Oh dear. That familiar feeling.

[LankyDoodle]

I've been tracking my ovulation, using test sticks, for the last 2 months, as we want to start TTC either next month or the month after, as we'd like an 18 month gap. Well I always get sure signs I am about to ovulate (pains, moods etc), and so I know roughly when to test.

Needless to say it's all still quite irregular. Before I had Isabella I'd ovulate around day 14, every month, without fail. Last month I am not sure what day I ovulated and I didn't get any +'ve test sticks, but my first proper period PP was 21st October (day after she turned 6 months - I am breastfeeding, still 2 hourly during the day and she was waking every few hours at night til recently), so following my previous patterns, I should have ovulated last week. I got no pains or anything but I tested anyway and got nothing. I just put it off to the fact I am still BF and probably wouldn't ovulate every month for now. BUT she has slept through the night every single night this week, and on Friday I started getting those familiar pains, moods etc. So out came the stick last night and I got a +'ve almost straight away; then this morning Igot a really strong +'ve. So I am definitely going to ovulate shortly.

The problem is, 2 nights ago we had a bit of an *ahem* accident. Well it wasn't an accident. It was more us being stupid/lazy/not thinking/whatever... I didn't know I was about to ovulate either - I just didn't think about it. Last time I fell pregnant, the day I ovulated is when I started feeling different to normal and just KNEW I was pregnant. I don't know if it's worry, or if deep down I'm wishing for it to be the case, or what, but I feel like that now. It's very odd but it's different to normal ovulation pains and I am hoping it is psychological as I am scared to have anything less than a 17/18 month gap. I know it's only a couple of months, but it's just how I feel!

Anyway, no real point to this thread other than to vent... I will hope for now it's psychological, but the signs are there. Last time I had sharp shooting pains in my boobs, sharp pains where my uterus would be, a sickly feeling; and I have the same now.

Did anyone else get symptoms when they weren't actually pregnant? I know a lot of people say you can't get symptoms until the egg actually implants, so close to your period, but I actually did get them last time. I knew the day I conceived... the day the egg was fertilised... that I was pregnant. So I took a test a week before my period was due (impatience) and got a v strong +'ve. I don't really even know when my period is due though, so I guess wait and see.

Anyway, thanks for the webspace!

 

[twinklestar]

aw hun i guess you will have to test to be sure, going by Isabella's pregnancy could could test today and see?

for me 3 out of 4 pregnancies i 'knew i was pregnant the day day after OV i know alot of people dont believe that but i was right each time, i just had a very strong feeling and as weird and unexplainable as it sounds i also get a 'full' feeling inside and my cervix feels kind of bruised right away.


x x x

 

[twinklestar]

sorry hun i just read it again and saw you got a +ov today so you will need to wait a while to see if you are BFP

im so sleep deprived at the moment, ignore me!!!!

x x

 

[XfairyhopesX]

Sorry angel not personally but my friend reckons she knew both times days after DTD... folk probs thik shes mad but she says so.
Ohhhh how exciting for you jealous!!!! should i be saying congrats yet? xx

 

[LankyDoodle]

Thank you both.
Well, I'm actually worried about it at the moment. As you can see from my ticker, we were going to TTC from next month, but there's something in my head saying 'nooooooooo' to a 16ish month age gap (which this would be)! I am sure IF I am pregnant and it's not my mind playing tricks, then I will be happy (not so sure about OH ) but at the moment I just feel sick. Haha! I feel guilty saying that. Especially with how broody I actually am behind it all!

Twinklestar - my post is quite long and rambly so I don't blame you for misreading.

 

[twinklestar]

its just that feeling of thinking you will do something and then the nerves kicking in when you think its finally happened!

im 100% sure you will be over the moon if your preggers hun its just a mental block as you had set yourself a date for trying,

i bet your a super organised person !

x x

p.s , did you have a strong feeling before you knew you had OV? maybe its panic that you had our 'accident' when you didnt know you had OV , coupled with the fact you set next month as TTC

X X

 

[RedRose]

Hun if you are pregnant I'm sure it will work out beautifully, I know you have a plan but those extra couple of months are nothing in the grand scheme of things.

When I fell preg the first time it was totally out of the blue as we were using protection and had no plans at all to have a baby just yet. And then one day I looked in the mirror and I just knew I was preg, it's like a warm 'full' feeling and I just knew. This would have been I'm guessing about 3dpo.

Your gut instinct could be right!

 

[KittenKat]

Ooo hun, I would possibly give it a week if you can deal for that long then take a test. As you had already planned on TTC'ing next month which really isnt that far away tbh, the gap in their ages isn't going to have a big effect in the grand scheme of things, not really.

Oh and here have a huge hug one way or another

 

[sausages]

When i was TTC i had a few cycles where i was convinced i was pregnant and AF came anyway. I think sometimes you're hyper-aware when it's in your head, so you notice things and attribute them to pregnancy when they would probably have happened off the radar before.

That being said, i hope you are preggo. If you were going to start soon anyway it's only going to make for a lovely surprise!

Good luck either way!!

 

[XfairyhopesX]

I think AF/ PG are similar arnt they i rem reaing loads of posts back in 1st tri about the witch turning up etc, nature is a tricky customer so is the power of the mind, let us know be dead pleased for you xx

 

[emerald78]

My periods have just returned after 19 mths and for I am on my third one at the minute.

Before baby my symptons would arrive about a week before it would show, sore boobs, bloating and then on hte day cramps.

After baby, my symptons mimic early pregnancy, nausea, sore stomach, where my waist band is it makes my tummy sore so I have to pull my waistbelt down. No sore boobs but on the day I get cramps.

Before baby I ovulated day 19 out of a 30 day cycle.
After baby, not sure when I ovulate as not done the test but cycle so far has been 33 and 31.

My baby is 11 months old. My body and its system has changed maybe all your signs have too.

A 2nd whenever, is a miracle, you will cope if you are and at least you do not have all those months trying again.

Best of luck
x

 

[cherryglitter]

I think i've felt pregnant about twice since having Jake.
Had AF after each time, I feel really sick now when AF is due and I get sore boobs too. It's really strange.

When I was pregnant with Jake there was no doubt in my mind that I was pregnant, as in, I just KNEW. It's really strange.

But still, I go through the same thing every month

Hope things work out for you

 

[LankyDoodle]

Thanks all. We will cope, whatever happens. I'm a teacher (well I WAS!) for goodness' sake - I have 30 of them when I'm in the classroom! Ha!

Well I took another OPK this afternoon and it was really really strong (the one last night was strongish but was the same shade as control line; the one this PM was darker than the control line), so I am definitely about to ovulate. The pains in my boobs are really bad now, and not like the pains I get when I ovulate, but could be quite similar to what I used to get near my period. I suppose it could be early period pains (I have dull pains as well), but it wouldn't make sense to ovulate and have period symptoms at the same time.

Well time for me to stop analysing and just wait and see! I was NEVER a symptom spotter before (well I caught first time and we weren't even actively trying - I worked 24 hour shifts), so I'm not about to start now. Whatever will be will be! x

 

[cherryglitter]

Best attitude to have!! I obsessed for months, then 'gave up' and wall-ah! Look whose arrived!!

 

[mrsraggle]

I'm currently waiting to see if we're preggo after an accident a couple of weeks ago. I got nausea and dizziness straight away BUT I had horrendous morning sickness with Ellie so I do wonder if it's psychological and because I'm wondering if I'm pregnant I'm experiencing pregnancy symptoms I had with Ellie.

 

[vaniilla]

while we were ttc, the months that I felt pregnant I wasn't it was the month that I had no symptoms that I got my bfp, the only difference was that usually a day or two before my bfp I used to get cramps and that month got nothing

 

[LankyDoodle]

I'm getting all the right signs that I am and hoping desperately that I'm not. I feel so anxious about it. My blood pressure was so high after I had Isa (always fine before and during pregnancy), that I was prohibited from driving (not by DVLA, just by dr) and put on 'bedrest' til she was over 3 weeks old. I went back for a check with the nurse 2 weeks ago (not had it done since June when it was highish but not badly high) and it was 160/90 which was borderline for meds but she said not dangerously high. She referred me back to my GP. I saw him today and it was a bit lower with him, but I do have white coat hypertension and I am not quite as nervous with him because I know him and he's been my dr a while. Anyway, it was 158/80 which is quite high for me. The bottom number not too bad but the top number is borderline hypertensive. I can't chance a pregnancy with BP like that, and we want to put off TTC til I've lost a bit more weight and got that under control.

I can't believe I'm saying that I hope I'm not pregnant, and that this has all come at a time when I want to PUT OFF TTC anyway. :'(