How soon after ovidrel can you test

Typically, it takes about 10 days for the drug hCG to clear from blood and urine. So, if you do an UPT too soon — 10 days or less after the hCG injection — you may get a false positive because you are detecting the medication that is still in your blood and urine, not the hCG that a pregnancy is making. While the two-week wait can be stressful and testing at home can be tempting, I recommend against testing at home.

If not timed properly, the results of your home pregnancy test may not be accurate, and could set you up for disappointment and confusion. The medication and fertility drugs in general may not be effective for these women. If you are at high risk of developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome OHSS , your doctor may forgo Ovidrel.

OHSS is one of the possible risks of fertility drug use. Sometimes, your doctor will cancel your fertility treatment cycle mid-cycle based on the results of hormonal blood work and ultrasound monitoring of your ovaries.

You might have the Ovidrel shot already at home, but be told not to use it. Going through with the injection could put your health at risk. Severe OHSS can be life-threatening. Talk to your doctor if you have concerns. However, the general usage of Ovidrel is similar regardless of the fertility treatment protocol. Ovidrel is given as a subcutaneous injection. This is as opposed to intramuscular injection, like progesterone, that needs to be injected into the muscle.

Giving yourself the injection even just a few hours off from the prescribed time can cause problems for your treatment cycle. Place the used Ovidrel syringe into an approved sharps container. Your fertility clinic will provide instructions on what to do. Most women do not experience any significant side effects beyond local discomfort at the injection point. In clinical trials of Ovidrel, one in three women using the medication for IVF treatment experienced at least one adverse effect. For those using it for ovulation stimulation only like with an IUI cycle , one in four women experienced at least one adverse effect.

Some of the more common adverse effects of Ovidrel include abdominal pain, upset stomach, nausea, vomiting, and pain or bruising at the site of injection. Whenever fertility drugs are used, there is a risk of developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome OHSS. OHSS is more often related to the use of gonadotropins along with Ovidrel, than from taking Ovidrel by itself. Still, you should be aware of the possible symptoms. Talk to your doctor if you experience OHSS symptoms or have any questions.

Ovulation typically occurs within 24 to 36 hours of an Ovidrel injection. The optimal time is based on when you gave yourself the trigger shot. Giving the odds of pregnancy success for those using Ovidrel is tricky because success depends on so many factors.

For example, if you have a year old IVF patient with a good prognosis using Ovidrel and compare her to a year-old woman having an IUI cycle using Ovidrel, the success rates will vary significantly.

One study published in looked at whether an r-hCG shot Ovidrel improved IUI pregnancy success rates when compared to cycles where they relied on the natural LH surge, used r-hCG, or timed the injection to occur at the same time as the natural LH surge. The researchers found a significant improvement in pregnancy success for cycles that used r-hCG and especially, those that combined an r-hCG injection with the body's LH surge. The wait time to find out if you're pregnant after fertility treatment also coined the "two week wait" or tww is fraught with all sorts of anxieties and emotions.

The anticipation during that window of time stirs a pot of emotions that can be hard to manage, especially with the added pressure of the old adage that stress affects your fertility. For many, the culmination of their anxiety and emotional rollercoaster ends with the penultimate moment: "THE" blood test beta HCG level also called "beta". These tests are usually done at their doctor's office at the start of their day which is followed by a never ending wait for the phone call with the result.

Many people opt to "cheat" and do a home pregnancy test during their two week wait, prior to finding out the results of their blood test. Why would someone do that? Well, it makes sense for a lot of reasons. The first test will be positive, but eventually the tests will be negative. Personally, I hated the idea of looking at positive pregnancy tests unless it was the real thing. It felt like a cruel mind game. So I never tested out the trigger. When it comes to home pregnancy tests, false positives are far less common than false negatives.

So if you get a positive on a home test, definitely do a little happy dance, but get a blood hCG test to confirm the results. Also, a pregnant woman usually has more hCG in her blood than in her urine. The hours crawl by as you wait for the results, desperate for a high number.

You probably have at least a few friends who have no idea what their beta level was — the doctor just confirmed that they were pregnant with one blood test and that was that. But infertility patients are usually sent for multiple tests, and the stakes feel higher.

In the early weeks of pregnancy, doctors want to see the number doubling every hours. It could be anywhere from 6 to 10 days after ovulation. So exciting!