[mom_of_8]

My youngest son is 9 months old and I haven't had AF yet (breastfeeding). From 11/16 through 11/18 I had excessive EWCM so thought I might be gearing up to O (the longest I've ever been without a period while nursing is 10 mos) so we DTD on the night of 11/18. On 11/20 cm was pretty much gone. So I'm just going to assume I'm in the 2ww. I don't chart and didn't have any OPK's so it's hard to judge when O day would have actually been (if I did at all).

I've been nauseous off and on Thursday, Friday and today which I was actually a little excited about until my 2 year old woke me up by vomiting all over my bed last night. So my nausea may not mean anything at all. The only other symptoms are headaches all in my forehead (never had that as a 'symptom' before though), and what feels like Round Ligament pains. I know those typically don't come until later on but if I did actually conceive, this would be my 9th pregnancy and I felt them very early with the last 2. As of yesterday afternoon there's frequent urination. No sore bb's but they didn't really get sore in any of my pregnancies that I was breastfeeding during. Oh one other symptom lol, my 4 yr old keeps telling me I have another baby in my belly.

Anyway just rambling I ordered some tests and they should arrive today or Monday. I plan to hold off on testing til Monday at the earliest but I know me.........the POAS aholic will shine through and if they're here I'll use one lol.

I lurk here often but don't post much. Anyway thanks for listening - no family to talk to about this because they do not agree with my decision to have a large family.

just to add - I know there's logical explanations to all the symptoms other than pregnancy - i.e. the RL pains could just be gas or constipation, the headaches could be just because I have 7 kids and they're on Thanksgiving break lol, the frequent urination - well no explanation for that.

[teacher.123]

It sounds like you are in the 2WW. After 7 children you should be able to tell from just your CM, unless you never paid attention to it before.

If you were part of my family, I would support you and your DH wanting a big family. I would love to have a big family. We are still TTC #1. I think I will be able to have about 4, but my DH doesn't want a huge family. My mom is one of 9 children and it is great to have so many Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. I love my family.

Good Luck to you!

[mom_of_8]

Thanks! My mom is one of 7 but she only had 2 children. She always makes it clear to me that she was "smart" for stopping at 2. Don't get what the problem is, she's never babysat or helped out financially with my kids so it's no burden on her.

Anyway.......best of luck on conceiving your first!! I'll send you a few lbs on my fertile dust lol. I'll be 34 next month and would like to be done having children before I'm 35 so there's a small window of opportunity. My oldest will be 15 in January and I'm determined to have at least a couple kids moved out of the house and the youngest all in school before I have anyone calling me Grandma lol.