How early to you start testing?

[cinderbella]

I try to wait until 10dpo but I'm not always successful - I get swayed by the stories of bfps at 8 or 9dpo and get impatient.

So when do you start testing?

(brought to you by a bfn this morning at a ridiculously early 8dpo)

[ouokie]

I wait until I'm late. I just don't like seeing negatives and wasting strips (although I have about 20 pregnacy tests). I have tested at 9 DPO and have had a BFP but that resulted in a CP.

[kellikans]

I usually wait until 12dpo or I'm late.

[konapoppy]

I also start crazy early. It normally goes something like is:
8dpo: bfn (duh)
9dpo: bfn (hmm, others Get bfp then, I must not be pregnant)
Then I juts wait for cd1

It is not the smartest plan and basically just wastes tests, but it makes me feel better for some reason

[raangoli]

I've tested on 10 and 11 DPO. I temp so there's really no point in testing earlier than that. Plus I'd hate to be disappointed.

[ginkgoleaf]

I try to hold out till 12dpo. My 2 positives have been at 13dpo. 1 was my DS, the other was a CP.

[rt2008]

I don't usually test til 11 or 12 DPO these days. I've been pregnant 6 times (only have 1 kid) and have never gotten a BFP before 12 DPO.

[soexcited317]

Maybe I should intro- but I am glad I read this post. I have been totally neurotic with testing this weekend. And now I realize it was way too early. I guess I knew that, but hopefully this will help calm me down.

[callmehales]

I haven't tested in almost a year. I temp and know what my cycles look like so I don't temp unless I'm late. Which hasn't happened.

[july]

I usually test after I am late. Negatives are not fun. I did test positive at 8dpo with the mmc, because my temp was tanking and the shot up. I won't test now until after it is late in case it is a cp.

[loira]

I got my BFP with V at 9DPO, my m/c BFPs at 13 and 12DPO. I usually test quite early because I like peeing on things, but this month we're going on holiday to Sicily, and I'm currently 7DPO. I'm not going to test while on holiday because I don't want the anxiety ruining our fun. By the time we come back, my period will either be late or will have showed.

[oneslybookworm]

I usually start around 10DPO/11DPO. I've never gotten a positive, so I have no idea when I'd see one personally, but that's usually when I start.

[mrsbunny]

I used to be super quick to test and started as early as 7dpo (I know, I know). After months of trying, I realized I was just wasting tests and getting my hopes up. I try to wait until I miss my period now, although I usually test if I'm only a day or two late. I just don't have the strength to wait until I'm a week late!

[Blackout81]

With my first I test at 11DPO every month. The cycle I was pregnant I got a BFN and didn't test again for 4 days (AF was late) and then got my BFP so I've learned it's better for me to wait.

The first few cycles TTC this time around I would test the day before my period was due. two cycles ago (we're now on cycle 8) I started waiting till I was late and will continue to do so.

[Susie]

I would usually start around 8dpo because I am impatient, and Wondfos are cheap. My luteal phase was typically only 10-11 days, so it wasn't a crazy number of tests/month. I got my first BFP at 10 dpo, but it was faint. I didn't feel "sure" about it until a darker line at 11 dpo.

[mpc]

I try to hold out til 12dpo, but will often test at 10 or 11. temping made me realize that my luteal phase is typically only 12 days

[belle55]

I typically wait until at least 12 dpo, if I even test. For some reason a bfn bums me out more than just getting my period, so I only test if I'm feeling particularly impatient or hopeful.

[grover]

I now wait until I'm late. BFN suck more for me now that we are 2 years in.

[macmars45]

Anymore I don't test unless I'm late which I have yet to be. I'm 8 cycles in and used to test at 12dpo but the bfn results would bum me out more than just getting my period.