Slowly losing my mind :)

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Slowly losing my mind :)
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Wed, 03-19-2008 - 4:24pm

I have no idea whether I'm really pregnant or not and the suspense is killing me. Anyone want to help me figure it out??

I'm still breastfeeding my almost one year old but it's down to 4 sometimes 5 times during the day. For the last week, she's been waking up during the night and nursing for a few minutes too but as of last night, she's not nursing at night whether she wakes up or not. I know that I got my period Jan 13th but never wrote down when I got AF in February. I know it was "right on time" though because it seemed about 4 weeks since the one in January. I've tested twice now, once yesterday and once first thing this morning and both were negative.

Two things make me think that I'm pregnant. First, I've had a period every month since November like clockwork and secondly, my nipples are incredibly sore when my DD is nursing and that is really unusual.

Any thoughts??? Put me out of my misery!! :)

February '09
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Wed, 03-19-2008 - 6:10pm
Let's see if we can try to help you figure this out. If you had your period 4 weeks after the January one, it would have been about Feb. 10th. Do you remember if you had it over Valentine's Day? This would help us to figure out closer to when you'd be due for March. Either your a week and a half late already, or just barely. That could make a difference. Right now without knowing if you're late or not, it's hard to say one way or the other. The soreness could be from her not nursing at night or just hormone changes as your body is adjusting. Definitely use the FMU (first morning urine) when you test, it should be the most concentrated. If you can't pinpoint Feb any better, I'd say wait a week and test again. Hopefully this helps a little bit. :)

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Wed, 03-19-2008 - 8:11pm

I can't remember if I had AF over Valentine's day or not, I was really sick with the flu. (As was dh and dd :)) Not much of a Valentine's day! I really thought that I had AF one month after the last which would have made it right around Valentine's day.

Also, the nursing at night really shouldn't make my nipples sore. She wanted to nurse when she was teething about a month or so ago and I didn't get sore then. I'm hoping that keeping her from nursing at night again will help AF come back if I'm really not pregnant. DD doesn't need to nurse at night anymore anyway. It's just a bad habit at this point. :)

Thanks for the help!!

February '09
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Wed, 03-19-2008 - 8:15pm
I do know that illness can throw you off a bit.

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Fri, 03-21-2008 - 6:00pm

Just thought I'd update you a bit. . .

I'm feeling more and more like I'm pregnant but not testing positive. I talked with my awesome friend who is quite knowledgeable when it comes to cycle numbers, ovulating, etc. She thinks that I would've gotten my period last Saturday (the 15th) and that tomorrow morning if I really am pregnant than I might test positive.

I am spotting some dark brown stuff but who knows what that means. . . :) Either I ovulated later than I thought or I'm going to start my period I guess. Is there any hope that I'm still pregnant??

February '09
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Fri, 03-21-2008 - 6:06pm
Brown is typically old blood.

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Sat, 03-22-2008 - 8:41pm

I think my wait is over. I've got more brownish stuff today but it's also getting to be more "period-like". I suppose it's still a remote possibility but I doubt it. When I was pregnant with my first, I didn't know I was pregnant until I was 9 weeks along because the period I was supposed to have was abnormal and I didn't know that was a sign of pregnancy. It was kind of like the period I'm having now but I just think with all the negative tests I've been taking it's probably over. That's okay- another month. :) I just wanted to update you and thank you for your help. Great board! I'll probably stick around if that's okay. :)

February '09
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Sat, 03-22-2008 - 8:47pm
Janelle, we'd love it if you stuck around.

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