This may involve some rambling -- be forewarned.
So many women who do IVF have an obsession with POAS (peeing on a stick aka a pregnancy test). Some of these women start POAS starting at just 6dp5dt (six days past a five day transfer) and continue to do so all the way until they have their beta test (blood pregnancy test) which is usually done about 2 weeks after transfer. They analyze and scrutinize photos of these tests trying to determine if the lines are getting darker, honestly a lot of the time I cannot even see a second line on them. Occasionally they will even invert the colors so that you can make out the test lines better. I know I may be in the minority here as so many ladies do this, maybe it helps them get through the 2 week wait but I think if I had done that I would have driven myself nuts.
Read those sticks carefully too, many of them tout that they can tell you 6 days before your missed period on the ads that are run on TV. Once you get that box home read the instructions as it will lay out what the odds are each day for how accurate their test is. Here is the info from an e.p.t. test. Notice that they don't even give you accuracy rates for more than 4 days before your missed period! Who knows exactly what these percents represent, are those women who do not get a 'pregnant' result not pregnant or are they pregnant and they took the test too soon? I'm just saying don't drive yourself nuts taking these tests if you have a regular cycle and you know about when your next period is due. The tests claim 97 - 99% accuracy but that is not until the day of your missed period! Many tests even say to wait until a week after you have missed your period.
A few friends asked if I would take a pregnancy test as it got closer to beta day but then if you get a light line or no line at all it could send a gal into a panic. Plus if you wait until your beta you get to be PUPO (pregnant until proven otherwise) longer, you get to keep that hope alive. On the other hand, if it was positive you would be able to have more of a special moment between you and your spouse when you tell them or if you do the test together, than going in for a blood draw and getting a call while you are at work later in the afternoon when the clinic gets the results. One thing is for sure I will not become a POAS professional, I couldn't take staring at a test and trying to decipher what it means, in my opinion just test once, a day or two before your beta and please give me the stick that has a happy or sad face just so there is no confusion.
Days 12 through 18
- Progesterone lozenge: 3x a day
- Endometrin insert: 3x a day- Estradiol tablet: 3x a day
- Vivelle Dot patch: day 12 and day 15 time to stick on a new one
And of course I am still taking these once a day
- Prenatal vitamin
- Folic Acid
- DHEA
- Fish Oil
- Baby Asprin
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