I'm reallllllllly regretting having the conversation with DH on the exact day I did because it has led to SO MUCH cycle confusion. We decided to go for it on cd8, with the 'just shag all the shagging time'.
I have never charted or anything (although do own the TCOYF book. I opened it a year ago, got scared, and put it away) but track when I do an ashtanga yoga practice and don't practice on the first 3 cycle days so had at least some information to go on, and have obviously flicked through the book so touched on some of the stuff.
On cd9 I had tonnes of thick, sticky CM that left a circle in my knickers, but I had literally nothing to compare it to, so in a moment of TTC insanity, tried an ovulation test thing on CD11 and got a static smiley so continued on the shagging front.
Started to wonder if it was the beginning, middle or end of 'the surge', but obviously couldn't test again for 48 hours so did a very stupid thing and tested again on CD16. Low fertility obviously, but by this point I had vowed to myself not to be as obsessed and scrap the tests next cycle, so had another go on CD18 and got the flashing smiley that day and CD19.
God it feels good to get that off my chest 😂
The symptom spotting is driving me insane, given I don't even know if or when I've ovulated. Today's beauty is a pain in my tailbone area, as if I've done a million squats and a noticable pain in my lower abdomen during this morning's yoga practice. Have literally no idea how I'm going to stop myself testing, but at least if its a BFN, I can start with a clear cycle and not lose my marbles quite so abruptly.
Good luck everybody. Bloody hell, we need it x