CD23: 4DP3.5DT
FRED #1
My bladder went off before 8:00AM this morning, but I lingered in bed til 8:10AM trying to avoid the inevitable POAS that I was destined for this morning.
8:10AM: I give up and dash to the bathroom.
Bladder wasn't as full as I had thought. Hmmm. Just enough to get the POAS to work with little to spare. Odd.
The single red line shows up almost immediately.
And persists.
Negative. One red line.
What did I expect so early in the game? I guess I should be happy that there's no sign of a trigger to mess with the future HPTs tho.
Back in bed, I give J the news. He's not surprised at all. But I'm bummed nevertheless. A negative FRED is an all too common sighting in our bathroom.
I go back to bed where I pop my bromelain, shoot up my lexapro, and put my cold feet on John.
Sigh.
Update: 9:30AM
Made a second bathroom trip just a few minutes ago and lo and behold, the FRED had the faintest of positive lines. Dr. Beer did say that we should give them much longer than the box directions say to. This I had forgotten but now I see why: it can take a while for minute amounts of HCG to show up.
I did a 10,000iu HCG trigger on 9/14, 9 days ago this evening, so I totally realize that this ever-so-slightly positive test could still be leftover HCG from the trigger shot. Dr. Google says that HCG has a half life of 33 to 36 hours. In other words, you can figure that it takes a day for each 1000 units to dissipate. So a 10,000iu shot would take 10 days to disappear, and a 15,000iu shot would take 15.
This is all, of course, dependant on a woman's individual metabolism though...so variation is to be expected. Your mileage may vary.
I'll be POASing again tomorrow.
Same bat time. Same bat place.
8:10AM: I give up and dash to the bathroom.
Bladder wasn't as full as I had thought. Hmmm. Just enough to get the POAS to work with little to spare. Odd.
The single red line shows up almost immediately.
And persists.
Negative. One red line.
What did I expect so early in the game? I guess I should be happy that there's no sign of a trigger to mess with the future HPTs tho.
Back in bed, I give J the news. He's not surprised at all. But I'm bummed nevertheless. A negative FRED is an all too common sighting in our bathroom.
I go back to bed where I pop my bromelain, shoot up my lexapro, and put my cold feet on John.
Sigh.
Update: 9:30AM
Made a second bathroom trip just a few minutes ago and lo and behold, the FRED had the faintest of positive lines. Dr. Beer did say that we should give them much longer than the box directions say to. This I had forgotten but now I see why: it can take a while for minute amounts of HCG to show up.
I did a 10,000iu HCG trigger on 9/14, 9 days ago this evening, so I totally realize that this ever-so-slightly positive test could still be leftover HCG from the trigger shot. Dr. Google says that HCG has a half life of 33 to 36 hours. In other words, you can figure that it takes a day for each 1000 units to dissipate. So a 10,000iu shot would take 10 days to disappear, and a 15,000iu shot would take 15.
This is all, of course, dependant on a woman's individual metabolism though...so variation is to be expected. Your mileage may vary.
I'll be POASing again tomorrow.
Same bat time. Same bat place.
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posted by linda at 11:33 AM
Comments on "CD23: 4DP3.5DT
FRED #1"
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Donna said ... (1:54 PM) :
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Anonymous said ... (4:53 PM) :
post a commentI'm still pushing all my lunch karma in your direction and I'll be obsessively checking on you every day.
Your entry made me crack up! Good luck with your cycle ... I will be sending you + POAS vibes.
I am smiling for you right now...!
But also keep in mind that you shouldn't count on results past the 10 minute time limit. It could be HCG yes, but I wouldn't trust any results past 10 minutes.
But also, like Millie said, I still think it's too early to test. You've still got a 5.5 days until beta. I'd say at least another three days before you should count on HPT's.