General chatter while we wait (and commentary on the "pull out method")

[shaescott]

FF has given me quite the high score of pregnancy signs. Apparently a score of 70+ makes you 5x as likely to be pregnant than a score below 70. Fascinating.

 

[gigglebox]

hmmm I wouldn't trust my body not to play tricks, personally. Some of my most convincing symptoms where when I was ttc. I'll never forget the one time (wait maybe I wasn't ttc yet but was hopeful) that my boobs hurt SO bad...worse than they ever have. In fact I don't even remember the hurting that bad when actually pregnant. That may or may not have also been the time I thought my taste was off because my milk tasted funny but it just turned out my milk was bad

Anyway you're definitely still in with a chance! I just don't trust symptom spotting. fx that temp goes back up!

 

[shaescott]

Gigs fair enough haha. Love the milk story. I always smell milk before I pour, I drank bad milk once as a kid and ever since then I don’t trust it until it proves itself

 

[shaescott]

Temp barely budged this morning and BFN 11dpo. Spotting started up last night, very minimal but enough to notice. I have a feeling it’s gonna be a no.

 

[shaescott]

I checked my progesterone against my better judgement, and it’s still 14, which is close to the highest it’s been this luteal phase (15). I have simply added to the confusion, and have no choice but to proceed with the screaming. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHYYYYYYYYYY

 

[shaescott]

My emotions changed drastically from anger to despairing and needing hubby to drive me to get food/keep me company cuz I was emotionally unstable lol, and then I saw him picking up tools from a distance getting ready to go (he’d been working on my car) and my brain was like “damn, he got wide shoulders, he lookin gooood” and I was like ???? because I am not a physical attraction person, I’m attracted to personality (which may explain why I picked a 5’4” man), so that is very abnormal for me. Even when I’m ovulating, my brain isn’t like “he’s hot”, it’s like “must BD, must procreate” lol. So it’s like… is this a weird PMS hormone thing or a pregnancy hormone thing? WHO KNOWS? Not me

 

[DobbyForever]

Short kings for the win lol. Not all that out of the realm of attracted to personality. In that moment, he was getting tools to do an act of service for you which is also physically attractive. I totally believe in rose colored hormones lol. Sorry the hormones and temps are giving mixed signals. I also sniff my milk even if it's just from the store hahahaha.

 

[shaescott]

Dobs that’s true. Although earlier in the day he walked up to me in the kitchen and I was like “huh he looks slimmer (in a good way), he looks good”, and he was not doing anything for me at that point. But later when he got in the car I made sure to tell him that my brain had just gone crazy for his wide shoulders, and I could tell it made him feel really good about himself. He said he never gets compliments on his appearance (minus from his mother lmao) so it was really nice to hear that. I’d comment on it more if I noticed it more, but I honestly just don’t, normally. I feel kinda bad about it, I want him to feel that I’m attracted to his body because I know I sure want him to be attracted to mine, but I’ve just never really been attracted to male bodies like that. Like I either get the ick or I’m pretty neutral about physical appearance.

Anyway, he drove me 40 minutes to Burlington and let me pick a place. We went to a Mexican diner that had tacos and burrito bowls etc. I was very happy. Although my sour/despairing mood honestly was gone within a minute of him starting the drive. He is my emotional support human he calls me that all the time as well.