TTC Update and 2 DPO

I want to document the entire TTC process for all you amazing readers, well maybe not the entire process, I'll skip the conception part. Haha. And if you know me IRL (in real life) and have never TTC  before, you may want to step out of the room for this.

Anywho, for any of you that are unfamiliar with TTC (trying to conceive), there is actually only a very small window every month when you are fertile and can get pregnant. This part was really surprising to me when I started this journey. All those years that you were told that you can get pregnant at anytime were all scare tactics. Big fat LIARS!

You ovulate once per month, and you are fertile a few days prior to O and about one day after. We all ovulate at different times and many of us do not know exactly when we do, so yes, it is all a big game of roulette and chance. I've never accidentally become pregnant, I've always planned it. I don't get how anyone gets pregnant accidentally with all the math and timing that goes into it - really? You accidentally had sex around the time you were ovulating and your birth control failed you? No judging really, there is nothing wrong with a surprise baby for a happy loving couple. But the whole process is so miraculous in the first place and everything needs to do its job at the exact time that it's just so crazy how it still happens when people are not planning it. But it of coarse does..

So today would be 2 DPO (days past ovulation). I have had a positive pregnancy test as early as 10 dpo with both of my previous pregnancies (ok as early as 8 dpo but only because I am completely psycho and can see the fainest of faint lines, but I have never had it confirmed until 10 dpo).

I thought it would be fun to post my symptoms each day as I go along regardless of whether this cycle ends in a BFN or BFP. And maybe someday when I get that BFP (I hope), I can compare and look back, and hopefully help others like me who want to obsess and compare. I know when I'm actively trying I love reading other peoples symptoms at my exact DPO and then completely over-analyze them.

Some say you don't have any real symptoms until at least 10 DPO, but I beg to differ. I've done this twice now and both times I had very real symptoms that were not in my head. We tried last month and I thought I would totally convince myself I was pregnant, but I didn't. I had zero symptoms and I pretty much knew I was out. Although I still took 24 pregnancy tests. Yes, 24. No judgement please. I get them here on Amazon.com, 25 tests for $4.97 with free shipping, so I feel less guilty about it. Even though I knew I was out, it was still a possibility and I wanted to be sure. Ok?

So here goes:

2 DPO Symptoms

Fatigue: None at all, I'm feeling an average amount of fatigue today that one would feel with a toddler at home who has very wacky sleep patterns.

Cramping: A few very, very slight cramps. And my whole abdomen has been tender for a few days. Weird.

Headaches: None!

Boobs: A little bit sore.

Nausea: None.

Vivid Dreams: None (*vivid dreams have always been a symptom of mine with both pregnancies including BFP dreams BOTH times!).

Test:  Too early

Notes: It's too early still to give my opinion. I o have higher hopes this month than last month!

There you go. I hope blogging each day about this might help the next 8 days pass as fast as possible. Either way is ok with me, although it would REALLY help me get through my previous due date which is right around the corner. I would have been 30 weeks pregnant this week. WOW. I check back in with my old expecting club from time to time and all the ladies have these large, beautiful bellies with adorable nurseries all finished and I still can't believe that would have been me right now.

And for fun, here is a post I did in the TTC board ay 9 dpo on iVillage back in November when I *thought* I was pregnant with my 2nd and listed my symptoms - I was! It's fun to look back because it's so true when they tell you that you'll forget everything. You do.

I promise not to make my posts this long on my future DPO posts. Sorry! But if you enjoyed reading it, you're welcome!