Tips for coping with testing?

[Saltpepperpaprika]

I'm on my first round of IVF, 4 days after my transfer. Everything has gone well so far and I've coped well emotionally with it but, this whole time even since before we started, I've been more scared of testing than anything else. I'm more scared of testing than I ever was of egg collection or anything else. It's just got so much trauma for me and when I was trying naturally I did away with the tests eventually and preferred waiting for my period to start. I have no choice now though because I have to continue progesterone until a negative test. My heart is in my mouth thinking I have to test in a few days. I normally wake up with a full bladder at about 5 and I remember going through that on my own in the middle of the night in order to use the FMU. Either that or I couldn't sleep at all. Does anyone have any tips for dealing with it? I'm so scared my dreams are going to be shattered all over again and I don't think I can do it 😢

@Saltpepperpaprika so sorry to read you are going through this! 😔
What helped me, was actually to test mid or late in a day, just after a longer 3h wait. I would test like 12-14dpo and digital would show pregnant even on not FMU. If you test on the official day, the concentration should be good, maybe stretch longer so it us more concentrated. Then you can prepare, not early morning when brain cannot digest properly. Or someone close (partner, friend) can be with you? ❤️

Thank you, I think I will do that. I hadn't considered that if I wait long enough to test then I don't have to do it with FMU. So I'll wait and do it in the evening with DH with me ❤

@Saltpepperpaprika you could always collect fmu in a pot (ideally with a lid) then dip the test in later, leaving it wouldn't affect the test as I used to do pregnancy dip sticks in a lab sometimes days later. Best of luck!