I'm obsessing!!!

I cann't seem to help myself. I have tested everyday for a week and a half now. BFN's (what else could I expect testing so early:wall:) Well I tested this morning - BFN. I think AF should be due tomorrow. so I leave the negative test sitting there and check it again later (about an hour) still BFN. Have resigned myself to another month of TTC.

Well, I go back a couple of hours after this see the test and pick it up to look at once more before chucking it in the bin. looking at it closely there is an extremely faint (so faint I am probably imagining it) line. So for the last hour I have been exaiining this test, wondering is the line really there? am I just imagining it? Is it some other mark on the test - not a real line? if so was the mark there earlier and I just didn't notice it? or did it somehow get marked later? Is it an evaporation line? anyother lines of thought...

I am driving myself crazy!:doh: This cannot be healthy. the test is a forelife one that is supposed to test up to 10 mlU/ml. but it also says to discard and ignore any results after 10 minutes. so 3-4hrs is most likely waaayyy too long.

:wall::wall::wall: I feel like I have been banging my head on the wall WAAYY too much.

if it's outside the 10 minute window, i would assume it's an evap line and would discard it. a faint line within the 10 minutes is a good sign, but outside of that, it wouldn't be a valid results

next month, try not to test until AF is overdue (easier said than done i know - but it will be better for your state of mind!)

hey there misty.. im still int he same boat as u.. although i am a week over due for my AF now.. and i still have nothing! did a HPT yesterday and got a BFN still..

i have had cramps all today thinking im getting my AF but still nothing.. still getting bright wee! and im soo tired too its unbeleivable! have u had this feelinga t all? ive been feeling like there are pins and needles in my boobs from the inside out! werid huh!

dont worry i feel the same as u.. and if i cud buy as many tests as u and not feel guilty for spending all the money on them i would hehe.. but i agree after 3-4 hours i dont think u could count the test as being correct.. and as u said your not due til tomorrow for your AF so maybe tomorrow or the next day it will come up..

im begining to think im not UTD mainly because i keep getting the BFN soooo we will just have to wait and see i guess.. and ideas would be greatly appreciated.. i dont wanna rush off to the dr and look like a fool!

Hi Misty,

I used to do the exact same thing as you, go back after hours of testing to see if a line had appeared. When I fell pregnant with this baby I had tests that could test 10 mlU/ml as well and my faint (so faint i though I was imagining it) line showed up after an hour but a couple of days later were darker pretty much straigh away. I thought they were evaps but obviously they werent. Although I was testing at 8 DPO.

Good luck TTC!!!

hey there leigh.. amy here.. are you expecting twins?? you lucky thing!!!!

yeh im in the same boat as misty.. only i am a week over due and still BFN.. who knows whats going on.. soo over it jsut want AF to arrive os i can give it another go!!!

Thanks for the replies girls. It's so dumb. I know that I shouldn't be obsessing - I certainly shouldn't be testing so much. I have given similar advice to others in the past. I am just getting so impatient and annoyed that I cann't just fall pregnant this time round. I literally fell pregnant first go, with the two kids that I have, and although I understand cercumstances are different this time (I am breastfeeding), It still never occurred to me that it wouldn't happen that way this time as well. It has now been about 3 months since we started TTC - which really isn't long at all - BUT I am still very impatient. I know I am behaving like my 2.5yr old when she doesn't get what she wants RIGHT NOW, and I am begining to see where she gets it from. Although I am not as wingey as this IRL, I promise, but no-one IRL knows we are TTC, so this is the only place I feel I can vent on this.

Amsta - I really hope things happen for you soon too.

Isn't it funny how we can get so wrapped up in those two little lines.

It's not dumb at all, Misty. I totally understand how you're feeling. It's all-consuming. And, the hardest part is the waiting!

I've made an appointment for a blood test on Friday with the doc. I'm a week over due. And it's all I can think about, so I am in the same boat.

I really hope you see that magic little line on your next test!

Hey Misty!

I'm sure most people on here can identify with you. This last cycle just gone I used approx 10 HPT's and I knew that I was testing way too early but I couldn't help it. The funny thing was that when the BFN's appeared I consoled myself by thinking...'well it's too early to show up so it doesn't mean anything'. If that was the case then why was I testing!!! Doh!

Also I spent way too much time holding the tests up to the light. I walked them through basically every room in the house to see if I could see a line and even out into the backyard. I started seeing lines that I know just weren't there.

I'm hoping that this cycle (currently CD9) I improve just a little and test less!

Anyway...has AF arrived????? Have you had your blood test? Fingers crossed! Some people take weeks after AF was due to get a BFP. Good luck!