I am... I'm not... I am... I'm not...??

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Registered: 06-29-2008
I am... I'm not... I am... I'm not...??
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Sun, 06-29-2008 - 8:47pm
I'd like to start off by saying hello. I've been an ivillage member for a while now, but never really logged in until now. I'm so confused and I'm hoping for some thoughts/advice. My average cycle is 24-26 days, although I'm not as regular now as I used to be when I was a teenager (I'm 29 now). AF was in town from May 28 thru June 1 (BD on June 6) and now nothing. My best friend made me take a 1st Response last week and it was negative (in the evening, not FMU). I had 2 days of very very light spotting, which I never get, around June 15-18 (I forget the actual days and silly me didn't mark it on the calendar). I keep having these really vivid, off-the-wall dreams which is also odd as I rarely ever remember my dreams. My boobs are slightly sore as of today, everything makes me feel like I want to cry, CM is rather thick and white (no odor), and I keep feeling a fluttering around my ovaries (the kind of fluttering some women experience when they ovulate). This weekend, we went out to eat with friends, and both nights I CRAVED shrimp... I don't eat seafood, I don't like seafood, so me craving it is off the charts for me. I've also been craving carbs and cheese (thank God for whole wheat breads!). I'm lactose intolerant so me craving cheese is weird. I like cheese, but have never craved the taste before. It's one of those take it or leave it kind of things usually. Some smells like microwaved popcorn and menthol cigs (only menthol ones though) make me feel queasy, but no actual vomiting. Part of me wants to blame it all on stress since I'm about to graduate college August 2. However, I'm on Celexa for depression and BuSpar for anxiety so you'd think stress wouldn't be an issue, not to mention this has, so far, been my most favorite semester of college because I'm taking cool classes with awesome professors. The other part of me wants a baby enough that I'm worried my body is playing tricks on me. It's done that to me 2 other times in the last 3 and a half years. My main concern is that I'm a bit overweight and I've recently started trying to eat better and have also begun working out with a friend (nothing too heavy, mostly cardio and toning). Add to that the fact that I'm a smoker (I'm already cutting back), and I lay in the tanning bed 3-4 times a week. I started taking an OTC prenatal vitamin yesterday, just in case. So what's your honest thoughts/ideas/advice? Any and all are welcome! Thanks in advance y'all!

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Registered: 07-06-2004
Sun, 06-29-2008 - 9:34pm

Hi there, sorry to butt in here, I'm mostly a lurker but wanted to respond to your post, hope that's allright. :) Well, you definitely have some preggo symptoms (though those can be imagined, especially if you want a baby badly, I've BTDT...). And just trying to figure out when you might have ovulated my guess would be that you did shortly after or right around the day you BDed. So there's definitely a chance. I think the test you did last week might have been too early and you should get to an open drustore and pick up a First Response Early test and test with FMU in the morning. Let us know what the results are. :) And I hope everything works out for you. :)


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Registered: 03-18-2008
Sun, 06-29-2008 - 10:09pm
I'd also suggest re-testing with FMU (first morning urine).

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Sun, 06-29-2008 - 10:27pm

Thank you both for your quick responses :) I appreciate it greatly. Yes, there's a good chance it would have been too early and/or diluted. The meds I take give me dry mouth so I'm constantly drinking something. I DO want to be preggo, very much. But I've been let down 2 other times and I'm so so scared this will just be another let down. I'm just so darned confused about it. One day I'm fully convinced I am and the next I'm 100% sure I'm not. Heck, what am I saying? It changes from hour to hour. I will definitely pick up a HPT on my way home from class tomorrow and make myself wait for FMU. I promise to post the results. Thanks again! And if anyone else would like to chime in, I'm all ears (or eyes I should say hee!).

Oh, and my best friend is fully convinced I (probably) am. The other 2 times she said I wasn't and sure enough she was right. Here's hoping she's correct and I really am *crosses fingers and toes*

GL to the others out there hoping to get great news soon and Congrats to those who already have!

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Registered: 09-28-2005
Mon, 06-30-2008 - 8:30am

ok so I just had to add my two cents! With BOTH

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Registered: 06-29-2008
Mon, 06-30-2008 - 4:38pm
So I just came back from one of those free clinics... you know, the ones where they ask you a TON of questions, but will give you a prego test for free? My friend went with me and of course it was a BFN. They told me to wait 2 weeks and if AF hasn't dropped in to come see them again... are you kidding me? 2 weeks of not knowing for sure? I asked how sensitive their tests are and all the nurse told me was that it's as sensitive as the ones at the doc's office. Like that tells me anything?!?! Anyway, just wanted to vent and give what news I do have. If/When something changes I'll let you all know. Thanks for the responses and for letting me vent.
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Registered: 04-23-2006
Tue, 07-01-2008 - 12:17am
Hello.
Brandie S.
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Registered: 09-28-2005
Tue, 07-01-2008 - 7:07am

Just keep testing, I have NO faith in any test because I have had so many come back WRONG!! So when they do come back positive I always take several more all different brands just to be sure! With #2 my last cycle was the 18th of march EVERYTHING came back neg to include a dr's test until the 2nd of June sooooooooo. With my first son all the test came back neg to INCLUDE a BLOOD TEST that are never wrong well a week later it was proved to be very very wrong, I was 12weeks along.

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Registered: 03-18-2008
Tue, 07-01-2008 - 8:25am
The dr's tests are no different then any of the early HPT's.

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Registered: 04-23-2006
Tue, 07-01-2008 - 4:10pm
Hi. Yes, infact, me and my husband decided to try for another in May. So when AF never showed up I was for sure I was PG, because I haven't had a problem conceiving in the past. So I waited like when I was a week late to test and bam...BFN. ???
Brandie S.
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Registered: 06-29-2008
Tue, 07-01-2008 - 9:15pm

Thanks again for the responses everyone :) Still no AF so that's a good sign to me. Boobs a little more sore than before, but that sometimes happens before AF comes for a visit... not every month, just sometimes. Usually after the "girls" are sore, AF comes within 2-6 days. Again, guess we'll see what happens. I'm still praying that I AM pg and it's just not showing up yet. How often should I test? As in how many days between tests for the hcg to maybe show up? Is is 2 days or more/less? I'm not 100% sure there.

DH and I haven't been TTC but we haven't done anything to prevent it the entire time we've been married (June 23 was 6 years). It's been one of those if it happens great, if not we'll worry about it later. I've been pursuing a college degree for the last 4 years and we weren't concerned about getting pg until that was out of the way. Well, I graduate August 2 and we just moved into a new home (we are FINALLY no longer renting, now we're buying YAY!). We'd been talking about beginning to try around spring/summer of this coming up year. But like I said, if I AM pg it will be an awesome blessing. My biological clock is beyond ticking, more like a loud alarm LOL so here's hoping...

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