7DPO

Wow. I wish I could say “wow, already its been one week!” but its more like “this has been the longest week of my life, and the next one will be even longer!”

The two week wait, as this particular stretch of time is called, is well-known amongst those of us who are trying to conceive. There is even a website (see the links to the right) where we all go to obsess even more about our unique circumstances. It is ultimately the 2 weeks that take place between ovulation and the day your period arrives – typically 14 days. Essentially, if you’re not pregnant by now you won’t be this month, as the egg would have died around 1DPO. But its also the time when you start to get symptoms of your impending period, if you haven’t fertilized anything, so everyone spends the 2 weeks obsessing over pimples (greasy face is a sign of pregnancy), abdominal twinges, and tender bbbs!

Now, onto symptoms because I’m not immune to two-week-wait hysteria). I really do like recording all my symptoms in one place so that if it turns out to be negative this month, I can look back next month when feeling the same thing and realise it was normal. Or, if it turns out to be positive (oh please oh please oh please!) I can look back and realise what each symptom meant. So here we go.

Since 5DPO I have had very significant cramping. Its almost like a dull ache in my lower abdomen, that never really goes away. Its a strange feeling as I rarely get period cramps. Its not painful, just noticeably uncomfortable. A heavy feeling that is there every time I move. And there have been a few sharper jabs on the right side – distinctly. Don’t know what thats all about, but I sure hope its not a tumor!

I’ve also enormously tired. I know, tiredness is a fact of life. But the last 3 nights I have gotten lots of sleep – to bed around 9:00, up at 6. Yet I yawn incessantly and can’t seem to keep my eyes open. I notice it because I’m usually pretty energetic. Ok, but the devils advocate in me argues that its possible my own obsessing is making me tired… or that its the change in weather or temperature (it got really cold here this week!) or a number of other, non-pregnancy related reasons. All the same, its fun to consider.

Now onto cervical mucus (CM). If this upsets you, you can stop reading here. But in order to have an accurate description of symptoms, I need to include it as its a bit indicator. So CM has been heavier than usual, and much thicker. Creamy is a word I’ve heard used but I find it appalling, so I’ll go with thick. That is one of the symptoms I’ve read others have to twoweekwait, but mine isn’t shockingly heavy yet so I’m not truly including it.

On non-cervical mucus related symptoms (Start reading again here!), I felt on Monday & Tuesday like I was getting a cold. Why on earth would I even think about including this considering its November, the weather just got chilly, and its flu season? Well, because if you skim TwoWeekWait’s Early Pregnancy Symptoms page, you’ll find that many women, around 5 or 6 dpo feel like they are getting a cold, which goes away immediately. Coincidence? I think not.

I think I will test tomorrow. Obsessive, I know. Technically, according to peeonastick there would only be 0-5 mG of HCG (the pregnancy hormone) in my blood today – at 7dpo, so I’m really jumping the gun. But I just feel like I want to, and last month I bought 50 pregnancy tests for really cheap off the internet – so I don’t feel like I’m wasting anything! Here’s hoping for two lines!

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