[mamatoady]

Tomorrow is CD26 for me which is the longest my period has been since dec. when AF first came back. So, unless I am pg, I should be starting tomorrow. This time I have done something different...I haven't bought ANY pg tests. I decided to wait until I am actually LATE before I test. With a 10 day LP, I guess that's a smart way to save money anyway. I am already starting to get bummed out, believing AF will be here in the morning. I want to have faith, but the more faith I have the more bummed I am when she comes. Also, it's pretty hard to remain neutral about the outcome.

Last month I woke up and there was No AF, so I tested first thing in the morning cd26 and when I wiped, there she was....won't do that again.

How do you all prepare yourself for either outcome?

Sarah

 

[gristastic]

I wish I had some wonderful, wise advice for you, but I don't. Every month, I thought I was prepared for AF, but then when she came, I lost it for a day or two.

After those couple of days, I usually bounced back pretty well, but mostly because I'm a big scatterbrain and I'd get side-tracked with other things. I'm so bad, I could never remember how many months I'd even been trying. I had to actually go back to my calendar, and look at when I started charting, manually.

I am hoping for you to have a bun in the oven, soon. but whatever the outcome may be for you this month, I wish you the very best in love, health and happines.

 

[waiting4baby]

I too wish I had some sage advice. I always can "feel" AF coming on, although I deny it. What seems to help is chocolate ice cream and a bit of attention from dh. A few days of a mini pity party always put things in perspective.

Getting emotional is normal. I know you may want to avoid it a bit, but perhaps that is what keeps you balanced the rest of the cycle. A bit of grieving makes me feel better than holding it in and pretending I feel nothing, nothing, nothing!!

 

[neveryoumindthere]

:
almost every month i think i might be pg (and we are NOT ttc

: ) and wait till the day b4/day af is supposed to show and imagine a few symptoms, but pg tests, etc etc etc pathetic i know

right now i'm more lovin the idea of *being* pg and planning a home water-birth and buying all kinds of cute maternity clothes etc but really dont think i could handle a baby at this point (dd is one)

anyway got offtopic, sorry
in answer to ur question i keep thinking its possible till the day Af shows up and think abt it daily

 

[Shorin_Mama]

How do I handle it?

Poorly.

Let's hope I get better at it. . . .

Jess

 

[alexisyael]

It just sucks, and I get through it b/c what else can I do?

I say everytime I'm going to get a massage, or a facial, but I never do. I do treat myself to something yummy to eat, and I may or may not drink a little...

I also indulge in a bath -- heck, I'll probably do that after I get a BFP, I'm just a bath person.

I spend a lot of time reading fluffy books.

I cry and write and cry and talk to my dh and cry. And watch sad movies and listen to Morrisey (or some such).

It doesn't get easier, per say, but I also don't get my hopes up as much as I once did...