Am I Pregnant?

[Salax]

Hi Ladies, I need your advice.

My last period was 8/20 through 8/27. I had weird bleeding on 9/5 in the evening that lasted for about an hour, then again on 9/7 same thing. No pain very mild bleeding. Then I started to get pain in my ovaries. And lower back. Nausea, tender breasts more than on a period; and I am so exhausted (constantly). I still have these symptoms. Also I have horrible heartburn almost daily. (something I never really had often before). Today I am dry heaving my guts out and I have milky white discharge. The over the counter pregnancy tests are showing up negative, but the doctor said it would be too early to tell right now. Ultrasound also too early to tell; but there is a small/normally occurring cyst on my right ovary. According to the doc it shouldn

[tarnalberry]

Those are classic presentations of pregnancy symptoms. The mild bleeding could be implantation spotting. Nausea that early is not uncommon, tender breasts were one of my first signs, fatigue can set in just as soon as implantation occurs.

The timing is feasible. ON AVERAGE, you ovulate around 14 days after the first day of your menstrual cycle. But it can easily be anywhere between 11 and 17 days (and many people are outside of that range as well). If the start of your LMP was 8/20, you may have ovulated as early as 8/31. If you had sex in the few days before or up to ovulation, you could have gotten pregnant that day. Then implantation would occur within a day or two of 9/6. So, if you tend to have shorter cycles, or if you know that you tend to ovulate early, the timing works out just right.

Keep testing, and in the meantime, take a prenatal vitamin (I took Rainbow Light), leave off the wine and coffee/black tea, and find a way to start getting more rest even if it means leaving things undone. (And you can try a number of different things for the throwing up - the same thing does not work for everyone. Chewing on fennel seeds may help for heartburn, as does avoiding cold beverages/foods in favor of body temperature or hot. Ginger, regular small meals, and plenty of protein may help the nausea. Oh, and I'm totally not biased, but prenatal yoga rocks. (I teach it. ).)

[Salax]

Thanks for the great sugestions! Much appreciated. I hope that I am, so does the Hubby. So it would be a blessing. And worth the sickness LOL.

[TrillumHunter]

Sounds like it to me. And even sterilization methods have a failure rate.

I hope you are pregnant too!

[jerseyangel]

Oh Salax--it sounds like it to me too! Thinking way back, I felt very similar when I was first expecting. The spotting early on like that tends to run in my family.

Keep us posted, and best of luck!!