Ok, firstly thanks for clicking and secondly sorry for the long message which follows...any advice/info would be very much appreciated!
Basically my husband (33) & I (28) have decided we'd like to start trying for a baby. I had my Mirena coil removed in January; I'd had it in for nearly 4 yrs. I know I'm quite young to have one but I've had lots of issues over the years - firstly v. irregular periods (only 4-5 per yr) then extreme pain and v heavy bleeding. With the coil, my periods were much more manageable plus they were 'regular' (well, between 26 and 32 days) for the first time ever!
Since getting the coil taken out, I had a bit of a 'withdrawal' bleed as expected and then my period actually came when I expected it to so it seemed all was good, although it's gone back to being heavy and painful - yuk.
Here's where it gets complicated... period came on 28th Jan, but as we are going on a big holiday during the easter hols, my hubby decided we should delay actively trying until then in case I fell really quickly and had bad morning sickness during the holiday. Since then, we only 'did the deed' on 14th Feb but used the withdrawal method. This was the date I was due to ovulate but I didn't really think much of it...
7 days later, my sense of smell went mental, even though I had a really stuffy nose and felt I had a cold coming. I've been very constipated since then and have had bad heartburn. My boobs then started hurting - they often hurt in the week leading up to my period but they also felt tingly, itchy and sometimes 'burning', esp in the nipple area. The day after, everything savoury tasted sweet and vice versa. I've been having horrible headaches and can't sleep, although some days I've actually had loads of energy despite the lack of sleep. I have bright blue veins which have appeared in my hips and tummy, all branching towards my groin area and are also starting to appear in my boobs. I've been having cramps on and off, but kind of on both sides rather than in the centre, and nowhere near as strong as period pains. I feel dizzy and sick most of the time and have lost my appetite - everything I normally love, I take 3 bites of and then feel sick - wasted a whole load of gorgeous curry tonight...grrr! Also...tmi alert... have been feeling really 'wet' down below for past few days.
As my period should be due round about now, I took a pregnancy test today and it came up negative. I'm really confused as I've had all of these symptoms - things like veins etc have never appeared before. Literally an hour later, I went to the loo and when I wiped, there was a bit of brown blood. I was so annoyed - I guess I'd been so enamoured with the idea of being preggers that I'd let my emotions interfere with my cycle and once I'd got the negative I'd relaxed and the period came! However, the blood is now slowing down, and is showing no signs of going red. It's so light it's only showing when I wipe 'down there' and not in my knickers.
I realise I'm probably not preggers, but am just really confused about all this, especially as I've not been looking up symptoms until they've actually happened, so I really don't think I imagined them as I know the mind can play massive tricks! Plus hubby's sperm is notoriously strong and fast - he got his previous wife preggers on the 1st effort and she had fertility issues, plus when we first got together we used the withdrawal method and I got pregnant, even while I was only having 4-5 periods per yr. We didn't continue with that pregnancy due to other circumstances at the time. His brother also got his wife pregnant on their 1st go - may be totally unrelated but this kind of thing may be hereditary I guess? I think all of this info is playing on my mind...! Please help - what would you think/do in this situation? Thanks