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[quote=Anonymous]there's another thread on here about this... but it seems most people DO test before. i didn't use a home test, which actually surprised me (i mean, i know i am in control of what i do-- but only sorta these days!). i just hated the idea of being happy,  but not really sure if i could be happy... or worse, being sad, but holding out (assumingly likely unnecessarily) just in case. the later seemed particularly horrible-- being really upset from a negative home test, and then having to wait knowing i'd likely be more upset, and then being  really upset again when i got the call. but i recognize everyone is different, and totally see the point in preparing for good news.

other ideas include having the nurse call your partner (gets them more involved in teh procses, and chances are they know how to best break news to you, should ou need to) or asking for a message on a machine (so you can check when  you are in a physical space that allows for that more easily).

what worked for me was realizing, past a certain point of likely implantation, that it had either worked or not and nothing i did was likely to change that.

the other thing i realized was that thinking about how i would feel if i got a positive call and then thinking about the same negative call was WAY TOO MUCH of an emotional rollar coaster. i could not stop bmyself from thinking about it, but i could stop myself rfom bad/good fantasies.

good luck whatever you decide![/quote]

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