Just keeping track
Sorry if I'm being boring. I'm using this journal to keep track of symptoms and the process for my own reference and anyone else if they're interested.
Today, intermittent cramping, backaches, no nausea, but MAJOR crabbiness. PMS levels of all of a sudden I'm pissed at something minor and fuming like a dragon and want to blindly rip something to shreds. It really is some kind of sick joke by Mother Nature that PMS symptoms and pregnancy symptoms are virtually identical. As if our minds weren't being beaten up enough as it is! The cramps feel identical to the cramps I get on Day 1 of my period, which is sending my stress and anxiety levels through the roof, which is making me crabbier. This is the point in the 2ww where I'm like "Dammit, just tell me one way or the other already, because I really need a drink!!" :( I just keep telling myself that there really is no way to know either way, so it doesn't do anything to be discouraged. But I'm crabby and my middle hurts, so...poop.
Today, intermittent cramping, backaches, no nausea, but MAJOR crabbiness. PMS levels of all of a sudden I'm pissed at something minor and fuming like a dragon and want to blindly rip something to shreds. It really is some kind of sick joke by Mother Nature that PMS symptoms and pregnancy symptoms are virtually identical. As if our minds weren't being beaten up enough as it is! The cramps feel identical to the cramps I get on Day 1 of my period, which is sending my stress and anxiety levels through the roof, which is making me crabbier. This is the point in the 2ww where I'm like "Dammit, just tell me one way or the other already, because I really need a drink!!" :( I just keep telling myself that there really is no way to know either way, so it doesn't do anything to be discouraged. But I'm crabby and my middle hurts, so...poop.
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Your Beta is Friday right whims? Thinking of you!! Prayi g for your BFP!!! My symptoms were the same and I was convinced I was getting my period..... But, it never came :) best of luck !!!! Hugs!!
sorry your gonig throguhu so much crap... I am still keeping my fingers crossed and yeah like there is no black and white with pregnancy and period symptoms .... so effed up... hugs
adkgirl - my beta\'s on Tuesday. I\'m pretty sure if it was on Friday, I\'d POAS, because I need to know! Cramping doesn\'t seem like it\'d be a good sign when you want something to STAY in there, but I suppose it is.
I hope you get good news on tuesday and can keep your mind off of it until then......ya right. It\'s too hard not to read into every symptom. Good luck! I am praying u :)
I\'m crabby and my middle hurts too! I\'m hoping its a good sign :-)
I\'m crabby and i\'ve felt like i\'ve been cramping for days. I\'m supposed to POAS tomorrow, the end of my 2ww. I\'m so nervous. I already have a lap scheduled for Dec. 31 if this doesn\'t work. BUT, AF had reared her ugly head at this time last cycle, so i still have my fingers crossed! I\'m wishing all the best for you too, and I know how you feel!!!
its definitely a good sign my RE told me.....because your uterus is changing and implanation takes place.....best of luck...hang in there girls :-) Sending you all sticky baby dust
I had cramping that felt like normal period cramping before I got my BFP lastmonth. It sucks that our bodies did not figure out two sets of signs, one set for AF and one set for pregnancy. Would make our lives so much easier!
I felt like my period was coming right before my BFP I thought it hadn\'t worked so much I sat in the hot tub and had a glass of wine to drown my sorrows, I got the BFP the next day!!
aristen, I was the exact same way........I was convinced I was going to get it....and got my BFP.....very true.
That makes me feel a lot better, ladies, thank you! Usually, on CD1, I get a whole day of cramps, and it sort of feels like a constant wave where it will peak and ebb constantly all day. These have been like 3 minute bursts at random times throughout the day.
Good luck with your beta. You are spot on...God has to be a man because the idea of making PMS and pregnancy symptoms the same was DUMB! As to your alcohol reference, after our first IUI, we were in the 2ww when one of our good friends got married and I was totally avoiding alcohol during the rehearsal dinner because I was supposed to POAS the day after the wedding...AF arrived shortly after the rehearsal dinner was over, so I got DRUNK at the wedding. Hopefully, you will have no reason to drink this holiday season!