Symptoms by DPO. AF or BFP??? (please read first post)

[LAR83]

What DPO are you now? Have you decided when you are going to test yet?

 

[wrapunzel]

I am 12DPO, af is due Monday & I've decided to test then instead of Sunday if still nauseous and not crampy!

 

[LAR83]

We are just one day off then. I am 11DPO today and plan to test Tuesday.....hopefully! Last month AF came before I got to my testing date.

 

[wrapunzel]

Keep me updated Lar, I love having a cycle buddy and I love having a friend who is also waiting 'til AF to test among all these ladies showing off their 8DPO faint lines hehe

I realized last night, if I stick with this, I will likely never know if I have a chemical. I like that idea.

 

[pinkmonki]

Ok, I'll play along again. I have no particular leaning one way or the other this month, whereas last month I was utterly convinced

Bd cd 8, 10, 13, 14

O cd 15

1dpo - feeling lousy, incredibly nauseous. Either the progesterone of LP is hitting hard or the Littles have infected me with some sort of lurgy. Cx high/soft/closed. Cm creamy. Insomnia.

2dpo - still nauseated but less so. Crazy ass dreams. Cx high/firm/closed. Cm creamy. Slept well.

3dpo - still mildly nauseous, dang stomach bug. Vivid dreams. Sleeping well, and unusually for me, falling asleep within minutes of being in bed (I'm usually an hour of book in bed kinda gal) Cx high/firm/closed. Cm creamy.

4dpo - cx high/medium/closed. Cm creamy and increased. Fell asleep super fast again but awake at 4:30am to pee and couldn't get back to sleep. Sides of bbs/up to armpits feel tender, almost bruised like. Headache. Mild cramping. Mild low backache.

5dpo - cx high/medium/closed. Cm creamy. Again waking in the early hours to start the day (4:30am!) Tender breasts. Mild uterine cramping/ occasional more intense left side cramping. Headache. Stuffy nose. poured away a full bottle of milk convinced it was off.. it was not apparently. Oh well. Nothing yet making me lean either way ��

Updating, still not leaning either way but can't help symptom spotting regardless. How annoying.

 

[wrapunzel]

Keep updating PinkMonki I love following along!

 

[pinkmonki]

Keep updating PinkMonki I love following along!

And I you, I'm looking forward to you testing on Monday. I'm so hopeful for you.

 

[wrapunzel]

Thank you lovely!

 

[LAR83]

Wrapunzel- I wish I didn't have to wait until Tuesday, but since the ovidrel gives false positives, I am going to stick with my doctor's recommended testing date. These last few days of waiting feel soooo slow.

pinkmonki- I hear you. The symptom spotting monster is really hard to avoid. I wish there was a way not to do it because I feel like it causes me more anxiety and then upset when I work myself up to thinking I am pregnant and I am not. I am worried about that happening to me this cycle

 

[pinkmonki]

Wrapunzel- I wish I didn't have to wait until Tuesday, but since the ovidrel gives false positives, I am going to stick with my doctor's recommended testing date. These last few days of waiting feel soooo slow.

pinkmonki- I hear you. The symptom spotting monster is really hard to avoid. I wish there was a way not to do it because I feel like it causes me more anxiety and then upset when I work myself up to thinking I am pregnant and I am not. I am worried about that happening to me this cycle

That's exactly where I was last month and I was gutted. I'm resultely ambivalent this month, and viewing all the symptoms with a curious but detached air. If anything I'd say I'm playing them down so I don't get my hopes up.

 

[LAR83]

I feel your pain It's an awful let down when you work yourself up to thinking you are pregnant. I guess that's why you keep saying you don't have a leaning one way or another. I am trying to tell myself that too, but I know it is a lie. I have a leaning toward thinking I am. That scares the crap out of me, because AF can show itself any minute now.

 

[wrapunzel]

Oh I am so sorry Lar, I don't know anything about Ovidrel and I feel like a prat now. What poor luck I chose to say that

Pinkmonki I think when you're hopeful for something, everything feels relevant. Last month I was so on edge I remember having to talk myself down from thinking being thirsty at 2DPO meant I was preggers...

Like both of you I'm trying to find balance. I want to "keep the faith" and believe I'm pregnant, I want to avoid visualizing Aunt Flo showing up. In the past I have made myself late pretending I might be pregnant... and last month I was obsessing the same way, but worrying "what if I'm not?" and it came 2 days early.

So I'm trying to believe I am pregnant, while also planning TTC in the future. Maybe not that I'm pregnant but that I'm healthy and ready to be pregnant? Yeah. Trying to be accepting of what will be. If I bleed, it isn't terrible news, it is my body preparing for next time.

I'm sorry it isn't the same for you Lar with so much emotion and $$ and effort invested in your interventions. I'm glad there's other ladies here going through what you are to support you

My back hurts and with my brain full of symptom spotting I can't remember what's normal for me right before Aunt Flo. This is silly. Back really does hurt quite a bit

 

[LAR83]

No worries wrapunzel. What you said didn't bother me at all... it just is what it is for me. Waiting would definitely not be my first choice just because I impatient, but since I have to do it, I can see it has its upsides too. It's just hard to do!

Luckily I have good insurance, so the fertility tx hasn't been expensive so far. My insurance cover 4 IUIs, so I am hoping I won't need any more than that. It also covers $10,000 for IVF, but I hope it doesn't get to that point.

 

[wrapunzel]

How long have you been TTC so far?

 

[LAR83]

About a year or just over a year. It hasn't been too long yet.

 

[wrapunzel]

I think I will honestly be more pleased if you get a BFP than if I do!

 

[LAR83]

Aww that is very sweet of you. Thank you! I really hope you get your BFP this cycle too!

 

[pinkmonki]

I feel your pain It's an awful let down when you work yourself up to thinking you are pregnant. I guess that's why you keep saying you don't have a leaning one way or another. I am trying to tell myself that too, but I know it is a lie. I have a leaning toward thinking I am. That scares the crap out of me, because AF can show itself any minute now.

I feel you, so totally

 

[wrapunzel]

this afternoon on an ic

 

[pinkmonki]

this afternoon on an ic

Sorry Wrapunzel. Fingers crossed for tomorrow