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It's 8:30pm, and the "spotting" has ceased. I should have mentioned that it was more like brown CM and never actually came out; it just got on my finger when I went in there to check a few times. The last time I checked (about a half hour ago), it was watery with just a little dot of creamy brown. I am still, however, feeling occasional and mild period cramps, so it very well could be on its way. Tomorrow will tell.
13dpo: my temperature dipped this morning to a little bit above my coverline (coverline = 97.5, today = 97.7). I don't have my period yet, but I assume it's coming. I just got more brown on my finger when I checked, but it was also easier to get my finger in there (not as dry as yesterday). I had another BFP dream. Waiting for the blood today, I guess.
http://iamtryingtoconceive.com/topic/31247/no-temp-rise-day-after-iui/
My temp finally rose this morning, a day later than expected. There's nothing I can do about it, I know. Otherwise, I feel completely normal, unlike last cycle with the cramps and stuff that happened immediately. My stomach is bothering me a little (diarrhea), but it did last month, too. We decided that I'm allergic to sperm. Just kidding.
1. I don't have any acne. None. Not a one. I always get what I call my "luteal phase acne" within 3 to 5 days after ovulation. And I mean ALWAYS. Last cycle, I charted that my skin broke out on 4dpo, which is totally normal, and again at 11dpo, also totally normal. (I was disappointed both times because I thought the polyp removal might have helped with the acne.)
2. If I'm pregnant, I will always look back on this moment as when I knew something was up: I briefly fell asleep on the couch yesterday afternoon (for like fifteen minutes) and had the most vivid dream of my life: I was sucking on a lemon and tasted the sourness so much that I woke myself up by puckering my lips and making that sour face that everyone makes, and it was followed by at least an hour of a very strong metallic taste in my mouth.
3. (Now I'm 7dpiui.) I'm wondering if I've never noticed this or what, but I'd say about 80% of the times that I have been peeing over the past two days (and I'd say we're at least in the 20s there), there was one pubic hair on the toilet paper when I wiped. Is my hair falling out? Totally weird and can't find ANY experiences through Dr. Google.
4. (still 7dpiui) Also weird: A little while ago after peeing for the hundredth time today (not really), I went in for a CM check to discover that my vaginal walls are super swollen and lumpy and dry--particularly the bottom wall. Once past that area, my cervix felt high and moist. What on Earth? I've never felt it like that before.
5. (10dpiui) I can't say this is completely strange because I felt it periodically last month (I added it to my chart for one day because it was the only day that it was very noticeable.), but I've been getting the stretchy/painful feeling near my uterus sometimes. It's more painful this cycle, and I've charted it for four days (not in a row, except for yesterday and today). For example, while driving yesterday afternoon, I felt it and cried out because it was so strong and surprising; I scared the crap out of DP. Today, I was lying in the couch and sneezed, and it was the worst one I've EVER felt. I cried out, grabbed my abdomen, and had to wait at least thirty seconds for the after-ache to subside. Did this used to happen to me prior to TTC? I surely don't remember!
6. (11dpiui) My breasts are always sore before AF, but this is the first time I've noticed a painful lump in the right one (which has always been the bigger breast since they arrived), and they both feel warm to the touch. They even tingle and burn when my bra is off. Has this happened before shortly preceding AF?
ETA: This IUI was also painless (besides the massive speculum and tiny cramps that I'm still having now, about 45 minutes later). I'm excited about a few things for this cycle:
1. Our vial had a sticker on it that said "SUPER!" because the specimen was so good this month.
2. My EWCM has been beautiful this cycle: clear and stretchy. For the past two cycles, it seemed oddly yellow and thick.
3. I'm back to work (teaching), so my TWW will be going SO MUCH FASTER because I'll be busy.
That's all.
ETA again: I just realized that if I conceive this cycle, the due date will be like three days after our son's birthday. Poor things would have to share the thunder! Oh well. It would just mean that both September and May are our lucky months!
Different symptoms this time: ringing ears and randomly erect nipples. The big clue was no spotting the day before my period was due.
Still in shock!!!!!
Edit two days later: Beta at 56. We'll be taking a month off to breathe. We're hoping that the bleeding starts ASAP.
- super emotional. As in, DP commented that this has been my "worst month on Clomid, but at least we know it's working." I was very grumpy up until about 10dpo, mostly because I was convinced I wasn't pregnant.
- absolutely zero breast tenderness, still. I always get sore breasts before my period. Even my first month on Clomid, when the soreness didn't come until 11dpo, that was very late for me.
- cramps for the past few days. In fact, I keep running to the bathroom expecting to see blood because they feel exactly like the period-is-coming-any-minute kind, but I'm not even spotting. In fact, my cm doesn't even smell metallic, which it usually does the day that I begin spotting. HOWEVER, speaking of CM, I don't feel creamy the way I did when I got my last bfp. I'm watery the way I always am before my period starts.
- MEGA cramps after an orgasm yesterday. I mean, wth was that? I swear I cramped for two hours afterward, and I have no memory of that ever happening to me before without being accompanied by my actual period.
- odd rectal pressure at bedtime last night. No, I'm not constipated. In fact, I've been having either diarrhea or "loose stool" for most of my TWW, often twice per day instead of my usual one time in the morning.
- Most memorably, I was so nauseous at work on Friday (8dpo) that I couldn't even eat lunch. I'm an eater, so this does not happen to me. Then, on my way home at 5:30pm, I had a pounding headache, which I VERY rarely get. Because I had an empty stomach? Once I arrived home, I pretty much ate everything in sight because I was ravenous.
- bouts of insomnia, which can be normal for me...except for Friday night (after the day of nausea) into Saturday morning when I awoke at 1:30am and just stayed awake into the day! We're "early to bed, early to rise" people (usually in bed by 9 to get up at 5), so I had been sleeping since about 8:30, and our son ended up getting up at around 3, anyway, so I was up to hang out with him.
I think that's it. What's bothering me for a few reasons is that when I got my last bfp, I felt different. I felt pregnant. My nipples were sensitive, my ears were ringing, my cm smelled completely new and sweet. But I lost that one. I don't feel "pregnant" right now, but I've read a gazillion stories online about how plenty of women have no symptoms before bfp. Could this be it? Will I lose it again? Am I being ridiculous and will just start spotting later today?
The last time I asked for the trigger shot, I was told that I don't need it because I ovulate on my own and am already using Clomid just to boost it, but when I call as soon as I get my full flow, I'm going to remind her that we only have two vials left which makes timing even more crucial.
Maybe I had to live through this TWW to remind me of how stupid it is to obsess and tht whatever's meant to be will be and all that crap. It just can't ever be easy. But why is it so damn easy for some people?
Hopefully, try #7 will be the lucky one.
In other news, my Ovidrel shot arrived in the mail yesterday, so I'll be triggering on the evening that I get my smiley in the afternoon (which is typical for me). I'll start POAS tomorrow.