I love the website and spent a lot of time reading stories from other ladies every month who got their BFP's. I always hoped I could come back with my own story, so here I am:
After my miscarriage in April, I started TTC immediately. By my June cycle, I was charting, temping, recording every symptom I had all month long and using OPK's. My BF and I were getting stressed out and starting to fight regularly because of all of the stress. This past cycle, I decided to just let the chips fall where they may and I stopped temping, stopped using OPK's and stopped charting. The only thing I really did this time around was check my CM. Since I wasn't worried about all the stuff, my relationship healed and my BF and I started BD'ing every other day. We did that from CD7 to CD21. On CD22, I woke up early in the morning and noticed I had a tiny bit of pink smeared on my toilet paper after peeing and wiping. I thought that could have been implantation bleeding so I got a little excited. I took a test and of course it was negative (it was so early!) My test the next day was negative too. I started to feel a little disappointed but tried not to worry.
On CD 24, I woke up with an urgency to urinate so I ran to the bathroom. I keep a little measuring cup by the sink in case I decide to test so I went ahead and used it. I got the faintest line ever on a FRER that morning. It was after only a 2 hour hold though. The whole reason that I tested was because I thought it was almost time to get up for the day (5 30 or 6am) and I tested before I looked at the time. Anyhow, my faint line was there and it was so light that it was hard to be sure if there was pink to it or if it was just an indent. Of course, I was super excited, so on my way to work later that morning I picked up another pack of FRER's. Took my second test about 9am at work that day, after another short hold, just under 3 hours, but the line was more obvious that time. I ran around the office and had some of my best girlfriends here confirm it. I tested again the following day and got a line that was a bit darker than the first two!! I am so excited!!
Some early pregnancy symptoms that I had were:
Bleeding gums (they bled a little on CD20 randomly and then they bled a lot on CD21 when I brushed my teeth--no bleeding since)
Fatigue (it got so bad that I was falling asleep sitting at stoplights waiting for the light to turn green--this was on CD20 and CD21)
Mild Nausea (started about CD22 and today at CD27, it's still there and a little bit worse)
Sore boobs (but this didn't happen til after I got my positive--the soreness was bad enough to be noticeable by CD25)
Frequent urination (started the early morning of CD22, when I got noticed the pink smear that was probably implantation bleeding)
Implantation bleeding (CD22, which was approximately 6DPO-- I don't know for sure since I wasn't charting but according to previous months, I ovulate around CD16-18 and I felt ovulation pains earlier this cycle)
Back pain (this began almost immediately after O time but it got worse and worse. Worst pain was on CD 24 and 25 thus far)
Light cramping (similar to pms cramps but not as bad--they haven't been as serious as the cramps I usually have leading up to AF)
Symptoms that I previously had with pms before AF but thought at that time that they were pregnancy symptoms included: sore boobs (by CD21 in previous months--with my BFP they didnt get sore til much later, CD25), intense cramps the week before AF, copper taste in my mouth briefly but no bleeding gums (this is something that I read over and over was a symptom of pregnancy but for me it was a symptom of AF, didn't happen with my BFP although gums did bleed), gas (much more gas with PMS than with BFP), and hot flashes with sweating (which had me thinking I was either pregnant or peri-menopausal).
Oh, I am 34 years old too and I was starting to think I was perimenopausal because I would have so many symptoms every month that felt like pregnancy but would end up just being AF. But I got a BFP instead! :)
I am still super early in this journey (3 weeks and 5 days pregnant today) and I know I have a long way to go...but I am hoping, wishing, and dreaming for a happy and healthy nine months. I hope my story gives someone else hope. As soon as I stopped stressing, I got my BFP, after 4 previous months of TTC, and 3 of those months with obsessive charting, temping, and OPK's.