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Is the tempation to test before AF is due too strong???????????

88 replies

ClearBlueFairy · 05/12/2006 21:38

Hello ladies!! I am the ClearBlueFairy, and I have been sent to watch over all you wonderful, gorgeous ladies!!
When you feel the urge to test before AF is due, count to ten and step away from the ClearBlue !! Have a warm cuppa and daydream about Sawyer from Lost (or someone you find attractive!) and take your mind off it!! Or why not come on to MN and I will sprinkle you with some common sense dust

A very wise woman once wrote - "Remember ladies that the percentages of those who get their BFPs on set dpo are as follows:
10dpo=35%/11dpo=51%/12dpo=62%/13dpo=68%/14dpo=74%/15dpo=80%/16dpo=88%/17dpo=92% and there are some who have not got their BFP until 21dpo!!"
Armed with those percentages you should never want to test early and risk all that (perhaps)unnecessary disappointment!

I can't stand to see all those understandably downtrodden women after that dreaded BFN... and some of those wonderful ladies will go on to get their BFP and needn't have put themselves through all that angst and worry!!

Come on now, it's the festive time... save your money... When the FirstResponseDevil is calling out your name... Just say NO!!!

Fingers crossed for lots of BFPs really soon for you all!!!! But remember, The ClearBlueFairy is always watching * * * * * * * * * * * *

OP posts:
mum03 · 22/12/2006 15:43

OK ClearBlueFairy - please help me.... I am only one day late, tested this morning - shame on me... bfn ofcourse. Now I need all the stregth not to test again tomorrow. I used an old cheap test this morning, but then I went and bought one of your tests! Now I did not get a bfp with my ds until I was 3 days late, so help me please, as I have so so so many pg symptoms I am driving myself crazy. Help me to resist testing til Christmas day please?!

babylove123 · 20/12/2006 17:43

Quootie, same here. even when we werent ttc, and i thought i was pg, i was disappointed.

Quootiepie · 20/12/2006 07:39

not actively TTC hun... AF just late, and theres always a part of me that doesn't like a BFN if you see what I mean xxx

merrylissiemas · 20/12/2006 07:36

all the usual suspects are still here. got a bfp with ds at 3 weeks so finding it harder and harder to resist

smellymelly · 20/12/2006 07:08

Quootiepie - sorry if this is over the line here, but is now a really good time for you to be trying for another? Surely getting 'yourself' back on track is more important at the moment...

Quootiepie · 20/12/2006 02:44

I had tummy cramps for over a week... maybe what I thought was pre-pregnancy, or pre-period is my ovulation, so im a few weeks behind. Must be BFing/stress xXx

RudolphsREADY · 19/12/2006 18:12

Mia84 - Hang in there, and wait for as long as you can before you test!! The longer you leave it, the more chance you have of getting an accurate response!! Fingers crossed for you.
You are right, the clearbluefairy does have excellent taste... she's soooo cool

RudolphsREADY · 19/12/2006 18:09

Quootie, could it be the breastfeeding that is throwing your cycle out of whack? Or perhaps the stress and depression? Those factors can have a massive bearing on your ovulation. Hang in there! Fingers crossed for you.

babylove123 · 19/12/2006 17:52

hey Quootie, we're missing period pals eh?!

Quootiepie · 19/12/2006 16:45

yep

rahrah1 · 19/12/2006 16:44

Are you normally regular Quootiepie?

Quootiepie · 19/12/2006 16:42

BFN again, my period just seems to have gone missing

Quootiepie · 19/12/2006 11:43

No chance of me being tempted to test - DH keeps forgetting to get one! I very much doubt I am, 2 BFNs already.

Quootiepie · 19/12/2006 11:42

rahrah {{hugs}}

mia84 · 19/12/2006 11:40

Clearblue fairy you have excellent taste. Sawyer is soooo sexy! mmmmmmmm

(Mia slips into a daydream about sawyer)

I dont know if its too early for me to test!! I'm on day 37! but last one was a 45 dayer due to mc. arghhhhh.
we bd everyday (sometimes twice a day ) for about a week and half, so since day 27, which according to some calculater thingimyjiggy would have been my 'time'. aww who knows!

rahrah1 · 19/12/2006 11:16

Wish I had read this before this morning...

Completed an Early Response test and got a BFN...

There was little chance of me being BFP anyway...but just cant resist those tests... Please send me strength and willpower to overcome these urges!!

Quootiepie · 19/12/2006 10:52

still not come on 7 days late...

RudolphsREADY · 19/12/2006 10:48

Aaw bless your DS, hope that you are feeling better soon and can enjoy your precious bundle of joy! Take care of yourself now!!

QuootiepiesChristmasName · 17/12/2006 22:35

that was meant to be

QuootiepiesChristmasName · 17/12/2006 22:34

DS is nearly 9 months [fmsile] xxx

RudolphsREADY · 17/12/2006 22:24

How old is your baby Quootie?? I'm so sorry that you are so down, I was so shocked to read the other post about your hospital visit. I hope you have lots of support. I don't know your history as I am relatively new to MN, but I do hope that everything works out for you. x

babylove123 · 17/12/2006 22:06

aww Quootie, not necc. Try to be positive, i am it's not over till its over!!!

QuootiepiesChristmasName · 17/12/2006 22:04

got another BFN at hospital, but 5 days late now. Had leg cramps (typical period ones) but they've stopped now....Its more than likely AF up the creek due to BFing

babylove123 · 17/12/2006 22:00

Im 15 days late, last test was on Fri 15th, going to test Tues 19th which will make me 17 days late........argh, think it may have 2 be 2morro tho!

merrylissiemas · 17/12/2006 15:36

you really are most wise clearblue fairy.