poas addicts

[JoMalones]

Is it just me? This ttc has turned me into a complete weirdo poas addict! It can't be normal! Please say it is normal or that I'm not alone!

Ok, so I buy internet cheapies and have one "proper" test if I get a BFP but this month I tested at 6dpo. At 7dpo I just held the test up and used the torch on my phone to see if there was a hint (obviously ridiculous!)

As they are just £2 a month for a bundle I'm hardly pissing away that much money and I do find it helps, getting that constant bfn doesn't feel like such a shock when AF arrives.

Anyone else an addict?

Yes I'm an addict you are not alone.

I did 3 ICs today, laid them side by side and stared at them all for about 20 minutes

Oh thank you both, good to know I'm not alone!

👍🏻 -> my version of "liking" this thread a la Facebook 😁

I'm a POAS addict, start from 7dpo, also stare at them for hours as if that could change the outcome and often keep them for a few days just in case the bfns miraculously turn to bfps

I'm 38 for gods sake, I need to get a grip!!

coffee actually laughed out loud in the staff room at work thought it was only me that kept them for days hoping for some kind of change . I've wasted a 2 pack of efr test hoping for a result with the high sensitivity, I shall be bankrupted by the time I get a bfp. Pass me he grip if you find it

I'm a total addict.

With DS1 I was testing twice a day from 7dpo.

I'm not TTC number 2 and have been testing since 7dpo. I've only been doing it once a day this time round though so I'm not quite as crazy!!

*now TTC number 2

Oh thank god....I do the torch on the phone thing too...and the staring at them.for 20 minutes (from all different angles) and the 2-3 a day with differently timed urines....and the keeping of them just in case....and the from 7dpo too

BUT....I blame eBay for cheap bulk buys of sticks...if you have 200...it would be rude not to use 2 or 3 at a time...maybe even 4 some days...
Definitely NOT that I'm addicted or anything. ..sniffs

I'm an anti poas-er, but a ferverent opk-er. I LOVE lining them all up and obsessing keeping tabs on test line progression. I hoard pregnancy tests (un-pissed on) though. I refuse to test until the day af is due from my longest cycle average glutton for punishment

Yes! I am looking at yesterday's again in case a line has miraculously appeared! I'm amazed the bathroom drawer isn't a bit whiffy as they are all in there in a draw - 3 a day

Starky how do you have such willpower? After doing the same thing with my opk I get withdrawal symptoms hence testing so early!

I try and see every day I don't poas a personal challenge jo more often than not I wake up and immediately going to the loo and flush before I can start obsessing! it's a mind boggler, but it gets me through! Especially as my cycles can be up to 43 days long. I can usually tell when af is going to appear though because I get sore armpit/boobs about a week previous. So that's my sign to start mentally preparing for a disappointment.