Month 11 of Trying to Conceive Baby #2: IUI Number 1
Even though my uterus was in better shape to carry a baby last month after surgery, the want-to-be-a-two-time-mom in me still hoped I was pregnant…
Today marks Cycle Day 31, and I am a 28-day cycle girly with a ±2 day variation.
If you’re here, you know that means I could technically be testing, since I should have gotten my period by now. After almost three years of trying to conceive baby number one and baby number two, I’m tired of being disappointed by negative pregnancy tests. (I’m sure you feel that pain too!) So, rather than test when I didn’t get my period on CD29 or CD30, I told myself I’d wait it out, and if I got to CD33 or CD34 without my telltale signs of a period, I’d test.
I’m not sure if getting that surgery threw my body for a loop or maybe back into the loop, but my symptoms this month were different than my norm.
I got very light/minor cramping, when it’s normally more significant
I got one-sided cramping, which as you know can indicate ovulation
My breasts hurt and they got bigger (maybe because I breastfed for so long, I haven’t experienced this symptom since before my first pregnancy
EXHAUSTION. I felt so exhausted on some days despite having lighter loads, I just had to lay on the couch
I was excited when I woke up today (CD31), and the temperature on my Oūra ring was still elevated.
Since I started tracking my cycle with Oūra, there has only been one time (I received my ring in August 2024) when my temperature was elevated and I got my period on the same day. With that knowledge I figured there’d be no way I was getting a period today. Aside from the minimal cramping, I wasn’t getting any other “period” signs. Like, a couple days before my period I usually have a sticky-ish discharge after I wipe. And there was none of that.
CD32 here we come!
Well… when I sat on the toilet for my morning pee, it didn’t feel like I was just peeing, but it also didn’t feel like I had my period. When I wiped, I looked at the toilet paper and saw in the dim light some faint pink remnants. :( UGH!
When I hopped off the pot, I looked in and saw a little bit of red. Wahhh!!! Again, the want-to-be-two-time-mom in me started telling myself it could be implantation bleeding, it’s not a full flow, but I’m pretty sure I’m just fooling myself - again.
I am 99.9% sure my period is going to show up today, tomorrow at the latest and I am BUMMED.
I didn’t think I was going to be, but I am feeling sad. Like here we go again. Another month of my body not being able to do what it needs to f-ing do! Sigh. Welp, nothing to do but trudge on.
What happens next? Even though I talked about it in this blog, I’ll give you a quick run down. Basically, when I get “full flow” period, I’ll message our fertility clinic so they can send in a prescription for Clomid/Clomiphene. I’ll start taking it on CD3 to help boost my follicles and then around CD10 I start testing for ovulation with OPKs. When I get a positive, I basically drop everything and head to Oʻahu for the day.
Since there won’t be much to update until then, I’ll fill you in come mid-cycle!
