June Bus anyone?!

Hello all, and congrats to the BFPs.

I think I'm 3dpo, but like an idiot I went away around my ov date and forgot my thermometer. Anything could be happening!!!! Based ov date on OPKs which is a bit precarious for me. Temp is up now though, so ov has happened at some point. And sex happened at around the right time. So I'm in with a shot!

Thanks tea you are my kind of symptom spotter! Convince myself of all sorts every month

Gin i think the rule is that anything different could be considered a sign

You may not have hCG in your system just yet but surely your other hormones go all skew whiff when they've realised conception has taken place? Though I am not basing this on any scientific theory whatsoever (clearly!)

Hey Mbire really feel for you and your DH. Must have been crap having stupid AF come late and getting your hopes up. My cycles have been frustratingly irregular but once I've finally OV'd AF has always shown up bang on time so far so at least I've been spared that. Really good to know the kinds of tests they might do. Think I'm going to give it a few more months (only been six) then try and show the doc my charts - if my cycles stay so long and irregular I wonder if they will factor it in? I had one excellent cycle last month which was 35 days, but all of my others have ranged been 42-56 days long. Currently 7DPO, symptom spotting like mad - weirdly my boobs haven't been remotely tender and they usually are, but I can hardly count this as a good sign as I think they are supposed to be worse not better?

MrsG, the only OPK I ever got a positive on was a clear blue advanced one with the flashing and static smilies. All others just gave me varying degrees of faint lines, even when I tested twice a day. It's totally possible to have a short surge and completely miss it!

Thanks poppydm and haveacupoftea

I hate OPKs too MrsG

It's so disheartening when you don't get a positive...

Or it could be that it's gradually going to darken if that's darker than usual as it might be the beginning of your surge. Might be worth testing again a few hours?

Id say that was negative MrsG. Sorry Is it possible you've just missed your positive?

Opinions please! I know the line is supposed to be darker than control line for OPK to be positive but this is the darkest line I've ever got! ( I always have a fainter line than this) I'm 7 days before AF due so it's not in any way ideal if my body does decide to ovulate but why get a slightly darker line than normal?!
I officially hate OPKs! yesterday when closing the cap ( I use boots ones) some of my pee flicked into my eye!! Haha TTC is so not glamorous!

Thanks writer for creating July bus, think I'll be heading there soon!
Fx for you Macaroni and Eva

Hey macaroni I'm identical to you - give me warning when you're testing and I'll test too very intrigued with the swaying thing! Do you already have a DS?

Hi girls hopefully I will be an official bfp member come next week ... I'm 5dpo not tested yet not good any tests in the house that's good for me lol we last dtd two days before ov to sway pink but now I wish we. Had done it more lol xxx due to test on 14th ahhh

negative OPK today and CM has gone back to cloudy... think (hope!) I just missed the surge on OPKs, I was testing regularly every day but on Saturday afternoon and evening I was busy and didn't get to test. Ovia gave me a score of 10 for Saturday and 9.5 for Sunday so I am going to go with their prediction and consider myself at 2DPO.

Feeling very sicky today but think it's just the pressure I have been putting myself under this week making me feel anxious

So AF finished yesterday, now DH and I can get down to DTD again this month, we have decided not to track my ovulation and to just enjoy the journey to conceiving our first child together. We started trying in May and was both so disappointed when AF arrived last week. Just hoping that this is our month, has anyone else noticed that cause we are ttc every where we look there's these cute little babies, am I the only one that feels slightly jealous?

I've started the July bus for those of us who unfortunately need to get off this one

I'm still going to lurk here though to watch all the BFPs hopefully come rolling in. Good luck everyone

I looked at fertility friend but decided to just stick with ovia even though it doesn't have the control line. I know ovia isn't that accurate but I'm mostly charting for fun not really taking it too seriously. I like the articles. I liked their pregnancy app too.

Thanks wispa that's brill! Trying not to get my hopes up too much because I'll be gutted with a BFN.
foxglove that sounds positive. I'd like a bit of implantation bleeding to feel like I'm getting somewhere!
bertie I've just signed up to fertility friend, have you got it? I'm finding it more useful because of the control line thing. Post ov I've had 5 above and 1 below.

Ignore the up and down ness earlier in cycle, I was still getting to grips with the thermometer.

I reckon mine is dropping too Eva but it's too early to tell I think. Still never mind. Maybe I'll get one for DH's birthday in august!

Congratulations to the BFP ladies

Writer, it sounds like we were in very similar situations! I've been feeling really nauseous recently and have been peeing every ten minutes so I thought I was onto a winner. I had what I felt were implantation pains at 5dpo at night, light pink spotting at 7dpo, light brown spotting the next day and now dark red blood (only when I wipe)... It's not as intense as a normal period so I really don't know what to think...
Being female is hard!
Sending you all lots of positive thoughts x

Eva, check out how low MINE dipped!

The waiting is the worst. With ds we weren't planning and it's only cause I felt like this I tested as I didn't have periods then. I was 5 weeks pregnant then so wondered if I'm a late tester?! Clutching at straws now, just want to be pregnant so much :(

And yeah I think if you temp goes up tomorrow again then it's a good looking chart.

I just had a look on google and this post has majorly got my hopes up (kinda wish I hadn't seen it now).
tryingtowait that sounds like you're very regular then. This TTC malarkey is like a book, waiting to turn the page to see what happens next!!

Well I didn't temp or anything this month but the past 6 months I've been trying my cycles have been 29 days with ovulation on cd 15. And tbh if it wasn't then we would have pretty much no chance as we didn't dtd after cd 14 for over a week as dh was ill.

I should also mention I have pcos but since I had my son 3.5 years ago my cycles have been normal