This time 2m ago, I was pregnant. Newly pregnant. If things had gone well, I'd be almost 13wks and entering the 2nd trimester. I'd be starting to share the news with non-immediate family members and not-so close friends. I probably wouldn't be making a FB about it, but if I did, it would probably be as subtle as my IF outings.
Instead, I'm 10dpo and not feeling too promising about this cycle. I'm trying not to think about these things. Trying to ignore "symptoms" and not think about what cd I'm on or when I'd be late.
Yeah. That's not working so well. It's all I can think about. X number of days until I'd be late. X number of dpo. If I was pregnant, X number of weeks until this or that. It's probably not healthy. Unfortunately, I do it without really thinking and without realizing I'm doing it until it's done. I'm just too comfortable with numbers. Maybe I'm calculating all this as a way of comforting myself? I don't know.
What I do know is I'm fully expecting to move onto TTC in April. I'm hoping to be pregnant again by my birthday at the end of May, but even that isn't looking like much of a possibility in my mental calculations. Also in my calculations, is the amount of money we spend each month on vitamins, supplements, and Rx's for the snowball-in-hell's chance of getting pregnant again. Just shy of $150. I know that is no where close to what some women pay each month for injectibles, u/s, etc with more intense treatments. Still, that $1,500 (~2,000 + co-pays and all) that we've spent so far without anything to really show for it, except for 2 hpts with their faint, now crusty lines that are currently taking up space in a landfill, roughly the size of the hole in my heart.
For those that like to keep tabs on other people's 2ww symptoms:
-Nauseous, catch in my throat feeling (like I had 2m ago), but since 2dpo.
-Dull and periodic ache in my Right boob and under that armpit since 7dpo
-Strong, stabbing/pinching pains (similar to O pains) on my right side, just inside my hip yesterday and a bit Monday evening.
And that's it. But now I'm off to a busy, fun-(un)filled day at work, running around like a headless chicken to get the multitude of things I have to do today done.
Wishing everyone else a great Wednesday! Enjoy the last 2 days of March and I'll see you in April!
I do the same thing with the numbers - plan for the future, count out days, think about where I would be if... It seems a little OCD or something, but it's comforting as well. I'm hopeful for you, I continue to be!
ReplyDeleteI always do that with the numbers too. Like on my birthday I'll be this many weeks or at Christmas our baby will be this old. I agree it's totally unhealthy, but it's almost impossible to stop!
ReplyDeleteI'm a number cruncher, too. I feel like I'm jinxing myself by planning what special occassion we would use to tell family based on when we would see a heartbeat, and when our first trimester would be over, if this cycle works. But I can't help it. For me it is absolutely soothing to do such things and I am of the belief that I shouldn't deprive myself of anything that makes me feel better right now. This journey is too hard as it is...I don't think thinking happy soothing thoughts will make things worse in the long run.
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