TCOYF - follow on chart spotters thread

Thanks londonlottie, I think I will order the book, as that has been mentioned before to me.
I mid-way through cycle, so will need to wait until cycle begins again. What is the thermometer that you need to buy, is it prly used for fertility? Why can you not use a normal digital thermometer?

Thanks X

HI, can someone tell me the best way to start chart spotting and what is needed. I have tried the ovulation sticks this month and they have not shown any surge for me, so thinking I'm one of those people they don't work on. Therefore been looking as some threads and thought I would try something different that can determine ovulation. Thanks for help in advance.

snowy...if you are out there i really think you need a new thermometer...your chart is a bit all over the place isn't it? is it always like that? i didn't rem it being like that last month.

mrs!........come back! i know you said you would hunt down a pc if you got your bfp and you haven't been on here, but i am still hopeful for you and thinking about you!

happy new year to all you chart spotters!
sorry to hear about af geek, your chart looked good too.
anyway.....i read somewhere (!?) that 2007 is going to be THE year for all chart spotters to get pregnant! so we will all be 'with child' by the end of the year! i am SURE of it!
i am still waiting (patiently!!!!) to ovulate! i HATE having such a long cycle!

Happy New Year to you all.

Sorry about Af Geek and Xmassy.

Will catch up later this week once the little ones are back at school.

Hi geek, hope you had a lovely Christmas etc - sorry to hear about AF turning up

AF turned up for me on NYE... sigh. I don't feel justified in getting down about it yet because it's so early really, and was our first month of charting. Am really pleased with my first month's chart, anyway... it's been helpful to see my temps looking relatively normal, and am fairly sure that OV is happening (or at least, did last month). My LP appears to be 12 days too, which I'm pleased about.

I'd better get on - the house needs an entire clean from top to bottom. We're off to NY on Friday for 5 days, so I'm going to try and forget about ttc while we're there, and hopefully for the few days when we get back to a certain extent. I don't want to be stressing about it, I really don't. What does everyone else do when they're in a diff time zone re. temping? Do you still take the temps at the same time when you wake up? I would have thought that your body would normalise fairly quickly, and that after a long sleep your temps would be the same as after a long sleep in a diff time zone.

Happy new year fellow chart spotters Well despite what I thought was a really good month for us, AF turned up this morning. Really disappointed, as usual! Temp has been plumitting for the past few days, so should have expected it, but I was trying to stay positive.

Hope you all had a good New years eve. Anyone got plans to do things differently this month?

Thanks for the positive thinking.

Happy New Year to All. xx

geek.......i have just looked at your chart, its looking good....whats happening?
xmassy yours looks good too...fingers crossed!

when af arrives natty?...........IF af arrives you mean! once is all it takes isn't it! this could be YOUR month! why not? i know 3 people who have concieved really quickly on clomid by the way, and one of them had twins! 2007 will be a great year for us all!!!!!

Yeah i am thinking of not telling him this month as it does put pressure on him even though he does not say so. I might have a chat with him when AF arrives.

Chart is looking good, fingers crossed tests are just too early.

My thermometer is lost in the spare room, my room is being redecorated so everything has just been thrown into the spare room. Should get it back sometime over the weekend.

xx

Hi Natty

Temps holding but another BFN test this morning. Ah well. Know what you mean about getting DP to be into it at the 'right times'... it's a lot of pressure for them, I think.

Next month I was thinking about just telling him in advance roughly what the few days will be and letting him get on with it. He does know, after all, that it's important for it to happen every other day at least during that period. But somehow we ended up this cycle with him looking slightly scared as he got into bed each night during the fertile phase!! Can't say I blame him really... he's not used to being jumped on so much!!

I think a break away could be a good idea, although again I worry that it could be too much pressure. I was trying to get mine to see that he should try to get into the mindset that it's a GREAT opportunity for him to have as much sex as he likes... a couple of years ago he would have relished the chance!

How's everyone else doing? Greedy? Geek? Call in and let us know!! Hope everyone's been having a lovely Christmas.

Hi

Hope you have a fab hol Mrs and if you can e-mail me before you go, i will give you my mobile number and you can text me if you get a BFP and then i will let everyone on here know for you.

Yes it looks liked i oved on xmas eve but only managed to fit some bed action in on Saturday (so day before ov) and not managed to do it again since, just been so busy and the week before no action either as OH was working late and too tired.

went to doctors yesterday for my re prescription of clomid (only 2 months left on it) and dr started saying make sure you have enough sex and don't do it a week before you are due to ov so the sperm can build up and then do it for 3 days in a row around ov and then whenever you want after that. I felt like saying 'tell my OH he is the lazy git'

I really want to give the next two months my best shot as i have LOD book in march and would love to be preggers before that, any ideas on how i can get OH to get me loving 3 days in a row? So far i have thought of a break away?

Xmassy - chart is looking good, even if you don't get a BFP at least it will give you lots of info once 1st chart is complete.

Hope everyone had a fab christmas.xxx

Have a fab holiday MrsMc. Now then - where's everyone else gone . Am I the only one left with nothing better to do than be on MN??!!

Bad cramping this morning - textbook AF symptoms, if I'm honest. Preparing myself for AF imminent arrival, but as it's my first month of charting I'm just watching now to see how long my LP is and so far am glad it seems to be holding off! I was worried when I OV @ CD17 (originally the s/w put it down at CD18) because my last few cycles have been 27 days and it looked at first sight that my LP might only be 9 days. Now on 10dpo and no spotting yet. All bodes well for the future

Just been for a final chart spot!

Natty - looking good, perfect timing of OV around Christmas!

Geek - we need an update! how are you cycle buddy?

Xmassy - sorry about BFN this morning but remember 70 odd % don't get a BFP on 10dpo. Hang in there

Festive greetings to Greedy, 3Cats, Snowydays, Sparkly, BBW and all of my spotter pals! x

Of course, sorry, I forgot . I woke up to cramps this morning, they are as low as they can go and up to my waist and all around, not the usual AF stuff but don't sound good for a BFP either. Plus, I am really regretting doing that test yesterday as I only have one cheapie and a digital to take with me - might have to buy reinforcements at the airport! Cheerio for now, I'll have everything crossed for you!

MrsMc - I don't know how long my LP is; it's my first month of proper charting. Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if OV was delayed this month due to stressing about it and that therefore my cycle will be longer than 27 days. Grr. Want an answer one way or the other before NYE!!

I know exactly what you mean, makes perfect sense to me! . I think it's easy to read a pg sign into anything don't you!? especially at this stage!

the LP stage is normally the same length of time in a person so if you OVd later than usual, AF/BFP will probably be later too. Sorry!

Re tests - yup, meant to use first urine as the HCG is most concentrated then, apparently!

Well those symptoms all sound very familiar from my reading of those boards..!! I think you're in the opposite position to me - you have some well-known symptoms there, but you probably don't want to think too much about what they could mean just in case they turn out NOT to mean what you hope they mean!! (Does that make any sense??) On the other hand, I have no discernable symptoms whatsoever!!

Although - and this will make you laugh - of course, after reading those boards, I DID start to think that I might have some symptoms after all. I have been going to the loo a LOT, and have had really bad wind for the past two days... both of which I managed to find on the 2ww symptoms board!! So there you go - conclusive proof! It dawned on me this afternoon that AF should be here in a couple of days, although I'm wondering whether or not my cycle might be a bit longer this month as I didn't OV until CD17. My last 3 cycles have all been 27 days and before that I didn't take note of exactly how long they were so have no idea whether I'm particularly regular.

Re. those pg tests - I know I'm meant to know this, but I take it that you're meant to use them with early morning urine? I too did mine this afternoon, so probably a complete waste too!!

I was on those boards last night having a peak too! and on twoweekwait.com . I know exactly what you mean about the threads, it really makes you realise that the only 2 ways to know whether or not you are pregnant is to get a BFP or your AF! . I also spent some time looking at the success charts and I found that really heartening because there were quite a few who had been trying for a while, didn't do anything new but then got their BFPs, made me realise that it does happen and the other thing was how little some people with BFPs were BDing, that made me feel better after our less than amorous cycle!! .

Confession time for me too I don't know why I did it but I tested today too. It was 12.30 (I KNOW - stupid!) and I used a dip in cheapie. Got a BFN but am not bothered at all, I know that it is far too early to be getting a BFP at lunchtime, if at all. So like you, I am staying positive until the AF or BFP arrive.

The odd things are feeling a bit queasy every now and then and then feeling better after food. I could not put my finger on it yesterday but I just felt really odd. My boobs are definately bigger but not at all tender and some veins are showing on them which is not usual for me but has happened before. I also woke up last night to use the loo and had a really odd taste in my mouth. I never normally wake up in the night. So there you go, nothing you can put your finger on, just a few observations that could be but might not be signs! Oh the power of the mind!!

Don't you worry, I'll be in touch either way!

Hello!
Yes, feeling less grumpy today, but DO have a hangover to contend with!
I've just spent a while reading a great thread on the tcoyf.com forums, where everyone who's just got a BFP posts what their 2ww symptoms were, if any.

Very enlightening - mainly because everyone has such different symptoms that it makes you realise that symptom-spotting is utterly futile! I found it really interesting, and encouraging too, to read of so many success stories. It was also interesting how many people said they really didn't have any intuitive feeling that they were pregnant, despite thinking that if they WERE pg, they'd somehow 'feel' pregnant. There was the odd post from someone symptom spotting on there and it does make me smile sometimes, the different things that we all think could mean something - one woman said she had really bad ear ache... and please could someone tell her if that was a symptom!

Lucky you off for 10 days, sounds wonderful. Hope it'll be a fabulously relaxing time for you and DH. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you - and my toes - really hope it's your turn this month. BUT you MUST find a way to let us know what the news is!! I don't think I can stand the suspense!

Maybe it's because I really don't have any particular feeling about it this month, I've already caved into doing a pg test. I have 3 or 4 of the cheapies left and think I'll just do a test each day now until AF arrives (or BFP!!). That was another interesting and grounding thing about reading the 2ww symptom-spotting thread - I looked at a lot of the women's charts, and reading their posts describing their symptoms it was amazing how many of them backed up that statistic you have previously given about getting BFN pg test results at 9,10,11,12,13 etc DPO... only then to go on to get a BFP a few days later. So that made me feel better about doing a test now, because I knew that it could only be good news. Either it was a BFP (it wasn't of course), or it was a BFN - which only means that the jury is still out, until evil AF arrives! That's enough justification for me now, I think...

So go on then MrsMc - what are these odd symptoms (IF you were symptom spotting, which you're not)? How are you feeling, apart from nervous that is!

Hi there Hope you are feeling less grumpy today! it understandable though, this is the worst point in the cycle if you ask me! Alcohol is meant to hike your temps up but I think it does depend on the person, late rising and booze don't seem to affect mine much. Sorry to hear that you are not feeling that positive, some cycles you do and others you don't, there just seems to be no rhyme or reason to it really. Keping my fingers crossed for you. I intend to pop on tomorrow before I head off for 10 days to see how you are

Not as bloated today but if I was symptom spotting (which I'm not!) there would be some odd ones. 9dpo today and feeling more nervous than anything. I do have a good feeling this cycle but I have been wrong before!!

Hope that's all the Christmas fare MrsMc (causing the bloating, that is). Wow, I was SO grumpy yesterday, I was 100% convinced AF was on her way. Not suffering so much today (and neither is DP) so who knows. My temps are way up today, but confession I indulged rather too heavily in red wine last night, and my other sky-high temp came the morning after a similarly indulgent night. Is alcohol meant to distort your temps like that?

On the CM front, it's varying from creamy > sticky each day. The things we share with each other!! My boobs feel a BIT sore today, first day of that. I am pretty sure I'm not pg, at least - I really don't feel pregnant, at all. Maybe it's intuition, maybe not. Last month, peculiarly, I was much more positive - but I think that's because I had such weird symptoms for such a long time before AF came.