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| Thu, 04-12-2007 - 10:56am |
Here's the low down...
The first day of my last period started on March 27 and it was kind of a weird period where it started out really light and although it did get heavy it didn't last 1/2 as long as my periods usually do.
Dh and I BD'ed on the night of April 3rd figuring we were in the clear since I am usually like clockwork and ovulate 14 days into my cycle. We typically use condoms since I can not use BCP's and IUD's are also out. But in the rush of getting it done before one of the little woke up from their naps, well, the condom was forgotten. (Hey! You have to squeeze sex in anytime you can when you have kids! LOL!)
Well, on April 5th/6th I started with the wonderful stretchy egg-white ovulation discharge/CM and my monthly ovulation cramps started. I was O'ing early this cycle!!!
Now, let me also add that babies #2 and #3 were both conceived by having sex before actual ovulation...It was 5 days before ovulation with #3.
Since then I have had a ton of egg-white CM, something that I normally only have for 1-2 days when I am ovulating and then it vanishes. The only other time that I have had tons of CM like this is when I was pregnant. May be TMI but I am "super slick" when I wipe after going to the bathroom...and that is every time I go to the bathroom. Again, I have never experienced this except when I was pregnant.
I also woke up yesterday to a nice zit on my chin. When I am not pregnant, my skin is clear as can be and I never get pimples...when I am pregnant, for the 1st trimester my face is a mess then clears up again.
And here is the kicker...dh had a vasectomy earlier this year. After I told him I was O'ing early he decided to finally take in a sample for a sperm count. The results? He still has swimmers and they are very active. His urologist said that for some men it could take a while before all the pipes are cleaned out. Apparently my dh falls into that category.
We aren't freaking out. It's not like another child would send us into complete and total financial distress and the thought of adding a surprise child actually excites dh and I. However, at the same time dh and I wouldn't be completely distraught if we weren't pregnant. I mean we decided on the vasectomy for a reason, because we feel that with 3 children our family is complete. Will be a little disappointed, sure there will be a part of us that will be. So this is pretty much a "if it happens it happens, if it doesn't it doesn't" moment.
Yes, I have been around the block 3 times already and I should know, and do know, my body. but it also feels nice to bounce it off of somebody else to get their opinion.
So, what do you think? What do you think my odds are? Any suggestions for any good early HPT's? A friend of mine is giving me her un-used early pregnancy tests she ordered from early-pregnancy-tests.com (she had been TTC for over a year so she would buy in bulk...she is preggo now and no longer needs them) but I wont see her until next week. I just really really hate this waiting game.
