I may stay off the forum for a bit. Another negative test and no AF.
How I feel today in summary:
I have done ovulation testing, I pretty much know everything that a layman would know and then some. I have studied research done on women, I know the stats and the theory, I know what theoretically should work and what shouldn't, I know that taking your temps is actually pointless because you ovulate before the spike, I know the theoretically physiological changes. There is pretty much nothing I haven't read up on what I shoudl or shouldn't be doing around this time and the funny thing is the amount of people who have had babies or who are pregnant who say "just relax and it will happen". I want to harpoon them.
Women get pregnant during drinking, smoking, high stress situations, emotionally abusive relationships, physically abusive relationships, drugs, happy times, sad times. I don't drink, smoke, have stress, I'm not abused, I have a good home life, I am happy.
Now though, I will admit that I feel like a failure and that I feel like I am torturing myself over nothing. I am on my 4th day of being late but I have a lot of period pain type cramps. Apparently, they are only supposed to be there for a day or two and I had what I thought was implantation cramps over the weekend, no cramps on Monday and then cramps again yesterday and today.
My breasts hurt more in the evening and I've tested negative all week. And I do test in the morning. I do tend to drink a lot of liquid - I've been very thirsty for the last two weeks or so and knocking back about 5L a day. We had a big fight (but good for our relationship) right about when I should have ovulated so maybe it just kicked my cycle out.
Either way, today is the fourth day of no period and I tested negative again so I am over it. It's like torturing yourself for information you just don't have. My back is sore, my hips are sore and my tummy is crampy so I took ibuprofen this morning. I am tired of being sore for no reason. And tired for no reason. I just can't sleep enough.
And the thing is that if any of those were as a result of pregnancy, it would mean that the pregnancy hormone is in my body enough to MAKE a difference, which would mean that I would test positive.
But I am not.
Therefore, not pregnant. :D