When and what brand to test with?

[lheid]

Hey everyone... well... I am due for my period on july 7, and I broke down and tested yesterday. It was a BFN. I used answer brand hpt. I was wondering if I tested to early maybe... and when and if I do test again... should I use any certain brand. Has anyone used the answer hpts? Thanks in advance!!

[Lemenna]

I conceived on Nov 5th and had a positive on nov 12th with FRER (although I didn't know it since it was so faint until a couple days later) and then had a positive on a digital that read PREGNANT on NOV 13th...so only 8dpo!  I know that is incredibly early, but some people just really have quick implantations.  The baby before that (lost to d&c) was found positive at 10dpo on FRER.  And to show accurate they are...I was at 16hcg the day I found out on the digital!  Good luck!

[bioclock1]

thanks girls! I'll keep praying! :)

[mj_mommy_manda]

aww.. well Im sorry.. *baby dust* to you and I hope you get your BFP and your "sign" soon.  Good luck!

[lheid]

aww....dont get down in the dumps yet!! your still early, and you could have ovulated late

[bioclock1]

thats crazy!!! :) LOL...
congrats on your pregnancy

i just got confirmation that i'm not pregnant. I'm on cd 21 with 31 or 33 day cycles so its possible that i'm preggo and haven't officially "implanted" but i'm not keeping my fingers crossed.... :(
oh well...i wanted to lose weight first anyways!! :)

[mj_mommy_manda]

lol after reading your post above about "looking for a sign" I did that too when I thought I was pregnant.. It was more of "looking for a sign that my baby was ok" because of my miscarriages.. and actually everynight when I was driving home from the night that I started "looking" the streetlight at the end of my road would turn off as I drove by.. Kinda weird and pretty ironic.. But even now (im 22 weeks) it still turns off when Im driving by at night.. and sometimes streetlights on my way home will turn off as im driving by too.. Its kind of creepy and maybe irrelevant but I like to take it as my "sign" lol

[durhamjk1]

I tested with First Resonse Early Response at 11 DPO (3 days before my period was to arrive) and I got a faint BFP - and then I tested the next day and it was darker, but not much.  I then caved and bought a digital and it popped up pregnant on the day I was supposed to get my period.   Good luck!

[lheid]

thanks and congrats on your pregnancy!! have a happy and healthy 9 months!

[KM604]

I tested with Clearblue (not digital but the test upt o 5 days early one) 3 days before AF was due and it was a FAINT positive and then a Clearblue digital said NOT PREGNANT.  Then I tested with those same exact tests one day after AF was due, got a plus sign right away and a PREGNANT.  So I would test either the day or day after AF is due, because even if you read those percentages about testing at 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 days the chances of getting a better result are closer to AF.  Also, my hcg was 180 2 days after AF was due, so my levels were barely up there the day I got the FAINT positive - so if you are pg the levels might be too low.  Good Luck!

[lheid]

lol...alright...i am back!

[msgorgeous]

have a good lunch :) i on the other hand do not have a job soo ill be here lol

[lheid]

i can agree with both of you!! and your doing exactly what i am... i keep coming in here as often as i can!! what do you do?...alright...i will be back in a few...off to lunch!!

[msgorgeous]

That would be soo very Awesome i hope well do too!!

bio- if your a quack then i am too lol ;)

[bioclock1]

i'm at work too....trying to sneak in a read and post as much as i can.
i just want to know one way or the other. part of me is feeling pregnant and confident i am and the other part of me is saying "you've thought this before you quack!" ehhehe

[lheid]

i hope we all get our bfps!! that would be awesome

[lheid]

lol...i know the feeling... i am at work.. and my brain is not functioning today!

[bioclock1]

i wish i had a little kid around me!! i've even resorted to praying for a "sign" b/c i'm so impatient. Other than the dream i had the day i took the test and  got apositive (which was before the prayer for a sign) i haven't seen anything! ;(

i can't wait to find out for you both!!!

[msgorgeous]

little kids that age are just amazing :) yeah i know how you feel you dont want to get your hopes up but at the same time it sounds promising. im around kids my boyfriends lil necies sp? i cant spell today geez lol anyway im just waiting for them to tell me that i am lol but nothing and i do know thats not a sign i could be preggers its just its hopeful lol

[lheid]

lol...i hope so!! but i dont want to get my hopes up for nothing!!

[bioclock1]

lheid..

bring your son my way!! I've also heard that babies have a 6th sense!!! sound promising!!!

[lheid]

lol!! i hope thats the case with me!! hehe... now the only problem is if i am preggers, and its a girl... i will be in trouble!! he doesnt want a sister... he wants a brother...lol he says he doesnt know how to take care of a sister, but he does a brother. I asked him how do you know... you dont have one...and he said...."trust me mom...i know"...lol... and the best part is he is only 3... he will be 4 in sept

[msgorgeous]

really that sounds very promising im not trying to get your hopes up but you know i heard that small children have a sence or feeling for things like that like intution sp? a few woman on here had said that there children knew they were pregnant be 4 they did. soo cheers to your son lol :)

[lheid]

hmmm... i will definately try either or both of those!! lol...i am addicted to testing so I am sure I will break down and do both!! thanks for you input! and congrats to you

[pmperez]

I used first response 1 day before my period was due and got a positive...but like some of the others said, everyone is different