The half way point of the two week wait! Daily I get google searches for pregnancy symptoms, cramping at 10, 11, 12, 13, etc post ovulation, IUI, Femara and how to use it/dosage questions. This has me thinking about what trying to conceive for an extended period of time does to us. I’ve turned into google educated, cramp analyzing, panty checking, and superstitious woman. Is that so bad? Nah. I guess because there is such a flipside to the coin. Now, I’m more sensitive to how my words affect other people (namely infertiles,) I’m more educated, I’m more pro active about my reproductive and health in general. So, there you have it. The double edged sword of infertility.
However, here’s my advice to those googling cramps and pregnancy symptoms. From personal experience there have been months where I could swear to you that I had every pregnancy symptom there is, and was not pregnant. However, there has been a time where I didn’t have a single one, and I was. (Side note: Miscarried twins at 5 weeks.) Then, there was a time where I experienced a few and was again (Side note: Miscarried twins at 14 weeks. No, I don’t know why. It is most likely due to my uterus, but other than that I couldn’t tell you.) So, remember while knowledge is power, it also has the power to drive you crazy. I would never tell you to relax, but I will tell you to remember your life outside of the infertility induced madness (from personal experience.) Now, that you know that cramping ten days post ovulation could mean implantation, go to a movie or do something else, because it could simply be an upset stomach from last night’s chinese food.
So, seven days left to go before my blood test. Anybody want to make bets on if or when I will drag myself to the drug store to get a pregnancy test?
