Okay, this made me giggle a lot. From the forums:
OPK
Cycle #1
Cycle Day 14
Brooks brand
2:00 PM
I’m getting annoyed.
Woke up at just after 2:30am this time. Well at least it’s letting me take more accurate temperatures, right?
Which in fact dropped dramatically. I did have the window open a crack, but that’s because I absolutely couldn’t fall asleep with how warm it was in there… when I woke up I wasn’t even cold, just comfortable. So, while that may have contributed slightly (at least to my oral temp), I think my overall temp still dropped. Which is a good sign, means I haven’t O’d yet but likely will shortly.
By the way, a few days ago I started taking two temps, since I bought another thermometer. Originally I had just bought whatever thermometer I found, which happened to be a regular BD brand. Well the other day while looking for OPKs I found BD Basal thermometers, so I bought one. I’m using that one to take my temperature vaginally – to hopefully get a more accurate reading – and still using the other one to take my temp orally, as I can’t switch mid-cycle or it’ll screw up my chart in a big way. But I am still tracking both in an excel spreadsheet. I even figured out how to get a two-series line chart to compare them. :) I’ll upload that chart periodically.
This sleep thing is so hard. I have managed to settle into a pattern the last few days, unfortunately it’s not the one I wanted: I’ve been waking up at 3am, every day, comletely on my own. I don’t know what’s up with that. I set my alarm for 6, but not once have I been asleep long enough to be woken by it. I do sometimes fall back asleep afterwards, but it doesn’t help much… every day after 6pm I’m fighting to stay awake, and by 9pm I give in and go to bed. Then it’s back awake at 3am. *pulls hair out* I need more sleep than this. Body: sleep in until 6am, for the love of light!
OPK
Cycle #1
Cycle Day 13
Brooks brand
2:30 PM
Blargie. That would be another negative.
OPK
Cycle #1
Cycle Day 12
Brooks brand
3:00 PM
A little bit worried that I missed my surge, since at first it was so much lighter than yesterday’s, but it’s slowly darkening.
OPK
Cycle #1
Cycle Day 11
Brooks brand
3:00 PM
So, no ovulation yet. I ordered the internet cheapies but they still haven’t arrived and I keep feeling like I’m going to O this weekend or early next week. These suckers are expensive, though – at least the Brooks brand wasn’t AS expensive as the others (these were $17 for 7 tests).
NOT a pregnancy test, so don’t freak out. ;)
Because I am really unsure of how my body’s going to take things, seeing how I just got off the pill, and because my weird sleep schedule makes temping a bit less then ideal, I ordered some OPKs (Ovulation Predictor Kits) online from SaveOnTests – 25 test strips for $10. A lot of women at FF use them because they’re really cheap (at the pharmacy OPKs were like $20 for three tests, ugh!). This way at least I’ll be able to make sure I ovulated.
Well crap… I found out that it’s probably save to continue Celexa and Wellbutrin during pregnancy but Wellbutrin is not safe for breastfeeding, Celexa may not be either. :(
(Both quotes from Health Square)
Damn. I’ll have to research other drugs, and find out what is okay during breastfeeding and what isn’t. I really don’t want to not breastfeed.
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