Hi,
It sounds like you are trying to become pregnant, since you are having unprotected sex on the days of your expected ovulation...is this correct?
It is unlikely that the symptoms you are experiencing are pregnancy-related, although that does not mean that you are/are not pregnant.
If you are expecting your period on August 29th, and have been feeling symptoms of: sore nipples, abdominal twinges, contractions in your uterus, thicker uterine lining (which you can't feel, but I'm assuming you just feel the bloated feeling?), and lower back aches...some of these are hormone-related, and some may be from reading too many online symptoms! I'm sorry to say that, but many of us have been in your same boat...we are wanting to be pregnant and are reading EVERY possible sign or symptom and actually begin to physically feel the symptoms we read about. Medical students also have this experience, as they learn about new diseases. The feeling of contractions...do you mean cramping? Have you been pregnant before? If you are feeling actual uterine contractions, you would need to call your doctor.
The reason these symptoms you are experiencing are not pregnancy-related...they are occurring at the time you are ovulating, and you are not even pregnant at that time. It takes 10-14 days to actually become "pregnant", as it takes this long for the egg to be released, then fertilized, then the fertilized egg travels down the fallopian tube, then implants itself in the uterus, to then signal the release of "pregnancy hormones"....it takes the egg quite a while through all of this journey, and is the reason that you would not have any symptoms of pregnancy until 10-14 days after ovulation...as you are technically not pregnant until implantation. This is also the reason home pregnancy tests "don't work" until 10-14 days after ovulation...about the time of a missed period...because you are not pregnant until the fertilized egg implants itself in the uterus, and the tests can detect the pregnancy hormones at this time.
Really, the first sign of pregnancy for most women is a missed period. Some women do experience sore breasts, complexion issues (acne), lower back ache, cramping, moodiness...and these are all the same symptoms of an upcoming period, which are indistinguishable until after-the-fact (either you do or don't have a period). The similarities in symptoms makes sense, since they are both hormone-related.
One other question for you: your LMP was August 4th, and your next expected period is August 29th, which makes this 25-day cycle, and not a 24-day cycle. Not that this matters at all, but you seem to have a body that works like clock-work, and just wanted to make sure your dates are correct. If "Day 1" of your last menstrual period (LMP) was August 4th, then counting each day to August 28th is 25 days. August 29th (your next expected period) would start over and counted with "Day 1".
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Hi,
It sounds like you are trying to become pregnant, since you are having unprotected sex on the days of your expected ovulation...is this correct?
It is unlikely that the symptoms you are experiencing are pregnancy-related, although that does not mean that you are/are not pregnant.
If you are expecting your period on August 29th, and have been feeling symptoms of: sore nipples, abdominal twinges, contractions in your uterus, thicker uterine lining (which you can't feel, but I'm assuming you just feel the bloated feeling?), and lower back aches...some of these are hormone-related, and some may be from reading too many online symptoms! I'm sorry to say that, but many of us have been in your same boat...we are wanting to be pregnant and are reading EVERY possible sign or symptom and actually begin to physically feel the symptoms we read about. Medical students also have this experience, as they learn about new diseases. The feeling of contractions...do you mean cramping? Have you been pregnant before? If you are feeling actual uterine contractions, you would need to call your doctor.
The reason these symptoms you are experiencing are not pregnancy-related...they are occurring at the time you are ovulating, and you are not even pregnant at that time. It takes 10-14 days to actually become "pregnant", as it takes this long for the egg to be released, then fertilized, then the fertilized egg travels down the fallopian tube, then implants itself in the uterus, to then signal the release of "pregnancy hormones"....it takes the egg quite a while through all of this journey, and is the reason that you would not have any symptoms of pregnancy until 10-14 days after ovulation...as you are technically not pregnant until implantation. This is also the reason home pregnancy tests "don't work" until 10-14 days after ovulation...about the time of a missed period...because you are not pregnant until the fertilized egg implants itself in the uterus, and the tests can detect the pregnancy hormones at this time.
Really, the first sign of pregnancy for most women is a missed period. Some women do experience sore breasts, complexion issues (acne), lower back ache, cramping, moodiness...and these are all the same symptoms of an upcoming period, which are indistinguishable until after-the-fact (either you do or don't have a period). The similarities in symptoms makes sense, since they are both hormone-related.
One other question for you: your LMP was August 4th, and your next expected period is August 29th, which makes this 25-day cycle, and not a 24-day cycle. Not that this matters at all, but you seem to have a body that works like clock-work, and just wanted to make sure your dates are correct. If "Day 1" of your last menstrual period (LMP) was August 4th, then counting each day to August 28th is 25 days. August 29th (your next expected period) would start over and counted with "Day 1".
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