#notpregnantjustfat

I am currently in the limbo stage of the month - the 2WW (two week wait for those of you who are unfamiliar) has passed and following multiple BFNs (big fat negative) I am now patiently awaiting my period and all of the pain and disappointment that goes along with that. I have been on this journey for close to 2 1/2 years now and I look back and can't believe how naive I was at the start. I used to actually patiently wait for my period to come each month until I learned that you can buy tests that allow you to check results up to six days before your period is due. Six days might not sound like a long time, it's not even a full week, a six day holiday would go by in the blink of an eye. Not when you're TTC (trying to conceive).  Time passes at a snails rate whilst waiting to test for pregnancy; you try to put it to the back of your mind but it consumes you until the day finally comes and you wake up like a child on Christmas morning, rush to the bathroom knowing that ...