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Home › Diaries › Karen's › July 26, 2000

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July 26, 2000

I guess the fertility monitor worked after all!!!!

I tested +++ with Confirm (nice and dark) on Saturday afternoon, tested +++ with EPT (not as dark, but pretty dark) Monday morning (15DPO), and tested +++ with Clear Blue Easy (very dark) on Tuesday (16DPO). I guess it's true!

It is extremely early, I am only 4 weeks, 3 days today! I am sooooo nervous and excited!!!! I had a little bit of spotting Sunday (light brown) and Monday (light brown) but it was only a little bit each time. I got a little nervous and left work early, rushed to the drugstore to buy three more tests, and laid down on the couch for the whole night. Then when I woke up Tuesday morning, I took my temperature (nice and high -- 98.6) and took another PG test (very dark). I guess I am neurotic!

And the good news was that the spotting did not come back after yesterday afternoon, and it never reached my undies, only on the TP when I wiped. So I feel much better now. I called my doctor and he can't see me until August 15!!! I don't know how I will ever wait that long! I will be in my 7th week by then!

For everyone who loves to obsess as much as I do, here is a list of my symptoms (although they weren't much different than AF).

  • slight cramping on sides (sort of like AF cramping, but mostly on the sides, not so much the middle)
  • sore breasts, and they are bigger and heavier.
  • had a slight backache from 3-4DPO (thought it was from exercising, who knows?)
  • CM was weird this month. From 1-4DPO, it was very sticky, from 5-7DPO it was creamy, then from 8DPO -- today it was very creamy, white, wet, and lots of it!
  • very bloated feeling, and some stretching sensations
  • very hungry all the time, hunger pangs are constant

The biggest thing we did differently this month was that we used the Clear Plan Fertility Monitor. I also took EPO (Evening Primrose Oil, a natural herb) for CM, and took a low dosage aspirin every day. The last time we DTD on the day I O'd, we used real egg whites, because I didn't have any CM because of all the BDing.

I am soooo nervous, since this is so early. Since this is my first baby, I don't know what to expect. I am hoping for the best!!!!!

Thanks for all your support!!!

Karen
EDD 4/01/01



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