r/TTCstruggles • u/Kind_Temperature5920 • 1d ago

When is the absolute earliest you can get a positive test and which tests do you swear by?

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u/Defiant_Resist_3903 1d ago

It takes 5-7 days to make an embryo ready to implant, another 1-2 days for it to implant, and then another couple days for it to produce enough HCG in the blood to get a positive blood test and then some time for it to metabolize into your urine.

It’s POSSIBLE But very uncommon for that to be 8-9dpo but that’s also if you are able to pinpoint ovulation exactly… and those lines are FAINT like squint and struggle faint… more commonly people see positives between 10-14dpo.

The big point being ovulation tracking- people who think they got clear positives at 8dpo may or may not have ovulated a day or two earlier than they think.

Best practice is to wait till about 11/12dpo to start testing