Hi all
You may not remember me as I haven't posted a huge amount but have read all your advice religously for months and you've answered some questions I reckon we can all only ask in cyberspace
Anyway, I went to an accupuncturist a few months ago as my cycles were awry I was very stressed, we were moving house, living with my parents, my husband lost his job etc etc etc and I was convinced I wasn't ovulating. My cycles were so erratic I couldn't even get a day 21 test done 'cause who knows when you're day 21 should be if you're cycles are all over the place??
(Only test I had done on day 21 had a reading of 1!!!)
Accupuncturist told me my kidneys and spleen were unbalanced and told me to temp (cue lots of daft questions and confusion - not helped by large spikes every Sunday morning after Sat night
My cycles first went up to 42 days, then 24 (getting even more confused) and I thought finally maybe I'll hit middle ground and be nice 28ish number on 3rd cycle. On day 29 my temperature plummeted and I thought ok here comes AF but it'd be the first 28 day cycle and was feeling optimistic that maybe we're getting somewhere. That was 10 days ago and I've done 5 ++++++++ HPTs and I still don't believe it, looks like we were getting further than we thought
We have been ttc since last Sept and I was getting disheartened. I'm assuming that the big day 29 dip (22 dpo according to FF - though FF wasn't sure!)was an implantation dip so I'm living proof that it can occur.
Thank you for reading and often we will never know whether the accupuncture worked/helped or not but it may give some people some hope/comfort that the strangest things can happen at the stangest time. I was convinced that I hadnt even ovulated this month because I was going through a breast cancer scare - (ultrasounds, biopsies etc and absoloutely stressed to the hilt) Everytime my DH turned to me before going to sleep to ask me if I was ok, I'd burst into tears.
In a long and rambling way what I'm trying to say is there is hope and no matter how unlikely the scenario may be, one day it may just work.
Thanks for reading I had to tell someone 'cause even though I'm thrilled I'm already terrified of having a miscarriage and haven't told anyone in the world yet. I'm doing approx 2-3 HPT's per day (ovsessive I know )It's DH's birthday tomorrow and I'm trying to hold off until then to tell him as a surprise (I've known..ish since Fri but only convinced since yesterday/this morning)
I'll still be here with lots of questions if that's ok, this is our first, I've no sisters or brothers and all my DH's family are in Oz and only 5wks pregnant so cant tell people really yet.
Thanks everyone,
JA