Prompt 2: The Two-Week Wait Sanity Check
When to use it
You're in the luteal phase (the 10-14 days between ovulation and your expected period) and you're symptom-spotting, Googling every twinge, and losing your mind. You want a calm, structured read on what you're feeling.
The Prompt
I'm in the two-week wait, currently [N] days past ovulation (DPO). My expected period is in [N] days.
What I'm feeling right now:
- [SYMPTOM 1 — e.g., "mild cramping on left side"]
- [SYMPTOM 2 — e.g., "fatigue since yesterday"]
- [SYMPTOM 3 — e.g., "slight nausea after lunch"]
- [SYMPTOM 4 — e.g., "nothing, I feel totally normal"]
- [SYMPTOM 5 — e.g., "emotional/cried at a dog food commercial"]
Please give me:
1. A plain-English read on each symptom (could mean something, could mean nothing — your call)
2. What's most likely causing each one (progesterone vs. period vs. early pregnancy vs. coincidence)
3. When each symptom, if it persists, would actually be worth paying attention to
4. A "what to do this week" plan that's calmer than the spiral I'm in
5. When it's reasonable to take a pregnancy test (and when it's too early)
Important: I'm aware I might be symptom-spotting. I want a structured read, not a yes/no.Example output
*"Mild cramping at 6 DPO: most likely progesterone doing its job (this is the dominant hormone right now). Fatigue: progesterone again — it sedates you. The nausea is probably too early for pregnancy symptoms (those usually start closer to 8-10 DPO if implantation happened). The emotional moment is the same progesterone. Plan: take a test at 12 DPO if your period doesn't come first, or 14 DPO for highest accuracy. Don't test at 8 DPO — you'll get a false negative and spiral harder."*
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