Monday, 17 September 2012 (6 Days)
Having watched my temperature rise yet again since I
ovulated 4 September, I am now rather convinced that I am pregnant. If I wasn’t
pregnant, I would expect my temperature to have peaked at around 10 DPO, not
kept rising, as progesterone levels peak half way through the luteal phase if a
woman is not pregnant. However, having experienced so many negative pregnancy
tests over the last 20 months, I am unwilling to take another test until there
is no doubt in my mind that I am pregnant. This means waiting until I am 17
DPO, as a normal luteal phase can last from 12-16 days.
I decided to start writing my blog today, because while I
have been experiencing the “joys” of pregnancy with gastric reflux, constipation,
sore breasts and tiredness, today was the first day that I experienced morning
sickness. I was absolutely exhausted last night, so I went to bed early.
Unusually, I also woke up and stayed awake at 6:00 am this morning, but didn’t
have breakfast until 8:30 am. I normally have breakfast when I’m hungry, but
this morning I skipped getting hungry and went straight to feeling like I was
going to be sick, with rapid onset. The feeling did ease once I got breakfast
into me, slowly over the next half hour. I did have a cup of green tea before
breakfast, because I woke with a bit of a headache.
Fast forwarding to lunch, I had a snack at 11:00 am because
I was hungry, but started to feel lightly nauseas at 11:45 am, so I reheated
lunch. After I ate lunch, I experienced another bout of nausea which prompted
me to go for the chai tea. That seemed to settle me, but the thought of
spending the afternoon with my horse (without any food) was worrying me, so I
decided to make some ginger nut biscuits to take with me.
The ginger nuts did their job and kept me nausea free until
it was time to cook dinner. I experienced a slight pang that told me to start
preparing dinner, and then a wave a nausea after I finished dinner that was
likely due to a full stomach.
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