when do you test?

[Kipkay35]

Good evening,
I am coming into month 6 of TTC. I just wanted your thoughts on pregnancy testing. I think this month I am going to not test unless AF is late. Last month I got so frustrated and was trying to convince myself there was a faint line a few days before AF arrived. I am not sure if it is helpful. I had a miscarriage at 6 weeks in November and it was heartbreaking, I feel like I would rather not know if it was a chemical pregnancy if i test too early and just think it is AF as normal?
What a ramble. sorry
what are your thoughts on early testing? It doesn't help that I have loads of pregnancy tests stocked up!

Hello!
Concieveing our first I was 100% an early tester but when I did finally get that first very early & very faint bfp I worried so much that it would go wrong/AF would come etc etc. Also it made the 1st trimester feel soooooo long.
So this time I am not testing until the day after AF due, I know that's still early but not compared to what I was doing the first time round 😂 x

When I first started TTC I would test early out of excitement. As the months went on it was much harder looking at a negative test than it was having AF arrive. I would then only test if AF was late. It helped mentally (and financially!)