off birth control--What is my body doing
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| Wed, 12-31-2008 - 6:03pm |
OK, here are the facts:
End of November-period starts. Using Mirena IUD for 2 1/2 years, periods very light.
December 3-period has pretty much tapered off. I get my IUD removed. Bleed for a few days. Ovulate? Not sure. My cycle's always been irregular, so it's possible.
December 14-husband and I make love. Technically used protection, but (TMI, sorry but it matters) were not very careful during foreplay. Fertilization could have occured.
Around December 17-period starts again, just 2 weeks after the last ended! What's going on? Was definitely not just implantation bleeding. Lasted on and off through the 22, emotions everywhere, heavier than my periods had been on the IUD but not like they were before I got it in.
During the next week-occasionally notice something odd, like tendency to cry really easily, cramping, but brush it off because there's no way I could be pregnant-just had my period, I'm assuming I'm just on that post-IUD roller coaster.
December 28-husband and I make love, no protection
December 30-noticing mild nausea, fatigue, get tired and out of breath just putting my toddler to bed.
December 31-nausea continues, especially after eating, still fatigued (the same extreme kind I had last time I was pregnant), lower abdomen feels full and bloated, cramps especially on left side, lightheaded, some heartburn, out of breath just from walking through the snow.
What is going on? It doesn't seem like I could be pregnant, but I sure feel suspicious. Why did I have two periods so close together? When is my body going to be back to normal? Pre-IUD I had irregular cycles, but only once this close together, and I was under way more stress then. We got pregnant in one shot and on accident the first time, so I know we're very fertile. And while I had the IUD I had pregnancy symptoms pretty severely every few months before my period. But I just had my period, so if it was the same sort of thing they wouldn't be starting for another week. Arg! Similar experiences? Ideas, anyone?

I'm a post-Mirena TTCer.