This post was written early last week...
It all started with me taking my temp this morning. I was really confused to see my temperature drop below the coverline yesterday (which translates into bad news on the baby-making front for those who don't do/know about fertility charting) and then it was even lower today. So I was sure I wasn't pregnant.
But then, as I was nursing Bella, I began to question it as it was an oddly low temp. I took it again after I fed Bella just to see what number it gave me and was really confused to find it even lower. Husband took his temp then, too, and it also gave him a questionably low reading. So it either means that Husband runs really low temps and has not yet ovulated either (very likely, I think) or it means my thermometer is broken and all the temps from this past month are wrong. Le sigh. I guess I'm not too surprised as everything did seem to be weirdly low this month and the temps were not matching any other fertility signs. So then I thought I might be pregnant.
Later in the morning I put on a new bra and found it way too small. The hell?! Maybe I ordered the wrong size or it was labeled wrong or something? So I went and found another bra...and that one was too small, too. Finally, I put on the bra that has been too big recently and found it fit, if not a bit snugly. I flashbacked to my first pregnancy and the immediate enormous boobage that accompanied it and I have to confess I sort of flopped into the glider in Bella's nursery and was overwhelmed by the knowledge that I must be pregnant.
Until I went to the bathroom and found I was spotting. What? My period? Is that why my boobs are so big? Oh. OK. I guess I can't be pregnant.
Then a couple hours later it occurs to me that I have had spotting or light periods take place around 29-30 days apart for the past three months...seems awfully weird for it to show up on day 24. I recall a little thing called implantation spotting that I had last time I was pregnant. Oh, wow! I must be pregnant!
Husband confirms that my boobs are looking a lot fuller after I pull up my shirt and insist he take a good look (this is not as fun as it sounds). Definitely pregnant, no doubt.
Then spotting becomes a proper period by late in the day, in addition to feeling some cramping. So, in conclusion: not pregnant.
Baby-making makes me neurotic. I mean, more neurotic than usual.
Just for the record, I'm officially not K.U. A small fortune in pregnancy tests confirms this.
Ummm...tell me about it! I got my first post-pregnancy period in May due to breastfeeding still so I sat the hubby down and said..."what do you want to do, try NOT to have another baby or just see what happens?" He said let's just see what happens, which of course to me sounds like "go buy some ovulation prediction kits and let's make a baby!" So a FULL 35 days and three boxes of ovulation kits later I finally get a positive for ovulation. But I am super excited to say that it was first times the charm again and I got two beautiful pink lines on an HPT this past week!
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Mama Tully! CONGRATULATIONS! So exciting.
ReplyDeleteBB- OH, I know, but I find the act of purchasing pg tests somewhat thrilling. I also question my ability to read the cheaper tests, which leads me to "double checking" on the more expensive ones and, well...yeah. I got issues. I went nuts this cycle, future cycles won't be so out of control.
Funny that I am going through some similar things! Hubby and I decided to start trying for baby #2 so I do the OPKs and the charting of days and all that jazz. Earlier this week, I was SUPER tired and having unusual headaches. I could have sworn that I was preggo and I took a test even though my period was not really supposed to come until today or tomorrow. Well, it was negative but I didn't worry because I was testing so early. Then, yesterday I had some mild cramping and my boobs have been hurting so I told my hubby that I might be preggo. Well, what do you know....period this morning!! :( Why is this whole getting pregnant thing so easy for some people that aren't even trying and so complicated for those of us that actually want it to happen??!
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