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Hi ladies...well, I don't really want to share this with the 'real' people in my life, barr hubby of course, because its all probably nothing...but I think I could be pregnant...
I went off the pill a few months ago and it took me 45 days to get my first period, then the next one came 37 days later...I am now on day 34 and my third period is just not here. I have been having pms like symptoms for well over a week and no show! I have never felt so purely exhausted in my entire life, my boobs feel weird, nauseated, spaced out, moody (thats an understatement hahhaha!), starving!! constipated...which is normal for me sometimes but the IBS has been really behaving itself recently...
now...we have been using condoms but lately we have been doing the withdrawal method quite a lot (my niece and nephew were conceived this way!)...we always think that day 14 of my cycle is the one to look out for because for the average cycle that is around ovulation time..but looks like my cycle is long at the moment and we did withdrawal almost every night after day 19ish....so I guess that could have been risky huh?
My husband is not up for a baby right now, and I feel totally excited, elated, nervous etc for it...my main fear is my emetaphobia (terrified of throwing up hence morning sickness is worse for me then labour pains in the fear stakes!!!) and I know this is all so silly because I am putting ideas into my own head and I probably am not even pregnant!! Part of me wants to be so badly that maybe I am making all this up..but the physical symptoms are just pretty overwhelming. I am so tired!!!
I really thought my cycle would be shorter this month because before I was on the pill my cycle was 29 days...so I thought each month out of the pill it would get shorter...which is why I am worried I have reached 34 days with no sign of bleeding.
Why don't you just shut up and take a test you ask? well, because tests aren't cheap and I am too body aware sometimes and I can't just go out and get myself wound up every month and keep taking tests (this happened last month too!)...I need to learn to let go and actually wait till it is officially late eg 40 days or something...
thanks for listening...you are all the best!!
an overanalytical dalia XXXXXXXXX

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