Hopeful - but is my mind playing tricks on me??

[SamStormchase]

Hi, please can anyone advise here.

I'm officially 7 DPO. I've never knowingly been that far post O since I got serious about charting this cycle since coming off bc. Only been on bc for around a year. Ended in Feb this year.

I don't know what it is. but something FEELS different. I looked up how early you can start to feel differences in your body if you could be pregnant at THE most earliest stage and I have many of the symptoms of 7DPO. Obviously I'm not stupid, it could be my mind playing games with me, AND could also be PMS...

BUT, like I say something just 'feels' different. I just don't know what to think. I'm going nuts.

I am bloated and feel really full down there but not like constipated full. I have had slight nausea when waking up and sometimes after food. My husband's flowers he bought for our anniversary smelt really pungeant the other day and kind of also nasty. I have a weird taste in my mouth sometimes. And the past 2 or 3 days I've not been very hungry.

I've got lower back ache - started the left side, and is now all over. Though I get this JUST as I am about to get AF, but no AF. I've had weird twinges and dull cramps almost like AF but again no AF. I've had a weird pain in my head too.

Lots of weird stuff going on and I have literally been staring at my breasts today to try and work out if they look darker and pimplier round the nipple - a sign all this is making me go crazy in the hope, of ALL hopes I may be pg and not just PMSing.

PLEASE can someone be there and help - even if you think it's just PMS, I need to talk to someone not told hubby yet don't want to freak him out for no reason or worry him.

 

[SamStormchase]

Oh and PS, I did an OVK last night since sometimes that can show the hcg hormone and it was ALMOST positive a hair of being the same darkness as the test line. BUT I've also got positive OVKs just before AF because of the final surge in lh before AF... SO confused. It's driving me crazy.

 

[purplecupcake]

Could be. Take a test at 9DPO and see. Personally, I "felt" pregnant on the two cycles that I was not pregnant, and did not feel pregnant at all when I got my BFP. The first two cycles we were actively trying, and the third we were NTNP. So I do believe your mind can play tricks on you for sure.

As far as the OPK goes, an HPT will pick up HCG loooonnngg before an OPK will. I took the rest of my OPKs for fun after I got my BFP and it took weeks for the test line to be as dark as the control.

Here's a photo from around 18DPO, you can see the HPT is obviously positive and the OPK is super faint.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/toria/Mobile%20Uploads/photo_zps74fd7f47.jpg

 

[SamStormchase]

Hi Purplecupcake, thank you SO much for replying. I am going nuts with all of this. I really appreciate you showing me those images, really helpful. Yesterday I got an almost exact darkness to the test line, today it's as faint as anything (though it is a different time of day, and taking into account what you've said).

I so want this so much, so indeed I am concerned it's all in my head. Though some symptoms are absolutely undeniable, but I get those before AF anyway, just NEVER this long before. Usually a day or two then AF comes, but this time it's not. I hope it doesn't and means I've a BFP, but who knows.

Probably will be disappointed but thank you, I'll do an early hpt on Tues. X

 

[MrsKinney]

Hey hun! I'm 8dpo and in the same boat as you. I've had so many symptoms since yesterday, its driving me nutso! Then tonight, I had very light pink when I wiped. AF isn't due until next weekend, so I'm so hopeful its IB bleeding lol after ntnp for almost 3 years with no bfp, I've become very doubtful it'll ever happen!
Oh BTW..I am also 30 ☺
PM me if u would like to stay in touch...we are basically cycle buddies!
Lots of to you!

 

[SamStormchase]

Aww hun, I hope it's IB too for you. I've got more cramping since going to the loo just and my bbt dropped below the coverline this morning so I am feeling lost now. But until AF definitely shows I must try not to stress. Chuffed we're cycle buddies.

Problem with me is I've no idea when I can test as I've no real knowledge of when my period should be I've had so long with amenhorroeia and then on bc so I just don't know if I'd be 'late'. But using common sense if it doesn't arrive in next week I think I could test with an early kit.

Def will pm you. Off to work now. Chat later Thanks love.

 

[Samlou89]

FX'd for you both!! I have been posting photos keep getting a faint line which went darker slightly yesterday night on my hpt, debating whether to get a digi test ... But a lot of money for uncertainty, haha

Samstormchase, very hopeful for you!

 

[SamStormchase]

Sounds promising Samiou!! I read a moment ago that a biphasal bbt dip can occur if an egg is trying to implant between 7-10 dpo. I hope to GOD that's what has caused my bbt dip today and it's not AF.

I'm losing the plot

 

[Samlou89]

I am praying with sticky baby dust for you hun! I have also heard that as well, looking good?! I found out earlier I was 1-2 weeks with the CB digi! Shockkkk, haha!

 

[SamStormchase]

OMG Congratulations Samlou!!!!! xx Thanks for your well wishes. I need hope right now. I am literally going insane

 

[Samlou89]

OMG Congratulations Samlou!!!!! xx Thanks for your well wishes. I need hope right now. I am literally going insane

Thanks Very happy!!

Oh I really am routing for you hun, really big FX for you! I was going insane with all the symptom spotting last week! I had a lot of CM last week to the point I had to have emergency liners! Sore nipples, mood swings (crazy ones) bad cramping, and still got it! Pinching/Pulling around uterus area! NOT had the achy boob yet!

 

[MrsKinney]

Well the darn flew in today...quite a short cycle for me! Looking forward to my obgyn visit in 2 weeks. Hoping to start chlomid! On to the next cycle.
Congrats samlou!
Still keeping my fingers crossed for u samstorm!

 

[SamStormchase]

Hey guys, Oh nooooooooooo Mrs Kinney, so sorry ( chin up, and next time xxx

Samlou - that's interesting... I am now 9DPO and still feeling hopeful, but also thinking the internet is my menace right now, I literally am staring at my boobs to work out if they look different!

I've had cramping like AF, but NO AF, I feel fat and bloated, to the extent I am having to spread my legs to accommodate it feels like my tummy! I am nauseous occasionally, my tuna sandwiches today smelt so strong it knocked me a bit sick. I don't FEEL like I've got sore or tender nipples/boobs... but my hubby noticed they're bigger. LOL.

I am having to wear baggy clothes. My mind is going out of control with it all. I am going to test in a week if no AF comes. I MIGHT test tomorrow and Fri with my early tests I've got JUST to see. But I dunno . I just would like to know even that something's TRYING to happen, you know?

Also, as you say re CM, occasionally I get globs of CM, I've been wearing liners for a few days because I don't know how it'll roll.

What do you think Samlou? And, MrsKinney - let's still chat for all I know I could just still AF tomorrow. But each day is a step closer but also a day further of mixed feelings/emotions and craziness

 

[MrsKinney]

Hey girls,
If this is AF, its very different from any other. That, or it just hasn't completely kicked in yet. That is very possible. Anyway, I'm hoping like crazy for you, samstorm!

 

[MrsKinney]

So Im not even sure if I should consider what I have going on AF. Its not a flow, just brown on my panty liner and when I wipe. Normally I get a lot of cramping and back pain but nothing. I guess if I start a flow, I'll count that as cd1? Ugh frustrated!

 

[SamStormchase]

Argh confusing Mrs Kinney... could be old blood and/or IB... - are you cramping any? Mild bleeding like this is actually fairly common in very early pregnancy stages due to implantation (I guess you know that) and the uterus just generally preparing and getting that egg to stick...

Def wouldn't count it as definitive AF yet. When it starts to be more flowy and more red, that would be it, I would say.

I am getting antsy now and just wanting to know what is happening in my body. IF I am becoming pregnant, and god I hope so, then I can deal with the bloated feeling, but DAMN if it's AF, just arrive already. I feel fatter every day and I feel just yukghghggh!

I think I'm hungry, my darling hubby makes me something and I can't eat it as I start to feel nauseous.

Just never felt this 'fat' I'm not fat, but you know what I mean LOL.

Anyone experience this and found out they were pregnant?? 9DPO... COME ONNN 10DPO ... and then 17DPO lol and a BFP... PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE UNIVERSE

 

[MrsKinney]

I know bloating is def a preg symptom!!
I am also going crazy with the wondering. I had cramping when I saw the light pink the other night but not since...and with AF, its usually heavy and painful (lots of cramping and low back pain).
Guess time will tell for us both! Would be amazing if we both got a bfp!

 

[SamStormchase]

I know bloating is def a preg symptom!!
I am also going crazy with the wondering. I had cramping when I saw the light pink the other night but not since...and with AF, its usually heavy and painful (lots of cramping and low back pain).
Guess time will tell for us both! Would be amazing if we both got a bfp!

Yay... well I am DEFINITELY bloated LOL. It's truly aching me though not knowing if something's trying to happen. When do you think you'll test? Because I have no idea when my period should be due I am going to definitely test this weekend if AF doesn't appear, and MAYBE earlier if I cave... and that'll obviously be an FRER.

It'd be fantastic if we both got BFPs... here's hoping so much xx

 

[MrsKinney]

I'm not sure when or if I will test. Still having just the brown discharge or whatever it is. I suppose if AF doesn't show by Saturday, I will test since that is when AF is due!

 

[MrsKinney]

The wicked witch is definitely here. On to the next cycle!