Hi everyone! Anyone else 8DPO?
I'm going crazy in this TWW ðŸ«
I had my hormonal IUD removed in March 2023 and had a positive OPK at the end of April and a period mid-May then absolutely nothing until I got my second period on 30th August.
I've been using OPKs and tracking Bbt since I had my IUD out, I got my second positive OPK on Wednesday 20th September and think I ovulated on 21st. My BBT has risen since then (still high) and Premom/Natural Cycles apps have both confirmed ovulation.
We DTD on 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd to cover all bases and it sounds SO weird and impossible but I already felt like we'd conceived like the day after I ovulated.
My symptoms so far have been:
- Swollen and tender breasts, sharp shooting pains in nippples
- Bright blue big veins on breasts
- Really strange, vivid dreams and talking in my sleep (which I never usually do)
- Cramps in lower abdomen
- Headaches
- Bloating and gassy
- Bit of nausea
- Extreme fatigue, really really tired
- Lower backache
- Needing a wee more often
I feel like I must be symptom spotting as surely I wouldn't have all these symptoms so early, being only 8DPO? AF is due Wednesday 4th (if my body is back into a regular rhythm now)
We have a little girl who's just turned 3, we weren't trying when we fell pregnant with her in December 2019 so I wasn't symptom spotting, I had no idea until I started throwing up at 2-3 weeks past ovulation.
Does anyone else have similar symptoms this early?
I really don't want to just be imagining it as I've had no sign of anything since coming off the coil but I just feel 'different' it's really hard to describe! Maybe I'm confusing these symptoms with AF coming, I haven't had a regular period since 2019 so maybe I'm out of sync with it all!
At this point I feel like I'll actually be surprised if a HPT is negative (when I take one), even though I know that'd ridiculous 🙈
When is everyone else taking your first test?
Trying so hard to wait to test but it's SOOO hard!!
Lauren x