Friday, October 15, 2010

Confessions of a POAS addict

Be warned- this is an orgy of TMI.


The 2ww has the potential to be biggest, most evil tease ever.  How many people out there have had 'symptoms' up the wazoo only to be visited by Aunt Flo in a few days? The last time I went through this, I  was perfectly fine till 3 days past ovulation, when I started feeling chills, nausea, sore boobs and quite a bit of CM. My symptoms were kind enough to work in concert, I'd poke at my chest to make sure it was till sore and the nausea would come up- bliss. If you ever catch a woman playing with her own chest- she is probably not a nut or a pervert, she is just in the 2ww. All of these 'symptoms' turned me into a gibbering google junkie and drove me to start testing from 5 DPO!! Nobody, not even Octumom, could have had a positive that early. Thankfully, I had purchased super cheap but good sticks off the internet which allowed me to indulge in my twice daily ritual with no dent in my walletBy the morning of the 10th day, I'd lost all hope but I still kept going only to be caught completely by surprise by a clear BFP that very evening.

This time- I have some of the 'symptoms' back- I've got the boobs that feel like they are going to burst out of their skin and Torquemada came back from hell just to create some very painful clamps for them, I've got the crazy and plentiful CM, I've even got the nausea. I'm missing the 'implantation' cramps, or atleast the biggest wave is due tomorrow and I'll be pretty darned unhappy if they don't show. I've been POASing exactly like the last time and nothing yet- its only 7DPO and I'm be terrified if I actually got a BFP this early.

I still know that despite all of this, its possible this cycle may not have worked. Its a very unusual one for me and clearly estrogen and progesterone are high and having  a party inside of me but that does not necessarily translate to pregnancy. If  its a BFN, it just translates to a very unusual cycle (not good, I like the fact that my reproductive system is normally as as predictable and efficient as a German-designed instrument), but what can ya do.

All I can say is, thank god for sensitive internet cheapies; I've got 50 of them in my bathroom and I'm going through them rapidly!

7 comments:

  1. Too funny! I have a love/hate relationship with POAS. Sticky baby dust to you!!!

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  2. The 2ww really is cruel and unusual punishment! I'm hoping you luck out and get a BFP in a few days!

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  3. I am the complete opposite. A POAS phobic.
    Wishing you good news soon!

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  4. The 2ww is nerve-wrecking. Sending you lots of luck.

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  5. I'm with Missing...I hated POAS & would put it off as long as I could bear. But if I could get that many that cheap, I may have POAS more often!!

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  6. I'm a boob poker from way back. Poke away and POAS as much as you want. Hope you find that BFP very soon!

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  7. I've survived one tww so far and it was brutal! I hope all of your signs mean one thing: a BFP!!

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