Cranial Osteopath felt a fluttering in my uterus

[maz]

As some of you will know, I've been going for acupuncture and cranial osteopathy for about 9 months now, to try to improve my chances for our 4th ivf cycle.

Anyhow, I was with my practitioner on Tuesday, and she did the normal - checked my pulses, shoved a needle into my Solar Plexus and a needle close to both of my ovaries, and then left me for 10 minutes to chill out. She came back and checked my pulses again, and then stabbed my legs and feet (really painful), and checked my pulses again. She then did the cranial osteopathy, which basically involves me resting my bum on her hand while I'm lying on my back. Anyhow, this time she checked my pulses at the same time (something she doesn't normally do) and then she started asking if I had any cramping or tenderness in my boobs. I said no to boob tenderness, a little bit to cramping, and also mentioned that I had been feeling bloated for a day or two.

She then did some shoulder and neck manipulation (which I love) and then came back to the cranial osteopathy again - which she has never done before. She told me she was feeling a definite fluttering sensation and she'd felt it on both occasions that day. Apparently it's something that she's never felt in me before, but she has felt it in a lot of her pregnant female clients before. She said that if I had been a week further into my cycle she would be 95% sure I was pregnant, but because I was only CD19 when I saw her she didn't want to get my hopes up, although she did say that if she had to put a figure on it, she'd say she was around 70% sure she was feeling the very early signs of pregnancy.

I was quite shocked, as DH and I probably only DTD twice between the end of my AF and my estimated OV date. I have no idea when OV was as I stopped monitoring it a long time ago. I remained a bit bloated and had mild cramps until yesterday but today I've had nothing really to report.

Has anyone else ever heard of this fluttering sensation being detected by an osteopath? Maybe I'm clutching at straws or going crazy and hoping for an eleventh hour miracle!!

 

[Redfraggle]

I have no idea Maz, but I am hoping like crazy for you right now!!

Are you going to test??

 

[MrsF]

Wowsers Maz! I really hope this is the eleventh hour miracle hun x x x

 

[maz]

I did a test this morning (CD22) but it was negative. I had left it on my bedside table so when I went to move it I just had to have another look. I 'think' I could see something - a shadow would be the best way to describe it - but obviously it's well past the curing time. I've got 5 more tests in my drawer, and I'm pretty sure I'll use all of them between now and next Friday, which is when I think AF should arrive.

I have to say, I'm not getting too excited, but it is the most positive thing that we've experienced on this front in a long time!! I will laugh so hard if I get a positive and can stop my jabs!!

 

[MrsF]

please let this be Maz's time

 

[missmarls]

Wow! That would be incredible, please keep us posted!

 

[maz]

I texted my practitioner and asked what the fluttering could be a sign of if I'm not pregnant. She said that it could be muscle twitching although the vast majority of times she's felt it, the ladies in question have been pregnant. Here's hoping ...

 

[MummyIwanabe]

Wow I really hope it is a bfp! That would be amazin!

 

[tansey]

Oh hun, as I said in your journal, it is very exciting! I really hope this is it for you!