5dp3dt: It’s a Rollercoaster

Waiting and Trying to Ignore Symptoms

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

I am 5dp3dt. How the f*@* am I only this far into the two-week wait?!?!?

Yesterday I started experiencing uterine pulling and pinching. It’s driving me crazy, and I do not know if it is a progesterone side effect. But it’s making me a little sad because I remember this feeling well when I was pregnant in October. This pulling, pinching, and tugging was a good sign that my pregnancy was progressing and my uterus was starting to grow. I don’t know what it means now. It just feels like a reminder of what I lost in November. My brain remembers it only as a pregnancy symptom. There was no other time I have ever felt uterine pulls or pinches like this except during all of my pregnancies, so it’s kind of sad to be feeling it now. All of the hormones used for IVF really play tricks on your mind and body, and it sucks! It sucks so bad! Uggghh, on top of this, I’m also feeling a bit crampy, and I am super bloated.

Aside from those feelings, I am hopeful that this baby will implant and stick. According to all of the implantation charts I’ve seen, implantation should have started sometime between yesterday and today. By Friday, I should be able to test and get a positive. So, I will be testing in three days.