Yay! Tam, what excellent news! So glad you're back on the rollercoaster, it has been ages since you last had a cycle!

skye, my name is sushee and I am a POASer.

I have never gone a cycle without POASing, mainly because I felt the need to be prepared for any bad news the BT would bring. If it was -ve, I felt I could steel myself.

Then my last cycle, I POASed 2 days prior to my BT. I was 11dpo and it was very definitely a -ve. I kept the blasted thing for an hour, and it didn't change.

But two days later, my BT showed a HCG of 73! So the HPT was wrong.

I don't care what the manufacturers say. Unless you're carrying twins (and therefore producing heaps of HCG) you're more likely to get a -ve even if pg than a +ve if you test prior to AF.

Not that I'm saying not to do it, just be realistic that HPTs seem to not be definitive anyway!

love
sushee