Dealing with disappointment

[Thunderpants5138]

How does everyone deal with the disappointment when AF arrives?
This is only our second month TTC but was due AF on Monday, did a test Tuesday morning and got a faint positive (so faint that I now know it was an evap). Planned to wait until Saturday to test again. But can now tell AF is on her way!

I think it's ok to be upset for a day or so, but then I usually try and pick myself up by treating myself at the shop, a nice treat and a bottle of something nice! Plan your next month and think about the possibilities...I'm gong to try SMEP next when my af decides to show!

I think we are programmed to think if you have sex once you will get pregnant from such a young age that when we start TTC it's a shock to not be pregnant. Let yourself be sad for a day or two but then think it's another month to try!

I feel you ☹️ we're now 6 months TTC, AF due Friday, if AF doesn't turn up I'm already dreading the BPN on the pregnancy test 😩 We've had a bit of a disappointing journey so far including an extremely late period that we got our hopes up for and turned our just to be a missed period pretty much. My husband is struggling with it more than I am actually, just got to try get through it until it's been a year and then we'll look into going to Drs etc. Hoping may fall pregnant in that time though! As the person above me said, when you're young, the general message is if you have sex you WILL fall pregnant so when you start TTC, it's a bit of a shock that it's not always like that in real life. I'm getting tired of always getting to this point, getting my hopes up and then always the same outcome ☹️ I tend to be down for the day and then pick myself back up, try your best to put it out of your mind until the week you can TTC ❤️

I got so upset a couple of months ago when AF arrived because I knew that was my last chance of having a baby this year and I’d also be another year older. I went to work and cried all day! I came off Instagram for a while too because everyone else just seemed to be pregnant and all very quickly and I didn’t want to se that. We had a break since the covid situation started so feeling better about it now. Just hoping it will happen soon!!