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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Original poster

RIGHT, JUST STEP AWAY FROM THE FIRST RESPONSE AND NO-ONE GETS HURT

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lissiethevampireslayer · 11/10/2007 11:50

i have wasted a stupid amount of money on pg tests over the last 8y (esp over the last 2) yet, its 10dpo again and my purse/body is twitching for some wee-stick action again. anyone want to join me in NOT testing?

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sweetbean · 12/10/2007 20:53

Good luck girlies !!!

Fingers crossed for BFP'S xxx

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lissiethevampireslayer · 12/10/2007 20:32

lol, will you be testing tomorrow then?
i shall test on tues (af due) and not before!

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digitalgirl · 12/10/2007 19:25

well done lissie! do you have a day in mind when you will test?

I must confess I slipped up once during this 2ww. now i feel like i've finally learnt to control my testing urges I'll be 14dpo tomorrow, don't want to test. i like not knowing.

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lissiethevampireslayer · 12/10/2007 16:53

day 2 of not testing

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lissiethevampireslayer · 11/10/2007 16:57

it is a good read, but no amount of temping will curb my urges im afraid

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pixie04 · 11/10/2007 14:15

DropDeadFred they are the ones I buy

mawbroooooooooon I've got "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" on order by your reccomendation I think. Thank you BTW

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lissiethevampireslayer · 11/10/2007 13:58

yep, charting. but i still test

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Dropdeadfred · 11/10/2007 13:58

you need these!!

mawbroooooooooon · 11/10/2007 13:57

I don't find it difficult anniemac although last month's chart was all over the place as ds was ill so I was up in the night with him a lot and having to take temps at funny times.

You can buy special basal body temp thermometers (I believe) but I just have a normal digital one. I think it said in the book that the ear thermometers aren't accurate enough though. And you will need some form of chart for recording your temperatures on. I have copied the one out of the Taking charge of your fertility book, however I believe that there are all sorts of charts available on the net. You do need to read up on it though because the data is meaningless if you don't know how to interperet it.

I read Toni Weschler's book a few months ago when I was convinced that I wasn't ovulating (still breastfeeding) but I saw very quickly that indeed I am ovulating and now know roughly when it's going to happen and to act accordingly around that time

thetryingistrying · 11/10/2007 13:55

too late for me i have peed on 3 sticks already.

i tried the temping thing but at the time dd wasn't sleeping v. well so it became impossible. maybe i should give it another go.

anniemac · 11/10/2007 13:51

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mawbroooooooooon · 11/10/2007 13:49

Are any of you self proclaimed testaholics charting?

No need for tests if you chart because your chart can tell you everything you need to know.

Basal body temp rises after ovulation and stays high during pregnancy, but drops if no pregnancy happens.

Temp still high after 18 days (or more than four days longer than your normal luteal phase)? Pregnant.

Temp dropped? Not pregnant.

Toni Weschler's book Taking Charge of your Fertility explains it all.

And, because you can only measure your basal temp after you've been asleep for more than three hours, there is nothing to tempt you and you just have to wait until the next day.

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lissiethevampireslayer · 11/10/2007 13:33

i know

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LilBloodRedWantsGore · 11/10/2007 13:31

Lissie!

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lissiethevampireslayer · 11/10/2007 13:30

af is due on tues, but i ALWAYS get early bfps. my self control doesnt extend past then

lol pixie

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LilBloodRedWantsGore · 11/10/2007 13:28

How many days late will you be on Tuesday Lissie?

pixie04 · 11/10/2007 13:25

I'm prob going to test on Saturday hehehe and I'm CD2 was going to test on Saturday if AF hadn't arrived but I think I'll do it even though she has.

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lissiethevampireslayer · 11/10/2007 13:21

it wasnt me!

i am actually not testing til tuesday.
really!
honest!

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LilBloodRedWantsGore · 11/10/2007 13:19

LISSIE - PUT THAT TEST DOWN RIGHT NOW!!!!

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lissiethevampireslayer · 11/10/2007 13:19

lol pixie, i test after af too. so nice to know im not a looper.

thanks doodledoo

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Doodledootoo · 11/10/2007 13:14

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pixie04 · 11/10/2007 13:12

That sould have read

"My name is Pixie and I am a "pee on a stick" addict!"

Opps see what my obsession is doing to me!

pixie04 · 11/10/2007 13:09

My name is Pixie and I have am a "pee on a stick" addict!

I even test a couple of days after AF has arrived just in case it wasn't a real AF. I go through them like loo paper and buy cheapys in advance off ebay.

I even did an OPK and a HPT at the same time to see the difference. I love my OPK's though because I get a faint line everyday (apparently thats a BFN in OPK land). I just like to see what a BFP would look like IYSWIM.

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lissiethevampireslayer · 11/10/2007 12:20

pmsl kitty, i saw those too. v tempting! my SiL has waiting til af is 3w late before testing with her 2.

HOW?

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spookykitty · 11/10/2007 12:17

hi lissie if we could only wait until AF turns up or not, don't you hate it when people say whey do you test early I waited until AF was 2 weeks late ffs - who are these people?

I am seriously considering giving DP my purse and cards and only giving me £2 a day so I cannot buy any hpts (although have seen some in the £1 shop 3 for £1 (although will probably tell me I'm a man or something)

SK walks away muttering I WILL NOT TEST TIL HALLOWEEN