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I can't believe this is real. Get ready, this is about to be a NOVEL. I've been waiting to write this until I had the time to sit down at my computer and hash it all out. I want to note that I'm going to include a lot of stuff here, but it does NOT mean I attribute it to my positive. Having a baby is biology and luck. However, I was always looking for something "new" to try differently. Each failed cycle I really wanted something else to grab onto and give a chance, just so I could feel like I had something to control. For those of you like me, I'm going to include all the random crap I did. Here we go!

Cycle: 5 (1 after CP)

Age + Partner's age (if relevant): I am 29, my husband is 31

Typical cycle length: 25 days

Ovulation cycle day: CD13 (although FF thinks it was CD14)

CD/DPO of positive test(s): 8/9DPO. The day before my positive, my husband and I thought we had a suuuuuper squinter on an FRER, but it was one of those "if you tilt it this way you can kind of see it" lines so we assumed we both had line eye. Now I sort of wonder if it was a line or not.

Tracking methods and app(s) used: Temping, OPKS, tracking CM, casually checking cervix. Fertility Friend Premium for all of it! Premom for tracking OPK pictures. TempDrop for temping.

Relevant days of BD: Based on O day of CD13, we hit O-5, O-4, O-3, and O-1 twice.

Supplements and medications (yours and/or your partner’s): Me: Vyvanse (30 mg 1x daily, currently tapering off), Trazadone/Melatonin/Benadryl (I take one of these to sleep each night, but it varies which one), Vitafusion Prenatal gummies, Vitafusion Vitamin D gummies, Vitafusion Omega-3 gummies, CO-Q10, Folic Acid, andI took Mucinex the week leading up to ovulation. Husband: CO-Q10, Vitamin C gummies, Vitafusion Men's Gummies, Vitafusion Omega 3 and Vitamin D gummies. We take a lot of gummies.

Birth control history (if relevant):
On and off various pills for years. Most recently, Mirena IUD for 4.5 years, out at the beginning of March.

Link to chart:
If you wanna see a weird and ugly chart, here you go! Not all BFP charts are climbers or are triphasic! Keep those Hope Fortresses alive!

Link to lineporn: Most recent update

Symptom spotting:
Very, very little. The only legitimate symptoms I had (and still have) was pinching/tugging in my uterus region. I describe it as such: it feels like there is a hermit grab in my uterus, he is pinching at the insides but he has rubber protectors on his lil' pinchers so it doesn't hurt, it's just a weird pressure. This same feeling happened with my CP (although it turned into cramping that time). The sensation last cycle and this cycle is completely unlike anything else I normally get.

Also, the night of 7/8DPO (the night before my negative test that may have been a super squinter) I could not sleep. I had absolutely horrible anxiety and felt like I had restless limbs (I call them my "anxiety limbs"). I felt squeamish and horrible. I had a weird, horrible sensation in my right groin. The next night, the same thing happened, the next morning I got my positive. I'd like to note, the weird right groin/hip flexor sensation hasn't gone away. It's still there. Also, I've had tons of creamy CM and my RHR has been elevated ever since my first positive.

Other (advice/tip(s), freaking out, miscellaneous): You have all impacted my life in such a positive way. I didn’t realize what an online friendship and community could really be until I found TFAB. You are all so fucking funny, brilliant, kind, uplifting, witty, real, and honest. You have kept me going and brought me hope, laughter, and a place to rage during the dark times.

Really, I love you all. I have cried more than once about leaving this sub. That may sound silly to some, but this place has been a fucking lifeline for me. After my CP, the kindness and outreach I received seriously got me through. I’ve never been apart of a community quite like this, but I’m damn blessed to have had you all. Please reach out to me if you want to keep in touch. I understand if you don’t want to right now, but if you feel up to it please do. Chat or message me. You can even change your mind down the line. I’m still planning to hang out here and help out where I can.

I always searched the BFP archives and posts in this sub for information to help reassure my personal TTC anxieties. I always wanted to hear more from people in these posts about what they were concerned about, so that if it aligned with my fears I could feel a bit more hopeful because they'd had a positive test. And so...

Things I worried about while TTC that I hope reassures someone: I always worried about fertile CM. The first thing I will say is that with each cycle I have started to see more of it after my Mirena was removed. However, I really didn't see it very much like many women do. I never had "gobs" of anything, ever. If I wanted to see any, I had to drink a TON of water. I also tried Mucinex and it seemed to help a bit, but not like it does for some women. If I had it, it was almost always watery with the occasional EWCM, but only after a bowel movement.

I worried about my period being super light. Since coming off Mirena my periods have been extremely light and short. Sometimes I don't even need a tampon and can just use liners. I was worried this meant my uterine lining was too thin for implantation. My periods have slowly been getting a little bit heavier, I think it's just taking time for my body to adjust after Mirena. Or, more likely, I'm aging and my body has changed and no longer bleeds like the 16 year old me I remember.

I worried that my prescriptions, namely Vyvanse, were somehow keeping me from getting pregnant. I didn't want to stop it until getting pregnant because my life is extremely challenging without it.

Things I worried about so I avoided them: I worried (with no basis in science) that running was getting in the way of implantation. For both my CP cycle and this one I did not run around the general time of implantation, so anytime after 5DPO. I'm sure this was a coincidence, but I wanted to note it. I also worried that sex/orgasms would get in the way of implantation so I avoided them this cycle after ovulation (I've been traveling so it made it pretty easy lol).

Some recommendations I have: TempDrop is the best, get one if you are so able. Please consider enrolling in the PRESTO study: http://sites.bu.edu/presto/enroll/. These sleep bras for LP breast pain at night and for holding your TempDrop are amazing. The pads are removable. Considering reading Expecting Better by Emily Oster and Taking Charge of Your Fertility.

Woo woo things (because sometimes you just get to this point): I found this fertility self-massage in the BFP archives. I bought a piece of raw rose quartz and polished rose quartz. I kept them with my after ovulation, either in my bra or my pocket. I also thought things such as: "I am ready to be pregnant", "I am pregnant", "my body is working towards a healthy pregnancy". Etc.

Currently I’m in limbo on this damn vacation. I haven’t been with my husband since I found out I was pregnant. He knows obviously, but not being home with him and our fur kids, in the safety of my house and my routine, is incredibly challenging. I’ve had so little control over my life these past 5 days. Dehydration, crappy food, heat exhaustion, over exertion. I can’t wait to go home and have control over what is going on with my body. I will feel so much better then. ONLY ONE MORE SLEEP! I just need him to hold me and tell me this is all going to be okay. Only then will this feel properly real.

I want to end on this note: go to bed tonight knowing that many of you (you know who you are) have impacted my life in a profound way. You’ve done something really good for a fellow human being, who you’ve never met in person. Your kindness has stretched across the internet and into my life. I know that’s cheesy, but it’s true. Please keep in touch. I wish you all SO MUCH LUCK and am hoping for the very best for you. Space Bean is rooting for you.