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I am so fed up :o(

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SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 21/12/2006 15:22

I am being a spoilt cow, I suppose, because we have only been ttc for a month and I of course hadn't expected any success for at least a few months. But here I am a week late, and I am NEVER late, and it seems too much of a coincidence that I would be late for the first time just when we happen to have started ttc - but all tests are negative, I have done several different brands. I can't afford to keep blowing money on tests, and I don't want to be preoccupied with this over Christmas and have to err on the side of caution re: drink and cheese etc, when I am probably not even bloody pregnant. It's driving me WILD. I have even resorted to taknig my bloody temperature, though I can extrapolate nothing useful from it because I don't know what it was before!!!

Arse. Arse.

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SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 21/12/2006 15:57

I am mainly using the cheapo dipstick tests (because they are £2.99) but have used a coupe of Sainsburys' own brand, one Boots one and a First Response (although that was a few days ago)

I know, I am chucking away FAR too much money on them, but I have no patience

I am starting to worry myself that there might be Something Else wrong, causing the late AF

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SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 21/12/2006 15:55
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Muminfife · 21/12/2006 15:32

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beansprout · 21/12/2006 15:26

Sorry to hear this. We are ttc too and I'm finding it a miserable business! I had four days of this at the beginning of the month (until AF came along). It drove me mad too. I lived in hope but it was a vain one. I have an irregular cycle too so I play this game most months!!

Hope you feel better soon

Tatties · 21/12/2006 15:26

Can the doc do a blood test? (I don't know, I've never had one) I know what you mean about it being a PITA having to err on the side of caution.

olittletownofberolina · 21/12/2006 15:25

oh Greeny

you do know tests can sometimes be neg for up to a few weeks into a pregnancy, don't you? Especially if you ovulated a bit later than usual.

I'd take it as a hopeful sign (without wanting to get your hopes up) - I'm like you, the only times I've ever been late, I've been pg

(P.S. Did it arrive yet?)