AUTHOR: Sara TITLE: Lines, Lines, Everywhere the lines . . . DATE: 3/10/2005 08:47:00 PM ----- BODY:

My brain was racked with dreams last night of thousands of pregnancy tests, some with two lines, some with five lines, and others with lines covering every square inch of the control window and the handle. I went through the whole dream walking around, imagining what my child would look like, thinking about how great I felt pregnant. Suddenly, I tripped in my dream and fell, skinning my hands. When I looked up, there on the counter lay the most recent test . . with one, lonely pink line. I woke up in a cold sweat, trying to figure out what just happened. Why are my dreams so bizarre? I thought this week that I would try using my OPKs in the late morning instead of when I first woke up. I read somewhere that your LH surge is highest in mid-morning, so I thought there was a possibility that I was missing it by a day with my last few cycles. Well, not only does sneaking an OPK into the only teacher restroom at work suck, but my lines are NOT getting any darker, as they normally have each month I have used them until now. Two days ago, the lines were almost the same color, so I expected to wake up yesterday with that super-dark test line, but it was almost invisible yesterday and today. I don't know if I missed it or if it has not arrived. I ovulated the past two months on day 14, which would be tomorrow. We'll see . . . Hopefully tomorrow I will wake to those two "get-it-on" lines so I can start waiting. Again.

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