How Many Blinks to a BFP?
Well, here we are… Sunday. The last day of peeing on sticks for me. It’s a bittersweet day for sure. I’ve spent the last three years peeing on sticks month after month, searching for a hint or a trace of a line, trying to will one to magically appear. But now they are positive. I’ve peed on a stick a day since I got the first positives, and said I’d stop when I got the blood test. I will go in at 8 am (PST) for a blood draw tomorrow and will have the results by noon, so no more pee sticks for me.
It’s hard to come up with a pee stick grand finale. Sure, seeing the lines get nice and dark is great, but how to you really go out with a bang? Well, I think I figured it out. I present to you possibly the first ever pee stick VIDEO! Before you cringe, there is no pee in the video, just the stick.
The last test I had was a Clear Blue Easy Digital and last week, I decided too late that I should have counted how many blinks to a BFP (Big Fat Positive). Well, here you have it. I call this “How Many Blinks”. (I think the volume might be a bit loud, so you may want to turn down your speakers just a tad so as not to have a heart attack).
It appears that it blinks once per second, and I believe it waits at least one minute (60 blinks) to give a positive, and up to 180 blinks (3 minutes) for the result to be readable. You can see by the test strip why it came up at the 60 second mark this time. The top strip is from the first test at 5dp5dt (10 dpo) and the bottom strip is from today’s at 11dp5dt (16 dpo). The test line is on the left, and yes, the test line is darker than the control line today! You can’t argue with that.
I probably won’t update with my Beta numbers until around noon (PST) tomorrow, as I have to take Calista to the dentist and then preschool after my blood draw. In the meantime, feel free to make a vote on the right as to what the results will be.
If you need some help on the Beta vote:
- With Calista, my Beta was 683 at 17 dpo.
- Tomorrow will be 17 dpo for this pregnancy.
- There are also beta ranges found here (I will be 4.5 weeks at the time of testing) — http://babymed.com/faq/Content.aspx?13459.
- Twins sometimes — but not always — have higher betas.
- Last, but not least, I have read that IVF betas tend to be a little lower than traditional pregnancies.
ETA ~ Sorry the video is a tad dark, I hope you can make out the blinking and the “Pregnant” at the end!
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LOL! Beautiful!!! So happy for you, Skip and Big sister Calista!!!
Love,
Laura…
PS You are being summoned to the BG, Little Lady…LOL
LOL I just love the video! Thanks for the Sunday morning laugh! ;-) Good luck tomorrow – I can’t wait to hear what those numbers are!
I couldn’t really make out the blinking, but it was really cute anyway! Good luck tomorrow! Have you told Calista yet? :)
Sommer ~ That music was too damn funny!!! DH must think I am in here playing online Jeopardy! LOL! Yay!!!!!! Good idea for the last *harrah* of POAS!!!!!!!!!!
Amy :)
Oh Sommer that is so very wonderful! I was cracking up for the video though. LOL. It was awsome! Can’t wait to hear your #’s!!!
OMG that is TOOOO funny!!!
You rock!you even made got it all in the frame
H&H 9 mos to you and I look forward to the big announcment tomorrow- This blog is becoming my crack- I AM ADDICTED!!!
lol
katya
LOL! With all my POASing in my life, I have never done a digital test before. But now, thanks to Sommer, I feel like I have! Too funny!
Sommer,
I think you should save all the money that you would have spent on HPTs and use it on pregnancy massages. Especially if you do indeed have two babies in there. You’ll need it!
I love the video. :)
I LOVE the video . . .it should definitely be on YouTube!!! It’s the kind of video that you expect to circulate all over the internet especially on all of the mom/fertility boards!! Very cool and Congratulations once again!
You are too funny!!! Very cool video, I agree it should be on YouTube!
Tomorrow will be exciting to hear what your actual numbers will be!
Congrats to all of you!
Hi Sommer…good luck today. When I had my beta at 16 dpo about 3 yrs ago it was 1786 and I was pg with twins. Can’t wait to hear your numbers. How are you feeling??
Yeah!! ha ha- love the video. I’m just waiting to see in on the Ellen show now! ha ha ha.
Can’t wait to hear your numbers today.
That was good!!! I feel as if I am a stalker b/c each day I come here to read your update. But I will say I will be stalking you today to see your bets!!! I voted for aroun 800-1000!!
Awesome! I agree, def. Youtube material! LOL What a great way to end your POAS career…but you know damn well it aint your last one! LOL
XOXOXO
PS For some reason, I am not able to vote on your HCG poll, but my guess is 1350!
that was hilarious! i’m another one that never did a digital, so that was great! :)
Great video Sommer! That second test is darker than either of my digital tests done at 15 DPO with Dakota and Zac! :)
Oh Sommer that video clip is classic!!
Congrats again!! You deserve this so much!!
Great video! Congrats! :)