Hello, Symptoms!

My symptoms have kicked in today at exactly 4 weeks: fatigue, extreme hunger, frequent urination, and my nipples are sore. I also had my first wave of nausea--it was triggered by the fact that I felt like I was starving to death an hour after I ate breakfast. My stomach is also super bloated despite the fact that I've lost 2 pounds since last week (down 6 pounds total since starting the Flat Belly Diet!)

Today I started the task of going through all the baby-related bookmarks I've save over the past year. I bought a couple more pregnancy books and a Belly Belt kit so I can wear my pants for as long as possible. I may invest in a BellaBand at some point, but I'll try these for now. Have you used the Belly Belt or Bella Band? Which do you prefer?

Belly Belt:

Implantation Pain?

I'm at 8 days past ovulation. The last 3 days have brought dull cramps off and on. Last night I had a brief sharp pain in the center of my lower abdomen. That was something I've never had before. Earlier today I had some sheer light pink spotting. I had the same thing last month at 12 dpo, but then got my period that night. I'm hoping since this is 4 days sooner, it's implantation bleeding. I took a pregnancy test today and it was BFN (big fat negative).

I'm happy to say that this two weeks is going by a lot faster than the last time. I have been keeping busy and trying not to think about my symptoms. Then again, I experienced more pregnancy symptoms last month than this month.

I would like to surprise my husband when I do find out I'm pregnant, but he is so damn attentive that he practically stands outside the bathroom door when I'm peeing on a stick. How did you tell your significant other you were pregnant?

Screw You, Mother Nature!

The morning welcomed me with painful cramps and nausea. Thanks, morning. Peed on another stick at got a BFN (big fat negative). I had some faint spotting a few times today, but nothing major. Then tonight things changed and well, apparently I'm not so pregnant after all. Really, Mother Nature? Really? Why the sore boobs? Why the week of nausea? Why the random food obsessions? Screw you, Mother Nature.

Time to Raid the Cupboard

I've taken enough psychology courses in my life to understand that constantly thinking about certain symptoms will actually cause those symptoms to appear. The strange thing is, I completely forget I'm TTC (trying to conceive) until a new symptom makes its debut. Then I Google it, and lo and behold, it's a symptom of early pregnancy.

Today at 1:45pm, I was sitting at the computer when a dull ache began to spread across my stomach. I was hungry, so I didn't think much of it. After I got home from work and ate, however, the pain progressed into what felt like pre-period cramps. Nothing excruciating, just sort of a dull, bloated pain, mostly in the left side of my stomach.

I've also noticed that I'm eating a lot. Not a large quantity...just a lot of little amounts of different things. Usually, when I'm craving cookies, for example, it's not a pretty sight. I will down half the package in one sitting. Today, I ate 2 Chips Ahoy and then I was over it. I was satisfied, but then I moved on to eating an apple. Now as I'm typing this, I'm craving cookies again...what the hell??