I have not told you something.
Because it’s too weird.
I know what you’re thinking: Ummmm, Watson? You are like the WEIRDEST person I’ve ever seen, even weirder than most of the characters in those crazy ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies my husband dragged me to, so what in fricking HELL could be too weird for YOU?!?
And I agree, I have a very…let’s say flexible…definition of what constitutes weird.
You’ve read my posts about seeing psychics and healers and drinking strange unidentifiable herbs fermented in alcohol. And placing drawings of upside-down-martini-glass-like things near the bed. And the Patron Saint of Infertility.
And how my Mother tapes crystal beads to her body to heal her, and how she hooks me up to polygraph-like machines to heal me.
And while all that might sound strange, I haven’t even told you about the time she locked me in my room when I was about ten because she was convinced I could bend a spoon with my MIND.
Yes. You read that correctly.
SPOON. BEND. WITH MAGIC POWERS.
So anyway, I approach the whole idea of weird with a somewhat different perspective.
But this, this thing I haven’t revealed, is odd even for me.
And here it is…
My acupuncturist thinks I might have been pregnant this last cycle. For about 3 minutes. Well, I’m not sure about the 3 minutes part, but isn’t that weird?!?
Here’s what happened.
My period was really late. Like 4 days late. Which for me is an eternity.
I used to have a luteal phase of ten days, spot on (pardon the bad pun). After doing acupuncture and drinking the dreadful heinous herbs, it lengthened (grew? elongated? expanded??) to about 13-14 days and has been like this for the last four months.
At the end of October, I started to spot and then it just stopped. Normally, with the progesterone, I spot for 2-3 days and then my period starts. This time, a bit of spotting and then it stopped.
My boobs were sore. They tend to be sore for 4-5 days and then poof! back to normal the day before my period. This time, they got sorer and sorer until I was flinging them around the house and mewing like a sick cow.
And my temperature stayed up for all of these days, which each morning was a total shock.
And…I took a HPT on a Friday. It seemed negative and since I’m so used to seeing only the blinding white of a results window, I didn’t think twice. Until I looked again a few minutes later and there was a faint, a verrryyy faint line making a + sign.
It’s an evap line, I thought, and sort of dismissed it. But of course I took another test about a day later and it was clearly negative, so I chalked the second line up to my imagination, my poor eyesight, general wishful thinking, or perhaps the crank I snorted earlier that day (Kidding!).
My period still did not come, my temperature stayed up and my boobs stayed sore. And this lasted for another couple of days, which is really, really out of the ordinary.
So when I showed my chart to my acupuncturist, she said she thought that perhaps, just maybe, I might have had an early pregnancy. That the first test picked up a low level of HCG that went down as the pregnancy didn’t take, which is why subsequent tests came up negative.
Then, my period came and I dismissed the whole thing. But still. It’s been nagging at the corners of my mind.
What if?
What if I was pregnant (or a little pregnant) for a day or two?
What if I can do it again?
I know what you’re thinking: That IS weird, Watson. You’ve done lost what was left of your feeble mind!
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On a totally unrelated matter, the lovely Lyrehca tagged me for the five things meme. And then I remembered that I’d done the six things list a few months ago, over here. So, I am going to use this as an excuse to do my 100 things, which The Oneliner did recently. It inspired me!
Except that hers was insightful and funny, and so far my list is like:
7. Can I start at seven because I already did six? Can I? Thanks.
8. Hmmmmm…100 seems like a FRICK load from here.
9. I
10. Like
11. Peanut Butter!
12. And I hate hobos, but that’s well-documented so maybe I shouldn’t include it in this list?
Well, you get the point.
I will try to work on the rest of the list before I leave to go out of town next week. BeBop and I are celebrating our 5th anniversary, and LORD KNOWS the fact that we actually made it through the last five years is something to celebrate!
Uncertainty sucks. ‘What if?’ also sucks, and gives a girl heartburn. I send you feelings of deep empathy, and best wishes for a truly fantabulous anniversary celebration. Five years! Cool!
(because I am the sort of retard who thinks ‘cool’ is a cool thing to say. Or is it cool again now?)
5 years is AWESOME (because I know I’ll need Cool later in this comment post) Congratulations and enjoy celebrating 🙂
as for the WEIRD, I think you were PG, and so I think that you can be again. That would be very COOL(see???). Even better than Magic Powers for sure.
🙂
That news really kind of sucks. It isn’t fair. I hope you can do it again (get pregnant) and that it stays around for a lifetime and not just 3 minutes.
Congrats on the 5 year anniversary – that deserves some celebrating!
Congrats on 5 years – that is really amazing! Hope you have a super time celebrating.
Maybe you can do it again!!!!
That doesn’t sound weird at all. Actually, it sounds a lot like the pregnancy I experienced in May. Obviously this time it didn’t continue for you the way you would want it to, but hopefully there will be a “next time” and hopefully that next time will stick.
Happy anniversary! I hope you have a wonderful celebration.
Dear Watson, that is very, very possible and not weird at all — not that any of us have any accurate measure any more of weirdness in the reproductive department…
If you were briefly pregnant, that is in itself a good sign. But I’m so sorry it didn’t work out.
I hope your blood tests (which, despite your amusing recounting, sounded absolutely horrific) turn up something easily fixable — or give you the all-clear. (I never know which one I should be rooting for — which is pretty weird too.)
Good luck on your 100 things! I think I blew about 5 items on my feet alone, so I know what you mean.
Happy Anniversary!
That news seems disappointing yet promising all at once. I like your question – can you do it again? A longer luteal phase and a potential pregnancy (no matter how short) have to be good signs. I hope you can do it again — I mean REALLY do it again, without the crappy decreasing HCG levels and with a full 9 months of development.
I am wishing you the most and best of luck. I have an inverted V hanging over my computer with your name on it!
happy 5 years of love.
I think you were pg. i had a five minute pg’y too. i gained 5 lbs during it! Sorry it didn’t last. Did you o late? That’s why mine didn’t last. Damn ovaries.
Thanks for the shout out at my 100…it does seem like really boring things. I can’t wait to read yours…I know it’ll be interesting.
You know what would be REALLY WEIRD….if the metaformin actually worked….ewwww…freaky.
Thanks for not thinking I’m a total lunatic.
(Or thanks at least for not saying it!!)
The Oneliner, I actually DID gain about 5 lbs. right at that time, which I’d forgotten until I read your comment!
Granted, I’ve been shoving every carb known to man down my gullet (thanks to Metformin, I seem to be on the All Carb, All The Time Diet) so I attributed the weight gain to my poor eating, but who knows?!?
I think this happens more than women even know. I know for a fact it’s happened to me once, and maybe even more than once. It may not be uncommon, but it’s still weird to think about. Either way, it’s a good sign!
I don’t know what to say that hasn’t already been said, but here’s hoping you can, indeed, do it again, and for it to stick this next time. Here cheering you on…and wishing you a Happy Anniversary! We just celebrated 5 years last month. Congrats!
Congrats (late, as usual) on your 5th! And I’m really sorry to hear about the chemical pregnancy. No, I totally don’t think you’re crazy. I’ve had one of those (possibly more–I decided to stop testing until I’m good and late, because I’d really rather not know!) It stinks. But, like you said, if you did it once, you can do it again. And maybe this time it will stick around. (Fingers and eyes crossed. OW! That HURTS!)
Also, here’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you–sort of off-topic but not really. We’ve both talked about the EWCM (or lack thereof). Well, a few months ago I started taking l-arg*inine because I’ve heard it’s good for egg quality. Since then I’ve had EWCM to beat the band! (Disturbing image. Sorry.)When I asked Dr Google, it turns out that another effect of l-ar*ginine is increased EWCM. Who knew? So, as you count down to IVF, you may want to give it a whirl. What the hey, right? I’ve been taking 1000mg/day. I hope it helps! (Both of us, I mean!)
PS If you had e-mail I could have sent this to you that way rather than clogging up your comments box! (Not a complaint or anything. Just an observation!)