Sunday, July 1, 2012

Symptom checker

It is weird that for the last week I have had basically zero symptoms, but now that I get a bfp all the symptoms start rushing in.  And it can't even be from the hcg because the levels are still low right now, compared to just after the trigger shot.

So here is the list of symptoms:
1. insomina - after testing this morning at 2:30am I couldn't get back to sleep until 6.  I tried a few times and then gave up at 4am and went on the computer for a few hours.  I remember insomina was a major early symptom with my first pregnancy until the fatigue hit at 5 weeks.  I basically blame the insomina on the excitement of the bfp's and testing each morning.  Unfortunately this is the only time my pee is concentrated at all so it is my only test time right now.

2. early stage m/s- yes I never thought this would hit this early.  With my first pregnancy I didn't start feeling things until 6 something weeks and with the twins it was 9 weeks.  Of course it hasn't become full blown m/s (let's hope it doesn't), but it is at the uneasiness and needing to eat, but not wanting many things stage.

3. cramps - these were pretty bad today.  I know cramping is very normal in early pregnancy, but it is still such a scary sign.  The cramps ranged from severe pre AF type cramps (the type that you just pray for AF to arrive so they can be over) to cramps that were sudden and sharp.  It is funny I always wished for a bfp so I wouldn't have to deal with the horrible pain of AF, when really you don't get away from the cramping pain even with pregnancy.

Symptoms I am not feeling:
nada in the breast department.  Of course this was never a big symptom with my previous two pregnancies either.

I am tired now and sort of out of it, but I blame that on the lack of sleep more than anything.

Praying tomorrow morning's tests are nice and darker.  I realize how much it sucks having a early bfp.  Yes it is great than dealing with bfn's, but it is also hard because it makes the pregnancy even longer.  I am only 3w4d today.  That is such a long long way away from 40 weeks or even 12 weeks.
I also think being IF makes it harder.  We all think that things are great when we see the double lines, but really things are only beginning.  But I think when you work so hard just to achieve a bfp it feels like you have already reached the finish line, or you are exhausted enough and then you find out that no you have to do another 40 laps around the track.  Meanwhile others just get to start out at the 40 lap part without having to run the premarathon.  I just want to reach the finish line and have my take home sibling for dd.

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