo to test or not to test?

[Sara1988]

I'm 8dpo tomorrow and have been going back and forth about whether to test or not?

What does everyone recommend? I want to follow the least stressful path possible!

Wait a few days -hang on in there. Good luck!

I think in my heart I know you're right. It's just in want my partner there and tomorrow is our day off.

Does testing in the evening work? Then we could wait a few days but he together.

I'm 8dpo today and tested this morning and got the tiniest squinter. I then tested again after a 4 hour hold and got this. Trying not to excited as it's very early to be testing but it's hard not to be 🙈

Why would you test at 8 days? You won't get a result that means anything.

It is very early, and a test might not be positive because it is just too early or because you're not pregnant. It would just be too few days to really tell.

Having said that, I tested positive at 8DPO with my 2nd DC, so it's not out of the realms of possibility that a test may show a positive result.

Hi all 🩷

@Sara1988 are you having any symptoms ? I’m 5 dpo and my breasts are becoming more sore and swollen by the day!

Headaches, cramps, mild nausea, slightly sore boobs. But could just as easily be premenstrual

@Sara1988 Ohhh fingers crossed for you! When will you test ? Xx

everyone is different, but after 11 months of TTC, I find that if I don’t start testing early I just spend all my time thinking about whether or not I should test.

So I just told myself many months back that I’ll do a test each morning from around 8DPO and then I don’t need to go round and round in my head if/when to test.

At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter, you’ll know one way or the other within a week or so. So do whatever helps to make the TWW more manageable for you.

I got my faint positive 8DPO both pregnancies 🥰

Do what helps you survive the dreaded 2 week wait!

I also think that the more I tell myself not too, the more I'll want to do it

So my clear blues arrived today and I now realise '6 days before your missed period' is actually 5 days before your period is due... so 9dpo! Even then it says 78% accurate

@Sara1988 i would personally not test , you’ll be dissapointed :( i tested stupidly at 8-9 got stark negatives ! And tested again at 10dpo and got a squiter . I was so upset for nothing for 2 days thinking I was out ! Xx good luck

I tested today and have been fine about getting a bnp. I think because I've heard from so many people like yourself, I'm OK. Weirdly, as each day has gone by it's gotten easier. I had in my head that if we don't conceive first time round there's something wrong...but people have been so reassuring here and I've excepted it could take time.

I do exactly this. I test and can then get on with my day, knowing I will also allow myself to test the next morning. They are so cheap no point not giving into the urge. I had 24 cycles trying for DS 😅

@Babyenroute I’m on cycle 11 and starting to loose hope, so positive to read you took 24 cycles, can I ask how you got there in the end? Did you do ivf? Or just keep trying?

@AnnieStar12 we did IVF in the end and luckily it worked first round.

Hope you get your bfp soon! We have just started TTC number two and hoping for a natural miracle 😃

@Babyenroute fingers crossed for your natural miracle!
I went to an ivf clinic and they said with my AMH at only 4.8 it’s hardly worth it for me. But I am tempted to try anyway and hope for a miracle!

Guys, I think I have a squinter... this was this afternoon after a 2hr hold. What do you think?

Looks positive to me! 🥰

@Sara1988 looks positive to me!! 😍 how many days dpo are you? Xx

9dpo! Did a clear blue this morning and could barely see a thing. This was this afternoon. And I hadn't held for four hours.

I can also see that!!

My evening tests were always darker than my morning until AF didn't show!

Congrats @Sara1988

Thank you all! Tested again this evening. Do you think this looks any darker?