How about a bit of iron?  I find that with each successive pregnancy, anemia-like conditions get worse and worse.  You can take iron, or eat red meat or spinach.  It will help with the feeling of overall weakness.  And, congratulations!

Congratulations!  My “bible” for this is Marilyn Shannon’s book, “Fertility, Cycles and Nutrition.”  Strongly recommend it to you. 
In the meantime, I think that if you can do it somehow while working, aim for an *hourly* snack, and plenty of fluids. Carb/fat/protein combo’s work best.  What kind of prenatal are you taking?  Vitamin B6 is important.  Lifetime Professional Prenatals are awesome.

Hard-boiled eggs, bean dip, hummus, yogurt, cheese, nuts, nut/seed spreads, portable protein bars (not a regular granola bar)...just some ideas.  Plus, milk to drink on the go. Not sure what would work at a school for you. 

Also, try to “frontload” your day by eating before bed, in bed, and if you get up during the night for the bathroom.  That overnight fast can really send your blood sugar levels plummeting & make it hard to really catch up before you start your day.  Hope this helps. Happy gestating!

I know how you feel! Was there many times myself. I took B6—it was the only thing that helped me. The amount in pre-natal vitamins was not near enough. I went to Walgreens and bought it separately. When pregnant, I took 200mg time-release at night, and 100mg in the morning (300mg B-6 total per day). It takes a week or so to kick in, but well worth it. Hope you feel better soon!

Your glucose may be low? They always test it to make sure it’s not high, but sometimes you can have the opposite called hypoglycemia. You feel dizzy and weak. I fainted for the first time in my life when I was pregnant with my third ‘cause I had hypoglycemia. I agree, eat small snacks with protein and rest. God bless you.

OH, I hear you.  If it happened before..well then…. Maybe what might be different if you are pregnant is that your support can be widened.

Are you comfortable with the rules/ instructions you were given?  And, if you have an NFP provider, we / they should be a real help.  I teach NFP in Maryland, and am happy to have you connect with me further aboutit.  Going back to your source of solid nfp info would be best right/  What do you think/

Therese, I actually live in the DC area and see the napro trained Dr. at Tepeyac. I have PCOS and my cycles are very, very difficult. Despite being on metformin for 3 years they are still irregular. I have had two children, both surprises. I’m not sure if there’s anything that can be done at this point. :( NFP doesn’t seem to work very well for me. I took a CCL class and use the sympto-thermal method but I’m familiar with some of the basics of the Creighton method. I have a follow-up at Tepeyac on Dec. 9 about my cycles. Hopefully I will not be pregnant and they will be able to help me further. I have been going there for 4 years with not much luck, though. :( I had a life-threatening complication last time and I am very scared of another pregnancy.

Also, do you know the odds of a pregnancy resulting from relations on that day?

from what I know, it doesn’t matter so much about the temp rise as much as if fertile mucus is present when you have relations.  from what you say, you didn’t see it the day of but did see it the day after.  there is a chance that it was starting the day before but hadn’t dropped, and this is the exact situation why some methods advocate internal checks.  i’ve seen probabilities on this, but I couldn’t tell you what they are right now.

The way I understand it, if there’s no fertile mucus, the sperm can only live a few hours.  Think of it this way: if you were trying to conceive, would that day be a good day?  Probably not.  The sperm have to live in something.

From what I know women have conceived even though they did not observe the fertile mucus.  One woman I know switched from Creighton because of this—2 surprise pregnancies conceived when she had observed no fertile mucus—she switched to a method that did internal checks.  So the lesson is just because you did not observe it does not mean it was not there.

Thanks for your replies, everyone. I always do internal checks - I can never tell by wiping. And I didn’t see the really stretchy stuff the day we had relations.

Thanks for your replies, everyone. I always do internal checks - I can never tell by wiping. And I didn’t see the really stretchy stuff the day we had relations. I did see something that was kind of ambiguous, but usually when I have that I’m not fertile. However, my last pregnancy was conceived four days before the temp rise when I had ambiguous mucus.

My husband and I have used the Clearblue Easy.  It helped us conceive our now 13-month-old boy and helped us to avoid a pregnancy during the tricky postpartum time before my period returned.  We don’t use it all the time, though, because the test sticks are pricey and we feel that we have enough to go on with just temperatures at the moment.  But it’s perfect for times that you’re looking for a bit of extra assurance/your cycles are irregular/you’re up all the time with a baby and your temps are all over the place.  Good luck!

we have the ovacue, both oral and vaginal testing. I have irregular cycles, and it is pretty good at confirming ovulation, but I don’t feel like it has given us any better idea that ovulation is pending. If you have regular cycles, you may have better results? I do think it’s better for acheiving pregnancy, not avoiding. I personally felt it’s a waste of our money, since I’m relying on my basal temperatures and mucus anyway. We’re abstaining for about 2 weeks every cycle, plus during AF. It sucks!