Confused - Could I be?

[Ellee05]

Hi - I'm new here and hoping some of you can help me out. I'm not on the pill - for medical reasons. Normally we use condoms or withdrawl method and are extra cautious around mid cycle. My husband and I had sex (totally unprotected and no withdrawing) on Sunday night and then yesterday (Monday) afternoon when I went to toilet I noticed that I was ovulating (well what I think means I am - egg white mucous??). Is this classed as fertile time or do you have to have sex while or after you've had mucous? Now I've got the flu and am scared to take cold and flu tablets in case I fall pregnant. We weren't planning on children until middle of next year, but my husband got a little carried away Just not sure what to do or think... sorry if TMI

[[M]umma[M]ia]

best to steer clear of the cold and flu tablets till u know for sure. U can get a blood test done by your doctor that will show even if you are 1 day pregnant.

HTH and good luck

[Heaven]

You could be pregnant coz sperm can live for up to 5 days and usually you ovulate around the 3rd day of egg-white mucous. You can take a test in a couple of weeks.

[Deltadawn]

Hi Ellee - First things first, there is no such thing as TMI on BB. When you start officially TTC and give birth, you'll understand that very quickly!

Secondly, yes, it is quite possible you might fall pregnant. The mucous suggests that you will ovulate within the next 24-48 hours and given that sperm live up to 5 days, conception could easily take place but in saying that, there is only a 20% chance of falling pregnant each cycle if all conditions are right so you also have an 80% chance of not falling pregnant. Only time will tell. A pregnancy test should tell you in two weeks time ..... I know, a tedious two week wait.

I hope you both get the outcome you want whether that be baby or no baby!

[Ellee05]

Thanks for your replies It's all a bit wierd... I had the EWCM for a day then it stopped for 24hrs then I've just got it again, except its not as clear. So I don't know. I guess time will tell, it'll just be hard coming up with excuses not to drink at friends farwell this weekend

[Nicole Tracy]

Yeah, excuses for not drinking are often difficult. Maybe tell your friends that you're on a detox, or make sure your hubby gets all your drinks - dry ginger ale or lime and soda can look alcoholic...

You can still have one or two drinks - even if you are pregnant, the embryo isn't connected to your blood supply until around 10-14 days after conception, but it's always better to be safe rather than sorry.

My best advice is to get your husband or a friend to keep giving you non-alcoholic drinks on the sly. No one will even notice that you're not drinking.

[Ellee05]

Well ladies, its been 2 weeks since I initially posted and now have a few more questions Today, particually this morning I just kept needing to go to the toilet and I felt nauseas at around 8am for maybe 2 hrs. My tummy and felt really weird, kinda heavy?? not normal bloated feeling. I asked a friend who has a lot of UTI's about them, cos I though perhap that was what was making me feel bizarre. Since lunch time I've had a very small amount of brown discharge. Normally with my period I get really really sore breasts, about a week out from my period, they're tender but not as bad as normal. What do you think? When do you think is a good time to do a HPT? I live in a tiny gossipy town, so when we went away on the weekend we got 2 lol so I don't want to waste them I'm sure it'll probably end up just a weird period, but I'm don't know what to think.

Thanks and sorry for the long post

[MamaPan]

i think you could do a test now? good luck!!

[Sterla]

Oooh, how exciting. Let us know how the test goes!!!

[Joeve]

Ohhhh goodluck with your test!!

[Hoody]

YOu should be able to get a result now. I hope you get some answers. With my DD2 i had some brown discharge when AF was due but she never came.
Hoody

[Ellee05]

No baby on the way... I was holiding off thinking I would do a test this morning, but AF arrived late last night. I still think it was a bit weird so will see what happens over the next few days. While if I was, it would be ok and probably really happy, I'm glad I'm not as we weren't quite ready. I want to do it all right as in make sure I take my tablets for a few months and have all the necessary tests before hand, I've also got a few medical issues I need to have checked up and given the all clear again before we try.

Thanks for your help xox