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Staying sane during the 2WW
How do you keep your sanity during the two week wait. We have been TTC for about a year now and this month is the worst. I was diagnosed with PCOS and have undergone so many tests, but after losing some weight and getting my blood sugar under control I have been ovulating regularly for the past nine months. Well this month (like always) we did the BD every other day around my ovulation time and now I am waiting. I have not seen a temp change but that is normal for me. But I get up every morning and swear my boobs are getting bigger, and for the past week I have had to get up and change my night clothes because I am soaked with sweat! Last night at dinner I almost lost my stomach when I smelled some lasagna. And I love lasagna, but last night it made me gag. I have four more days until I can test and get a reliable result.
Does anyone have any tips on how to stay sane during the waiting? LOL
Misty
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Re: Staying sane during the 2WW
If you don't see a thermal shift, how do you know you are ovulating regularly?
If you are still 4 days away from testing....none of those symptoms could be related to pregnancy. It is pretty easy to not over analyze when it is way too early.
2 years, 2 surgeries, 2 clomid fails, 2 IUIs, 1 loss, IVF #1 - 10/25/10 = BFP!, DS is now 3.5yrs!
TTC #2 - 6/12 surgery #3, FET #1 & 1.2 = BFN, 12/2012 FET #2 = BFP! DD is 1.5 yrs!
Surprise! 12/16/14 BFP, loss #2 12/31/14
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If there is no shift, what tells you that you are ovulating?
I try to occupy myself elsewhere with a book. It never gets to me until a day or two before my period is supposed to arrive.
My temps are all over the place.
I use an OTK and with that and the help of my dr we have determined that I am ovulating around CD 14.
I know it is way too early for symptoms but I feel just crazy this month.
Can you post a link to your chart (if you chart). I'm a total chart stalker and would like to see it.
If you don't have a temp change how can you be sure you are ovulating? If you are having symptoms, you should be able to get +hpt, unless of course, they are phantom.
GL.
FWIW, OPKs cannot tell you if/when you ovulate. They ONLY tell you that you are gearing up to. Some people ovulate 12 hours after the +, some 36, some 48 and some not at all. Yes, you can get a + and not actually ovulate. The ONLY ways to know if/when you do is 1) charting your wakingtemps and seeing a CLEAR thermal shift & 2) bloodwork. If you got bloodwork done then that would say that, yes, you did ovulate, but it couldn't accurately say when. I assume that your doc said you O on CD14 because you have a 28 day cycle. That is a total myth. You could O on CD 20 and only have a 8 day LP, or on CD16 with a 12 day LP, or on CD13 with a 15 day LP, etc. Your best bet? Get rid of that bump ticker and keep charting your temps. Also, read the link I have at the bottom of my siggy. It has a tone of great advice for newbies.
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison