Wow, I can't believe I'm here actually writing about my own BFP!
Where do I even start?
After 1 long year and 9 months, my fiance and I have finally fallen pregnant for the first time!
I would come to this site without a doubt every single month, and try to match my symptoms with other ladies ones, in hope that they were real and that it was finally my time. I would note every twinge, every weird symptom possible I would try to match it. Through doing this I learned, no matter what symptom you think you have, whether it be an itchy knee or hair loss, if you google 'itchy knee early pregnancy symptom', something WILL come up matching it.
I was diagnosed with PCOS three years ago, and never thought much of it until we started trying for a baby and nothing was happening. The PCOS made my periods VERY irregular, at one stage I didn't ovulate for 9 months.
In October of 2012 I was referred from my GP to a specialist at our hospital, where I attended appointments every 6 weeks. After much poking and prodding, blood tests and scans, the specialist decided to put me forward for surgery in which I would have a dye test in my tubes to make sure they weren't blocked, and for a bit of exploring too I suppose.
I had my surgery on 12.12.12 and when I woke up a nurse told me good news, that my tubes weren't blocked.
It took me a few weeks to recover from the surgery because I picked up an infection from the hospital, but once I was recovered I attended another appointment with my specialist, where they put me on Clomid for days 2-6 of my cycle.
Because I wasn't getting my period naturally, I was also put on Norethisterone, which brought on an aritifical period, to kick start my Clomid cycle.
Once that kick started it, I didn't have to take any more of those particular pills. These pills gave me some side effects....
* Feeling sick
* Headaches
* Bloated
* Feeling tired
Clomid also gave me some side effects as well...
* VERY sore boobs and nipples (usually noticeable two weeks after taking Clomid, and lasts until just after my period starts)
* Bloating and abdominal pains
* Vaginal Dryness
* Feeling sick
Clomid actually mimicked pregnancy symptoms I believe, giving me false hope... BUT on my 2nd cycle of Clomid (I had to do days 5-9 because my appointment was scheduled later than it should have been) I finally got my BFP.
I was using OPK's and they seemed a little confusing to me because I didn't know if the second line was dark enough to be thought of as ovulating or not, so we just had sex whenever we could. I noticed my EWCM and this is how I usually tell when I am ovulating, or about to. So we had sex that night, and instead of getting straight up to 'clean up' I turned around and put a pillow under my bum and put my legs up on the headboard. I felt silly doing this, so my darling fiance did it with me to make me feel a bit better about it hahaha, he is very sweet. We did this 'duet bum lift' every time we had sex for about half an hour afterwards. We had sex every night after that show of EWCM for about four nights.
I actually started taking my temperatures this cycle because I had heard it can help to detect pregnancy and ovulation. I will list my symptoms below from 7DPO.
7DPO:
- Temperature of 36.8 at 9pm.
- Sore boobs and nipples (this would have been from the clomid)
8DPO:
- Temp of 36.8
- Sore boobs and nipples (same as above, clomid effects)
9DPO:
- Temp 36.4
- Sore boobs & nipples (clomid)
- Tired (clomid)
- Annoying cramping in my upper left arm
10DPO:
- Temp 36.5 at 10pm
- Very sore boobs and nipples
- Mild abdominal pain
11DPO:
- Temp at lunch time 36.9
- Temp at 8.40pm 36.7
- Headache
- Sore boobs and nipples
- Swollen/enlarged boobs (clomid)
- Hungry
- Peeing more maybe?
12DPO:
- Temp in the morning 36.8
- Temp at night 36.9
- Felt tired and sluggish all day
- Headache all day
- Very hungry
- Peeing more
- Sore boobs and nipples
- Light brown discharge, and I mean very very light discharge.
13DPO:
- Sore boobs and nipples
- Wake up at night needing to pee, very unusual for me.
- Cramping thismorning light bad period pain, thought for sure AF was coming so
I went to the toilet and when I wiped there was a pink mucous like discharge so I put a tampon in.
- Temp 36.7 at night
- Tired and hungry
- No bloating, no pimples, no chocolate craving like typically before my period arrives..
- Bleeding very very light and scanty, pink and brown.
- Mild headaches
14DPO:
- Haven't bled since yesterday
- Minimal abdominal pain
- Loss of appetite
- Mild headaches all day
- Very tired
- Sore boobs and nipples
- Low right hand side pulling pain, doesn't hurt though.
- Temp at night was 36.6
15DPO:
- Did HPT with first morning urine at 5am with cheap online test, came back with a faint second pink line!
- Used same urine with a ClearBlue digital, came back with pregnant 2-3 weeks.
- Mild pinching feeling in lower stomach
- Mild headaches
- Boobs and nipples are actually LESS sore (clomid must be wearing off)
- Due date is 19th December 2013!
Since then I have pretty much just felt really tired all day, and I have had some lower back pain.
The headaches have stuck around, and lately I have noticed an increase in my sense of smell.
I also have very mild nausea until I have something to eat, then I feel better.
My boobs have started to feel very sensitive and sore in the last two days. Woke up thismorning with them hurting.
BUT I am so incredible happy. I thought my turn would never come.
It is so disheartening buying sooo many pregnancy tests only to ever see that one lonely little line.
I just tried my hardest to keep a positive mind frame, and I promised myself I would never ever give up.
I told myself that this would be our year, and it is!
If you are reading this, it's most likely you are either already pregnant or you are trying for your own beautiful baby, don't give up. Oh and I recommend the 'duet butt lift' on the bed head ;) Good luck ladies xx