EllaCruz

well, lets see...what can I say? I bought one of those crappy two pound diaries in Peacocks to write in all my TTC stuff but there is barely enough room for a full stop in those things, let alone a ramble

Today is Day 31 of my cycle. I do not particularly know how long my cycles are so I do not understand the relevance of that day.

Last month's cycle was 27 days long, starting on 2nd November, then again on 29th November. The cycle before was less. The cycle before that was less again so there is no definitive number, for me, which makes plotting ovulation almost impossible.

This month I ovulated somewhere between 14th and 18th December. Symptoms were: Eggwhite on 14th, 15th and 16th which then seemed to stop and resumed once more, ever so slightly, on 18th along with left sided abdominal cramps which lasted half a day.

I get these a lot, assume they are ovulation cramps but I do not know what this means, whether this is the day I ovulate, the day before, the day after, or what.

Starting on 24th have had the following symptoms:

1 - Waking up every morning with what seems like AF cramps. These subside after about two hours and do not resume.
2 - Extreme tiredness - bed at 10, awake at 9 and wanting to sleep again in afternoon.
3 - Extremely sensitive skin on face. Burning allergy to shower gel that I have not had since I actually started my periods
4 - My average temperature is mid 36 degrees. For the past few mornings it has been well over 37. It is currently at 37.75.
5 - Very high cervix, almost impossible to reach

Today I took a HP test and it came back as a BFN.

I still have no period and I still do not feel like it is near. I usually get a spot on the end of my nose, the same place every month. It is not there. Every month without fail I burst into tears the day before AF arrives.

i have not done so.

I was moody and irritable on 24, 25 but since then my mood has been stable. No swings. No irritation.

Today I have a terribly sore throat and feel am getting a cold. I am thinking this might be the cause of the slightly raised temperature.

Hmmm

Month One and am already feeling let down.

To top it all off, my Favourite Passtime was completely pathetic today. Hubby and I sat here frustrated for the full ninety minutes.

At least I had my shallow twosome to make it less Frustrating!!!!

EllaCruz

5am up with cramps again.

9am, cramps getting worse rather than subsiding.

Witch today I think.

ETA - 9.33 cramps gone. No witch. Confused now.

Also have bad cold and sore throat. Still wondering if illness has postponed witch arrival. Possibility, no?

No sore boobs.

Slight chance of UTI though. Hopefully not, though am due one.

Number of UTIs for 2006 - 27
Number of UTIs for 2007 - 19

Decreased, at least!!!

EllaCruz

11.59 Just threw up. Still in bed. Feel appalling.

Again, illness or pregnancy?

BFN yesterday so likely the first.

Still no witch. No longer any sign of her. I wish she would just show up, now, and get it over with so that can start on planning for next cycle.

Unpredictable minx.

dakini

Are your temps still high? And if they are, how many days have they been high for?

EllaCruz

They are higher than normal but have only really been testing temp for about four or five days. I had a play around every so often and my normal temp is mid 36. Has been well over 37. Is even higher now but that is probably due to this horrible cold and sore throat that just hit me. That might be why it has been up for a few days as well. Is around 38.4 now but, like I said, horrible sore throat and cold.

Mixed signals, etc.

Still getting used to all this "signs" stuff.

dakini

Well, if you are temping regularly and correctly, it will tell you when you've o'ed, and if you have a sustained temp rise, then you may be pg (in TCOYF it says after 18 days, but I think if you have been temping regularly and your LP is usually say 14 days, and it's day 16, then you could test...). That's why I was asking. The temp you are at seems good, but like you said, could be due to the cold.

I hope it's all good news for you though!

EllaCruz

9am - cramps and sickness. Have slept three hours due to perhaps heaviest cold of my entire life.

Is the sickness due to the fact that I am at my mother's and I just opened the door to find a wad of cat shit?

I think I heard it meowing to be let out as well. Oh, good Lord.

EllaCruz

Took the other test.

Negative.

Oh well. Better luck next time.

EllaCruz

Stayed home from work. Have not left bed in two days. Flu, I think, clearly more than a cold. Headache, sore throat, aching bones, keep bursting into tears for no reason and have not slept in two days.

Felt guilty calling in sick but what can you do?

Still no period. This is now CD34.

Ovpain on 18th December, 15 days ago. Now I am wondering if you can still get ovulation pain and not ovulate!

I wish the witch would hurry up, now, seriously. It seems terribly unfair of her to tease me like this.

EllaCruz

She finally arrived.

So this cycle was, what, 35 days?

*sigh*

how am I ever going to chart when am this irregular?