I just can't help it....

[alwshopeful]

Well I've been trying to not notice these for sometime but I just can't help myself!  I'm going insane!!  Woke up this morning to AF like cramps.  Now, the weird thing is that AF is not due for me until the 2nd.  I've been trying SO hard not to look into these from now on and to just go with the flow, but I can't help myself!  The cramps are accompanied by some lower back pain as well.  Nothing more, other than the very thick, gooey like CM I was having a couple days ago.  I'm 11DPO and still have 5-6 days before AF is due but I don't know!!  UGH!!  I hate asking all these questions because I don't wany people to get annoyed but seeing all the BFP I'm getting frustrated!  Thanks for anything!

Congrats ashie!!

[alwshopeful]

Well, I'll do it either tonight or first thing in the morning.  Can't really do it now since I'm at work until 7pm (central time) and then I have to go home and clean the house, pack, cook dinner and get ready to leave tomorrow around noon!!  ARG!!  I don't know how I have the will power this time either, honestly.  In previous months I was buying tests like they were going out of style!! lol!!

Went to the bathroom 2 minutes ago and thick, clear CM came back.  I know we BD'd again last night but I've got butterflies now!!  UGH, I can't wait another 6 hours!!!!

[jessbbg]

alwshopeful----I'm just gonna call you hope---it feels more natural.  

Hope---GO PEE!  The whole idea of waiting til morning is that you've had lots of time to make urine and it's not diluted by liquids consumed because you are sleeping and not drinking fluids.  So if you are going to wake up and do it, then just make yourself hold it and don't drink any water for a couple of hours this afternoon.  

THEN GO PEE ON A STICK and hurry up and tell us!!!!

I don't get you people---where do you get the willpower?  I had NONE.  Once I peed on my first stick (at 3 or 4 dpo, no less), I must've peed on a stick every other time I peed til I got the BFP.  And even then, I kept it up til it was confirmed at my doc's office, lol

[alwshopeful]

Thank you jessbbg.  I'm not classifying it as a "symptom" it was just really weird.  Am still having some period like cramps and I've been really gassy last night into today so far.  Haven't had a normal BM in about a week, but that could really be anything.

I'm on pins & needles too ladies!!  ARG....I'm going to try and wake up in the middle of the night and just do it already so I know tomorrow morning when I come on here and tell you!!  I hate this waiting game it makes us go through....so irritating.  Well, I'm 13DPO today so I'm hoping tomorrow will give me a sign!

[bioclock1]

Hey...I've taken like 5 hpt's!!! So I'm as "nerve-racked" as you!! :)
Feel free to send mail though...i'm going broke! hahahah
I have stronger cramps today but still not "i've-started-my-period-for-sure" cramps. UGH!! I feel really sick to my stomach like an ulcer type pain which could be from the acai berry juice i drink (highly acidic). As soon as I know somethign I"ll be sure to post it...till then, I'll just update for my own peace of mind.... :)

[jessbbg]

alwshopeful -

there is generally an increase in occurrence of them in pregnant women, but I wouldn't call it a "symptom", as in the pregnancy itself causes it.  there is also an increase in yeast infections (moreso than uti's).  

[jessbbg]

this is nerve wracking----i feel like i'm waiting to find out for myself all over again!

will it help if i send you pg tests??  would you take them??  


lol

[bioclock1]

still no AF and I feel nauseas this morning after drinking a cup of coffee (or half). also..really weird thing...after drinking the coffee I have this weird taste in my mouth like I smoke a cigaretter or something (which I don't smoke but have in the past). Yet..I also have cramps again. Of course, I woke up kinda wet too soooo....AHHHH....

[bioclock1]

thanks for your story...it's providing hope!

[Latrice414]

Well i hope you get a BFP, i was having a lot of CM thinking AF was going to come, but no cramps. Months b4 i was a poas-aholic then the last 2 months i said i would only test if AF is late or if something different happened. I was CD26 and was so tired i took a nap, i never take naps, i went to buy hpt that night but i was so tired i had no energy to take the test, so i went back to bed and started having what felt like ovulation pains but in lower abdomen, i thought humm mayb implantation, then i thought no bucz i ovulated on the 27th of dec and mayb its my uterus stretching. CD27 BFP, i was amazed that i went so long without thinking about testing. My cycles can be anywhere from 28-30 days. So it wont hurt to take a test and see what happens:)  Sending you much SSBD, and the new year has brought in many BFP's and im sure there are alot more to come

[bioclock1]

well...fingers crossed for you!!!

[alwshopeful]

Quick question though....is it true that it is another sign of possible pregnancy if you get a bladder infection/UTI?  Thought I had read that somewhere and wasn't sure.  I know I just got my very first bladder infection on 1-11 (I don't wish that on my worst enemy!) and was just curious.  All this talk is making me anscy! (sp??)

[alwshopeful]

It'll come for you bio!!  Like sweetangel said, try not to get frustrated even though it is easier said than done!!  HAHA!  I know, I'm using ALL my might not to go and buy one, but I don't want to and get a false negative or test too early?  Even if I am or not, I just want to make sure so I don't have a cocktail or two this weekend when we go up to our cabin.  I'll make sure though to post before I leave on Friday so I let you all know since I won't be back until Sunday!!  AAAAHHHH, I'm so anxious!!

[bioclock1]

well I took a walgreens +/- when I got home from work. It was the blue dye kind and not even a faint one. DAMN!!!
If I had to bet money, I'd bet 300 bucks I wasn't pregnant (i know a lot of women say that and are). If I wasn't late i wouldn't be so frustrated!! UGGGHHHHH!!! I should at LEAST have a faint positive by now (CD32) if I am. If  i'm not...maybe I o'd late or not at all. I guess that's a possibility that I hadn't even considered. I have been super stressed this past month (anniversary, christmas, fighting w/ dh, school, work, money, etc). Hmmm....maybe thats the culprit!

[sweetangel7]

Good luck for Friday!  It does seem like we've gotten a lot of bfps...hopefully yours is on its way!  Even if its not, try not to get frustrated (easier said than done) and enjoy ttc with your husband =)

[keepurfaith]

I think year is the year of the babies!!! I hope everyone this year gets their BFP's!

[ashiepooh]

Wait, everyone fast forward their clocks a few days to Friday!  LOL  

Just kidding!  If you can hold out, then do so!  Just me, paitence will come in handy!!!  =)  As long as your keeping your self busy, and your man even thinks you should wait, then wait!  It wont hurt!  

[jessbbg]

I'm with Kels on this----pee on a stick for us already!!  

I've gotten more and more antsy to know as I read through the thread, lol

I was a pee on a stick junkie---i think i actually started peeing at 4 dpo (i know, it was nuts!) But when your seven year old looks at you and says "Mom, when you have a baby, it's going to be a girl", you go ahead and start peeing.

Got a faint pos at night on 7dpo with First Response Early Result (the kind with two pink lines, NOT the digital).  PEE!!  

[alwshopeful]

I'm waiting to test until Friday morning, trying to be as patient as possible!!  LOL.  I hope this is our month..FINALLY!!  Keep us posted if you do test tomorrow keepurfaith!!  I'm getting anxious!!

[keepurfaith]

I should be testing tomorrow :-D
I do the tissue test without the tissue too sometimes. I haven't even seen a drop. But, I need to becareful poking because I don't want to irritate anything in there!! My friend who knows I could be having a bun in the oven gave the baby a nickname...(if it's in there lol).. If it's a girl she's naming it BabyCin... for Baby Cinderella lol... And, BabyBub if it's a boy... She's a nut!! lol I'm hoping for a Baby Cin but we'll see!
Man, I can't wait to test tomorrow!! woooo! hahahaha.

[bioclock1]

thanks!

[Kels123]

Aw, I wish you'd both test! I'm so anxious for you girls!!! Good luck to all of you TTC!

[bioclock1]

i have had weird bm's the past few days. sorta constipated but also sorta soft stool, almost diarrhea like (sorry), which is weird. usually it's one or the other before AF....

[bioclock1]

you're so sweet! Thanks...I'm probably gonna go buy some cheapies just to test my heart's content out. Usually that makes me start, so we'll see if that triggers gool ole AF! I do the "tissue test" too...just without tissue (b/c it seems to get stuck!). I actually keep putting tampons in thinking i've started and am enjoying the removal 4 hours later to not even see a speck of AF....heheheheheheh.
aaaahhhhhhh, the anguish of not knowing (pulling on my hair!!)

when are you testing?

[keepurfaith]

It could show by now. And if it doesn't, it might be too early. But you are late. Even it it's just a day. If I'm preggers right now, it would be from "pull-out" too. Well... We did have that one oopsie. So I could count that too. Lol... but, I think I'm pregnant for real. Not a drop of AF..(tmi)--> Sometimes it's hard for me to tell if I'm going to start AF so I get really soft tissue and wrap it on my finger and push it in some.. for a second.. that usually tells me if I'm going to start.. I've done it once a day.. and theres nothing on it but CM. Sooo I'm getting excited...It happens when you least expect it. And, I hope that it's your time too!! Even if It's not my time when I test, I'll hope it's yours, if that's what you want! :-)


Maybe you should test, just to see and if it's negative then you know it's most likely too early to tell. =P