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I swore I wasn't going to do this but ..

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wannaBe1974 · 13/07/2006 14:14

have been ttc for 14 months. Generally had regular cycles until three months ago when I had a very light bleed (which I thought was implantation). turned out not to be pg and had normal af 5 weeks later and again normal af exactly 28 after that. By then I had decided that we were done with the ttc thing as the anticipation and then disappointment every month was getting to me. dh had sperm test this morning and am going back to gp next week to hopefully find out what's wrong so we can put it behind us and move on.

but

this month I'm fairly sure I ovulated on cd13. I don't do OPK's or temp charting, but I gaged the ovulation on my cm, and also I had cramps on one side, whenever I have these simptoms my af always happens exactly 14 days after. but on monday (cd23) I experienced some spotting. nothing serious, just a little, not even requiring protection. again had some of this on tuesday and yesterday had lots of cm. I'd told myself (and others on the conception board) that I had no intentions of testing, as far as I was concerned the spotting would just be a light period, but this morning all spotting has stopped, but I have some minor abdominal cramps, and felt sick at breakfast time (after I'd drank orange juice) and, strangest of all, my dog will not leave me a alone.

I know that the sensible thing to do is to wait another week and do a test if no proper af arrives, I know the even more sensible thing to do is forget about it and wait for af to arrive in 4 weeks or so, but was just wondering if anyone had any views on this? esp the dog - they say animals can sense things - I know my retired dog knew when a work colleague of mine was in labour - she wouldn't leave her alone and the girl had a baby two hours later (waters broke in a team meeting).

any thoughts? I do know this has been done to death, and I do know that I've been trying to be the voice of reason on other similar threads and now I'm the one in the situation ...

OP posts:
wannaBe1974 · 13/07/2006 14:34

both my dogs have been very attentive - eldest one was looking for attention all night last night and younger one has been following me all day sniffing at me - ve unlike him. bonnie (eldest dog) is generally a very affectionate dog so it's not unlike her to want lots of attention but the other one generally just wants to play.

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MerlinsBeard · 13/07/2006 14:32

Wannabe, i would try to wait buit would prob only last a few days!

I have a house rabbit and he has known b4 us each time we were pregnant. with ds1 he started leaping at me on the sofa and nibbling my elbows, with ds2 he ran round me everytime i stood up to the point of tripping me up! and this time, when i was 1st pg, he would run round me and then stop in front of me. When we strated to lose it, he was really different again and would "trot" along by my side

They can sense things but if u r overly hormonal it could just be that

MrsMcJnr · 13/07/2006 14:26

Hi Wannabe1974, I feel for you, I am so new to all this that I do not really know how soul destroying the whole thing must be but if it was me and I wanted to test then it would drive me mad until I did. As long as doing so won't make you feel to bad if it is not the result you want, then what do you have to lose apart from the cost of the test?

I am trying not to get my hopes up (only been off the pill 4 weeks tomorrow) but I had heard that about animals and one of my cats wants to sleep on my tummy all the time and another wants to sleep beside me, all 3 usually follow me around (chief feeder) but not like this.

Best of luck to you and hope to hear good news from you soon!

MrsJohnCusack · 13/07/2006 14:18

hmm
I do think there is some truth in the animal thing. My cats won't leave me alone when I'm pregnant, and one was all over my sister (it turned out it was an ectopic pregnancy) but it was very unusual for that cat to be all over her. Also my NCT teacher had a cat who was all over us pregnant ladies but apparently had no truck with 'normal' visitors.

only you know whether it's worth testing though.