Trying To Conceive

Lazy Leo · Jun 2nd, 2008, 23:35 PM

Well I got my positive on Sunday and knowing how much I liked to scrutinise what other girls have done when they’ve got their

I thought I would do the same.

AF arrived on 8th May
temps indicated ovulation on 20th May (CD13)
AF was expected 3rd June

We

CD 7,8,10,11,12, and 13

I had two reflexology sessions a fortnight apart last month
I started Paul McKenna’s ‘I can make you thin’ and lost 12lb making me a bit less overweight than I was!!!
I took Evening Primrose Oil from CD 1 to Ovulation
I took Agnus Castus from CD1 to OVualtion
It was a gorgeous summer month so I actually found tights and got myself into skirts as often as possible and out of jeans!! It made me feel better about myself and I think that’s important.
I got the ‘sexy secretary’ outfit from Ann Summers and used that as a bit of a laugh two days before O. My hubby works away so I just joked that he needed a social secretary to organise his social life!!
I used pre-seed the night before O with a more traditionally silky nightie!

So that’s what we did - what were the symptoms?

My temps stayed high right through the cycle and:

6-8 DPO (approx)
Perhaps entirely coincidental but I went on a massive tidying spree through the house - rearranging wardrobes, buying new drawers, cleaning the oven and washing the windows! Extremely unusual for me!

At 6DPO I felt sick from coffee, similar to getting the shakes when I’ve had too much coffee but this was restricted to my tummy and was even after a weak coffee.

7 DPO
Lots of discharge in my underwear when I got undressed for bed.
Wind in bed that night - terrible burping!
Very hot in bed as well but didn’t think anything of this at the time

8DPO
Mentally high as the proverbial kite, was just convinced I was PG but with no physical symptoms (eg breast tender etc) couldn’t justify it!
CM was kind of lotiony.

9DPO
The night of 8DPO into the morning of 9DPO my left breast felt slightly tender when I was tossing and turning and lying on my front.
My mood took a tumble and so did my temps. Convinced I was out.
CM was kind of lotiony again
Had a very long and tedious day and had a glass of wine at the end of a long hard day. Felt slightly queasy after about half an hour!
Didn’t sleep well, very warm and restless

10 DPO
temp went back up quite high again.
Again didn’t sleep well night of 9 into morning of 10dpo - too hot, very restless
Went out shopping and had a nosebleed just as I got into the house!
Very tired this afternoon - went for a sleep before going grocery shopping!
Forgot how to get to the store - wtf? Found myself parked in a petrol station on the way to my mum’s house. Had to spend about 5 mins thinking about how to get to the grocery store
Met my parents at the store by coincidence and my dad said I looked really tired.

11DPO
Tired but had a busy day and still not sleeping so well, so to be expected really

12DPO
Before getting up at 7am I was awake almost every hour, so decided to just try the test. It was in the kitchen drawer so I specifically had to make the decision to go and get it while trying not to wet myself

Two pink lines came up almost immediately. I think I went into shock

Very mild cramp that night about 10pm. If hadn’t tested I would have been sure my period was on its way!

13DPO
today - still in shock, but more than anything really tired.

I think overall the big one for me that seems to be ongoing is that my body’s internal temperature control seems to think I am literally incubating a bean and has gone through the roof. But the giveaway was the reaction to coffee and wine.

Hope this is useful or at least interesting to some of you!!!