53% Accurate

That's an F in my book, yet it didn't stop us from taking the test anyway.  Remember how I said, I hate waiting?  Jillian isn't much better.

All the new pregnancy tests in the store these days indicate that you can test 5 days before missed period**....the ** reads - "Testing early: The One Step Pregnancy Test can be used as early as 4 days before you expect your period.  That's 5 days sooner that waiting until you miss your period to test.  The amount of pregnancy hormone increases rapidly in early pregnancy.  In clinical testing with early pregnancy samples, the One Step Pregnancy Test gave the following results:
# of Days before expected pregnancy - 4, % of women getting a "+"(pregnant) result with One Step Pregnancy Test - 53%."  The percentage does get better as the days go by, with 87% accuracy the day before the period is suppose to start. and 99% the day one is suppose to start.

We took the test yesterday at lunch, depending on who's calendar we use, she's scheduled to start Friday or Saturday....it was negative.  Of course we have given ourselves a million and one reasons not to give up hope just yet - we took the test too soon, took it at noon instead of in the morning, she hasn't actually started her period yet, the test only gets failing results even if it wasn't too early.  At the same time we're telling ourselves that we will keep trying, this isn't the end, it's just the beginning, we'd be super lucky for it to work the first time...kinda schizo in my head to tell the truth.

So the plan is to wait til Friday, and take the test again, if she hasn't started to bleed.  If it's positive, then we get all excited and start the baby prepping in earnest....if not, first, we take a deep breath, then we book a hot tub, something Jillian won't be able to enjoy once she's pregnant, and we move forward.  At this point, I think we'll be skipping February and try to inseminate again in March.  Also, originally we had said that if we didn't get pregnant the first time doing it ourselves at home, we'd book an appointment with the Dr., for subsequent tries to do intrauterine insemination, IUI...I think we've changed our minds and are going to try intravaginal, IVI,  again at home.