I wish I could do a better, more in-depth review of the Baby Confirm pregnancy tests but unfortunately I was only able to confirm that there is no baby for me. The good news for anyone looking to satisfy an uncontrollable urge to pee on sticks with wicks well, you are in luck! The dip stick tests are as inexpensive as I have seen. They are small tests though so be prepared that when you pull the strip from the wrapper you hands might momentarily appear to be humongous. That illusion will fade once you realize that the strip is just very small. I used those strips and never once did I get the fake out line that I always seem to get on the other cheap dip strips. Not even a hint of a line. I stared at those little strips that I started to go cross-eyed and couldn't imagine a line on them.
The midstream tests are also small. As pregnancy tests go, they are adorable. Be forewarned. They are the thicker dip strip tests just encased in plastic. At first I was a little let down until I realized that all an expensive pregnancy test is is a big fat dip strip test enclosed in a plastic case so... these are just smaller and cuter. I think the advantage of the plastic case is that the test never gets the "evap" or evaporation line from drying in the open air. The plastic case made sure that my negative test stayed very negative no matter what light I held it in or what direction it was tilted. I tried so hard to see lines on all of these tests but nothing showed up.
I do have 2 more of the midstream tests and two dip strips left over so maybe next month I can manage to see what one of the Baby Confirm pregnancy tests looks like with two pink lines.

A couple other perks I should share is that each box of midstream pregnancy tests that you buy comes with a free ovulation test. Also, when my order arrived there is a coupon code for returning customers for 5% off your next purchase. Not a huge discount but worth mentioning.

Happy Testing! If anyone buys these tests and gets a positive test, I would love for you to share a picture with me. Feel free to email them to me at the contact email at the top of the page.

In my years of trying to create my family, I have come across my share of women who have had what I believe to be bogus pregnancies. They fall into one of two categories. The innocent wishful thinkers and the attention seeking fakers.

The wishful thinkers are the one who are usually very new to the trying to conceive scene. They have never payed any attention to their cycles because the only part that ever mattered was when their period showed up. They worried that it would fall on the day of their much anticipated first date, or threaten to ruin a much needed vacation to the beach. If at any point in their cycle they got a headache, they took a Tylenol. If they had cramps, they took a Women's Tylenol. If their period was especially heavy they complained to their co workers about PMS and feeling lousy but, like most normal people, didn't inspect the contents of the toilet or the toilet paper.

As soon as they have unprotected sex for the first time they begin the frenzy of over analyzing every possible symptom of early pregnancy. Dr. Google tells them that some women have implantation cramping. Then, like they have never had before, they have some cramping! Then Dr. Google tells them that some women get headaches early in pregnancy due to the fluctuation in hormone levels. Then, oh my goodness! They have had a headache for the past few days, right? Then Dr. Google seals the pregnancy deal by saying that some women who miscarry very early will go on to have a normal period with cramps and possibly some clotting.

Sadly, a lot of women then, for some unknown reason, want to believe that they were pregnant. Even if it was just for a moment because all of those symptoms couldn't have been just a regular period showing up right on time. They must have been pregnant. Despite having taken pregnancy tests nearly every day and never getting a positive test, they are still convinced that they were pregnant.

It shouldn't bother me. I know. It isn't a contest but somehow I feel like my really early losses are regarded as me just being crazy and thinking I was pregnant. I totally understand the desire to be pregnant as much as the next girl but without at least a positive pregnancy test, there is no pregnancy. Otherwise, every month of trying could be interpreted as a miscarriage by someone who just really wants that baby but gets Aunt Flo instead.

Now the second category of fakers really gets my blood boiling. These are the women who knowingly never got a positive pregnancy test but claim they have. They may have really really wanted to see a line on a test. They may have even thought that maybe they could imagine a line on a test at one point. Granted, the cheap internet pregnancy tests that often will show a line where the positive line should be but it will never show up in the time limit when there is no real pregnancy. It can't be called a positive pregnancy test and anyone who uses those tests knows this.These women seem to just want people to feel bad for them and they think that accumulating miscarriages is the way to do it. Again, not a contest. But when I see this happen, I fear that people will think that I am doing this. I do not want a trophy for the most losses. I hope my number of losses stays right where it is. But, if I do have another loss along the way, I want people to know that I am being authentic. I will need support. I will not make up a miscarriage. It isn't fair to women who are going through the real thing every single day.

I am officially done venting. At least about this. For now.