Constant cramping for 1.5 weeks but still no period

[Anonymous]

Has anyone experienced this? If so what's the cause?

[Anonymous]

Have you taken a pregnancy test?

[Anonymous]

That happened to me with both pregnancies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That happened to me with both pregnancies.

Did you take a test when your period was due? I'm thinking I can't be pregnant because I took an frer test and bfn.

[Anonymous]

New PP -- I have had this twice in cycles where I ovulated 2 weeks later than I expected to. So my body geared up to ovulate at the usual time, didn't, then did it again 2 weeks later and I had cramping, bloating, sore breasts, etc. This is where temping really comes in handy to tell you what's going on. Without the temping I would have thought I was pregnant but with a negative test. With the temping I could tell I hadn't ovulated yet. Add OPK strips to that and I could see when I was about to ovulate for real.

As it happens I got pregnant in both of those cycles after timing the deed for the later ovulation, but both were miscarriages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New PP -- I have had this twice in cycles where I ovulated 2 weeks later than I expected to. So my body geared up to ovulate at the usual time, didn't, then did it again 2 weeks later and I had cramping, bloating, sore breasts, etc. This is where temping really comes in handy to tell you what's going on. Without the temping I would have thought I was pregnant but with a negative test. With the temping I could tell I hadn't ovulated yet. Add OPK strips to that and I could see when I was about to ovulate for real.

As it happens I got pregnant in both of those cycles after timing the deed for the later ovulation, but both were miscarriages.

If I temp my husband won't sleep with me. So temping = no sex. No sex = guaranteed bfn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New PP -- I have had this twice in cycles where I ovulated 2 weeks later than I expected to. So my body geared up to ovulate at the usual time, didn't, then did it again 2 weeks later and I had cramping, bloating, sore breasts, etc. This is where temping really comes in handy to tell you what's going on. Without the temping I would have thought I was pregnant but with a negative test. With the temping I could tell I hadn't ovulated yet. Add OPK strips to that and I could see when I was about to ovulate for real.

As it happens I got pregnant in both of those cycles after timing the deed for the later ovulation, but both were miscarriages.

If I temp my husband won't sleep with me. So temping = no sex. No sex = guaranteed bfn.

Ok. So then recognize you are sacrificing certainty, which is a valid choice, but then you have to spend a lot more time guessing. If that's less stressful or objectionable then temping, then it's the right choice.

I mentioned this in your other thread but you don't have to temp in bed. People say you do but you don't (unless you find you don't get accurate results if you don't). You could give it a try temping in the bathroom and he won't even know you are temping. Surely your husband won't refuse to sleep with you because you get up for 3 minutes to pee around the same time every day. If he does, you have bigger issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New PP -- I have had this twice in cycles where I ovulated 2 weeks later than I expected to. So my body geared up to ovulate at the usual time, didn't, then did it again 2 weeks later and I had cramping, bloating, sore breasts, etc. This is where temping really comes in handy to tell you what's going on. Without the temping I would have thought I was pregnant but with a negative test. With the temping I could tell I hadn't ovulated yet. Add OPK strips to that and I could see when I was about to ovulate for real.

As it happens I got pregnant in both of those cycles after timing the deed for the later ovulation, but both were miscarriages.

If I temp my husband won't sleep with me. So temping = no sex. No sex = guaranteed bfn.

Ok. So then recognize you are sacrificing certainty, which is a valid choice, but then you have to spend a lot more time guessing. If that's less stressful or objectionable then temping, then it's the right choice.

I mentioned this in your other thread but you don't have to temp in bed. People say you do but you don't (unless you find you don't get accurate results if you don't). You could give it a try temping in the bathroom and he won't even know you are temping. Surely your husband won't refuse to sleep with you because you get up for 3 minutes to pee around the same time every day. If he does, you have bigger issues.

Temping still wouldn't provide me with certainty. There was one time I temped and my temp was up X days past ovulation and I still wasn't pregnant. I can't remember how many days but the number they say means you're pregnant. Temping did help me identify that I ovulate between days 17-20.

Regardless I'm having an egg transfer and doubt I can temp during that. So temping is out for me unless I put off the egg transfer.

I also figure when I have a child I'll be up early in the morning for years. Why wake up early on the weekends to temp now?? Doesn't seem worth it to me.

[Anonymous]

Nothing provides you with certainty unless you happen to be in a DRs office with a transvaginal wand in you at the exact moment the egg decides to go on its journey. Temping gives you another axis of information that can help clarify a confused situation.

I don't see how the presence of a thermometer on your nightstand has anything to do with your husband. I wake up, I reach a hand out, I turn the thermometer on, I put it in my mouth for 20 seconds, I take it out when the amber screen lights up, I put it back on the nightstand, and (usually) I go back to sleep. No getting out of bed, no beeping, no note taking, just a small amber backlight on the screen. I look at and record the info when I get up, or sometimes when I get home. Or the next day. The thermometer saves a years worth of temps. I don't have an alarm; if I wake up at 5 or I wake up at 8, I still take my temp.

Stop blaming this on your husband. You don't want to temp. That's fine, it's totally your choice. Just own it and stop making excuses.