Ttc#1 THREAD 3. Some bfp's, some bfn's, cervical mucus examination class of what was supposed to be January 2016.

I think I'll have a go with OPK strips next month just to hopefully get some kind of sign that I obviously am ovulating. I'm not sure I noticed any EWCM though. Can you ovulate but your mucus just isn't erm conductive to allow the passage of swimmers??

Relaxing is the key. And shagging regularly throughout your cycle. Even twice a week would cover it.
I don't chart, I go by CM and I generally can feel ovulation coming on. I used to chart. My husband has (quite rightly) forbidden it. I think it was putting it on a whiteboard in the kitchen that did it. And calling him home early from work when the sticks decreed.

Fingers crossed for us all!

Runner and Bunch how are you both feeling now?

pink I am purely using Ovia at the moment, not used any OPK yet have said will try them next month if we arent lucky this month. I must admit I have had some symptoms of ovulation noticebly my CM is a different consistency yesterday and today. It is confusing though I do have another app but like you they varied so I thought it best to stick to Ovia.

Almost finished work for the weekend, then I am going to have a nice soak and maybe a glass of wine while the OH is at football training. Feeling more relaxed now and hopefully that will help TTC.

Lan opk's are really good for some and not as good for others. I got really strong results from mine. The only reason they weren't perfect was because I started using them too late because I ovulated spectacularly early.

Stark don't give yourself such a hard time. None of us have any control over this. It's like playing pin the tail on the donkey only, with sperm but if your used to taking control of your life and making things happen it's absolutely maddening!

Pink Ovia was a week late for me too. I think it takes a couple of cycles to calibrate.

So fertility friend matches my own feeling - that ovulation was last week. Interesting to see the difference in apps based on inputting the same information!

Lara that's really interesting. Think I will download fertility friend and see how that compares.

Lara based on the amount of ewcm and cramps I had, I personally think I ovulated on Monday. Either way I think I dtd enough to cover all my bases.

snow, I believe mine was around 13-14, so we're very similar.

pink, Ovia puts my O about 4 days later than I believe it was (based on ewm two days before and other symptoms). Fertility Friend puts it 4 days earlier than Ovia, so I think that's more accurate for me.

Well I just did another OPK and it was negative, so that's a negative OPK on every day of Ovias fertile window. Now convinced that I ovulated last week and feel a bit calmer in that knowledge.

I only had one positive opk, two nearly positive, and the rest negative. I went more on my ewcm to be honest. The apps I use seem to match up with each other as far as making the 15th my O day. I had ewcm pretty much from Friday to Tuesday so that's when I focused on dtd.

starky and pink sorry to hear you're stressed. It's all so confusing! I have 3 different apps all telling me different fertile periods!

Lana I've just got some OPKs through too but am thinking, like you, that I'm not sure I want to start using them if they might be wrong and just confuse/stress me more!

Glad to hear it Starky. They say relaxing is the easiest way to get preggo when TTC, added stress doesn't help the already rather complicated matter.

I'm worried about doing the OPKs when they arrive now. I don't want to get totally sucked into an app that isn't accurate iykwim.
Hopefully plenty of time spent together during the 2 week break will mean a BFP in the new year.
Although I am worried about being pregnant during the summer in case I am really uncomfortable with the heat. I just think too far ahead I think haha x

Runner snap. Once in the fertile window for me too and drank throughout my tww. We're excellent role models!

I just wrote a massive long reply to everyone and lost it

The gist was, you're all ok, don't panic, trust your cm it does not lie and Ni don't use me as a role model. I only shagged once during my fertile window and got absolutely hammered a week before getting my positive.

to all

Lana - i always put the data in. For me the problem is my OPK last wednesday was dark but still a smidgen off the the darkness of the control line, so I put it into Ovia as a negative OPK. On reflection I think that was as dark as it was going to get for me, or that I ovulated maybe later that day/ early the next morning (I only do OPKs once a day). Who knows!

If i add in that I ovulated last week, the fertile windows change, but nothing else has made the data change for me.

Girls, when you do your OPKs, do you put the results into Ovia too? I know you can change if you have AF and spotting etc so that can change your data. X

Does it not tell you what that data is Starky? I do like Ovia but I think I need to keep on with the OPKs and hopefully at some point they will marry up with what Ovia says so I can figure out what the hell is going on!

Ovia had me at 10.0 on Wednesday and 9.5 on Thursday, but both OPKs were negative for those days, so I'm pretty sure Ovia is wrong in my case. Going to test again later this afternoon just to see. We haven't DTD since Tuesday night, so if Ovia were correct we've missed the two highest marked dates, so I feel your frustration

Drink - there are days I wonder that too. I think of all of the women who got pregnant years and years ago when we didn't have fancy things like OPK sticks and thermometers, and they managed, so sometimes I question whether I should just ditch the 'technology' and have lots and lots of sex. But then I think a helping hand can't hurt

The swimmers can live for 5 days so Tuesday is not that far off. Like you said though you may not have even ovulated yet. Have you had any EWCM?

Starky don't fret yet. Have you dtd over the last few days? As long as you dtd every other day throughout the month you won't miss it. I know that's easier said than done.