How do you deal with the waiting?

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I'm only 2 months into ttc and I can't stand the waiting. I'm up at 2am thinking about it and I usually have no trouble sleeping.

I had what I'm sure was an implantation bleed - lasted 2 days, brown, no clots. Finished sunday. Reading online that I could see a positive test earliest 3 days after end of bleeding but better to wait a week. Last 3 days it's all I can think about! So earliest I can test is tomorrow, but what if it's negative because I took it too early, do I just wait, my brain is back and forth and I can't concentrate on anything else!

How do you all manage? Thinking you could have conceived during your fertile time and then having to wait to test before you know for sure, how do you keep your mind off it?

Honestly I really struggle with this- and I'm only on month 3 😅 x

What I've been trying to do is find a new tv show to binge, read a book, do anything that isn't pregnancy related x before bed I try not to read the boards otherwise I fall asleep overthinking x

The second week of the tww is hardest because I'm like well I could test now if I wanted... I'm just trying to hold out as close to af due date as I can and take any potential symptom with a grain of salt as whether I test early or not it won't change the outcome x

What I've done this time is I've deliberately made plans when af is due - so whether I get good news or not I'll have something fun to do so I don't sit wallowing at home x

Not sure if that helps but good luck- I think the waiting is hard for most people so least we're not on our own 😅 xx

It’s really tough. For me, I think one of the things contributing to it is that normally we’d have a holiday or a show or something booked to look forward to. But we’re trying not to book things too far ahead at the moment in case we have to cancel. So the only long term thing we have to look forward to is a potential baby.

I don’t have any great answers. We’re on month 3, and this month I’ve just been telling myself it’s definitely not going to happen, which has helped a bit. Doesn’t stop me thinking about it whenever I feel anything at all going on with my body though!