Nausea, tenderness and mood swings

Posted on April 21, 2007
Filed Under Australia - The land down under, Irony Anyone? |

The day after Brian and I went out for dinner, the whole family was sitting at the dinner table and Brian joked that I had “Earth-shattering” news (meaning that we had a night out alone.) I played it up and announced to the kids that I was pregnant, which got a resounding lack of reaction. Basically “Yea, right” vibes were coming off the kids in waves.When I corrected myself and implied about our night off; gasps all around. Funny how some things sound completely implausible while others that would seem normal to most people - shocking!

In any case, I may have spoken too soon. For years now I have been using the Depro-Provera injection as my preferred method of birth control. However, lately, with rising concern about bone density loss, along with a slew of side effects that I found rather annoying (Weight-gain, acne and hair-loss just to name a few) I had decided to stop and move to a “safer” form of birth control. Namely the pill or perhaps Tubal Ligation.

Lately, I’ve been very iffy about getting my tubes tied. A lot of people I know are either pregnant or new mums and I have to admit to being very broody. Brian and I decided a long while ago that we were done having kids but while his resolve is still firm, mine wavers from time to time. I guess that internal clock ticks in your 30’s even if you already have kids!

In any case, my last injection was due at the beginning of March. In the last few weeks, I’ve experienced breast tenderness, nausea in the extreme, massive mood swings and other pregnancy symptoms. I highly doubt a pregnancy, as the average time to get pregnant after stopping DP is about 9 months, so 6 weeks (less if I really were pregnant) seems highly unlikely but I’ve scheduled a doctor’s appointment today anyway to confirm or rebuke the idea.

More likely, is that I’m experiencing more side effects. The one’s linked to stopping DP. Now I just need to decide if moving directly to another form of birth control is a good idea or if I should let my body have a break from external hormones before resuming. I will certainly asking the doctor for his expert opinion!

Most amazing of all, is the flood of emotions, nerves and worries that come with even the mere thought of possibly being pregnant!

Watch this space!

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2 Responses to “Nausea, tenderness and mood swings”

  1. free pregnancy advice--doctor says on March 12th, 2008 2:56 pm

    well thats a good stuff to read about……..
    but what about those who want to be pregnant but the cannot be because of some problem.
    now they can get rid of such problem.
    keep up the good work,
    james

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