Cycle monitoring and the two-week wait
In March, I started my first month of cycle monitoring for fertility. For those who aren’t in the know, cycle monitoring is essentially a few days of blood tests and transvaginal ultrasounds from about day 9 of your cycle until you ovulate (for me, usually around day 13/14). On day 9, you also have an ultrasound with a full bladder, which is super uncomfortable. In addition to that, I have the worst veins on earth, and by the third day, the technician really struggles to figure out where to draw blood with all the bruising in both of my inner elbows.
Given how easy it has been for me to get pregnant in the past, I was so sure that this would be my only round of cycle monitoring. And, my results showed that I had two mature follicles ready to go, so I was clearly going to have twins. Perfect! I’d only have to experience childbirth once! How lucky for me! HA!
Last week I completed the two-week wait and the nurse informed me that I was not pregnant. Even that morning as we were driving to the office for me to get my bloodwork done, I’d said to my husband, “I’ll be very surprised if I’m not pregnant.” But I wasn’t. And I can’t get over how I can no longer really trust my body.
Ever since my miscarriages and my D&C, I’ve had this stretching or pulling sensation in my uterus/abdomen area during the two-week wait (the two weeks from when you last have sex during ovulation to when you take a pregnancy test). It’s this sensation that has now tricked me twice into thinking I was pregnant. It’s so cruel, but I can’t pinpoint why it happens.
I start my second round of cycle monitoring next week, and I’m not looking forward to feeling that sensation again. I wish I knew what caused it. Any ideas?
