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

[lissiethevampireslayer]

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?

not in the position to test or not test lissie, but just wanted to wish you good luck in your not-testing

thanks, think i'll need it. i have all the self control of charlie sheen in a brothel

hi lissie how you doing with the not testing xx

lol anniemac, its worse coz i know that in the past ive ov'd on CD8, so have had a BFP by now. tis v annoying.

hi kt, its hard!

lol, i know that i will buy billions of cheapies, use them up (sometimes twice a day) and tell myself that its because they were cheap that i got a BFN, so buy a clearblue (or two) but not use morning wee so usually need 2 packs of those......... god, im a spendthrifty loon!

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

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

HOW?

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.

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!

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

thanks doodledoo

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

it wasnt me!

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

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.

How many days late will you be on Tuesday Lissie?

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

lol pixie

Lissie!

i know

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.

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.

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