I seriously feel like I'm going insane!!

I'm sure you've been there? I'm trying so hard not to read into the symptoms or symptom spot!

To be honest, I have many symptoms that I've never experienced before but because we thought we were expecting for sure last month, I'm trying really hard to not get my hopes up!

I'm around 5 dpo but that might be a day(or 2) off either way because unfortunately, I forgot to get more OPK tests the last time I was able to and then when I thought I was ovulating I took my last one, couldn't go back to get more for another two days and started testing immediately after(I know, unfortunate timing)!

I'm pretty certain about the time frame that I ovulated, not only because I've been CM & CP tracking but it was also exactly the time frame I was expected to O according to Glow, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glow.android.eve">Period tracker</a> and Kendara!

I think the most obvious O sign was the Mittelschmerz pain I was experiencing right on time! If you're not familiar with the term (neither was I, before this month), it's when the big O decides to make a statement & it's quite uncomfortable!

I'm going to go ahead and share some of my symptoms *even though I'm aware these may *not be reliable pregnancy symptoms.

I'm feeling very achy and bloated, sometimes I feel these strange flutters in my uterine area(the last day or so), I'm getting nauseous when I smell certain things or foods, having sporadic headaches (never have headaches), having an extreme sensitivity to smells, and I have a bad breakout happening as we speak!! In terms of my CM and CP, my CM is like lotion with these little white bits mixed in (what I would describe as tiny remnants of wet toilet paper but *not)! My CP is about mid-high and very swollen! It's feeling really puffy but not in a puckered lip way, it's more of a swollen-ripening fruit feeling! I'm also experiencing some vaginal discomfort (itching and burning. . Sorry.. tmi).. It came with the more whitish looking, chunky-CM.

I have also been experiencing lower back pain since O but last night was different! It felt like this piercing pain in my back-left hip area, except a little closer to my spine..? So I placed a heat pack on it and that was all I knew to do.

Another thing I'm finding to be odd, I was so extremely exhasuted yesterday! I'm never that way! I can run on 6 hours of sleep and I had a long night of rest that night before but about 2 hours before I normally go to sleep, I was ready to hunker down for the night(I didn't because the hubby wanted me to spend some time with him so I tuffed it out)!

Around 3 AM I woke up from a horrible dream and it may not seem as bad repeating but the details of the dream were terrifyingly-vivid and kept me up for the rest of the night! I dreamt that two men were chasing my sister, they caught her and stabbed her in the stomach repeatedly, she bled yellow egg yolk and she was pregnant?.. super weird but equally upsetting! I do not have dreams like that ever, especially when I'm so tired! I usually sleep right on through the night!

After deciding that I wasn't about to try and rest anymore, I layed in bed and surfed the web. While I was laying in bed I had this strange pain in the right side(front) of my uterine area. It felt a little painful and I tried to apply pressure but it didn't help much. The pain made it's way to my belly button? It's so weird because there's not a chance the pain could actually reach my belly if it was pregnancy related (right?) unless it was just nerve pain. So I decided to hot pack it too!

I guess what I want to hear is, have any of you BFP'ers experienced any of these symptoms around 5 dpo? If so, how long did it take for you to get your BFP? 😊

I would also like to point out, I am well aware that the CM and discomfort in the vaginal area could just be a yeast infection but I've seen they are sometimes related to the pH balance in the vagina right before implantation..?

Either way, I'm pretty sure that it's a yeast infection because I have the urge to scratch (LOL 😂) but if I'm pregnant, could it harm the pregnancy and how should I treat it?

*Another important note- I try to approach things as holistically as possible so I've been taking some vegan- cold pressed prenatal vitamins for a month, that I got at a health food store and trying to aid my progesterone levels with some Progessence Plus(Young Living) to ensure the baby has a nice home for implantation!!!

So, I'm trying everything I can to be prepared and safe but I'd also love to hear what y'all think would be a good and natural way to treat my yeast infection?

Calling all you BFP'ers!!! 😊💗💗💗