I swore I would never turn into one of those women who do this but I have now gone a bit completely test mad...
I managed to wait a pathetic 5 days after the last SWI before doing the first test - not sure how I convinced myself it was worth testing after 5 days but I did. BFN.
Then I promised myself I'd wait until AF and busied myself on the internet ordering vast quantities of cheap OPK and more preggie tests. (its the first step on the slippery slope ladies)
I cracked the day before AF was due, another BFN, the day AF due, BFN, 5 hours later, BFN. Bored of negative results I decided to do an OPK - was that ridiculous optimism? Excitement over a new purchase? sheer stupidity? I don't know, but I did it and it was negative. Sigh.
But wait! Then I realised I couldn't trust any negatives because it could still be too early. So I tested again the next day, and there was a slither of a line! Well, if you squinted and held the strip one inch from your eye, and stood next to the light from the window. After two hours of staring at the thing like its an 80's 3D Stereogram poster and damn near exhausting my peripheral vision, I reasoned that I now had ample justification to splash out on a posh test.
2 hours later the posh test was done and I got the biggest fattest nothing you've ever seen. Sigh. But wait! Then I remembered that it is better to do the tests first thing in the morning and all these had been in the afternoon (something to do with will power wearing off by about 2 o'clock I think) So I resolved to test again the next day, bright and early. BFN's are easier to see in the early morning sunlight, so another Sigh.
Back on the internet (when I am not in the bathroom testing, I am online looking up facts about testing) I made a chart of all my fertility info then I ordered a nice filofax thing which does the whole thing better (love Amazon) then signed up to fertilefriend.com and input the same info all over again. 10 mins on MN and I found three threads where women have got BFP 12 days after a missed period. Hope again!
But waaaaaiiiiit.... aren't I getting a little obsessed now? Does this mean testing everyday (OK, I confess, sometimes twice a day) for the next 12 days or more? This will mean admitting to proper addiction and the clear need for some kind of Testers Anonymous 12 step program.
So, anyone been where I am? What's cold turkey like?