The July 19ers - STILL never beaten, and rocking our FJs for a lucky thread

Looks positive to me @edidxb!

What CD is it??

Oh ladies I'm having a mare!!
I've been temping with both my lady comp and then my standard bbt - which is on my kindara chart.

I didn't start last comp until CD19 (which I think was day after Ov) and decided to plot the line out as the temps are always different to my bbt chart....

The ONLY similarity is that it's raised temp cd19-20, the rest is a completely different pattern!!! What do I believe?!

Yay get on it edidxb good luck. For me it is the next day my temp spikes so I'm probably in the 12-24 hours post positive OPK. I say DTD tonight and again tomorrow maybe?

Ok, did the test again 2 hours later and got the smiley face
Yay! Now just need to work how to get DH up for it. Also, pre miscarriage I think I was on the far end of ovulating following an Opk sometimes as much as 3 days. Or at least that's when my temp rose.
What is the average in this group? Are you more like 12 hours later or 48 hours? Need to try and get the timing right.....

hahahaha!!! I am really "tired" not really "hard" in the morning.......that would probably be my husband not me!!!!

Morning all.
So I did my opk this morning about 10am. I find it really hard to use FMU as I am usually both really hard and also desperate for the loo when I wake up so faffing around with trying to tear things open is a nightmare.
Anyway I had held urine for about 3 hour which is what I usually do. Did my test with my pink Clearblue test. Its just the original one, not the advanced with the flashy smileys. I found I preferred either no smile or it's a positive smile rather than the weird in between phase. Anyway......I did it and it came up with an error that I either didn't get enough urine on it or too much or some other problem. I took the test out and it looked like it was positive. I know the test sticks aren't the same as the normal opk tests but I always check and it normally looks like a normal opk test if it's positive. I had collected the urine and done a cheap internet test at the same time which also looks positive.
I will try and save urine up for the next few hours and test again with the Clearblue but what do you think?
Positive?

I really don't want to do the pg test on the CBFM- that is far too stark for my liking!

Realised the only month I OPKed since starting to TTC was in fact a 26 cycle (prior to mc). Have worked out I had an 8 day luteal phase before my period, if OPK was correct. Which seems to suggest my luteal phase does vary. Wish I had been more clued up on this before. Worrying.

Hi all
I know 8dpo is too early... and the cbfm I've found out is 50ml sensitivity which is way too high for early reading.... but I'm cd26 today and I had a 26day cycle last month.... I know it was stupid to test but. Thought 'just maybe?'
Anyway it's set the tone for this month and I anticipate AF soon I just hope my lutural phase is Over 10 days so at least something is right! X

Betty haha yes! I didn't tell DH last time and just did it either normally with him or by myself if he wasn't around. Maybe this cycle I'll tell him it's a must do and request some help 😂

Rose it's not a thing at all! Just my own idea after someone on another thread mentioned things they were doing to increase blood flow down there and I thought orgasm must be a good way to get the blood flowing!

tigsy more fun than a heat pack or yoga! Combination of self induced and not, DH location and willingness depending.

Twittle I've heard that too. Sometimes we finish together but normally I'm a good while before DH so don't get that benefit. Once he's finished I find it really hard to finish myself, I get too preoccupied with messing up the bed sheets

Sorry all for the tmi!!

Kin Yeah I read about how orgasms could help get the sperms up there towards the egg and help make a good environment for fertilisation too! I'm pretty lucky DH pretty much always get me to that point but on times he doesn't, I'll finish myself off once he leaves the clean himself up hahaha! No clue if he noticed what I was doing!

@Kinsters ..... self induced?? Sounds like fun!! 😂

Interesting! I haven’t heard that one before!

@Kinsters that's as good an excuse as any!!

I read about the increasing blood flow to the uterus to help with lining growth so on my pregnancy cycle I had an orgasm every day from CD1 to ovulation...

Oh dear this is month 3 for me and DH likely to not be here at the right time. I think I may as well give up.
I’m cd 5 so very similar, it is boring. I am trying to do femoral massage on myself again, but it’s bloody hard and I just keep thinking what is the frigging point.

I love tax so if anyone has any tax questions fire away!

Hi @Rose68 - we are meant to be more fertile following a miscarriage. I have read lots about it and if you get pregnant during the 3 months following a miscarriage the chances of not having a miscarriage again drop a lot. The odds are still good within 6 months but then the stats drop again. I was just at the 6/7 month border line after my first miscarriage.
Apparently the levels of folic acid etc in our systems following a miscarriage are meant to help conceive again and keep it.......

BUT, as we know, it's never as simple as that unfortunately.

Urggghhh - tax return. I hate doing any form of paper work.

I am a bit annoyed here as I feel I am wasting a day off as I have mainly sat at home. But I am so tired it feels good to have a lazy day at home.

I'm just in the boring waiting to ovulate period. CD4 so definitely not fertile and definitely not pregnant. Boring!

I wish we were more fertile following an MC! I was speaking to a colleague today whose pregnant, at about the same stage I should have been so its going to be quite upsetting (idk if that's the right word) to see her pregnancy progress the same way mine should have. She said she had a miscarriage last year as well so hopefully I can do the same as her and get pregnant soon after.

It’s gone quiet on here 😞

I am trying to do my tax return, but keep getting distracted by Mumsnet and feeling fed up, plus I know this month is a write off before we even get there. There have been a few bfp’s on the over 40’s thread recently, so how come I can’t do it? As Frazzle said, I thought we were more fertile following an mc....

@Tigsy 8dpo is really really early, plenty of time yet. Sending you a big hug

@Pegase if your LP was only 5 days you wouldn’t have got pregnant cause your AF would have started before it had a chance to implant. I’m sure you have nothing to worry about, but maybe start tracking how long between ov and af. x

@Prosecco sorry about your cousin, that’s crap. Enjoy the snow! I think it’s forecast here next week. x

Oh @tigsy I know. It's awful. When I was TTC in between miscarriages last year I decided after the first 2 months I wouldn't test again until AF was late as I couldn't bear to see a negative test. It really upsets me, more than just AF arriving.
@pegase my luteal phase did vary between 10 and 14 days before. I was trying to get it longer by eating better etc and it did work slightly. But anything less than 10 days means you can't get pregnant.
@proseccobee I know what you mean. I was listening to another of my podcasts yesterday and it was about the opiod crisis in America and it was a lady who was a heroin addict for 15 years, been clean for a year and just had a baby! Whilst I am so impressed she has turned her life around it did upset me somewhat that she got pregnant whilst in recovery and carried to full term!
I had a slight lie in this morning, have been to the supermarket, just had a cup of tea on my sofa and am just generally so happy that I am not at work!!!!!
We DTD the last night but still a negative OPK today.....

oh tigsy that is so bloomin stark and in your face isnt it I am sorry

Morning
So this morning my cb monitor said I could test for pregnancy (cd26).... I thought what the hell I know I'm only 8dpo but I have 5 tests in the pack. I knew what it was going to see, and sure enough I'm not pregnant ... but seeing it like this was so definitive. I burst into tears. I should be 17 weeks now and instead I'm being told in flashing lights I'm not pregnant. Why oh why did I think that was a goof idea 😢

Good morning all! Its Friday!

Pegase just supporting what Kin stated. Your LP should be same every cycle (so when people say they're AF is late/early they actually mean they OVd later/earlier than usual)

Prosecco brrr snow! Do you enjoy it? I do understand what you mean about your cousin, seems unfair when she is being so unhealthy and you are trying everything.

Pegase luteal phase should stay the same length cycle to cycle, its the pre ovulation phase which can differ. So yeah, ovulation day would vary cycle to cycle. If you're worried about your luteal phase I think it's probably a sign not to be worried that you did get pregnant (even though it ended in MC). As far as I know, a short luteal phase would mean you never got to the pregnant stage.

New source of anxiety- what if I have a short luteal phase? I have had some 26 day cycles in past 6 months but definitely ovulated around day 21 both this cycle and the one ending in mc. Wasn't tracking ov at time of 26 day cycles but really hoping it didn't occur on day 21 then! Can ov day vary a lot between cycles?