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To test early or not to test early?

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Any advice on whether to test early or not?

Our clinic have given us two test dates, 16th and 18th May but I’m really fed up with waiting and just want to do it first thing in the morning (15th).

We’re 11 days post 3 day fresh transfer with ICSI. It’s our first cycle and after the longest week of my life I just want to test!

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Running79

Tbh I’ve always tested on test day, just in case you get an incorrect reading.

You could always use an early response test which I think you can use upto 5 days early

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XxjustmexX

I’m always an early tester 🙈 if you can hold of t’s best to but if you can’t I would just say test with your first morning wee and get a pink dye test (like first response) wishing you a bfp xx

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Belangalo

I've always waited to test day so that I got the most accurate reading...and didn't get myself excited or upset over nothing. 😅 There are lots of women who test early and get BFN only to test later and get a BFP!

On my first transfer, had I tested early I would have gotten excited over my BFP...only to lose it a few days later. It was better for me to hear from the nurses on test day that I had a chemical pregnancy so I had no expectations that it was finally my BFP!

You're more than welcome to test early if you can't hold out 😊 Just do what will be best for your own mental and emotional state. I'd use a First Response test for early testing as I think they are the ones that detect the smallest amounts of HCG.

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RhinoCat

Step away from the test strips 😜😅😅😅 it will only make you test and test and probably cry ! Better to wait and know that your result is real than to have ifs and buts and maybes . This journey is hard enough without a blast of anxious serial

Testing to get you to the finish line . So what your head needs

And what your heart can handle 😘😘😘💐💐💐💐💐

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Clare_Whitts

Thank you all! I woke up this morning and decided I can wait one more sleep until official test day number one. My main concern about testing early has been a false positive/negative, so we’ll just wait *another* day 😆

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