Help, I'm confused

[drm2bmommy11]

I am so confused, I have googled and googled and googled some more, what is going on with my body. Thursday, April 28th I got a digital smiley face on the clearblue ovulation kit as well as the ewcm. So for the last two weeks I thought I was in the 2ww. However than starting around Sunday of this week I started getting a lot of cm again; maybe more than when I thought ovulation was happening due the positive test two weeks before. This Thursday, May 12th; what should have been the day my period was due I took both a hpt and another opk test (the same clearblue digital brand) because of the ewcm. The hpt was negative but the opk was positive again. What is going on?

So like I said I googled it... found out that some people's bodies gear up to ovulate, release the lh hormone but never actually release the egg. Therefore their body tries again later in the cycle; which unfortunately I figured that was probably what happened with me.

Now all of a sudden my chest is a little sore to the touch; near my armpit. I've had the feeling of "leaking" for 2 days now including some ewcm. I have not soundly slept through the night for the last week (which is very unusual for me; I am normally a sound sleeper). And not sure what if this has to do with anything or not but my feet seem to be falling asleep or feel like they will be asleep if i don't move them for at least a week now. I've had slight af type cramps but not as intense since 3 or 4 dpo (what I thought was April 28th) and last weekend short, sharp pains lower than where normal af cramps are located.

Does anyone have any ideas? Could I be pregnant? Am I most likely have ov this week, not two weeks ago? Is is possible to have af sypmtoms right after ov? I am so confused??????

 

[taylorxx]

Hopefully you'll get a positive hpt soon... That happened to me last cycle, my body kept trying to ovulate but failed. What do you mean you have the feeling of "leaking"?? Good luck hun xxx

 

[Jilliank2005]

Whilst this doesn't help - I am in exactly same position! I could almost be reading my experience this month. We have been not trying not preventing since Dec but I decided to do things seriously this month, I did the OPK thing which suggested all systems were go, this week I have been getting the worst cramping ever, with lots and lots of ewcm - so much I had to check for AF, rock hard mega painful boobs and I do not feel well at all including nausea today. My preg test was very negative but just like you the opk have returned to positive. I guess the second ovulation might be whats happening, I hope not as I feel too unwell to do the deed! I wonder if I have got my hopes up so much I am having "hysterical pregnancy" symptoms!!

Let's just see what happens, fingers crossed for us. Xxx

 

[EngineerGirl]

Positive OPKs can be a pregnancy sign as the same hormone happens during pregnancy as OPK. Hopefully you get some good answers soon.

 

[drm2bmommy11]

what i meant by "leaking" was that I seem to be wet down there for most of the day... and i can actually feel it coming out; the same feeling you can get with AF when not wearing a tampon.

Ya I have also seen while googling that opk's can return positive if your pregnant. But I have also read that you should get a positive hpt before getting a positive opk, if it is the hcg hormone being picked up, because hpt's are more sensitive.

 

[drm2bmommy11]

Whilst this doesn't help - I am in exactly same position! I could almost be reading my experience this month. We have been not trying not preventing since Dec but I decided to do things seriously this month, I did the OPK thing which suggested all systems were go, this week I have been getting the worst cramping ever, with lots and lots of ewcm - so much I had to check for AF, rock hard mega painful boobs and I do not feel well at all including nausea today. My preg test was very negative but just like you the opk have returned to positive. I guess the second ovulation might be whats happening, I hope not as I feel too unwell to do the deed! I wonder if I have got my hopes up so much I am having "hysterical pregnancy" symptoms!!

Let's just see what happens, fingers crossed for us. Xxx

Let me know if you ever get AF or the BFP. I'm kind of happy to hear my body isn't just going crazy and that it happens to other people. Hopefully we can both get the BFP but as days go by I seem to be loosing hope but yet still really confused. I've decided to give myself 2 more weeks to see if AF shows up (in case I did actually ovulate 2-3 days ago instead of 2 weeks earlier with the first positive opk). If it still doesnt show up; than maybe its time for a doctors apt. Good luck to you

 

[Jilliank2005]

Update:

I'm now CD 35, and my cycle can be 30-35 so I know its not technically late yet. My symptoms as in my previous posts are immense, I can't do anything with my arms without catching by boobs and them killing me! Im going to the toilet lots, have wind, have got a spot and greasy skin (which is rare for me). I am embarrassingly tearful around work if I get minor things wrong. If this is PMT, it is bad for me and it is my body being truly evil to my little hopeful self. The cramping I had this past few days has subsided. If this is AF can it just bloody well hurry up and get it over with and I can do BBT and get on with life!

Took a pregnancy test first thing on sunday morning (and didn't drink after 8pm on Sat!) -

OPK positive on saturday, line fainter sunday and not there yesterday evening so i don't think this is pregnancy false-positive. Luckily we did BD over the weekend.

I have suprised myself how bothered I have got about this and am telling myself to chill out!

Thanks for listening cyber space!

 

[taylorxx]

Do you chart? The same thing happened to me last cycle. I thought I had ovulated (I even had somewhat higher temps) and whenever I was around AF due date I took an OPK and it was a blaring positive and hpt was a negative. I thought I was probably pregnant but I found out a few days later I was just ovulating. I'd BD just in case.. I'd take another HPT in a few days or go get a blood test to make sure.

I wish you the best of luck hun xxx

 

[Jilliank2005]

not charted this cycle, have the stuff ready to do it next cycle - I am that pessimistic!!

I think I have resigned myself to the fact i have just newly ovulated and our earlier work (!) was null and void. Will wait another week before pregnancy testing or its going to cost me a fortune! If this goes on 2 weeks from now (ie ?2nd ovulation) I'll do a blood test.

Thanks for your kind words!

 

[drm2bmommy11]

As it turns out my temp has risen in the last few days, therefore I believe I ovulated this last Thursday; not 2 weeks ago with my first + opk. The only thing that I don't like about my cycles is that I seem to get a + opk but than my temp doesn't jump until like 5 days later - it has happened this way for the last 2 cycles which is when I started really charting and taking opks.

 

[HottyH]

so ladies, are you not getting your periods, and this is why your re-testing with opk? sorry if iv missed something, and im new to the lingo so bear with me!

 

[Jilliank2005]

hello there HottyH,

This being my first month of TTC I was probably just a bit overkeen on the OPK testing, my cycles are all over the place and were a bit slow to get going when I stopped the POP in Dec. I had fairly faint positives on the OPK at CD14-16, and I wasnt sure if they 'counted' (I wasn't using the site then). I didnt temperature chart this cycle - to be honest I hadnt even thought about it 36 days ago. I can tell from the pros here in the forum that there are definitely other ways to go about knowing exactly where you are in the cycle and I'll be starting from day 1 this next time round.

Today I have really really bad cramps back again, must be

Anyway, I'll hold on til Sat to retest if there is no show by then. I just feel 'so different!'

 

[drm2bmommy11]

I completely know what you mean when you say you feel different. Even now that I'm almost positive I just ovulated instead of 2 weeks ago with the first +opk; i still feel like something is different about my body. I'm thinking though, for me, that I just want it so bad that I put these thoughts into my head; I find myself questioning almost everything and trying to figure out if it could possibly be a sign.

I really hope things work out for you... to get a bfp on your first month ttc would be awesome! Good luck!!!

 

[Jilliank2005]

Well, I have my answer.....and it's definitely not the one I wanted. The breast pain, the sickness, tiredness...I have bloody SHINGLES. My lower right breast and back just erupted in blisters today, I can hardly move. You can get prodromal symptoms for upto 2 weeks and this must be what it was. I Saw a GP this morning for the meds and she asked about pregnancy and did ANOTHER negative test (I was planning to test this am anyway if I didn't get AF!!) My temp is up too, but sadly its to do with my infection and there's no way I can work out what the temps have meant this cycle.

So shingles, CD38, no AF, BFN!! All in all not a great day, and the biggest irony, is now I'm relieved I'm not pregnant as I would be beside myself about the effect of the virus on the tiny baby! DRM2B, I have everything crossed for you honey!!!

 

[drm2bmommy11]

oh wow... i bet no one would ever think, "hmm i might have shingles" lol well hopefully you can get better quick so your ready for the next cycle. Did you ever get af for this cycle though? did they just do a urine test or a blood test?

I still have no af or bfp; however I've decided not to test anymore for awhile to avoid the disappointment of a bfn

 

[mesiurbi]

wow i would have never thought that shingles caused pregnancy like symptoms!

 

[Jilliank2005]

The shingles are on my back and breast, and because the infection is in the nerve root apparently you feel the pain internally too sometimes. No AF yet, the emergency GP was wonderful and even though she really didn't have to she talked to me about the BFN and sensitively told me my urine was negative. she also said if stress has caused the shingles or even the shingles itself could be delaying my period.

Will not TTC this cycle and next one. It's controversial, but basically chickenpox is dangerous to pregnant women/bump but shingles is not thought to be because it's just a confined re-activation of the virus thats always been there, but I don't really want to risk anything.

Knowing me I'll completely change my tune when my body stops burning/itching and weeping, you could say I don't feel particularly sexy at the moment!