TCOYF - follow on chart spotters thread

Your job does sound very glam LondonLottie! Which part of Spain are you going to? I grew up there .

at you teasing Greedy. I?m actually getting to the stage that I don?t care if someone recognizes me. It?s my right to want a baby and if there is someone I know on here, chances are she is trying for one too so I think it?s pretty safe ? can you tell I weigh up risks for a living!?

Hello Ready Glad to hear all is going well on the BDing front. Sorry to hear about the uncertainly around your DH staying with his team. Do you have any idea where you might move to if the worst comes to the worst?

I?m getting increasingly pessimistic about the spotting incident & brown CM. No more spotting but the pink cm on 4dpo turned to brown on 5dpo (older blood I guess) and then hardly any yesterday but more today, 7dpo. I have been reading up on the net and am getting myself all worried that it is a burst cervical cyst and that my chances are doomed this cycle . I?ll try to be positive but it?s really worrying. Plus DH has asked when we?ll know, he?s pinning his hopes on this cycle because he was such a great performer at the crucial time!

Also, I?ve had to lie on my chart . I got up late today and yesterday but when I was truthful, the software cancelled out the temps and changed my OV to 17/1 instead of 14/1 especially given the positive OPKs. My coverline is ridiculous as a result of the random times I temped earlier in the cycle so I didn?t want the whole thing thrown out of sync even more. I think my coverline should be 36.25 don?t you? I?ve got a note of the times (8.30 and 8.50) so I might put them back in later when there are more temps for the software to predict on.

Loved your profile BBW !

How is everyone feeling? Off to chart spot.

It's lovely here too Greedy - though I swear the house was swaying last night from the wind though! Hope the BD plan pays off for you, if you need it that is. My DHs b'day is around Valentines Day too.

Here is the answer to The Peak question:

The "peak" day is identified as the last day of your most fertile cervical fluid (or vaginal sensations), and is typically the most fertile day of your cycle occurring just before ovulation. It also has the best quality cervical fluid for the sperm to reach the egg. It is highlighted with a "P" on the Chart and WebChart, and the days following it are dry-up days sometimes numbered from 1 to 4. These are days of decreased fertility. The first day after peak may also be highly fertile, but the days following this are generally infertile. This assumes that you have recorded your cervical fluid correctly and have not misinterpreted it in any way. Because such interpretation is subjective, the peak day may not always correspond with days of highest fertility.

Peak is used in the algorithms which estimate your ovulation date and when you have entered post-ovulation infertility. There are typically 2-4 dry-up days required (the numbered days after "P") in conjunction with a thermal shift to make a definitive estimate of ovulation.

So, still makes no sense to me why it's after OV on my chart, it assumes that you have a complete dry up after OV though which is never the case with me!!

Some cycles I get hardly any or no EWCM but still get alot wetter around the right time. That wetness is fertile too (there may be EWCM up where it matters even if you can't see it). As long as it is wet, count it as EWCM no matter the creamy colour. The pre-seed may help if it is a fertile day anyway but won't convert one that isn't into one.

Hope DP is feeling better - I can sympthise, we were probably calling for Huey around the same time!

I have a profile now!

Been looking at the charts -

3Cats ? do you feel better now AF is here hon, I know you were feeling dreadful. Hope Feb is your lucky month.

BBW - you?re having some odd spotting too aren?t you? Do you think it is just the tail end of AF? I note your AF was shorter than usual this cycle. All calm on the home front?

Geek & LondonLottie? your charts are looking good, 4 great BDing chances there!! fingers crossed!

Cityangel ? you, Geek, Cityangel and I are around the same stage this cycle. Fingers crossed for you too!

Snowy/Sunny ? are you out there? We miss you! See you are CD12, coming up to the active time again!

I?m annoyed with myself really for not temping properly at the beginning of the cycle because for once, there seems to be very little variation in my pre OV and post OV temps (so far) this cycle, I don?t know if that is good or bad but my pre OV temps seem on the whole to be higher than before.

Ready ? what?s going on with you?

24 starts again on Sunday Greedy, it is so addictive!! Never was a Keither (sp?!) fan but he is pretty cool as Jack. I know what you mean about DH?s man hogging the tv control, DH is putting up with Nip/Tuck at the mo I think ? it?s quite dirty and I think he likes that ! I?m exactly the same about watching TV alone.

Sorry that you feel AF is on her way. A November baby will be lovely Greedy, sorry that it?s not October but who wants a birthday at half term?! My nephew is a November baby and he is the most precious, lovely little boy .

I do appreciate that it must be so hard keeping the BDing up for so long, Why don?t you try to go for every other day after cd22 until you are sure it?s happened, might put less pressure on you both? I really don?t know what that Peak day thing means, I must look it up, at the moment it just bugs me!

Hello from me! Had a really bad night last night. I had been feeling headachy all day and tried to ignore it as I was at a birthday party in another city last night. It was hell getting there, the train was so hot and cramped and then I got drenched when I got there trying to find the bar. Had a couple of small glasses of wine, plenty of water and lots of food. I know it doesn?t make up for the 2 glasses of wine anyway, on the way home, the headache got worse and I was really scared that it was a migraine coming on. I went straight to bed. Woke up at 2am, the pain was right behind my left eye, migrating across my head, typical migraine, I was dizzy and was sick but managed to resist taking anything (yet, I cannot resist the wine ) Managed to get back to sleep and amazingly, it has gone this morning. Had a really odd sweet taste in my mouth in the night before I was sick, very strange. Sorry, probably TMI

Ohhh! I have never read the profiles before, it?s nice to know more about you all!! . I shall go and complete mine in a mo.

Greedy hello, why don?t you want to temp next cycle? Do you find it stressful? I find it the reverse, it gives me a reality check each morning, for better or for worse! Thank you for your good vibes for me, I so hope you are right but hey, without sounding negative, when it doesn?t seem to ever happen, you begin to woner if it ever can if that makes sense. Hope the spotting is not AF on her way hon. By the way, you are my age twin and I love the Magic Faraway Tree and I don?t have the excuse of reading it to kids!! Are you not a 24 or Nip/Tuck fan? I love those as well as Lost and Desperate Housewives.

Geek ? you sound lovely and chilled out Isn?t it funny how a few of us are getting funny coloured CM this cycle? I?ve done a bit of reading up and whilst it is unlikely to be implantation at this stage, it could be related to the follicle and the egg bursting out of it. This is apparently a good fertility sign. Let?s hope so for us both. LOL about you being excited about my CM, I return the compliment! Will go chart spotting and come back after I?ve looked at your temps.

Actually, a charting question for you all, do you mark pink or brown CM as spotting? Or just put it in the notes? I?ve just been noting it.

Hello Ready ? I liked reading your profile too!

BBW, 3cats, LondonLottie - how are you doing?

Cityangel - where are you hon?

Hi all, CM wet from pink to brown this morning but appears to have stopped completely now in any form - we'll see. I keep telling myself that this spotting is different and that different could be good. AF/BFP due next Fri when I head off for my mates Hen which includes copious amounts of drink and jacuzzis - might have to test before I go!

3cats - sorry to here that

Hello BBW - poor DD! and you!