Hello, I'm new to the TTC forum, and it's been a loooooong time since I posted on MDC at all, but the time has come for kiddo number 2! I'm also new to TTC in general, as ds was a happy surprise.
So anyway, I got my copper IUD removed on Friday Aug. 27, and I'm pretty sure I was ovulating either that day or the next day. Bleeding from the removal was pretty minimal and overall it was easy. So we dtd on Saturday afternoon. All that next week, I was feeling inexplicably tired and kinda bloated.. I know before implantation there aren't really supposed to be any symptoms, and it's possible that I was tired for some other reason, or my mind was just playing tricks on me b/c I want to get pg, looking for symptoms, etc. Finally around Thurs/fri I decided I had to just cool my jets because I'd go crazy waiting and imagining things were happening that maybe weren't. Fast forward to Sunday (last night) and I was laying on the couch web surfing and I felt this weird little pinch-pinch-twinge a couple times, maybe a couple inches below my belly button and just right of center. I might not even have noticed it had I not been so still. Anyway i was like wth was that?! And I counted, and it would put me at about 8 or 9 dpo if i o'd when I think I did, perfect timing for implantation. So i googled "pinch feeling implantation" and sure enough that's apparently something some women experience. I don't think it was psychosomatic because I'd heard of like implantation bleeding and cramps, but the pinch/twinge is something I didn't know about.
So I have a couple questions... My gyno said that since it wasn't the mirena and there were no hormones involved, I should theoretically be able to conceive immediately after it's removed. But the next day!? Anyone had that happen? Next, has anyone experienced the pinch/twinge feeling and then gotten a bfp soon after? And last, I obviously want to find out for sure ASAP, but I don't want to test too early and waste my $$ and/or be disappointed. How soon after implantation (assuming that's what I felt) am I likely to get a bfp? I can't really go by when i expect AF, because I have crazy irregular cycles. I know I could get a general idea by counting dpo, but I figure since that's accommodating a wide range of possible implantation dates, i might get a more specific idea counting days past (suspected) implantation.
Sorry this was so long, and I appreciate any experience you ladies have to offer!
-Brittany
So anyway, I got my copper IUD removed on Friday Aug. 27, and I'm pretty sure I was ovulating either that day or the next day. Bleeding from the removal was pretty minimal and overall it was easy. So we dtd on Saturday afternoon. All that next week, I was feeling inexplicably tired and kinda bloated.. I know before implantation there aren't really supposed to be any symptoms, and it's possible that I was tired for some other reason, or my mind was just playing tricks on me b/c I want to get pg, looking for symptoms, etc. Finally around Thurs/fri I decided I had to just cool my jets because I'd go crazy waiting and imagining things were happening that maybe weren't. Fast forward to Sunday (last night) and I was laying on the couch web surfing and I felt this weird little pinch-pinch-twinge a couple times, maybe a couple inches below my belly button and just right of center. I might not even have noticed it had I not been so still. Anyway i was like wth was that?! And I counted, and it would put me at about 8 or 9 dpo if i o'd when I think I did, perfect timing for implantation. So i googled "pinch feeling implantation" and sure enough that's apparently something some women experience. I don't think it was psychosomatic because I'd heard of like implantation bleeding and cramps, but the pinch/twinge is something I didn't know about.
So I have a couple questions... My gyno said that since it wasn't the mirena and there were no hormones involved, I should theoretically be able to conceive immediately after it's removed. But the next day!? Anyone had that happen? Next, has anyone experienced the pinch/twinge feeling and then gotten a bfp soon after? And last, I obviously want to find out for sure ASAP, but I don't want to test too early and waste my $$ and/or be disappointed. How soon after implantation (assuming that's what I felt) am I likely to get a bfp? I can't really go by when i expect AF, because I have crazy irregular cycles. I know I could get a general idea by counting dpo, but I figure since that's accommodating a wide range of possible implantation dates, i might get a more specific idea counting days past (suspected) implantation.
Sorry this was so long, and I appreciate any experience you ladies have to offer!
-Brittany
But at least I won't have wasted a ton of money, and I won't be crushed if its a bfn, because it's early enough that it could still be false if it's negative.
