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

[LilyBump]

Honestly, I'm starting to get pretty unhopeful about this cycle, so don't entirely know what is spurring me to post in here.. My periods have been really off since my miscarriage. Or really, I should say ON..for too long! Never in my life have I bled for so long each time.

My first real af was in April. It came on with 4 days of spotting, then full af for 5 days--spotting for 4 days. May- spotting 1 day before, 5 days full, spotting 2 days. THIS cycle was a doozy, horrible horrible cramps that I rarely ever have gotten in years --5 days of full af, 7 days of spotting??? NEVER have I bled or even spotted like this before in my history of af!!! Also really weird, my painful cyst swollen breasts that I got ever cycle..has all but vanished. Some slight pain this cycle, but absolutely nothing like it used to be! Not sure if this will last or what..

But yeah, needless to say..I have absolutely no clue on what is a symptom of pregnancy vs af and my bodily signs at all now. OR, if something is wrong. Except, this cycle I did actually use an Opk for the first time! Seen an extremely dark line..and, again very odd..spotted after bding! Release of egg?


Cycles range from 29-34 days. Since the miscarriage, it pushed the average to 33 as they're running days longer atm.

Hopefully I'm getting the date right for O, but I marked the 17th (watery cm, spotting in am after bd, strong dark bfp on opk in pm--totally bfn next day).

1dpo- a little bit of creamy cm and a little bit of EWCM in shower this am. Not much of either overall. Cp hsm. Cramping in lower stomach still. Increased sex drive. bruised feeling on top right bb.

2dpo- Some creamy mixed with a bit of ewcm. Cp mmm. Cramps. Decreased appetite. Increased sex drive. bruised feeling on top R bb.

3dpo- Abundant thick white cm. Cp hsc. Some nausea.

4dpo- still thick and creamy cm. Less so than yesterday though. Some sharp uterine/ovary pains.

5dpo- creamy cm, a bit less than the day before. Cp mfc. backache. feeling hot. fatigue. increased appetite. very sharp uterine pain in afternoon.

6dpo- A lot of weird watery/creamy/lotiony mixed cm? Maybe a yellow tinge? Cp Lfc. Very bad heartburn. Feel very ill to stomach in a lot of diff ways. Hard to eat or drink, except v. thirsty/dry mouth. Fatigue. Achy. Dizziness. Tingling nips/bb's. <~day I had IB with mc cycle.

7dpo- med. amount of creamy/watery cm. Cp hfc. Some nausea. cramps. sensitive/kinda painful nips. Mucusy/runny nose. frequent urination. fatigue. bruised feeling on right bb only. bad lower backache.

8dpo- gush of creamy cm on toilet paper bm. very odd for me to ever get cm on toilet paper in general. Not much cm after that. Cp feels higher and harder to feels..hmc. Increased bruised R bb feeling, moves underarm. Bad cough (start of a soon to be all out cold!). Foot cramp in bed.

9dpo- A lot of watery/creamy/lotiony cm. Need one word to describe it! Cp mmc. Pains in lower back, ovarian pains. A decent amount of clear sticky cm on toilet paper after pee? Cough persists, sneezy, chills. Hot. backache.

10dpo- Abundant white creamy cm. A bit crumbly? Cp hfc. A couple breakouts. Usually have clear skin..probably means af on the way though Sore nips, esp in shower. Pretty strong right hand side (alternated around ovary/uterus in front) pains. A LOT more obvious breakouts. Hot. Cold worsening.

11dpo- Still a lot of cm but more sticky now. Maybe because off allergy med. Thick ewcm in shower. Cold/cough at it's worst. Flue like.Went to nose in pm. Hot. Diarrhea. Frequent urination. Achy. Lower backache. :BFN:

12do- Yep, definitely still sick! Needed to go on antibiotics today. Creamy cm. Cp hm and maybe medium open? If so, definitely out, I'm sure. Bruised feeling at top & now side of R bb. Nothing serious tho. Diarrhea off and on again. Cramps. Twinges/pains in uterus off and on. Headache. Very veiny chest--usually have close to af..AND pregnancy. Lower backache. <~day I got my BFP on mc cycle.

13dpo- Cm isn't the most accurate atm because of cold meds. Sticky towards the bottom but some thick creamy up around cervix. Cp is hfc but tilted. Bb's don't feel painful anymore? Some cramps/sharp uterine pains and pretty bad lower backache. on frer with fmu. But since POAS addict me just can't stop..went out and bought cheaper blue dye tests from grocery story. Took with smu. A very thin blue line appeared and stayed pretty quickly. But I do not trust these at all as it seems I've been getting these thin blue lines..just usually after time limit. I still really think I'm out.

14dpo- Sticky cm (still don't know if this is med induced, creamy in shower). Cp still hfc, but actually had to lay in shower to feel the opening as cervix was very tilted backwards. Bb, esp nip, pain increasing. Loose stools (which I have had every single morning since O it seems). A lot of sharp pains in lower stomach. Starting to get gurgly too. Think AF will show her ugly face within the next day or two.

Sorry to write a book! Talk about giving something to do in your TWW ..I should be due for af on around the 7th. My last 2 cycles both started the 7th ..but seriously, with my body atm, who knows! Feels like she's definitely coming though.. :/

eta: <and I hate to add more, but I will say..this is the first time in all that I have recorded, in which I didn't dry up after O.

 

[Casperelly]

Mmmkay. While my CM had been barely there these last 3-4 days, I've started to get more discharge. Its lotiony ish, kind of thick but not really thick. Also, the 3-4 days or more I didn't have much discharge, what bit I had was SUPER watery, like I thought I peed myself. Also, in the AM when I pee I feel almost like its a UTI but then every other time I go it doesn't. :/ Still BFN's on pg tests. I'll update when I find out, again I'm due for AF on the 10th.
Also, I'm really crampy today :/ I actually called off work because I'm so sore and feel so bleh. I don't know. Also, out of the norm for me, last night I had a really vivid random dream... And my back hurts, and the muscle pulley feeling, also, new today which is not too far from normal but still odd, really darkening nipples, they are purple. I feel hot all the time, and my boobs are sore as of today, worse than normal. Plus, my chest, only my chest, is super veiny ): Hmm. IDK..

 

[Casperelly]

Forgot to add, I have an acne breakout on my face and chest, which I NEVER get plus, I have those little white bumps on my nips, and they are way more prominent as of last night/today. Plus, I feel liek my boobs are a little swollen. :/

 

[Casperelly]

Oh and I cried today, like bawled my eyes out for 30 minutes (no exaggeration) because I got onion dip on my sweater :/

 

[ckicks86]

AF should have shown up on the 1st. I'm in some mean limbo. Took a digital test the other day and got a no. Not testing again, either. Maybe AF is just playing around and taking her time. But if there's no AF by the 10th, I'm calling DOC.

Getting really down about this.

 

[BoobsMcGee22]

CD 12 today.
According to the test strips, I should be ovulating today or tomorrow...but I am still learning how these things work!
After AF last time, the boob soreness went away and I had the WORST CRAMPS EVER. AF was right on time, but it made me wonder if something had been going on. But, here we are again! BD today. Lots of pinching today on my left side. Wondering if that was ovulation? Sticky CM tonight.
We will see what tomorrow brings!

 

[LilyBump]

^as mentioned in my post above: I got a bfn on an frer with fmu this morning. But then with SMU, a very thin line with a blue dye test that showed up right away and has stayed. I know blue dye tests really shouldn't be trusted..and I've been getting a similar line, except after the time limit with these. I have one of these tests left though, should I use the same urine and see if the other test shows the same...OR, wait til tomorrow morning? If I use it now..I mayyyy just call it a day and wait for af. I dunno!!!

eta: of course, if I did get the same line I'd have to go get more tests for tomorrow anyway

 

[stephj25]

^as mentioned in my post above: I got a bfn on an frer with fmu this morning. But then with SMU, a very thin line with a blue dye test that showed up right away and has stayed. I know blue dye tests really shouldn't be trusted..and I've been getting a similar line, except after the time limit with these. I have one of these tests left though, should I use the same urine and see if the other test shows the same...OR, wait til tomorrow morning? If I use it now..I mayyyy just call it a day and wait for af. I dunno!!!

eta: of course, if I did get the same line I'd have to go get more tests for tomorrow anyway

Try and wait until tomorrow. I'm 13dpo and swear I can see a line on an ic. I also had a line appear after time limit on a cb plus. I'm sure the manufacturers do it on purpose to make us wonder and buy more tests!!

 

[waiting4damon]

3 chords: I got BFN stark white 9 DPO then multiple strong BFP12DPO!! Don't give up hope!!

 

[BaniVani]

LilyBump Wishing you the best..sorry to hear you're having a difficult time-must be so frustrating. Never give up though...I've seen some worst cases and happy pregnancies that followed

 

[BaniVani]

BoobsMcGee22 Good luck on this next cycle.
ckicks86, stephj25 , LilyBump Good luck to you too----- Casperelly-----hope you got that onion dip off your sweater I'm wishing you luck girl for this cycle!

waiting4damon, you are so right "Don't give up hope!"

sending you all my baby dust!!!!

 

[Casperelly]

BoobsMcGee22 Good luck on this next cycle.
ckicks86, stephj25 , LilyBump Good luck to you too----- Casperelly-----hope you got that onion dip off your sweater I'm wishing you luck girl for this cycle!

waiting4damon, you are so right "Don't give up hope!"

sending you all my baby dust!!!!

Thank you! STILL Cramping a little, definately feeling queasy this morning ): Going between diahrrea and constipation. I'm hungry all the time but I don't want to eat anything?? I don't know, CM still a little more than usual (I'm usually not getting any right now) Still getting negative on pg tests. I think. I got a positive on one that was faint, and then darker after 10 minutes, then on a FRER I got a shadow of a line. I mean I barely saw it. Hubby says he "saw it but he didn't" whatever that means. IDK. Back to work today.

 

[Casperelly]

P.S. Yeah the onion dip is gone

 

[ckicks86]

Well I am 6 days late. Boobies are more sore, and (although it is hard to tell - I rarely stare at my nipples) i think they are getting darker in the center and along the outside. The soreness definitely isn't as intense as with my first, but maybe my body is more familiar. I'm planning on picking up dollar store tests...I cant afford the 15 bucks every few days lol.

Best of luck to you gals!

 

[MrsAmk]

Guess I'll jump on board! TTC #2 after stillborn son born 3/30/13. I want this so incredibly bad!

1DPO: Post ovulation pain, intense on left side
2DPO: Pain subsided but still dull, otherwise nothing
3DPO: Right sided pains for a couple hours, otherwise nothing
4DPO: Pretty bloated, (I'm attributing that to the progesterone cream I started on 2DPO), loose stool.
5DPO: NADA!!
6DPO: NADA!!
7DPO: NADA!!

 

[LilyBump]

Guess I'll jump on board! TTC #2 after stillborn son born 3/30/13. I want this so incredibly bad!

1DPO: Post ovulation pain, intense on left side
2DPO: Pain subsided but still dull, otherwise nothing
3DPO: Right sided pains for a couple hours, otherwise nothing
4DPO: Pretty bloated, (I'm attributing that to the progesterone cream I started on 2DPO), loose stool.

I'm sorry, I couldn't even imagine! Will be following and praying for you!


As for me, both of those evil blue dye tests had obvious lines..but definitely were duds Bfn on frer with fmu today. Af due today, having a lot of sharp uterine pains, but cp seems like it might not show for another day or two.

Just sucks that on both of my pregnancies, I got pregnant the first month/2nd one with only bding once! And now, after miscarrying (when I thought you're supposed to be more fertile!), it's been 4 cycles and nothing!

 

[BoobsMcGee22]

CD 12 today.
According to the test strips, I should be ovulating today or tomorrow...but I am still learning how these things work!
After AF last time, the boob soreness went away and I had the WORST CRAMPS EVER. AF was right on time, but it made me wonder if something had been going on. But, here we are again! BD today. Lots of pinching today on my left side. Wondering if that was ovulation? Sticky CM tonight.
We will see what tomorrow brings!

CD 13...super fat dark line on the OPK for the third day. Cervix is soft today and slightly open. CM is thick and white. We bd'd the last two days, and planning it again later tonight. Boob pain on the undersides today, so I know ovulation is going on...just not sure which day it was. Anyone good with using the OPKs? How do you pinpoint?

 

[ValDante]

Well, I'm currently 8 dpo. I haven't really had a lot of symptoms.

1-5dpo: Nothing, can't count the headaches because I was stopping soda cold turkey so I'm assuming they were caffeine headaches.
6dpo: Vivid dream, cramps/pressure/stabbing pain in the lower abdomen.
7dpo: Extremely moody
8dpo: Mild/dull cramps similar to light AF-like cramps, bloated (sweat pants and the band to my underwear feel tight), very emotional/weepy
9dpo: Moody (or as my husband declared, bipolar), gas/flatulence, mild/dull cramps all day (off and on but mostly on).

 

[SmallBear]

Haven't been on here is a while because, well, we had a baby.

But now we are working on No. 2, and I have always been fairly irregular, period-wise, plus I'm OCD, so it pleases me to keep track of these things.

Anyway, preeeettty sure I O'd (for the first time in a while) Friday night/Saturday morning. Had the appropriate signs. So I came on here looking to obsess with others, and here are my signs/symptoms so far. (Also, I am back on Vitex because it ALWAYS regulates me, and I was on it last time we got preg.) Also to note: Have doctor's appointment on Thursday for my yearly and will ask some questions then.

O Day: Burning nips and a weird, bloaty feeling, plus a change from EWCM to very little at all. Tender BBs and multiple twinges in the ovary area. OH! And I have these vibrations. In my pelvis. No joke. But I think that may be from the nerves in m tummy finally healing after my C-section (15 months ago -- just in the last months getting sensation back). Sleepy (Always happens around O).

1 DPO: Still buzzing. Doublechecked that I wasn't already PG from miscalculating cycle. Nope. Still feel pressure/bloating in pelvic area. Not tired, really. As of about 7 p.m., I have MASSIVE headache that feels hormonal (used t get them all the time). Lots of twinges in my ovarian area, in addition to the mysterious buzzing (seriously, it feels like a kitten in my stomach.) ETA: Nothing touches this headache, and I am fairly sure at this point it's headed for a hormonal migraine. And the nips are now stupid tender and sensitive, after a little break in the ouchy. ETA2: Just literally sneezed 15 times in a row, and it's not over. And I forgot to put that I'm stopped up -- BUT I reaaaaally think it would be much too early for that to have anything to do with a baby. However, might be related to successful ovulation hormone changes? Or, (more likely) allergies. Lol Just trying to be good and note anything out of the ordinary.

2 DPO: I feel like maybe there should be a question mark after that, because my Ov Watch says Monday (today, kind of -- it's after midnight here) was Fertile Day 1. But I started wearing it later than I was supposed to (long story), and put in a cycle length that was probably too long, since Vitex is making things happen. Anyway, 2 DPO. Lotions CM, pretty sleepy (although my husband tricked me into a nap, so I don't know if I would have noticed the sleepiness on my own, the way I do on O day or did when I was pregnant). Touch of a beaches, but not like yesterday. Nips still sensitive, but not burning, and BBs are a bit tender on the sides, but not awful. I've been noticeably stopped up, but, again, that could be allergies or a cold. And I've had some "lightning"-type pains in the ovary area on the right side. Also, my pelvic abdomen is tender still -- has been for he past few days. Oh -- and the kitten is still there, but that was mostly during the day and less so this evening. ETA: The weird, water-balloons bloated feeling I was having is gone, and I noticed I was feeling a bit crampy earlier, but sometimes I get them a long way out, and if the OV Watch is right, (and all my other signs are totally wrong), I'm gearing up to O.

3 DPO: Definite cramps. Sides and tops of BBs are still sore. Definitely sleepy. Still have the buzzy feeling, plus some lightning pains, some fluttering and a bit of a hormoney headache. Still stopped up. Felt bloated this morning, but not right now. Really feels a lot like my period is right around the corner, though I know it's too early. CM: Not much, not fertile.

4 DPO: Eh. Full-on cramps in my tummy and my back. BBs still somewhat sore and nips still a bit sensitive, but not like right around O time. Headache again earlier, though it has eased up a bit. Still stopped up. Still feel bloated in morning and evening. Strangely enough, as noted before, OV Watch seems to think I'm supposed to O in two days, but (as noted) I started tha at the wrong time, and I really don't think that's right -- it just feels wrong. But I'll ask the doctor tomorrow what she thinks. Oh yeah -- still have the buzz thing.

 

[BoobsMcGee22]

Hi SmallBear! I have felt the kitten feeling too! No idea what that is!