What if the test says No?
Have you ever seen that show on TLC that’s about the woman who didn’t know they were pregnant? I use to watch that all of the time when I was pregnant with my son. With all the changes my body was going through, I couldn’t understand how these women didn’t know.
I will say, when my husband and I got pregnant the first time, I didn’t sit around the first 4 weeks waiting to take an at home test. I didn’t believe we could get pregnant from one try, so I didn’t give it a second thought. It wasn’t until about 4 or 5 weeks that I started to get the common pregnancy symptoms that I took an at home test. The first few were unclear (I think I took it a little too early), and then a few days later I took another one. It read pregnant. Obviously an abundance of joy over swept me. But what happens when the test says no?
My husband and I haven’t been trying to get pregnant, but we also haven’t taken any precautions either this last while. With my first experience getting pregnant the first try, I thought it would be the same situation. I can tell you that it has caused very high anxiety for me to wait the dumb 4 – 5 weeks before I can take a test. Even though we haven’t gotten pregnant yet, I know we will. I know there are women out there who struggle with this month to month. So what do you do when the at-home pregnancy test says no?
I’m not talking about the stories of the person you know who has been trying for years. I just simply mean for those women out there who’ve only been trying for a few months. It’s devastating to see that stick read “no” when all month you’ve been hoping, thinking non-stop, and planning that it would read “yes”.
Personally, I’ve turned to prayer; trying to ask for patience, a good attitude, and eternal perspective. I also do a lot of research. I believe we were given brains to use them. There is so much information out there at our fingertips, and we can use it to our benefit.
I browsed through this topic (of how to get pregnant) the first time around (a year and a half ago), but I’ve really dug myself into the different theories and studies this time around. I wrote down a summary of what I’ve found on how to get pregnant HERE.
I’d really love to hear what you do when your at-home pregnancy test says no.
