Nic

Hey Cloudy, how are you doing? Are you still 'pulling' - hope you get a soon hun xx

CloudyDay

nat, magic, yaya and nic! Thanks for droppin' in!

Nat, my chart's pretty "barren" too... no dips or rises to get excited about. Must be my cheapie thermometer. Still trying to find a cheap BBT thermometer that ships from Canada.

Magic, I'm sooo curious if I'm P or not but I always wait for AF to give me the BFN. My wallet and my commitment to being green help to diffuse my itch to POAS! I just couldn't stand to waste a HPT on a BFN then send it to the landfill/recycling depot. (erm... I'm a neurotic recycler... I've actually taken apart a HPT to recycle the plastic bits!) I'm also not strong enough to deal w/ two BFNs in a row: one from the HPT and the second one from AF. OUCH... it'd be too much of a blow for me. :sniff: You POAS gals sure have a lot of !! I live vicariously through you!

Yaya: I'll be stalking yours too cycle bud!

CloudyDay

Time for another obsessive symptom update:

- Nic, I did still have the pulling sensation around 9 pm last night
- Pulling sensation barely noticeable during my slumber and all day today (but I wasn't really making an effort to notice it because I was too busy sleeping or working!)
- Occasionally felt the pulling on the left side too but just for split seconds (but it could have been constipation pains)
- Right now, I do still feel a very faint pulling sensation on the right side
- No longer constipated today (but that could be because I took in lots of fibre last night and this morning!)
- Zits came and went really quickly, within a day or two... normally they stay and fester for about a week (though it could be because of the new cleanser and creams I've been trying)

It's funny to me that I'm obsessively analyzing all these little twinges, etc. but at the same time, something in me is also trying equally hard to come up w/ other reasons for these symptoms! I guess that February BFN really took a toll on me. Maybe I've got a little angel on my shoulder trying to get me not to get my hopes up too high.

DH is telling me for the second time to get off my computer and join him in bed for some TV. NOOOOO... can't.... get.... off.... BnB!!!

nellis10

HI Cloudy!!

temps are looking nice and steady...how long is your LP (luteal phase) normally? Mine is about 12-13 days so I normally start to fall around 9DPO leading to AF...funny how we start to see patterns in our charts after only a short time...we are becoming experts in the field of fertility spotting!!!

I've given up symptom spotting as I realised that with TTC I am hypersensitiveto small changes in my body which are perfectly normal and not PG symptoms!!!

Still I have bought 2 new books which I am waiting to arrive one is Plan to Get Pregnant by Zita West and the other is Make me a Baby by Dr Simon Atkins. If I get PG before you I will happily recycle them to you!!

jolyn

Hey hun - ur chart is looking good. Those 'pulling' sensations ur talking about - I reported them in my journal last cycle, turned out I was PG, but only for a short while so I think they're def a symptom. I think I reported them at 7DPO, but then AF arrived at 8DPO as a total shock. Hope it's ur baby implanting hun xx

yaya

Hiya Cloudy!! Hee hee -- you and I are fellow poas-avoiders!! It's nice to know I'm not alone!

Big

Yaya xx

p.s. your symptoms are sounding excellent!

CloudyDay

... I decide to go in to work later so I can get on BnB!

Anyway, I have to add in two new symptoms that are typical pre-AF symptoms for me (~sigh... the evil is already announcing her arrival):
- I've suddenly gone from being really dry to having a very wet feeling cervix and increased sticky CM
- I felt a bit "lusty" this morning when I woke up... I'm at my lustiest every month when AF is in town (which sucks... I want to BD when it wouldn't make a difference then I have to muster up the lust when it's BD time!)

I'll be back on to catch up w/ you gals when I'm off work! Countin' the minutes...

nellis10

I am exactly the same...I get "lustful thoughts" when I am about to have AF...that's how I know I am due too!!!!!

Bugger why couldn't it be when I am about to OV!!!!

CloudyDay

Hi Nattie,

Experts... we are indeed! One thing I can really take out of this whole TTC experience is that I'm getting to know my body far better than I ever have. My LP has been pretty consistent at 10 days every cycle. I find that my temps start falling at different DPOs but quite consistently at CD25, so I'm dreading looking at the thermometer come Monday morning.

Nat, you can't really mean it when you say you're giving up symptom spotting!! Yeah, it hurts when I get the BFN after two weeks of giddy symptom watching; but, it's what I look forward to most about TTC... it's a guilty pleasure! Nat, you cannot give it up... symptom spotting on your journal is so much fun! Hey... look at it this way: it makes us stronger, each time we go through it!

Yay for recycling your books!! ; ) Though... it'd be much greener (and cost efficient for you) to recycle those lovely books to another wonderful gal in the UK rather than to me, all the way here in Canada! Couldn't find Atkins in the library but did find a different book by West so I'll be picking it up as soon as it's in! Thx for your VERY generous offer and for sharing the titles! (And, I hope ya do get your BFP before me! Err... rather, I hope we both get one at the same time!)

CloudyDay

Hey Jolyn,

Thanks for sharin' that. Could that sensation be caused only by implantation? Is there another explanation for it? I'm just really curious what it is, as I've really noticed it the last few cycles (maybe I'm just getting to be too keen of a symptom spotter!) I'll be headin' over to your journal to read more about your short PG... very curious about it. Sorry to hear that.