Obsessing about every little possible pregnancy symptom

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Well I am either on 5 dpo or 7 dpo today. For the first time ever I am not sure what day I ovulated on. Go figure. From my temperature jump, it might have been cd 10 or cd 12.The thing is that I have never ovulated on cd 10 but then the new Herbal Teas that I am taking might be causing things to happen differently this month.

I love that I am taking the teas but oh my god!, do they taste awful. I tried to convince myself that they did not taste so badly but then when I asked myself if I had ever tasted anything worse I really could not come up with anything. I did discover that the hotter they are the less bitter they taste. The luteal phase teas are so much worse than the follicular phase teas.

Anyway, that is an aside. I am really getting annoyed with myself for obsessing over my chart and my temperature jumps and dips and of course, every possible symptom. Every single thing that is different I, of course, take as a symptom.

Last month, I started feeling nauseous after eating nuts so I assumed that was a symptom of my yet to be confirmed pregnancy. Nope. Then too I got some wierd cramps – another symptom no doubt. And of course the temperature chart was pored over and analysed and reviewed over and over and over and over. I compared it to my past charts, to other people’s charts – I played with the Ovulation day to see what it would look like. ARGH!

And I have found myself starting to do the same thing this month. Well enough! I do have to temp, even in the 2 week wait because my temperature movements are signs that my TCM doctor can use to monitor me and my diagnosis. But I am vowing now to stop looking at the chart or playing with it or comparing it to others. I will just log in, enter my temperature and log out. No analysis of the chart.

Now if only I could ignore these achy boobs and stop thinking that I have never gotten achy boobs so early after ovulation. It is probably because of the herbal teas…but then again maybe it is my month and it is a sign of my baby settling in. What a splendid splendid thought!

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