PREGO!!

Okay, so I thought that I was out for the month. I started bleeding at 10DPO (days past ovulation) and figured my Luteal Phase was way short and started taking B6. I bled for 3 days, medium to heavy flow. Not an un-normal period for me. Fast forward to Cycle Day 10, today. I decided I'd start Ovulation Predictors early because I figured the B6 would push ovulation sooner. I peed on an OPK and instant dark positive.

Crazy, right?

So I squeezed out a little more (didn't do it in a cup on the OPK) and did a $ store test. A little faint but POSITIVE!! So I drank two bottles of water and drove to Wally World and bought a First Response test and a digital one too. BOTH POSITIVE!

I went to the dollar store and bought a gift box and put all three tests in it and gave it to Jon as an early xmas present. He was flabbergasted! We are soooo excited and happy right now!!

The Witch

So stupid Aunt Flo showed up today 3 days early. Weird. That means that I only had a 26 day cycle this month. Possibly not good because that makes my luteal phase only 10 days which spells trouble should I get pregnant. I read that taking B6 every day will help you to ovulate a few days earlier in your cycle which will lengthen the luteal phase so I'll try that out. Blah, I am super bummed that I am not prego, but my fortune could still be right since I will ovulate again toward the end of the month. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

My First Pregnancy Test

I am so impatient that I decided to take a pregnancy test early. I am only 9 days past ovulation (5 days before my period) and I know that it is likely way too earlly to pick it up even if I am prego, but I just couldn't resist. Obviously it was a big fat nothing or I would be all excited and not venting my frustrations on my blog.

I am having so many symptoms that I'm really hoping are not in my head. I have been getting short bouts of nausea and got so bloated yesterday that it was actually hard to breathe for a few hours. I have also had rock hard nips for a few days and cramping on and off. My basal body temps are still high and I have an abundance of creamy CM. I know that all of this can be attributed to PMS but I still can't help but think that it's not.

Why do early pregnancy symptoms and PMS symptoms have to be exactly the same?! I have several dollar store tests and a handful of them from the internet that came with my ovulation tests so I think that I am going to take one every day until I either get a positive or my period. If I keep seeing negatives every day maybe I won't be that disappointed if I do get my period. On the other hand, if I do get a positive I'll know that much sooner! :) I know I sound like a mad woman and I guess that's what hormones and a goal will do for ya. Here's hoping that I know one way or the other in the next few days so I don't keep waking up at 5 in the morning because I'm too excited to pee on a stick.

Superstitions

So I have been feeling a bit superstitious because it would just be too perfect for everything if I got prego this month. I took a Tarot reading class last year for fun and decided to do a reading for myself. The reading said basically be careful what you wish for so I've been telling myself that I am preggers to put the good energy out there.

Then last week my husband got me some Japanese food and there was a fortune cookie. My fortune said that I would be rewarded for my efforts within the month. Crazy, right? I taped it to my fridge to remind myself every day!

Then after hearing all about the baby psychics online I decided to get a reading from Jenny Renny. Here's what it says:

Your reading reveals that you are currently pregnant from the cycle that began in October. The baby shows as a girl and her EDD/birthdate is referenced the month of July 2010 - specific reference to the 27th as EDD and 14th as birth.

I know that I'm setting myself up for severe heartbreak if it doesn't come true, but I am now fully convinced that I am prego now! I have been getting intermittent cramping and I swear I had like superhuman smell today; everything smelled gross. I have also been dizzy and a little nauseous today. It's only been 7 days since I ovulated so I can't test yet, but I am so anxious to start peeing on a stick!

Entering the TWW

So I'm now 1-2 days past ovulation and in what I have learned from the online postings is the two week wait. I feel seriously obsessed and don't know how to stop obsessing. I have been staring at my chart and comparing mine to others on Fertility Friend to try to decipher what my chances of conception this month are. I have also been highly tuned to every little symptom that I get, like breast tenderness and abdominal pains. I know that I have about a 20% chance based on my age and history but I can't help but think that I somehow increased my chances by doing everything "right." Wishful thinking, I know. Time to just wait and see...

Ovulation!

It looks like I finally ovulated! I was getting a little impatient there but I guess I am a late ovulator. I got a semi-positive OPK the day before yesterday and a nice clear positive yesterday afternoon. I was all excited to get home and do some baby dancin' with Jon. Then all hell broke loose at work and I ended up having to stay an hour late. By the time I got home I was so stressed out from work and my back was killing me. I went upstairs and took off my work clothes and collapsed on the bed. Jon was sooooo super sweet though. He came up and told me that I needed to destress because stress will sometimes prevent ovulation. He oiled me up and rubbed my back for a solid 20 minutes. It was the perfect cure to a crappy day. Then we of course proceeded to have the most amazing sex since starting to TTC (and possibly longer than that too). I seriously LOVE my husband!

So now I guess I am in the two week wait. I'm hoping that I will get higher temps in the morning to confirm that I actually ovulated (although I had the worst cramps on my right side only last night and this morning so I'm relatively sure that's when I O'd). I think that the soonest people get any results on HPT's is 9 days past ovulation. That means that I can't take a test until Friday the 13th. Haha... I wonder what freaky things will happen?

Finally Getting Somewhere

So I finally got some results on an OPK. It's not quite a true positive yet, but I'm sure it will be by tomorrow. Just to be sure though, we BD'd this morning and will again tomorrow. I'm excited to actually feel like I'm affecting my chances! We'll see how long this excitement can carry me...

Still Negative...

I know that I started testing early because I still don’t know what my cycles are going to be like off of BC, but I’m getting annoyed with negatives every day. I was really hoping that today would be positive or at least a light line to give me some hope, but again, nothing. Granted it is just CD14 and if I have a longer cycle then I’m still looking at another 2-4 days, but I’m impatient and I wanna know now! lol I’m guessing that it will happen soon enough judging by my other stats. Patience is a virtue…