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[aroraborealis]

Among people using home pregnancy tests, do you think a greater proportion of them are hoping for a positive or a negative result?

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[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I'd guess they're hoping for a negative. That has certainly been the case during most of my own experiences! (...not the time we conceived Ilana, though, fortunately.)

[dbang.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing positive, because people who are TTC use LOTS of the tests, whereas people who aren't only use them occasionally when there's...um...a reason to worry.

In my many years of sexual activity, the majority of times having sex, procreation was NOT desired...and yet the number of pregnancy tests I used during those few TTC times WAY outnumbered the ones I used when not.

I blew through...probably...20 of them during my year of TTC, maybe more.

[primal-pastry.livejournal.com]

My gut says the majority are hoping for negative results. However, I wouldn't be surprised to find that there was strong data to the contrary.

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

I embrace the power of AND. When I've used home pregnancy tests, I've been very conflicted about what the results might be.

[cos]

I am very confident that I have no sound basis on which to guess, and I suspect that most people I know would at best be making a wild guess.

[library-sexy.livejournal.com]

I would guess negative, but I have no data that I can use to back that up....just gut feeling on the matter.

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

Based on the way pregnancy tests are marketed (especially the ones that promise "early" results up to 5 days before an expected period), I would guess that the manufacturers think their target customers are mostly women who are trying to conceive.

[redheadedmuse.livejournal.com]

I've only ever used them when I thought I might be pregnant, and was hoping to be.