TLP; tiny little positive, tiny little person

Today is 14dpo - when I would expect to get my period. But yesterday I was too impatient and took a cheapo early pregnancy test and got a faint line! I did two tests, actually - both very faint. Then today, same thing. Two tests, two faint lines.

They say that even the faintest of lines means I'm most likely pregnant. It's starting to sink in, although I need to make an appointment at the doctor's to make it feel real. I hope it's real!!!

New Pains 9dpo

I'm 9dpo today. At least 9 days past insemination. For most of these 9 days my nipples have been very tender, some days more than others. I didn't feel this last cycle, although I did feel like the sides of my breasts were bruised, which I also feel now. I had a low-grade dull aching going on for most of the days until this morning. I pushed myself over to lie on my stomach as I was waking up, and I felt a sharp quick pain in the right side, near the ovary. No cramps during the day, then tonight I stood up and instantly got pangs on both sides, and I've had prickling and short pains for almost two hours now.

Implantation? Pretty please?

another ultrasound

I had an appointment at the fertility clinic today. She went over my 3 day ultrasound, blood test and my HSG. We talked charting and next steps, which looks like it's going to be a clomid/hcg cycle. I'm nervous about it and really hope I'm just pregnant, of course, so I can avoid the drugs altogether.

I did ask her about the ovary pain I've gotten each cycle after/during ovulation, and suddenly I was having another ultrasound so we could see if I ovulated or not, and which side. The doc went above and beyond, which was pretty great! Anyway I saw my ovaries and the corpeus luteum post-ovulation, which was really cool!

So, today is 3dpo (I think) and it seems WAY too soon to have any symptoms. I'm cramping like I always do during ovulation, but what surprises me is how sensitive my nipples are.

Trying to stay positive and hopeful...

2dpo (i think)

I'm not sure when I ovulated. Today's the first day there's no OPK line, and last night my cervix was low but still open. I'm getting very frustrated about not knowing enough about my cycles, when what happens. And I have yet to find one doctor who has looked at my charts in depth. Just a quick glance, and "yep, looks great!".

Anyway we inseminated Monday night. It's now Wednesday afternoon. Today's mantra, "Healthy cells are dividing and dividing and dividing."

obsessed

Ultrasound & HSG (CD16)

What a weird cycle so far. I got my period for only three days this month - normally it's five. Then I got my 3 day ultrasound to look at my ovaries, which was actually very cool! I could see the follicles in their various sizes and stages (the left photo is not mine, but gives you an idea). I had 16 in the left and 10 in the right, so good numbers.

Then last week I got an HSG - I was so nervous! I'm getting used to the sterile atmosphere of a hospital clinic - the room was cavernous, cold and daunting. The HSG was a bit uncomfortable, but it was short-lived and I got to see the dye running through my tubes out into my body. Turns out I have one curly Q tube, but the doc said that was normal. The dye went all the way through both tubes, so we're all clear!

I figured I'd have an early cycle, so I've been monitoring everything for a several days now. I had FM on day 8 or 10 (can't remember at the moment) which threw me off, but I kept tracking anyway. Temps have been stable in mid-range since the beginning of the cycle. My cervix is looking low and not quite open. We almost inseminated last night but decided against it - my OPK line was not quite dark enough yesterday, and I didn't have signs of FM. Until this morning. The FM looked textbook so I showered for work then we went to check my cervix again. Low, not as open, and suddenly the FM was gone. Nothing. So we closed up shop and got ready for work. Of course an hour into sitting here I started feeling my left side pinching - the usual sign that my egg is working on releasing.

*sigh* Did we miss it? Maybe. I'm so frustrated.