[erleigh]

1. Don't test super early.
AND
2. Throw away the BFN test and don't dig it out to re-examine it.

I started testing at 8DPO with a FRER and it was negative. I saved the test and looked at it a couple of hours later and I could see a faint line. I thought it was the start of a BFP so I got my hopes up and tested the next day...and the next...and the next. Nothing but BFNs. I've been in a funk since last Thursday. Ultimately, I blew about $40 on pg tests by the time AF started today. This cycle, I'm determined not to test until 12 - 13 DPO at least. BFNs are so hard to look at...expecially when you're expecting the opposite.

[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

I know what you mean. I still test too early though. I stare at bfns every month and waste too much money almost every month too. I think I have gotten immune to them because I have been doing this so long. But, last month was the hardest cycle I have dealt with yet. I started thinking this was it because of all my symptoms and my hot looking chart.

Even though I have a whole slew of tests just waiting to be peed on I may hold off to test until 12dpo this time. I guess I will have to see if I gain some self control between now and testing time.

[bev26]

I'm also guilty of digging out the used HPT to get a second look. This was actually last cycle when I learned that you could tear apart a digi and see the test inside! I really hate BFNs, so I'm with ya on waiting a few more days to test. It's so hard to wait and so exciting to imagine getting a BFP, but I'm going to try to hold myself off by thinking that at that point, I'm either pregnant or not, and it's not going to make much of a difference to wait just a little bit longer.

[TeresaSuperMama]

I am evap prone so I don't usually look after I test, but sometimes I am guilty as well. Good luck to you this cycle!