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Back to the Real World

I just returned from my lovely week long vacation up north. Our family cottage is my favorite place in the world and I treasure every moment I am able to spend up there. My sister and mother made it clear as soon as I arrived that they did not want to have any conversations having to do with the "p" word, as my mom said. I was a little surprised how not supportive they were regarding my desire to get pregnant. But, I decided it would be best to move on and not get upset and I ended up deciding to "take the week off" from charting. It was probably best that I did take a break, since I was becoming a little obsessive. However, now that I am back home, I am ready and excited to return to focusing on getting pregnant.

I have been taking 50mg of B6 vitamins every day with lunch or breakfast (along with 15mg in my prenatal vitamin), which I started 8 days ago at the beginning of this cycle. My doctor gave me the OK to do this. I am very interested and anxious to find out if there is a change in my luteal phase this cycle. If I see no change, I will probably try bumping my B6 up to 100mg per day.

I have now been off of birth control pills for about 5-6 weeks now and I have completed one cycle after stopping birth control pills. So, I am excited that I now have a month of experience charting, including checking my CM and cervix position. Now I have the start of a base line (although it might be weird because of being on the pills for a long time). But, at least I have something to compare this month to. Last month, I ovulated on Day 21 and got my period on Day 31, so we'll see if things change this cycle. Also, I ordered some OPK's from Amazon and will have them in a couple of days, so I will start doing test strips as well to help confirm that I am ovulation and when I am ovulating.

I feel positive and excited! I also feel less stressed out and more relaxed than I did last month. I have decided that I should not only focus on getting pregnant, since I don't know how long it will take. It doesn't make sense to put other parts of my life on hold for this because it is too unpredictable. Regardless of how hard I try, I will NOT be able to control the outcome of the situation. I may be able to sway the chances of pregnancy one way or the other, but I certainly cannot control it. It feels good to stop trying to control the situation!

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