You Aren't Pregnant. Calm Down. (the help thread)

darkstar42

One higher temp does not equal a triphasic pattern! It's probably high because you were digesting an obscene amount of Thanksgiving food.

catlady2015

Your workout being much harder than usual is because of all the bad for you food you ate yesterday. You didn't fuel properly. get a grip, catlady!

leafyarch

Ugh guys, I needed this thread so bad. Took me a couple days to get through it but lordy!

Last night I dreamt that my left eyebrow was singed off and had like no hairs. I'm WTO and been having O twinges in my left ovary.

Reasoning:

1. left eyebrow = left ovary
2. losing hair = "losing" an egg from the ovary
3. You lose a lot of hair postpartum, so I must get pregnant this cycle!!!

*rolls eyes at own craziness*

**TW** tidbit: sparse eyebrows in dreams mean loss, and now I'm terrified

josie12367

@mrs_drc_rn Haha! I feel the same way! O' is predicted for xmas eve this next cycle, so I'm totally walking around singing about how all I want for Christmas is a fertilized egg this year! ((Imagine it sung in the same tune as, "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth")

galactickates

Wow over a month and no posts? 
I'm 4 dpo took a HPT I thought maaaaybe if I squinted really really hard and under the brightest light I could see a line.... took out my test from before my EP loss.
Nope!
Where I was squinting wasn't even close to where the line should apear. Plus way to early to be testing anyway.

And oh yeah, I should be benched right now.  All around fail.  
Going to go drink now byeeeeeee

jrm_14

Last cycle, my period was a day late. I thought, “Mayyyybe Murphy’s law says ‘See RE & get KU when planning treatment.”  This was despite the HSG & 0 hcg level earlier that week. But mayyyyyyybe was still in my head. ::eye roll, JRM::

holly321

Note to self: Your nipples hurt from having slightly rough sex, you are not pregnant, yoy are benched and on birth control 

galactickates

ETA - AF just came so apparently I wasn't even ovulating... definitely not KU, just stupid and very hung over

spottedginger

Your pants are tight because of poor impulse control and holiday eating, not bc of bloating at 4 dpo. 

cdepperschmidt

Dear self, just because you can smell things more now, it does not make you pregnant. You’ve just had a cold for so long you forgot what’s it like to smell. 

dreamscapes_

You're spotting, and it's either from rough sex or because AF is near. It's not implantation bleeding. Stop it.

You're emotional because your anxiety has been sky high for the last three weeks and your stress levels have been high all year. Stop it.

You're tired because of working full time on your feet with your chronic pain. Stop it.

conchispita

This thread = me the past few weeks
last cycle was mid December
I got food poisoning last week and thought "maybe I'm pregnant..."
My 2YO keeps crashing her head into my boob, which hurts, and leads to the thought "maybe I'm pregnant..."
I looked at a due date calculator based on my last period, and the outcome was: 
You can't be pregnant. You probably haven't even ovulated yet..."  

preheattheoven

This thread makes me feel so much better. 

I have been charting my ovulation, but I think I ovulated 5-6 days late this month. So when I started getting ovulation cramps, I was so hopeful that they were implantation cramps. 

So now, the wait begins. 

preheattheoven

@dreamscapes_ I keep trying to tell myself the same things. I have been reading into everything, but it's so hard not to!

@conchispita With every new "symptom," I say the same thing... "maybe I'm pregnant." I think my husband is already sick of hearing it haha.

Glad to know I'm not alone

around233

New here, been lurking for awhile. This thread is everything. Thank you.

Note to my BSC self: Get your ish together. Your lower back aches because you have been sitting at a desk for 6 hours straight. You are tired because your terrible neighbors wake you up between 4:30-5:00 am every morning. Your nipples ache because you work in a drafty, cold basement office. ***TW-mention of death*** Your emotions are all over the place because your grandma died a few days ago.***End TW*** You are spotting and crampy because AF has arrived. Stop reading about IB and finding the single IB story that describes the pattern of spotting/cramping you are having! You know what confirmation bias means, gurl. Look forward to a glass of red wine - or two - when you get home - and try again next month.

Raisin’ a glass to TTC and all the BSC it brings.

*edited to add TW for mention of death

coco2787

My boobs just tingled at 1 DPO so I’m totes pregnant.  

galactickates

Posting here = totes getting ku this cycle 

eleven_

I've had to pee way more often today so I'm totally KU. It's not because I was literally chugging water all day. Nope.

nmbrcrnchr1

Your OB emailed you a link to their new patient portal because the old one sucked and they are finally joining the 21st century...not because you’re KU, the email went to everyone! 

offtoneverland

My LP is longer than it ever has been before, so clearly my HPTs are faulty and I'm totes KU. It's not at all because I wasn't temping this cycle and probably Oed later than I realize. 

galactickates

@offtoneverland - how I picture @zamora_spin reading your post


I love you both xo

Eta - in my head it was more like she was reading the newspaper looked up shook her head and just continued reading  couldn't find a gif for that though

offtoneverland

@galactickates Hahaha I will definitely be jumping on the temping bandwagon next cycle. 

zamoraspin

@galactickates @offtoneverland Ha, I can relate, honestly I wasted so many tests the first time my LP was 15 days instead of 13. Of course it was right before my testing cycle with the RE so I think my body was just being a B. 

This is my cray of the day: Went to the acupuncture guru. He told me he can tell if women are pregnant by their pulse and when he felt mine he said he didn't want to tell me what he was feeling. Plus he told me what to do "if " I get AF and then said, "but you should be ok." So. Obviously I am ku, guys, even though I am only 7dpo. Totally. 
eta to add:
1. An acupuncturist feeling your pulse is not equivalent to a BFP. 
2. He probably didn't want to tell you that you weren't ku. 

offtoneverland

@zamora_spin I'm so glad you understand the BSC I was feeling with a longer LP than usual. How funny that it happened for you right before your RE testing, and the same thing happened with me! Our bodies like to play tricks on us I guess. That is too funny about the acupuncture guru saying he can tell if women are pregnant by checking their pulse. I've never heard that one before! Maybe you should check with the Facebook psychic and see what they say.  

blumoon18

@zamora_spin Sometimes I wonder if these people also double as psychics.. they would be good at it, they certainly know how to keep you guessing. Sending you lots of good thoughts this cycle!!! 

galactickates

No you didn't feel a fertilized egg drop into your uterus like a coin falling into a wishing well.

coco2787

That made me legit lol @galactickates

I’m over here telling myself at 4DPO that my mood that is alternating between wanting to punch someone and sob is totally pregnancy, and has nothing to do with the fact that I’m stressed AF.  Also, I had dreams last night, so that definitely confirms it.   

flyingmombula

You’re 6 dpo. You’re nauseated because you ate 4 eggs for breakfast, not because you’re PG. 

lelkcot

Needed this thread today 
So glad I’m not the only one who has convinced myself I’m prego... or gotten in much head about how maybe, despite a bfn and af (very lightly) showing up - maybe I could still be prego... 

galactickates

@LElkCot - girl... as I was pulling out the box of tampons I thought "but.. don't you want to POS one more time? Just for good measure?" NO! The answer is always NO! 

lelkcot

@galactickates I definitely had that moment this week!

dreamscapes_

TW for mention of child (not mine)

You're not pregnant. That tiny baby touched your stomach because it was in range of its hand. Not because it knows there's another baby in there.

lurvleybunchococonuts

Dear Coconuts: Your nipples are sore af because you're on day 8 of Provera and you're stomach is upset because you haven't eaten breakfast yet.  Not because by some miracle you O'd and didn't know it and are now KU.  You are literally on drugs. #proveracraziesarereal #dontgiveintothecrazy

suzycupcake

galactickates said:

No you didn't feel a fertilized egg drop into your uterus like a coin falling into a wishing well.

@galactickates OMG I'm laughing out loud at work and I can't stop!!!!!

suzycupcake

You are nauseous 4dpiui because you drank a lot last night and forgot to eat dinner.

emmasemm

Just because you now had two weeks of highs on the CBAD and are turning OPKs darker than the night does not mean you are KU - stop using HPTs every day. You probably had an an-O cycle this time, and a negative beta last cycle. You are not a medical miracle.

suzycupcake

Calm down. It’s only 5dpo. You cannot be pregnant at this time. Yea. So you haven’t had any symptoms whatsoever this week like other tww experiences (unless being moody af counts). Whatever. The point is things change all of the time. It doesn’t mean anything. 

galactickates

You're not out of breath because all your blood flow is going to the embie in your ute... You're out of breath because you're out of shape. Go on a walk,  You've barely O'd. 

galactickates

You are not KU because you feel nauseous... You're nauseous because you had two cups of coffee, a prenatal vitamin and cheetos for breakfast... what did you think was going to happen? 

lurvleybunchococonuts

@galactickates are you trying to imply cheetos AREN'T a good choice from breakfast?  Because I disagree