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I am a POASoholic....

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What is that exactly?
POAS= Pee on a stick (aka taking a home pregnancy test)
and well...yes... I am addicted to taking them...

It all started back a few years ago when we were TTC our daughter Kaitlyn. I had discovered the world of dollar store tests!! The first time I only bought one, and with sheer delight, ran home to take it, feeling pretty excited I just saved myself 16 bucks on a box of first response tests that I had NO business taking at 7 DPO...Of course after seeing the inevitable BFN, I started thinking of other reasons to go out to the $ store and then bought 5... and then went to another $ store a few miles away and bought 10...and so on...
we got pregnant with Kate on the 2nd cycle trying, so my addiction did not get to develop fully...

Fast forward a few years...Now, TTC for 11months and, they NOW have these amazing little things called IC's aka internet cheapies = cheap pregnancy test strips.
100 of these suckers for 13 bucks!?? are you kidding me!?? That is like a dream come true! I can test to my hearts content... the bad part... I need to be put in a loony bin by the end of the TWW....LOL...not really... BUT just about! I really enjoy testing. I almost get a rush waiting and wishing and hoping for those two pinks lines. I am not bothered by BFN's or evaps... I just take each one with a grain of salt till AF arrives...I think of it as more of a way to pass the TWW time. Between my testing and tweaking other's tests... I def keep busy.

OK... now to keep from POAS again tonight...Yes, I did POAS at 6 dpo....
=)


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