Well, not exactly sure what happened, but I'm on CD1, which is 5 days early. I don't know when I've ever been 5 days early, so I'm more surprised at that than I am that I'm not pregnant. I have no idea why my cycle was so thrown off and only 23 days long. I definitely O'ed on day 13-14, so cutting off a week seems so odd.
The cycle itself being so messed up is potentially why I didn't get pregnant this time. It definitely makes it hard to understand. Will nursed a lot after we got home from vacation, it's possible it messed it up slightly, but I don't see it as being so drastically different as to cause a 5 day jump.
We didn't get to DTD on the second day of O, but that shouldn't have been why. We did it twice a day for the whole week leading up to it, and hit the first day of it.
I was hoping that if we did get a bfn, it would at least be something I could learn from and use for later. This is too messed up, it doesn't make enough sense, so it feels like a wasted cycle.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
8DPO, Cy #1
I'm trying so hard to not symptom spot. It's still early. I hate when others come up with long symptoms that are just standard daily things until you put them under a microscope and search for pregnancy.
However, I can't stop those little feelings that immediately pop up and say "Ah, what if that means we got it?" I hate not knowing if there's something in there or not! So yes, I'm mildly symptom spotting. Not taking temps or anything, not actually looking, but I feel things.
I'm 8 DPO. I have 6 more days until AF is due. Since yesterday, I've been crampy for no reason. My ovary hurts like Ovulation, but I'm past that. I'm not working out, just taking it easy, which usually doesn't lead to such early cramping. I have spikey stabbing pain in my cervix.
I KNOW that it's only a 50/50 chance. I know that logically, I'm probably not pregnant. It's our very first cycle, I'm still breastfeeding, things aren't always exactly on schedule, we didn't DTD while I was actually supposed to be O'ing. There's a lot counting against me here. And yet, every little cramp or stab makes me gasp a little in wonder.
TTC'ing won't be as difficult after this month. This just had a lot riding on it: special themes, special announcements, special baby gifts and ideas. After this month, I'll default back to what I have always planned. I just can't wait to see which way it goes.
Since AF was late last month, I'm now due on the 20th. I'll be testing on the 18th. Just have to ride it out until Wednesday and try to contain my curiosity!
However, I can't stop those little feelings that immediately pop up and say "Ah, what if that means we got it?" I hate not knowing if there's something in there or not! So yes, I'm mildly symptom spotting. Not taking temps or anything, not actually looking, but I feel things.
I'm 8 DPO. I have 6 more days until AF is due. Since yesterday, I've been crampy for no reason. My ovary hurts like Ovulation, but I'm past that. I'm not working out, just taking it easy, which usually doesn't lead to such early cramping. I have spikey stabbing pain in my cervix.
I KNOW that it's only a 50/50 chance. I know that logically, I'm probably not pregnant. It's our very first cycle, I'm still breastfeeding, things aren't always exactly on schedule, we didn't DTD while I was actually supposed to be O'ing. There's a lot counting against me here. And yet, every little cramp or stab makes me gasp a little in wonder.
TTC'ing won't be as difficult after this month. This just had a lot riding on it: special themes, special announcements, special baby gifts and ideas. After this month, I'll default back to what I have always planned. I just can't wait to see which way it goes.
Since AF was late last month, I'm now due on the 20th. I'll be testing on the 18th. Just have to ride it out until Wednesday and try to contain my curiosity!
Monday, November 9, 2015
TTC kick off on the Disney Fantasy
We are back from our amazing, wonderful cruise! We're now in the two week wait, and I'm about 5 DPO. I'm very unsure about how we did. At first, it went really well - the first three days, we managed to DTD twice a day. The day I O'ed, we only were able to do it once. The next day I was still finishing up O'ing, and we didn't get to do it at all as that day we woke up super early to go run the Disney 5K on their private island. We had activities to do all day that day until about 11:30, where I passed out immediately after coming back to the room.
So it's possible that it worked, but it's also very possible that we didn't hit it at the right times. Either way, it was definitely a fun factor to our cruise. It was still the kickstart of our TTC journey, and we did it in style.
We got the Romance Package, which was beautiful to walk into and so much fun. The robes we received (and I'm still wearing) were super soft and plush. The champagne was delicious, the chocolates paired perfectly with it, and the rose was beautiful.
I was tempted to buy a Disney Cruise Line onesie there, but decided against it, but it's definitely something I'll have to remember if we do get a BFP.
The whole time I wanted a pregnancy announcement picture (a picture with us as a family and me with my hands on my belly) and we didn't get it, so I'd have to figure out something else now. There was just so much to do on the cruise! We enjoyed every minute, but we already have a list of what we need to do next time that didn't happen this time.
Something I realized on our way home, was that November 18th is Mickey Mouse's birthday - that's the day I've been saying I'll be testing. So we'll know if we're expecting our Disney Souvenir on Mickey's birthday. A pretty cute touch if it does work out!
9 more days to see if we were successful.
So it's possible that it worked, but it's also very possible that we didn't hit it at the right times. Either way, it was definitely a fun factor to our cruise. It was still the kickstart of our TTC journey, and we did it in style.
We got the Romance Package, which was beautiful to walk into and so much fun. The robes we received (and I'm still wearing) were super soft and plush. The champagne was delicious, the chocolates paired perfectly with it, and the rose was beautiful.
I was tempted to buy a Disney Cruise Line onesie there, but decided against it, but it's definitely something I'll have to remember if we do get a BFP.
The whole time I wanted a pregnancy announcement picture (a picture with us as a family and me with my hands on my belly) and we didn't get it, so I'd have to figure out something else now. There was just so much to do on the cruise! We enjoyed every minute, but we already have a list of what we need to do next time that didn't happen this time.
Something I realized on our way home, was that November 18th is Mickey Mouse's birthday - that's the day I've been saying I'll be testing. So we'll know if we're expecting our Disney Souvenir on Mickey's birthday. A pretty cute touch if it does work out!
9 more days to see if we were successful.
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