TTC #1 Thread 14. Shroedingering Like Champions! (It's an art form and a skill!)

Just need to share that I'm being tormented by the idea I'm preggers, smack in the middle of my TWW. Just chaired the department senior management team meeting thinking how much my boobs hurt!! Psychosomatic I'm sure. What an idiot. Argh.

Just popping in for a quick cuppa... I do miss English tea but I just got told yesterday that there's a supermarket near here that sells proper Yorkshire tea so I'm going there today to buy the lot!
13dpo and have had zero, and I mean absolutely no, signs of anything. I'm due af today or maybe tomorrow at a push. I've only just started getting cramps so I feel like af was just finding a new way to torment me. If she's not rocked up by tonight I'll test. The good news is our new fertility dr has cleared both dh and I for medicated IUI starting in June! Dh's counts are good, he killed all his swimmers by transporting them in an air conditioned car the first time. I guess he didn't take me seriously when I said to keep them body temp in his bra or something. His second sample was much better, over 300 million and 65% motile. Low morphology but that's ok according to the dr as his counts basically indicate 200+ million motile sperm. Hoping with Clomid I'll release a couple of decent eggs and the washed sperm he said will be at least 30-50 million so we are in good shape.
How's everyone else? Congrats may 🎉🎉💐💐

HepKestrel - I used the Clearblue 4 day window ones this month - due to irregular cycles I had to use a lot of sticks - they are expensive but it saved squinting and holding it up to the light to guess if it was a line or not. It suggests stopping testing if 9 days of high but no peak but I had a box of 20 so carried on (like anyone TTC is going to stop). I wasted several sticks by failing to follow instructions - my brain isn't in gear first thing.

bluebird - would you like me to change my username to avoid any confusion? I have only just joined so noone knows me as blueladybird yet.

Thanks or the tips re: temping Ni4444. I don't think I can face anything other than mouth or armpit so I'll start that next month.

I take my temps from foof - definitely more accurate. I tend to sleep with my mouth open a lot (attractive, huh) so my temps varied wildly - went to the foof for more reliable ones. That said, my chart still has a touch of the Rocky Mountains going on.

Moose, totally think you did the right thing. People always bang on about relaxing to get upduffed and the last thing you'd want to do is worry about food choices on holiday. I'd have done exactly the same (and did, on honeymoon - there was no WAY I was going to abstain while I was out there!!).

sorry about AF ninja, but new cycle new egg! And 43 days? yeek.... don't envy you there!

Have started ov testing this morning. neg at cd10.
fx that the window overlaps nicely with the weekend!

am trying the clearblue digital monitor with the 4 day window (flashing smileys) You can find them at reasonable price on t'internet from your favourite tax-dodging evil shopping site.

APRIL
Pug - 18th
Crazycatlady - 24th
Mayago - 25th
Snowdog - 26th
Moose - 28th
Kav - 29th
InspectorPenguin - 30th
Kat - 30th

MAY
Bluebird - 2nd
Skylucy - 2nd
Ctulhoo - 4th
Blueladybird - 4th
ipatches - 4th
Hankpeach - 5th
Theorchard - 5th
Twinky - 5th
Kathrino - 5th
ni - 7th
Fxskip - 7th
Island - 13th
Ever - 15th
Celizabe - 16th
Hep - 16th
Lovelyfishy - 18th
Jem - 20th
Alice - 20th
Neonninja - 30th

Not sure / on a break
Miw
Vix
Confused
Laurenowls
Zazzles

GRADS
mayago

APRIL
Pug - 18th
Crazycatlady - 24th
Mayago - 25th
Snowdog - 26th
Moose - 28th
Kav - 29th
InspectorPenguin - 30th
Kat - 30th

MAY
Bluebird - 2nd
Skylucy - 2nd
Ctulhoo - 4th
Blueladybird - 4th
ipatches - 4th
Hankpeach - 5th
Theorchard - 5th
Twinky - 5th
Kathrino - 5th
ni - 7th
Fxskip - 7th
Island - 13th
Ever - 15th
Celizabe - 16th
Hep - 16th
Lovelyfishy - 18th
Jem - 20th
Alice - 20th
Neonninja - 30th

Not sure / on a break
Miw
Vix
Confused
Laurenowls
Zazzles

GRADS
mayago

APRIL
Pug - 18th
Crazycatlady - 24th
Mayago - 25th
Snowdog - 26th
Moose - 28th
Kav - 29th
InspectorPenguin - 30th
Kat - 30th

MAY
Bluebird - 2nd
Skylucy - 2nd
Ctulhoo - 4th
Blueladybird - 4th
ipatches - 4th
Hankpeach - 5th
Theorchard - 5th
Twinky - 5th
Kathrino - 5th
ni - 7th
Fxskip - 7th
Island - 13th
Ever - 15th
Celizabe - 16th
Hep - 16th
Lovelyfishy - 18th
Jem - 20th
Alice - 20th
Neonninja - 30th

Not sure / on a break
Miw
Vix
Confused
Laurenowls
Zazzles

GRADS
mayago

Morning all

Hahaa at your little French blastocyst moose I hope you have brought home a little stowaway!

All this exercise is inspiring! I'm doing a fitness class tonight after work run by a colleague in Regents Park. Hoping the sun stays out!

I've updated the list, please let me know if I've missed anyone.

So good to see everyone being active. I did yoga last night and have netball tonight!

neon glad you are finally out of limbo land and can get cracking with a new cycle.

kwick if you are reading this we are thinking about you

I'm thinking of getting a thermometer next cycle if no joy this one. FF won't commit to an ovulation date without it so I'm still none the wiser of when I actually ovulate!

Yeah I think someone said foof temp is more accurate, but I'll take a bit of inaccuracy over feeling like a turkey being basted!! Enough hitting my foof as it is in this ttc malarkey!

Moose that sounds absolutely blissful!!

I think I remember it being foof temperature too Kat

Evening girls! Just had a quick catch up after landing from a long weekend in France!!

Congrats maya Lovely to see a BFP - we seem to have lost our lucky streak!

I completely ignored the TWW in France, ate pate, cheese and drank red wine. If there is a little blastocyst in there it's dressed in a stripey jumper, wearing a beret with a string of garlic round it's neck! I just couldn't bear to ruin a holiday on the miniscule chance that I was upduffed.

However, I am all up for the healthy eating/exercise support group. I've totally let myself go the past couple of months, no wonder I'm not getting preggers! Regime starts tomorrow!

Hello newbies!

(I'm sure we were talking about temping was back on thread 3-5 ish.... And I'm pretty sure someone was telling me that you had to take the temp from your foo... Maybe stark or someone else might remember??)

AF finally hit today after 43 days! Relieved I'm out of limbo land after all the BFNs. Can I have a ticket for the May bus please jem? Pop me down for the 30th please

Hi blueladyblue - welcome! I'm new too...and the same age as you...and full of questions too! I naively never realised how much of an unknown this would all be...massively out of my comfort zone! Jem, my lovely AF is due on 2 May, ready to celebrate the long weekend .

Thanks for the warm welcome back Hello to those who have been here with me for a while (Kat, Ever, Ni) - nice to see you again - and hi to those who are newer

Today is CD20 and other than slightly obsessing over symptom spotting (I have none, but I'm desperately trying to convince myself otherwise), there's nothing to note.

I didn't get a positive OPK this month so not sure if I even ovulated, or if I did, I missed it. The OPK test strips went dark, but not dark enough to be a positive, on CD 11 & 12, and then lighter again on CD 13 to now not even showing up. I forgot to test on CD10, well done me.

Still having a love-hate relationship with Ovia. We consider her part of the family now.

Jem - I think AF is due on May 4. Not sure as my cycles have been all over the place but that's based on my last cycle length.

Oh absolutely Blue! Saves the OHs from half the crazy of ttc too! Not a stupid Q as some people do it vaginally! I just go for old fashioned under the tongue temp!

3dpo here and absolutely nothing to report! Jem apparently I ovulated early so AF may be due 4th (CD28) but let's leave it as the 7th so I resist getting worked up too early!

Kwick don't know if you're reading, but you're on my mind today-sending love your way xx

Stupid question but do you take BBT via your arm pit? I'll give it a whirl next month and thanks for the tip about fertility friend - I'll download that later and input my stats from Ovia over the past couple of months.

I really wish I had started using OPK, temping etc long before we started TTC as it would be helpful to have a better picture.

We have told absolutely noone we are TTC so it's good to be able to talk about it here.

I find the temping isn't as hard as it sounds. Wake up, take temperature before moving from bed or drinking anything, then input in fertility friend (not as cutesy looking as Ovia but much better at identifying actual ovulation date with temps). I'd order the basal body thermometer before spending 100 on the clearblue machine! It also shows if your progesterone levels are dropping/temperature is dropping (ie AF is coming) so less disappointment or misplaced expectation. But hey that's just what works for me!

Thank you Ni4444. I've found the OPKs okay so far - helpful for a systematic approach to DTD! I'm going to get another pack. I am tempted by the Clear Blue digital machine which is around £100 but not sure it adds much.

I do have a thermometer but haven't used it yet as it seems fiddly - is it? I'll have to wake up half an hour earlier to take my temp, write it down, POAS, check for a line then input it all to Ovia . Thanks for the early testing info... I will wait (promise). I am quite nervous about all this despite not usually being a nervous person normally, so I don't want to take on unnecessary disappointment. So that means I'll be testing on 4 May unless I am already out.

Otherwise all I'm doing is taking folic acid and not drinking after the high OPK which is actually making me feel pretty good!

Welcome Blueladybird! When you get a positive opk it means ovulation will happen in the next 12-72 hours I believe? Some of the other ladies here are much more knowledgable than I! Basically it means ovulation is coming soon so it's time to dtd!

Just went for a 5km run, feeling very good about myself right now! If I can't make a baby at least I can make my body better inside and out. And I've decided if I'm not pregnant by my birthday (November) might look at going to Las Vagas!!

Thank you for the warm welcome. I think AF is due 4 May - I'm assuming 'late' ovulation means long cycle as I'm either 30/37 day cycles. I can tell when AF is coming so will test bank holiday Monday if no signs but think it's unlikely this month as only managed to DTD once after positive on OPK.

Otherwise I'll start OPKs again early next month in case I have a short cycle - don't want to miss it. I am confused about when you are most fertile in relation to positive on OPK - is it before the positive OPK or after, and for how long?

Hi Blue! Welcome!! How are you finding the opks? I found temping is reassuring cos I know I'm ovulating (not that my eggs are doing what I'd like them to though!). Now listen don't test before AF is due or you won't get a Starky Star 🌟!! Plus you could get BFP as the stick picks up on something which sticks briefly, but then doesn't stick a few days later. Save yourself the heartache and wait til you're due to test!! Stark back me up here.... You're great on the rationale!

Hey all :) and congrats to mayago, so nice to see another bfp here!

I never used to get broody at all either. I think my maternal instincts got booted on at a later date than they do for most ladies ... I keep seeing gorgeous little babies and toddlers everywhere since we started trying.

After a hopeful start to the tww, I'm not feeling it right now. Temps went back down again and have been very up and down; no symptoms that I can detect really. Did have a lovely day out cycling on the weekend though (albeit to the pub for lunch and back) which took my mind off things a bit. Right now just want AF to show so we can start trying again, though it's not due for another 4 days.

Hi blueladybird! welcome to the thread.