Pregnant woman who tested earlier than missed period and got a positive!!!?

Question

I am 12 DPO, is it ok if I take a pregnancy test today… I have done the research and looked at the box for accuracy, but I would like personal experiences on early testers of HPT… I just want to know if you found out earlier than your missed period… mine is due Sunday, but I want to test now… I won’t be upset if I am not, but I will be ecstatic if I am… my husband and I have been trying, but I just found out my brother and sister in law are pregnant last night..YAY!!!!!!, (they have been married 10 years and this is thier first baby) so my happy feelings have been drawn to them, I don’t really care about myself now, but I just want to know if I am… thanks for your experiences!!!! P.S. just a little history, I’m 25, and we tried 2 days b4 ovulation and the day of ovulation around twice per day… I am having symptoms but since they are similar to period its hard to say which they are for?!? Again thank you for listening!!!!!!

I am going to test at lunch :)

WOW... thanks for all the positive responses!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Yeah I took my first one about a week before my missed period it came back negative, then I waited a day and took two more. Those two came back positive, with a very very faint line but it was a line! I would say go for it. I couldnt wait eitehr :-) And if not wait till you are supposed to start and do it again. I know the waiting stinks! Just think of it this way, all its going to cost is about $10 for a test. But if it comes back negative, I would still take another one. I wish you the best of luck! I hope everything works out how you want it :-)

Answer 2

I took a pregnancy test 7 days before my period was due and got a positive result.. I was pregnant.

How soon can I test? Well, first you gotta know how the test works. Briefly: the home pregnancy test (HPT) works by detecting a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG.) When an egg is fertilized, it takes about 6 to 12 days to implant in the uterus, and then it begins to secrete hCG. It takes another day or two for enough hCG to build up and make its way into your pee. So, generally speaking, the earliest you can expect a positive HPT is 8 days past ovulation ("DPO") and the latest would be about 16 DPO. It is possible to get a positive test earlier or later, but not as common. In my experience, if you use a sensitive "early" test (anything that detects 25 mIU/mL of hCG or less) you can test around 12-14 DPO and feel reasonably secure with your results (the later you test, the more secure you can feel in its accuracy.)

If you do not chart or monitor your fertility in any way, and you think you may have conceived, you should wait 19 days (or longer) after having sex to test. Why 19?! Sperm can live approximately 5 days in the proper environment; if the sperm managed to live until you popped an egg, the actual conception could have taken place several days after the sex act that got the sperm there. To make sure you're not testing too early, assume the sperm had very long lives (5 days is considered a very long sperm life) and that conception occurred then. Then allow 14 days for the embryo to implant and develop enough hCG to show up on a pregnancy test (96% of pregnant women will test positive by then.)

Note: some HPT's say "test 5 days before your period is due!" or some such thing. Please note they are assuming a textbook 28-day cycle, with ovulation on Day 14. "5 days before your period is due" thus really "translates" to 10 DPO.

Essentially, you should remember that your high school biology textbook was WRONG. NOT all women have 28-day cycles and NOT all women ovulate on Day 14. For more info on this type of thing, see the Fertility Info section.

Here's an example. This is the textbook-perfect 28-day cycle with ovulation occurring on day 14 (in pink.) 10 DPO and later are reasonable days for testing (in green.) This is the cycle the HPT companies have in mind when they say "test 5 days before your period is due!"



Well, not everyone's body works this way. Here's another 28-day cycle-- but this one has ovulation occurring a little bit later, still well within the normal range. Watch what happens to your (green) testing opportunities!



All of a sudden, "5 days before your period is due!" is way too early for you to expect a positive test! (I tend to ovulate later myself, so by the time the "gold standard" of testing at 14 DPO is applicable, my period is already 3 days late! I needed to use an "early detection" test on the first day of my missed period. A "regular" test would probably have been negative-- even though my daughter is living proof that I was, indeed, pregnant ;)

Of course, it works in reverse, too. If you're an early ovulator, you're lucky! Check it out:



In this scenario, you could test even sooner than 5 days before your expected period.

Ultimately, it's important to remember that implantation is a variable thing. You may be able to detect a pregnancy very early on, but then again, you may not! If you can't, don't despair.



Go to http://www.peeonastick.com and good luck

If you are not pregnant go to http://www.mymonthlycycles.com and put in your period info and it will calculate when you will be fertile and ovulating. (Free and helpful site)

Answer 3

I am 33 weeks today and I tested before a missed period. The reason I tested early, I began to feel sick and because I have had other children I knew that I had to be pregnant. So I brought the (First Response) pregnancy test and it did come out positive.

The test was a little fainter however, when I was reading the instructions it said that I was pregnant even if the test was faint. I also went to the doctor to take a blood test to be 100% sure and it also turned out postive...

So go ahead and test you might be pregnant.. Good Luck!!! Congratulations to your sister in law... You are next!!!!

Answer 4

I was look for the same Answer!! I'm going to take the test today 8th October. I'm suposed to get my period on the12th October. Luckily I do not get sick at all while i'm pregnant. But yesterday my Boobs are sore and thats one sign of pregnancy. We have 2 girls Praying for a boy!! 3xd a charm

Answer 5

I was due on a saturday and I found out tuesday morning. A friend of mine found out 2 days before her pd. was due. I think she used a first response because they allow you to test up to five days before a missed period.

Answer 6

Good luck, I hope you are, We are trying too. This is my ovulation window now til tuesday, so I got the first 'dose' this morning! lol. Add to your details to lets us know what the test showed. My first showed positive 2 days before missed period, 14DPO

Answer 7

I got a positive result 8 days before my period was due. The line was very faint, so i took one a few days later and it was darker.

Answer 8

There's tests out there that let you take them 5 days before the missed period. My friend did that and it came out positive for her! She did the E.P.T. one.

Good luck!!

Answer 9

i am 8 weeks and i took a test sunday and i was not due for my period until wed it was a very faint like but it was there

Answer 10

most tests can be done at least 4 days before your due. so go do it NOW!!!!
let us know the outcome X X X X
GOOD LUCK