Charter's Anonymous: Volume 5, those BFPs are ours!!

weimy that wasn't very nice.

level I think the pain comes from the ovary that is ov'ing, I had really pain on my right hand side last night and it's fine now

I did another OPK today and was + also was a bit egg whitey heres my chart

Wow! You lot are wonderfully chatty :)

weimy - what a stupid comment to have made!!! I'm on your behalf!!

Iwish - hopefully you're reassured by various replies that the underactive thyroid is not that uncommon and it is possible to have a completely straight forward pregnancy.
Do get your levels checked though as almost always, a dose increase is needed. The tablets boost your thyroxine levels but the TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) should be tested as well as this is an indication of how much thyroxine your body needs. I tend to have a T4 level that is almost normal but my TSH tends to be high and the doctors have said that that is because my body needs a slightly higher level of T4.

level - sorry not sure of an answer to your question. I don't often get noticable ov pain and my period pain tends to be across the whole of my abdomen.

angster - hello! I've only just joined this thread today too. Not sure I'll be able to keep up if it's this busy though!!

So much to catch up on today!

Sorry AF got you terrys. It must be good to know that your body seems to be getting back to normal relatively easily though.

Glad you?ve achieved a more decent amount of sleep now jaggy!

Welcome essence. I agree with the others, I think CD 18 looks likely.

Oooooh, iwish congratulations!

MrsA, I?m going to go with CD25 for your ov day.

Chart is looking good strawberry, fingers crossed for you.

Welcome to mrsden too. I recognise you from somewhere! Don?t get disappointed about your chart yet, its only 8 DPO so too early to say. And your temp can?t continue to rise everyday or you would eventually cook!

mslk, you are definitely allowed to disagree with FF, I think we?ve all done it! It does look to me more like you ovd around CD20.

Good news about AF arriving battery. That sounds wrong but hopefully you know what I mean.

Welcome angster as well! Lots of new ladies today!

Sorry AF got you level. As I understand it, CD1 is the first day of full flow.

Hi all

I knew AF was on the way but it was a bit late so for the last 2 days I've obviously been holding out some hope because when AF kicked in today I was overly upset for someone who "knew" it was on the way. Oh well.

I'm about to start using FF for the first time and had a quick question. Do you record day 1 of the cycle as the day after my period starts properly (i.e not spotting) as this is how CBFM tells me to record, or if I came on properly today do I start from today?

On a slightly different topic - I get ovulation pains and pre period pains only on the left. Does anyone else get one sided pains or do you think it's an indication that there's something going on on that side?

Thanks

My first temp reading in nearly 3 months yay!! altough, I would have actually preferred it if it wasnt necesarry! :( Guess I'll have to cough up and get VIP treatment from FF again! boring chart

Hello everyone. I am quite relaxed about beind on cd1. I am having a scan tomorrow to check on my lining, but feel ok. My Af seems better than last month. I am sure acupuncture helps. I second what izzy says about acupuncture. Mine is fab but I changed from my first one as I felt she was too general - my one now has a special interest in fertility.

My CBFM arrived today and already I have confused myself! I am sure I don't need one, but it made me feel better at the time!!xx

weimy sorry AF got you and for insensitive comments, people can be so dim sometimes!

Iwish if you are on thyroxine, definitely get your thyroid checked now and see the GP. It's nothing to worry about but your body needs extra thyroxine in pregnancy so as soon as a pregnancy is confirmed your GP should up your dose and review you more frequently to make sure your TSH stays under control.

Congratulations btw!

Harder do you know for certain when you ov?
I ask as if I did the 21 day blood test, it would come back as very low cos I generally don't ov till after cd23.
Just a thought - most generic tests are designed for people with textbook cycles.
I ov fine. Just very late :)

Congrats Iwish!* how bloody exciting!!!!!!

Sorry Terrys and Battery :(

Welcome to those new to the thread!

ERTD def got me tho not on cd1 quite yet. :(

Well new baby was brought into work today (gorgeous) and I also realised yet another member of staff was pg, but what upset me was someone saying I would be a rubbish Mum because babies are not like dogs(I've got three),I know it was only a joke but it has been said before and it is getting tired. Also I have kind of figured out that they are different.

Hope that everyone else is ok xx

angster I'm also taking b6, forgot about that one. Would def recommend acupuncture, it has helped with my cycle as well as making me feel more relaxed afterwards (and yet strangely energised if that makes sense?). Try to find someone who specialises in fertility - if you're anywhere near Bristol I'm happy to recommend mine. And no, I don't find it painful!!

Hi everyone, thank you for the "welcomes".

Waiting for AF now, before I start charting. She should be due tomorrow. My blood test this month was only 20, so I didn't ovulate. Part of me is upset and trying to explain it away with the fact that I had the winter vomiting bug on on ovulation day this cycle, and part of me is OK with the whole thing - I know I can and have ovulated recently, and it's one of the easier infertility problems to sort out.

New plan: chart for next three cycles and get relevant bloods done. Then off to docs in May after my weekend away in Amsterdam if my blood tests show I consistently don't ovulate.

Congrats Iwish, that's fab!

oh no Terrys please don't worry - it's not negative, I never actually had realised before but looking back at my charts, I now see a downhill trend before AF and an uphill one the month i got pregnant. durr!!

angster sorry I didn't mean to be negative!! It doesn't mean its a bad sign as its only 2 dips and they could always be explained away, as I said if you get a rise tomorrow then that would make them unimportant. Sorry, foot is coming out of mouth now!!

MrsArch Thank you. Yes lets wait till tmr.. I guess I must have OV'd if I had a +OPK though?

thanks girls for the warm welcome! I'm on 100mg of B6 so I am hoping that will extend it this month - I didn't realise that if it started coming down already that that was a bad sign .

I'm very close Izzy to getting acupuncture but does it hurt?! That's quite an impressive improvement to go from 8-11/12.

congrats to iwish for the bfp!!

((hugs)) for terrys and battery - I'm sorry af got you . Hopefully though it's given you both some reassurance that everythings getting back to normal x

iwish - congrats!!! That's fab news!!!!

Ps angster my lp is usually 8ish days but sometimes gets to 11or 12 - acupuncture has helped with that.

Welcome angster Chart looks like it might be going down but then it could shoot up tomorrow! Its a waiting game for you now but a very frustrating one I know.

If you want to, I think there are ways to extend your LP (vitamins??) but I reckon someone cleverer will be along soon to let you know.

For now welcome and enjoy this lovely thread!

hey ladies, would you mind if I joined the group? Been charting for about 6months, not all on FF though. TTC #1 since May last year. Got pregnant in June but m/c'd at 7 wks and no luck since. AF due on Tues next wk but considering I can't get a luteal phase longer than 10 or 11, I am expecting it anyday now.
Here's my chart for anyone interested:
www.fertilityfriend.com/home/32245f

just a thought - those new to charting, make sure you don't do what i did and buy a thermometer that measures to only one decimal point. I bought my original one from Boots but then, on advice here, bought a proper BBT one from amazon which goes to 2 decimal places. Much more accurate.
HTH

Thanks for looking Terrys. That's what I was thinking but can it be if I didn't get a big rise just after CD19?! hmmm I wonder!!

battery Sounds wrong to say I'm pleased your pleased about AF, IYKWIM.

Thinking of you mouse

Thanks for lookiing MrsA. I think I did OV somewhere between CD19 and CD21. Time will tell I guess. This is my first cycle charting and only got my thermometer part way through so I guess that puts the chart out a bit. I'll try and keep a level head and see what happens!!! Who am I kidding!!

x

mslk very strange. I'd say cd 20/21 if it weren't for your high temps pre ov. Your dip on cd 25 does seem like a classic post ov dip (sometimes implanation, sometimes not).

I think ff works best if you temp every day, even during af.

It has put dotted lines cos your others signs indicate earlier ov. You are allowed to disagree with ff!

Karbea I can't remember - is this your first cycle of charting?
Generally your LP won't vary much but your ov can. Mine varies from cd 18 to 27! So this cycle may be a bit longer than others for a number of reasons. You don't always see an immediate rise after +opk either. A couple of cycles ago, a had a frustratingly slow rise, but at the end it was still a rise. That is the only sure fire way of knowing you've ov.

Perhaps your temps will shoot up tomorrow. Until then, keep on shagging!
It is very unlikely, but can happen, that you have an anovulatory cycle where you don't ov. You will still see a period at the end but it is not a true period.
It cn happen to most women at some point and unless you have many of them, shouldn't be a worry.

Let's see what happens tomorrow.

Just popping head round the door, I'm underactive too Iwish. If you just speak to the receptionist and explain you are newly pregnant and need your thryoid levels checking they will make you a blood test appt. You may need to speak to Dr on phone but will save two trips. and then you can discuss any specifc concersn when your blood results come back. this is what I did anyway!

By the way, providing your levels are controlled and your dose is probably increased there shouldn't be any probs with your preg. Good to keep TSH low. They put me under consultant led care and gave baby extra monitoring (additional sacns etc) but he was fine! Hope all goes well for you. Feel free to PM me if you have any more questions.