- Cramping has actually calmed down a lot. Did those of you who have taken progesterone experience a lessening of some symptoms as the luteal phase progressed?
- My boobs were the sorest I have ever experienced them last night (when I took off my bra). Wow, I finally understand some of the phrases other people used before, such as "needles shooting through my nipples." But this morning, just slightly sore, no big deal.
- Quite nauseous this morning. Could have been digestion related, and progesterone apparently "relaxes the bowels." Thank you for that phrase, doctor, it is a memorable one. Anyway, really queasy, and it only went away when I ate a bowl of cereal. Anyone else have this?
- Mood stuff continues but I think I've just gotten used to being bitchy, and I'm making fun of myself now half the time.
- My bbt has been up today and yesterday but I realized I slept in socks, whereas I normally don't, so that's probably why!
I spoke to the doctor Wednesday afternoon and he confirmed in-person that he thought everything went well, timing was on target etc. He did not think that the 12.3 follicle would have made it into the mix, though. :-( He said follicles grow 1-2 mm per day and need to be about 18 mm to reach maturity, and I guess poor little 12.3 wouldn't have had time to reach that level in two days. I was thinking since they'd grown a bit faster than anticipated, maybe they would continue growing that fast, but maybe not.
The cramping actually gave him slight pause, which is unusual for him. He's an "old-timer" in the fertility world and tends to be quite jaded. But he also said the "relaxing the bowels" thing. At the end, he said, "We know you'll need some luck. But why shouldn't you have that?" Something like that.
Tonight is my visioning and game night for fertility. I'm excited about the visioning activity I'm going to facilitate. I made bread pudding yesterday, which smelled so yummy, and will make a fresh berry topping sauce today from the berries in our garden. I'm also going to attempt a homemade pizza. We'll see how that turns out! Hors d'oeuvres will include veggies and hummus dip and fruit. Hopefully, I will raise a bit of money to cover some debt from this cycle. If I need to cycle again, I want to be in the best position possible.
Sending you positive baby vibes!! Love you!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you! Love to you, too, Sarah! :-) Continuing to send positive thoughts for your placement!
DeleteOoh, homemade pizza...can I come over? :-) And what berries do you have growing in your yard?
ReplyDeleteNow that is out of the way ;-)
Yes, I had some cramping initially with suppositories but it went away after a few days once I got used to it.
I personally find sore bbs to be one symptom that for me is very unrelaible. I have had sorer bbs on non-medicated, not-TTC cycles than the cycle I got a BFP :-(
Sure, come on over! :-) I know I've wanted to come to some of your dinners, that's for sure! We have blackberries in our yard, growing all along the fence. Grapes too, but they are green grapes with seeds, and we don't know what to do with them! We have plums and apricots right now, too - the plums are awesome but the apricots aren't as juicy this year. I think maybe because they didn't get enough water?
DeleteThanks for letting me know about your signs. Sounds quite unreliable.
I did & actually began to believe that the cycle didn't work... until I got my BFP :-) Continuing to pray for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :-) When you say, "I did," do you mean you had a lessening of symptoms?
Delete(Shoulda said 'my symptoms lessened' :-) Absolutely, the activity that I was feeling in my abdomen disappeared when I woke up one day. I felt suddenly felt normal, like nothing was going on at all. So I felt so so down because of the change. Then I got my BFP a few days later! That's what I'm praying is going to happen for you!
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