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Okay Ladies, What Do You Think?

6 posts on this thread and the last post was on March 23rd, 2009 2:34 PM
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lynnemtrix - March 21st, 2009 6:39 PM
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Well me and the DH aren't TTC. But I want a child so badly, as irrational as that may seem, and have since I miscarried several months ago.
But I again think I'm pregnant. And while it's probably me just wanting to be so badly that I've made myself a bit crazy, I thought I'd ask just in case.
Whenever I'm home we really take advantage of it, as we go about 2 1/2 months without seeing each other. The last time was the March 7-14, and we had had sex each of those days. Now I didn't realise it to begin with, but Feb's a short month, so it throws everything off. So I think (but my math isn't the best) I might have actually been ovulating.
Anyway, my period normally comes on the 16th or 17th each month, depending on the months, because my cycle is 30 days. Last month I got it on the 17th, and I thought I was late this month, until I realised Feb was short by 3 days, and I got it yesterday, so it seems about right.
Except it's different. I've read about IB, and I don't think it's that, but I'm unsure. It isn't nearly as bad as it usually should be by now, it's neither as heavy nor as painful. It isn't spotting or brown/pink, but it started out that way. I've gone through several tampons, but only because I keep checking, and there hasn't really been too much blood. So I'm not sure if it's IB or AF.
Also - and while this could be my imagination I can't make some of it up.
I've had cramps for days now, and even the ones I've had since I began bleeding, they're all really mild. They're fairly constant too. But they don't feel like the usually cramps, it just feels a bit like pushing, almost, and it's lower down than usual. Some that were worse than the rest went away in a minute.
The first thing that made me consider that I might be pregnant, as I didn't think it was possible first off, was my boobs. I SWEAR they're bigger. They were huge to begin with, in all honesty, so I can't tell exaclty, but I'm near postive. Only one of my bras fit properly, and now of my shirts do. And they don't feel the same, they don't feel bigger but swollen, if that makes sense? But they only hurt when pressure is put on them, or they're bounced.
I've also been really sick, especially after I eat. It's an on and off thing all day though. Today wasn't too bad, but I ended up having some stuff come up this morning. Morning sickness or me being too sensitive?
I've gotten acne, which I never, ever, get. And headaches quite a bit, which I again never get. I've been having to pee quite a bit too, but then I pee more than a normal person anyway. I've had flash crazing when it comes to food, nothing crazy like pickles and ice cream, but just for things I wouldn't normally eat. And I smell things more than normal, but most of them don't make me sick, exactly. I get tired a lot too, but at the same time I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping (which could just be me thinking about this too much).
I wasn't going to write this. I don't want to seem like the crazy girl who thinks she's pregnant everytime she has sex. But I did because I found out something interesting I didn't know about pregnancy, so I know I couldn't make it up. I've been sneezing a ton these last couple of days, and I'm not sickly nor do I have allergies. So after sneezing so much that I though I have sneezed out my insides (that's really how much pressure it put on my stomach) I googled "Sneezing pregnancy" and it came up with quite a few women saying they sneezed a lot in their early pregnancy.
I know this is me still trying to keep my hopes alive, and I probably am not, but I figured I might as well ask and see what people had to say.


amanda17 - March 21st, 2009 8:03 PM

Don't worry about seeming like the crazy women who thinks she's pregnant every time she has sex because I'm one of those women hahaha

Anyway you bleeding definitely sounds like a period and not implantation bleeding. The symptoms you are experiencing are pregnancy symptoms but it still could be that you are *looking* for symptoms and thinking that you've found them...
I suppose with the women who have regular periods during pregnancy, there is a chance... but it seems unlikely.


lynnemtrix - March 21st, 2009 8:10 PM

That makes me feel a bit better. :P I don't really understand it, before the miscarriage I never thought about it. And now, I'm just, "Am I am I am I?! Maybe? Wait! That was a twinge!" Ahhh I feel like a fruitloop.

I just wish I knew I was pregnant with the miscarriage. I didn't know until it was too late, really. I just thought I was sick, so I didn't pay attention.

I'm pretty sure I'm not, just because that's my luck. But I can't stamp out the hope.


amanda17 - March 21st, 2009 10:02 PM

It's totally normal to feel that way. Having a miscarriage is a traumatic event. I may think you were a fruitloop if you were totally unaffected by it. Anyway I'm in the same boat wanting to get pregnant wise and I find that if I use more than one form of birth control I feel better about it. That way in my head I know that there's only like a .001% chance of pregnancy and, statistically speaking, I'd have better odds of having a virgin birth! It helps me sleep at night anyway haha... I'm not constantly thinking "omg am I pregnant?!?! That would be *cough* such *cough cough* bad news *cough cough cough*" The real challenge is trying to hold back on TTC until we are ready... I have no advice for that it just sucks.



lynnemtrix - March 21st, 2009 11:40 PM

If Will wasn't being sensible, there'd be no stopping me. He wasn't planning on being a parent so early (but who really does?) but I know the miscarriage killed him and he wished we would have had the baby. But he also doesn't have any plans on TTC, so it keeps me from actually getting pregnant. It drives me insane though, and I don't know what to do about it.


amanda17 - March 22nd, 2009 2:10 PM

Unfortunately the only thing you can do is continue on with your life. You can work extra hard so that you keep your mind off of it and reach your goal faster. Once you get your school finished, you'll get a stable job, and a home... then it's baby makin' time.


PreciousBaby19 - March 23rd, 2009 2:34 PM

agree everything with amanda!!! hunny i know what its like to want a baby. we were ttc on and off for a long tiem. Not only that...but now that we have been ttc. we've been trying to conceive for two years. so i know how it feels to want a baby so badly.