7 DPO, first cycle TTC after BC patch

Hello, I am 7DPO and here’s a bit about that....

Mind me I have never been the person to track my ovulation, I’ve always thought getting pregnant was easy and can happen whenever, turns out-even I, the great Woman- has somehow managed to not understand how conception works. I didn’t even know what ovulation really was tbh, but I was on the patch, and have been since the age of 13, so why did I need to know about ovulation if I wasn’t even ovulating, right ? WRONG, now here I am two months TTC, wishing I knew all the things I did a couple years ago. As soon as I found out that fertility can be impacted by BC-I stopped, and haven’t actually had the balls to check if I ovulated since stopping....

I was only on the patch for about a month before the negative side affects were to much for me and my body to handle, so me and my partner both decided to ditch the patch and be careful- however, now that we know it could take awhile before my body decides to ovulate again, we’ve kinda just been doing the dirty-the dirty way. And if God blesses us, than we’d be more than happy to take on a blessing.

I’ve been tracking my ovulation (I think?) to the best of my ability, and I’m actually feeling a lot during this particular TWW (two week pregnancy test wait).

AND with all that said- Today I am 7 DPO (according to glow) and here is how I’m feeling:

This morning I woke up extra tired after a super vivid dream, I had sore nipples, and I practically had to race myself to the bathroom (sorry tmi!)

As I type this, I’m sitting on the couch waiting for hubby to wake up, and I have this pretty flippin painful stabbing/stretching/pinching sensation going on in my lower left AND right side- (right beside my hips and under my belly button).

When I cough or move it gets worse, & I’ve never had this before.

I’ve experienced both period and ovulation pain before, and I am more than aware of what it feels like- this ain’t it sis.

I’ve also been getting quite a few symptoms the past couple days from around 3 DPO... (mood swings like crazy, back ache, nausea throughout the day, empty stomach feeling, fatigue, dizzy, TMI: a lot of jelly like CM which I’ve never even seen before, and constipation during 4-6 DPO).

Now this ??!!

Aunt Flo isn’t supposed to visit for another full week so.... My hopes are officially UP. Really praying this is our month, it’s actually our first normal cycle after the EVRA patch TTC, so I’m hoping this could be it ❣️

Bby dust to everyone feeling similar. 👼🏼❤️

If you wondering how I track my ovulation without taking my bbt or using a chemical test- just message me directly :)