Trying for a baby will either be great fun…….I mean……lots of sex and no worries like – ‘will I fall pregnant?’ or ‘who bought the condoms?’ (where’s the nearest 24hr garage?!!) ‘did I take my pill last Sunday when I was hungover all day?’………..Nope………It’s just a whole load of great sex and no worries…………….isn’t it?

Well maybe for you.

Or maybe (like me!) you’ve made the decision and you want to be pregnant now…..you don’t want to wait until when your period is due (or more sensibly a few days after) to do a pregnancy test. You want to do one now (just to make sure of course) even though you did one yesterday and the day before and your period isn’t even due until next week.

Yes I’ve been there, it was very frustrating and very expensive!

So here comes tip no.1. If you were nodding your head and smirking guiltily at the last paragraph then this applies to you.

Buy multipacks of ‘own brand’ pregnancy tests for testing when you are being ridiculous and testing way too soon…..(yes, I know you can’t help it), then, when your period is due have a couple of First Response (my chosen brand) to test with.

There is a difference between brands and how much HCG they can detect (how they tell if your pregnant). I did a First Response and had a positive….it took a further two days for an own brand test to show positive. So, if your desperate to know, it’s worth shelling out and buying the more expensive brand.

If you’re really obsessed you can search the internet, there are sites that will tell you which pregnancy tests detect the smallest amounts of HCG. The lower the better. Or save your time and effort – First Response was the most sensitive I found that was readily available on the high street.