Day 22: I'm Over It

Barf.  It's like day 20 of my cycle and I still haven't gotten a smiley face.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised, because when has my cycle ever been any kind of regular, but I just had high hopes for my first month of Pregnitude.  I'm about to order my next box, but really I just want to call my doctor up and ask to be put on Clomid (like I was on with my first pregnancy.)  I mean, at least I know that works, whereas I have no idea if this Pregnitude will work and it's costing me $40 a month. 

Any hope or encouraging stories to keep me going?

Day 16: Am I In High School Again?

My face is breaking out like a teenager...and I'm not happy about it.  I'm choosing to blame the Pregnitude because I am not sure what else could cause this.  I'm sure it has something to do with the hormones changing in my body (or at least I am hoping.)  When I was first pregnant my face broke out a lot so I've decided that this is a good sign for things to come-but I would totally be ok if my face decided to clear up soon.

No ovulation yet, which is fine as I am only on day 12 of my cycle.  I'm hoping to ovulate this weekend while my husband and I are away and childless!  If the OPK doesn't give me a smiley in the next week, I may be tempted to take a hammer to it...

I would love to hear from anyone else using Pregnitude and your experience with it!

Day 14: Just Waiting on That Smiley

I started testing for ovulation on Sunday.  I don't know why I get so discouraged when I don't see a smiley the first day.  I mean, obviously I am not going to ovulate on day 8 or 9 of my cycle, but I just get so discouraged that I am not going to see a smiley.  I have got my house stocked with wine for when I do see that smiley so that the hubs and I can get to baby makin';)

There is a good chance that 99% of my friends and people I know are pregnant right now.  I try to be happy for them as I get their texts that their little bundle of joy will be arriving on so and so, but it's hard when I have no idea when/if mine will.  Well, that's enough Debbie Downer for one night.

Hoping to have good news to report after the weekend!

Day 8: I Had Higher Hopes

Today concludes my 4-5ish day period.  I have to say I'm a little disappointed.  I was expecting some really crampy, really heavy period to let me know that my body was working like it is supposed to.  But alas, instead I got a really light period with little to no cramping (which normally I would be happy about!)  I am thinking I will start taking the ovulation test in about 5 days or so.  Hoping to see a smiley face in about 10 days from now! Keep your fingers crossed!

Day 4: Back in Business

It would totally make sense that when I woke at 4 am to pee this morning and to take yet another pregnancy test that it would come back negative.  That would be because when I woke up at 7, I had started my period.  Thanks for wasting me another $1, reproductive system. 

While I am sad I'm not pregnant, I am so joyful that my period is here.  To me, the hardest part of the whole trying thing is not knowing what to think for those 2 weeks, when I am 28 days past the start of my period, but I have no idea when to test/when I am going to start.  I think it would be so much easier if I just had a regular schedule to rely on so that I don't get my hopes up so much.  Oh well.  What can you do?  Oh yeah, take Pregnitude.

Hoping in 14 days that I report that I ovulated!!

Day 3: Wanted: 28 day cycle

I'm starting to consider making a "Wanted" sign for my period...or at least hanging "Missing" posters on all the telephone poles in town.  I mean, what's a girl got to do to get it to start??  Obviously my reproductive system is on strike because I am now at 6 weeks 3 days past my last period and I've got nothing.  Maybe my uterus is remembering what I put it through 17+ months ago and is refusing to cooperate?  Who knows for sure.  What I do know is that when I was 16 I never thought that one day I would be begging to get my period!

I'm getting pretty good at gulping down the Pregnitude now (you have to be!)  My stomach is still feeling weird and hoping that will pass...but maybe that is because I am going to start my period soon?  I'm also feeling a little emotional, which again, can be attributed to my period starting soon.  That's what's so hard about all of this...it's so hard to distinguish between pregnancy symptoms, PMS symptoms and just for no reason symptoms!

Til next time...