When should I take a pregnancy test?

Question

So as fertilisation can happen between 6-12 days do I start counting from the beginning of my fertile week or do I count from the day I got a positive opk to figure out the earliest I can test?

The beginning of my fertile week was 17th Nov and I got a positive opk on  21st Nov.

I know it is best to wait until a missed AF but I'm too impatient haha. Also just wondering when all of you ladies count from becuase I don't have a clue.

Answer

It's recommended to wait till AF is due for better accuracy. But if you want to test early I would say 8 dpo is early enough. You have to keep in mind that you may see negatives all the way thru and this causes some unnecessary stress.  Also testing early can pick up on early chemical pregnancies that give you a positive then AF shows up anyway(to unwound the have known if you waited it out)... so again weigh out if you can handle these risks first.  I like to test early and start at 7 dpo lol but that's probably not realistic... I just can't wait... and then if I get an early positive I keep in mind that AF still may show.... so then I test to see if it gets darker each day leading up to af... I need POASAA (pee on a stick addict anonymous)? I pre ordered ebay cheapies (sensitive 10 mIU/ml)

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I used to count from the day i got a pos opk but now iam not sure if thats correct iam gunna count from the end of my fertile week untill i get somone else point of veiw. Ttc is a tad confusing

Answer

I got a bfp at 8 dpo! But that's only the earlier side. I'm still surprised it came out that early!

When should I take a pregnancy test?

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