hi everyone, right i must be driving people mad but i reaaally need some advise. me and my partner have decided we want to try for our second child (weve never actually tried before our daughter was a lovely surprise). anyway, i have a fantastic app where i can keep track of my
periods. it predicts the next cycle etc. and every month its bang on so i know its reliable. anyway we waited for my 'fertile' week, and we had sex the 1st august which was 2 days before 'ovulation day' (4th august). anyway this last week from around monday 9th i started getting bellyache and headaches, i had sharp twinges/cramping pains come tuesday and wednesday with the odd feeling of 'uneasiness'; the kind of sensation if you stand up too quickly. so being impatient thinking these were all signs, and even though i knew it was only 6DPO and maybe too early to test i did anyway. i tested with a freedom test and there it was Negative. so thought no worries. then friday came and i was feeling sick, nearly being so close to being sick, had such bad tummy cramps etc, even my
pasta tasted funny! so this morning at 9DPO i tested again with freedom test and yet again said negative. ive still got the cramps/bellyache and the odd feeling dizzy. im not due on till 21st so a week tomorrow, and im so unsure now whether i need to go to doctors incase ive got something wrong with me or it is pregnancy just too early to detect yet? wanted to know if this has happened to anybody else? what was your outcomes? im so tempted to go and buy First Responce on monday and test tuesday which will be 4/5 days before period is due and 12DPO. thanks everyone! xx
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HELP - im going mad
Charll · 13/08/2016 17:50
I think you need to calm down and stop studying your body for symptoms 
Yours sound like my "symptoms" every single month. We're on cycle 16 . It is progesterone that causes it and only in a small number of cases is it pregnancy.
As pp said, you need to calm down. You could be pregnant, but you might not be, and realistically the odds are not in anyone's favour. The healthiest most fertile couple still only have a 25% chance of getting pregnant each cycle.
I also would not recommend trusting an app for your ovulation. Just because it predicts your periods does not mean it predicts when you ovulate. Everyone is different. You could have a short luteal phase and ovulate four days later than the app says you do, and if you're only dtd once then you're not likely to catch that egg. You could use opk tests and bbt temping to confirm when you ovulate. Far more accurate. I did do this but have decided to ditch them this month and spend less time thinking about it.
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