Testing, testing, one-two-three or four
So, my curiosity got the best of me. A digital readout on a pregnancy test? Now this I have to see. So I purchased a box of Clear Blue Easy Digital, and brought it on home.
Pregnancy tests are meant to be obsessed over. You wait for at least 9 days post ovulation, so your curiosity is at an all time high. You purchase the test, get home, rip the package open, and proceed with the instructions. Then you wait….and watch. You take it outside, tilt it just so. You come back in and stare at it. You put it away, and return a bit later to see if the results are still the same. Is that a second line? Hmm. Let me take a digital photo of it and share it with my on-line, fellow obsessives. Then you e-mail it around and discuss its positive possibilities.
The makers of Clear Blue Easy digital really don’t get the whole obsessive, ritualness of the 2nd line hunt. They have made it cut and dry. If you are pregnant, the test says just that, "Pregnant". If you are not, well, it says rather bluntly and insensitively, "Not Pregnant". No squinting or tilting needed. It is either a Big Fat Positive, or nothing at all. No faint positives allowed, which is bad, because contrary to popular belief, you can be just a little bit pregnant. It has happened to me, but that is another story.
CBE, in spite of its new age digitalness, is a dinosaur in regards to when you can test. One must wait until the first day of your missed period to test. First Response Early Results can detect a pregnancy 5 days before your missed period. Hmm, decisions, decisions….. digital readout? testing 5 days earlier? What to do! Well, in my world, the world of a spontaneous recurrent aborter, finding out early gives me the ability to start my nettle leaf and such to give the baby every chance to burrow in and stay put. It can mean the difference between a full term pregnancy and a miscarried one.
But, as I said, curiosity got the better of me. I did snag a two pack of FRER in addition to the new age sticks, just in case, and I tested today at 14 days post ovulation. "Not pregnant" on CBE was confirmed by one pink line on a FRER. No new news for me, as I had tested with a FRER on 9dpo and it was negative, even outside, while being tilted….but only after some fun obsessing as I looked for a second pink line.
{{{ Jodi }}} I know that a BFP would have been very welcome. I had been hopeful for you.
Karen
How ironic is that? I did some more reading after I posted that comment and saw that your husband is Bill too. How funny!
You have an awesome website! I checked out several of your links and previous posts. It sounds like your life rocks despite your “year of hell”.
I had one miscarriage before we had any of our kids and I thought that was bad. I cannot imagine what you had to deal with. You are a strong woman.
Congrats on your baby girl! It is so weird to have one of the opposite sex, at least for me. I always say if my son was born first I would have only had one kid. He is so different from his sisters and I suppose being the baby of the family doesn’t help. LOL They are all so much fun though I would trade any of them.
Jodi
Hi Jodi!
I love your site! You have a Billy too! Our lives do sound so alike. I just need one more baby! I am actually trying NOT to get pregnant, but we had an “oops” this month, so was anxiously waiting to test. We would have been happy with a positive, but am very content that it was negative. At times I do see us having one more baby, but for now we are coasting.
My blogroll has some great large family blogs, so check them out when you have time!
Glad you came by!
Hi! I found your link from Dooce’s site. You have an amazing blog here and I love your writing style.
I am a mom of five kids, 4 girls and 1 boy, all under the age of 9. My life sounds a lot like yours, minus the trying to get pregnant part. We are actually trying NOT to at this point. LOL
Love your site!
Jodi