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I found this post and found it super informative. I love how she broke this down for ANYONE that's NOT getting BFP at 10 dpo.

hCG doubles every 48 hours. You can have a level of 1 - 5 in a non pregnant state.

Implantation could be later than you think.

If a woman implants at 8dpo, with a 'non pregnant' hCG level of 1 [Which is totally normal] it would rise as follows

8dpo - 1miu hcg
10dpo - 2miu
12dpo - 4miu
14dpo [Day AF is typically due] - 8miu
16dpo - 16miu

So this lady wouldn't finnd out until 15dpo on a very senstive 10miu pregnancy test. Obviously if she implants LATER than 8dpo [which is normal] she will find out even later.

Now, Take a lady who implants at 8dpo, But has a Non pregnant' hCG level of 5. Hers looks like this;

8dpo - 5miu
10dpo- 10miu - Could find out here on superdrug own, internet cheapie
12dpo - 20miu - Could find out here with freedom cheapie strip/most poundland tests and asda own]
Cont...

....14dpo - 40miu [day period is typically due] Most tests would pick it up here

So, This lady, Even though implantation is on the same say for both ladies, Can find out MUCH sooner. Now, If this lady were to implant at 6dpo she could potentially find out at just 8dpo. But if the first lady were to implant at 12dpo, She would find out even later, Even if they have the same cycle and OV days!

With my last 2 kids I didn't find out until 5 weeks or 20 DPO approximately. But I wasn't TTC and paying as close attention. Just kind of a hummm...I wonder? I should test! BAM! Double Bold lines. Now I'm wondering if i just have a super long fallopian path and my babies take a long time to travel to the uterus and I would have to wait until 5 weeks to find out no matter what or even later!!! But it's not over til AF shows. Even then you might be surprised!!! It's not over until it's over.