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May 8, 2001
Week 7
33 weeks to go
I’m PG!!!
I probably have the most bizarre story to go along with this. So sit down (you probably are anyway).
I haven’t written in over a month for a couple of reasons. First of all, I really needed to take a break. I felt like I was stuck in a rut. I’d never experienced the 2WW, ovulation, etc. I have PCOS and a conservative doctor who didn’t want to ever give me more than 100 mg of Clomid. I figured that I needed to go to an RE but was never able to get the right information to find out more about it. I’ve been stressed with overtime at work, getting the renovation done in time with the house before we move (we have to be out of here by the 15th of June and there is still soooo much work to be done). But I didn’t want to say that I was going to take a break because I just needed to be cut off for a while.
Second of all, my last period was on January 31st and I figured that I was going to have to scratch this cycle from the list anyway. I had taken 50 mg of Clomid from days 5-9 and after 10 days, I went to my OB and he said that I probably wouldn’t ovulate this cycle. It was already the beginning of April and no sign of AF and I had never had a sign of an O. I still took my temperature every morning and no shift. Nothing. So I gave up and stopped taking my temp and stopped thinking about TTC. I really gave up. It’s not unusual for me to go months without having a period so I figured that I needed to be patient. But my doctor told me that if I didn’t have a period after 3 months, then I should come in to have it induced.
I had been planning on going to the OB for a while, but I guess I was afraid of what he would say. The last few weeks I’ve been noticing that my BBs have been really sore (like right before a period and I’ve been having a strange pulling feeling around my uterus. I kept thinking that AF would come and since it hadn’t come in so long, I was afraid that I was developing endometriosis or a big cyst. My mother had endo as well as PCOS, so I figured my odds were against me.
So I’ve also noticed that I have to go to the bathroom every 1-2 hours. Sometimes there would be just a couple of drops but the feeling was so intense that I thought that I also had a blatter infection. So yesterday morning I took my temperature just to see, and nothing. My temp was two tenths of a degree (Celcius) higher that when I last took my temp on April 13th.
Then I went to the doctor. At first when I go to the doctor I go into his office and we talk about what is going on and if there are any changes since my last visit, then I go into the room with the table and equipment. I told him that I still hadn’t had AF since I was there last and that I’ve been having a strange feeling around my ovaries. He said that for my next cycle I would have to take Dextamethasone and 100 mg of Clomid since the 50 mg didn’t work. So I went over and got on the table and he did and internal u/s and he looked around for a while then he said that I won’t need the Dextamethasone and Clomid for a long time, I was pregnant! So my first reaction was a loud gasp and the first thought I had was “This is really going to hurt when it comes out” and then the next thought was “How in the hell did this happen!! I didn’t ovulate!”. Well, of course I Oed but more on that later. He showed me where the placenta was and where the baby was and I could see the heart beat!! It was so amazing. I’ve been pregnant and worrying at the same time that I can’t become PG with out serious medical help.
So the big fat question, well how far along am I? When did I O? Well, the OB measured the baby (1 cm already!!) and predicted that I am in my 7th week. So that means that I Oed around day 65!!!! What??!! I honestly didn’t know that an ovulation was still possible at that point. Plus Stefan and I just happened to BD around that time, the whole week before was nothing and afterwards nothing either.
I wrote last on April 1st. Well I guess the joke was on me! When I last wrote was about when I Oed. But I never had a temperature shift. I told my sister about this (she’s a nurse, and just finished a second degree in Business Management/Communications =) just graduated! Congratulations once again) and she said that it is rare, but there are a few women who ovulate but never have a temperature shift. So this gets me to thinking that maybe I have been Oing and just haven’t noticed due to my temperatures. Weird!!
So the symptoms:
F my BBs are sooooo sore and I feel nautous when my nipple is touched (sorry, to get graphic, but it’s true!)
F smells seem to make me queasy, but not all the time and not always the same smells
F I’m always hungry. I try to keep eating a little bit about every 1-2 hours. But if I eat too much, then I feel nauseated. I have to watch my blood sugar and I don’t drink anymore coffee or anything sweet. I don’t even want to, yuck!
F I feel bloaty and gassy even though my tummy isn’t any bigger.
F I’m always tired. Work is the worst. It is so hard to stay awake. The past couple of weekends I’ve just slept almost the whole day and night!! And I’m still tired. I took a 1 hour nap today after work and I felt better but I still want to go to bed soon. Tired!
F I keep having like a butterfly feeling around my uterus. Little tugs and pulls, but it doesn’t hurt. It’s just a feeling.
I can’t believe it happened! I was so set on the thought that I was going to have to get pregnant at the doctor’s office. I don’t know if it helped that I lost 25 pounds and took the Clomid. Or if Clomid alone would do the trick or if the weight loss played a part.
Last week (on the 3rd) I had my 26th birthday and Stefan has his (34th) on Thursday the 10th. We found out yesterday, the 7th, which is the day we actually fell in love 4 years ago. I told him yesterday and he just looked at me stunned and started crying.
I said, it’s bizarre. But I'm SOO happy. I’ve called almost everyone and told them already.
So I have my first appointment on Wednesday the 30th. I can’t wait to see the little bean again!!
Take care,
Cindy & Little Bean (EDD the end of December, the doctor wasn’t sure either)
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