Still no O?

I woke up at 2:20am and decided to temp instead of waiting 10 minutes. Temp was 96.97, which gave me a healthy spike. I thought to myself, "Sweet, I must be done." I took another OPK to see how my surge was doing and the stick told me, "full steam ahead." My uterus was quiet--no cramps or bloated feelings. Maybe the storm had passed? Was it just the calm before the storm? I don't know these things.

My microscope showed no ferning patterns. None. Just little blobs like tiny bushes in a desert. So, experiment-wise, my ferning pattern should stop the day after I get my first + OPK.

I went back to bed for about 3 hours. Cramps and aches came back. It's been recommended that I BD until I get crosshairs since I could still O tomorrow or even a day or 2 after that. I sure am glad DH is a stud and can keep up, lol.

I'm feeling tired after everything physically I went through yesterday in the preparations for O. My back ached, hips ached, cramps, bloated sensations and worse of all, fatigue. I do not know how long these symptoms will last, and I have to remember that I'm doing this for not only me but DH and our baby. I'm going to create an intelligent begin who is going to bring much happiness into the world.

3 OPKs from today are positive. This is such a cool learning experience for me, and should we have to move into the next cycle, I will have much more knowledge than I did going into this one.

It's hard to image that it was 3 weeks ago today that I had a talk with DH about my pregnancy dream. Wow.