So after a shitty couple of days I thought I'd express how I'm feeling and if this can help even one other person then that's a job done to me.
This week I started testing on HPTs from 8dpo...I was strong faint positives on FRERs and internet cheapies. The vast majority of people I showed pics to could also see a second line. I really got my hopes up thinking this may be it! Then today, AF arrived! To be honest I had an I cling that the lines were too faint to be real and that something was off.
Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that from now on I will no longer be testing before AF arrived. Why put ourselves through the heartache and hassle? We waste money on expensive tests every month for the sake of waiting just a few days to see if our period comes or not...And if we're unfortunate to pick up a chemical pregnancy early, we put ourselves through unnecessary heart ache over something we wouldn't of known had we just waited those few extra days!
This has taught me to just have a bit of patience and faith in my body. To not drive myself crazy symptoms spotting and to just let nature take its course. After all, surely all that pressure we're putting on ourselves could be actually hindering our chances of conceiving successfully??
#RantOver