Not planning to be pregnant, but am I...

I’m kind of going insane thinking I might be pregnant.

I have strange symptoms, which I don’t normally have before a new cycle starts. I’m nauseous, not throwing up though, and I started spotting on 7DPO, which I thought was strangely early, since I don’t always spot before a new cycle and last cycle I only started spotting on 9&10DPO and AF showed up the next day. I’m now on my 4th day of spotting, it’s still early, so AF could show up. I’m thinking by Friday if AF hasn’t shown up, I should test again. Because I tested yesterday afternoon and it was negative, but could be too early. I have a worse headache than usual, I’m cramping, both in my abdomen and back, but still nothing. I’m now getting this creamy/sticky discharge. It’s bloody of course, but the blood isn’t increasing. I’m super emotional too, I cry at the drop of a hat. Could also be because my son is turning one in a few days. I’m just questioning everything. My breasts also hurt a bit, more than usual when it does seem to hurt before a new cycle.

This is my 4th cycle charting and my 6/7th cycle pp, I’m almost a year pp. I started using OPK’s last cycle because it was difficult for me to determine wether I was ovulating. I think I wasn’t checking my cf correctly and that added to the confusion. My son also still wakes frequently at night, so sometimes I can’t get 3 hours of sleep before taking my temp and I def can’t take my temp the same time each day, just so that’s out of the way. I still see a biphasic temp pattern which I’m really relieved about along with the + OPK’s I get that coincide with the temp shift.

My husband and I aren’t trying to get pregnant, we use condoms during my fertile phase, so I know the contraception method in that time is based off the correct use of the barrier.

Not really asking wether you think I may be pregnant, because I know the only sure way is a + HPT at this stage. Just venting. Feel like I’m going insane waiting to see. Especially since it wasn’t in the plans, but I’m weirdly attached and afraid of the results either way.

Just waiting for the time to pass now and to not obsessively take pregnancy tests.

Any way, thanks for reading. Please tell me if you can relate to any of this?

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