Thread: Anyone still POAS?

Hopefully I'm not the only one who still is POAS?!

Sometimes I feel "not so pregnant" so I POAS for reassurance, even though I'm sure it doesnt really mean that much.

Today I POAS and was "happy" because the test line took almost all of the control lines color, so I was super pumped!! haha.. For some reason it makes me feel like things are doing well when I see that line keep getting darker.. I'm trying to savor some of the tests for later- only one FRER left and 3 ICs, I feel like I want to keep peein til I get that U/S!! Two weeks away.. eeek!!

Now they won't get any darker so they aren't as fun. Do what you need to do to make yourself feel better until that ultrasound!

I ran out of tests last Wednesday so I haven't tested in a week. I did take 22 tests before I ran out though....crazy... I had bought 20 ICs for our months of TTC and then we got pregnant the first month and I started testing on 8dpo so I got through them pretty quickly.

Cait you are so cute !!!! I agree do what you gota do to help you feel reassured. I will admit the first week I took like 8 tests, everytime I saw the 2 line or the word pregnant I couldn't help but get a smile on my face. Than I bought some dollar store test. I sweat Pregnancy test can make me go broke lol !!!

I ordered 25 ic tests before I knew I was pregnant, and I'm still using those when I don't "feel" pregnant. I know this will be our last for a few years, so I have to use them all up...lol at least that's what I tell myself hehe

I have no morning sickness and it has made me want to run up to dollar store and take another test!

Just be careful Cait. At some point your hCG can be too high for the tests to read properly. I took a test last week (~10 weeks preggo) and the line was not "blazing" like I imagined it would be. It looked more like a 17dpo test. It got me really concerned. But I did read online that there is something called the hook effect that makes the tests not work right and you have to dilute your urine to get a more accurate reading. I have not tried again with diluted urine because I don't want to see a light line again. So I am just going to wait it out until my appointment on Wednesday or just test with the digital.

Haaa haa! Guilty!!! In fact I was *just* going to get up and POAS before I saw your post.

I had the same experience Mandy mentioned. I POAS weeks after my initial BFP and the line was actually slightly lighter than it was at 4 weeks. Interesting that it can have that effect.

I stopped POAS entirely after I learned that, at this point, it could take several weeks for HCG levels to drop back to 0. So even if something happened I'd still be getting BFPs for a while. Totally ruined my fun/security blanket!

I have one stick left and it calls my name everytime I go into the bathroom cause its right by the medicine cabinet.

I probably won't do it know after Mandy and Andrea's comment because I would probably end up in a panic attack if my line was lighter than last time!

I haven't tested in a couple weeks, mostly because of what Mandy said with the tests getting lighter as you get farther along. That and I ran out lol. But I was ok with no more testing cuz I had my u/s shortly after I ran out of ICs.