POAS

I'm one of those infertiles that has absolutely no issue with POAS from the day of transfer. My reproductive endocrinologist (who has passed away) told his patients that it was actually a good thing to POAS every day starting with transfer.

Yes, you'll have some residual hCG in your urine from your trigger. But that's fine. You POAS every day. You watch the trigger disappear. THEN if anything REAPPEARS, you are nearly 100% certain that it is because of implantation and NOT the damned trigger.

Why is this important to know?

Well, for an immune patient such as myself, I'm supposed to get an infusion of intralipds the first second I know I'm pregnant. I'm also supposed to double my lovenox injections. Both help to support the attached embryo. The sooner you know, the sooner you can act. Also, from an insurance standpoint, some benefits are better once you are pregnant. So if you test +, then get immediate blood test confirmation, many prescription drugs that aren't covered for the infertile might suddenly be covered for the pregnancy. One such drug that comes to mind is IVIg. $2500 for a cash payer without coverage. Reason enough in my book.

So knowledge is power in the hand of an infertile immune patient.

I've done a bit of reading online about which POAS are the best. Many seem to test at 25mIU of hCG. Some require as much as 50 or 100, which is crazy in my book. There used to be some POAS made by Inverness labs (So Cal) which measured amounts as low as 10mIU but they only seem to be available in the UK or EU these days.

One I found that has great reviews is made by WondFo of China. It says that it measures to 20mIU of hCG but tests have shown that they pick up hCH as low as 10 to 12mIU.

I bought a lot of 50 on Amazon for less than $12 and will be POAS with abandon.