Okay, I have been temping and charting, and I do appear to have ovulated! I wasn't sure at first as my temps rose gradually rather than one big spike the day after ovulation, but I got my coverline today and I am 3 days past ovulation. The parsnips was the night before I ovulated! If my luteal phase is anywhere near 10 days then I think we might have a very good chance of actually (pause to breathe!) being pregnant this cycle! Two things though - my LP is actually very UNlikely to be near 10 days yet, but I honestly have no idea (frustrating!) as I haven't been charting! I wish I had been now! Last cycle, the one that was really long, my last patch of EWCM indicates that if I DID ovulate (I may not have in the end), I could have had an 8-day luteal phase. That's one of the reasons why I am not convinced I really did ovulate, because 8 days seems longer than I would expect for my 2nd/3rd cycle postpartum. I'm usually 4 days for a couple of cycles and then maybe 6 at best on the 3rd. But then, who knows! Things are rather different already this time, compared with the other three times!
The other thing is that I typically have a chemical pregnancy before a normal one, so I am a bit apprehensive about that. I should not not not be thinking of a little bundle of cells dividing rapidly as it rolls along! But sometimes I confess I wonder... Anyway, we'll see. I just wanted to update that I have ovulated and now it depends on my LP as to whether I could have a chance of being pregnant again or not.
Other weird things of note (weird because it's WAY too early, and when they started I didn't even think I had ovulated yet) are that I am abnormally hungry all the time, today, yesterday and the day before. So literally since the day after I ovulated really. I wonder if Benjamin is having a growth spurt, although he isn't feeding more than usual at the moment. My tummy is scrunching with hunger a good hour before all my meals, and when I do eat my meals they feel like starters in my tummy and I feel like I could eat a whole 'nother meal!
Last night and the night before I have woken in the morning from crazy vivid dreams, which I know are hormone-related. Usually they are pregnancy related (later on than this, obviously!) but occasionally can be just cycle-related in my LP for me too, so I think it's that my hormones have changed after ovulating. I have some spots on my face too, which for me is hormone-related. When my period is about to arrive (in a couple of days) I get them on my neck, but I don't have any of those, just these ones on my face. So I know they are hormone-related but not my usual. I'm not sure what to make of those this early in my LP.
I am on the lookout for signs that my period is about to start - even this early. If I have a 4-day LP for example, I'll get my period the day after tomorrow, so pre-period signs could well be starting today. These weird signs have been here a few days since I ovulated though, so I think they're just an indication of my hormones changing after ovulation.
I'm fairly excited, though also disbelieving and not REALLY expecting pregnancy as a result. I love the chart-stalking and symptom-spotting stage though, so I'm excited, and it IS a definite possibility with the parsnips. Just have no idea about the LP though. I will update again soon! Maybe my temp will drop soon to indicate that my period will come? I will have to wait and see! I added a link to my chart at the side after requests! ;) Thanks for the comments last entry! I will keep you posted!
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