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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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danielasummer · 03/12/2019 07:34

Hi everyone, just making this thread as it seems a few of us will be trying SMEP to TTC! Adding these lovely ladies in from another thread but I hope everyone feels free to join! All welcome :)

@Devgirl31 @fayy123 @NCON @MrsKJW19

Some stats about me:

TTC #1
27 years old, DH is 28 years old
Missed miscarriage in October 2019 at 7+2 weeks
Still in that cycle (no AF yet)
Long and irregular cycles, some anovulatory
Suspected low progesterone/hypothyroidism (I think this based on symptoms, not diagnosed yet!)

Hope we can all provide support for each other in this crazy TTC journey.

Feel free to introduce yourselves :)

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ChampooPapi · 12/01/2020 20:33

Cd17 here and since Thursday have dtd 5 times 🥵

Now I get three days off as the man will dissapear until Thurs again tomorrow morning. I think I better continue the baby dancing next weekend as well to cover all bases but then I am down with a much more relaxed approach (sexually at least! ) in February.

I'm pretty sure I won't be lucky this month but I won't beat myself up about it if not after all this crazy sex, it's been fun, ridiculous, and pretty intense, but I am fricking done with it now, I need a break 😴

HE88 · 12/01/2020 19:59

Thanks @danielasummer I only ever used opks so can't comment on bbt. Xx

@mrsbevans2403 I used those opks and always tested with fmu. Your static face will stay there for 48 hours and I'm sure once it's disappeared you can start testing again but I might be wrong I would need to read the instructions. I would continue to follow SMEP if I was you. Xx

mrsbevans2403 · 12/01/2020 13:41

🙂 @danielasummer cycles are usually band on 30 days and it's usually another 5/6 days before I would ovulate... we might just have to keep up the BD.. and see what happens! Thanks for the reply x

bluemoon2468 · 12/01/2020 13:01

@danielasummer thanks for your reply! Yeah thank god we just decided to BD every second day after AF, could have missed it!

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danielasummer · 12/01/2020 12:38

Hi @bluemoon2468 you need to have at least 3 temps above the coverline to confirm ovulation as sometimes we can get erratic, random temps (either higher or lower than expected) so see what they are tomorrow and the next day and you'll be able to see if you ov'd on CD11 or not. Good that you BD on CD10 though! x

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bluemoon2468 · 12/01/2020 12:09

Help please! Have I ovulated early? As you can see I'm predicted to ovulate on CD16. In the past I've ovulated anywhere from CD14-20, but this would be CD11 which is really early! Only started taking OPKs on CD10 as suggested by SMEP, and on CD10 the line was strong but not quite enough for positive, then yesterday was quite a weak line, and today was almost nothing. What do you think?

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danielasummer · 12/01/2020 11:35

@JoesM12 on CD26 which is before I discarded any temps. It took into account my previous ov days (around CD25) but 26 does seem early to me this month, considering I was ill which may have impacted ovulation. There again, it might not have. Confusing, this waiting game! Oh well, HPT a week today if AF hasn't shown up! Thank you x

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JoesM12 · 12/01/2020 11:03

@danielasummer I would absolutely go by what NC says in that case!! What day does NC say you ov? I’ve found natural cycles very accurate and I’ve only been using it about 6 months, so a lot less than you but I’ve found it predicts really well x

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danielasummer · 12/01/2020 10:38

@JoesM12 on my natural cycles app it says my coverline is 36.28 so no idea! I've used NC for years and FF only for this cycle so I'm not sure which to go by 🤷🏻‍♀️ what do you think? My pre-ov temps are quite low. Thank you for helping x

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JoesM12 · 12/01/2020 10:35

@danielasummer it looks to me like 36.4 is your cover line (similar to mine) so I would say you ovulated on CD35?

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danielasummer · 12/01/2020 10:16

From CD26-CD32 I discarded temps as I was ill x

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danielasummer · 12/01/2020 10:10

Good morning all, happy weekend! ☺️ just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this..here is my chart for this cycle - when did I ovulate? CD32 or CD35? Or any other ideas? Fertility friend hasn't picked up on it yet or added any cross hairs! Would really appreciate your opinions because of course that would determine when AF is due and when I can test 🤞🏻☺️

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danielasummer · 12/01/2020 10:08

Hi @mrsbevans2403 ahh that's a shame! I would just DTD every other day, how long are your cycles normally and when do you normally ovulate? X

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danielasummer · 12/01/2020 10:08

@HE88 wishing you luck for your early scan ☺️ I track using BBT and cervical fluid. X

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mrsbevans2403 · 12/01/2020 04:43

How are we going? today is CD10 for me...
has anyone used the clear blue digital ovulation tests? I I didn't read the instructions - clearly - and just did a test (it's lunch time here)... it has come back with peak fertility! Everything I have ever read says OPK are best used NOT with first morning wee - expect these ones! Reading properly has now told me that testing at any other time can give false peaks 🤦🏽‍♀️ so now it's saying that i can't test again this cycle as it's already detected peak 😫 damn it!!!! What should I do? Just continues with SMEP and not worry about OPKS? Or take the results as accurate? I can't go and buy any others as we live 2 hours from the closest shops! 🙄

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HE88 · 11/01/2020 12:01

@danielasummer I will do. I think I might get an early scan just to check everything is OK especially since I had a laparoscopy in October.
Ah fingers crossed for you remember your not out until af shows. How have you been tracking ovulation? Xx

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danielasummer · 11/01/2020 10:50

@HE88 that's great, keep us updated! Will you be having an early scan or waiting until the 12 week?

Keeping ok thanks. Trying to keep chilled in this TWW as I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant. Now looking forward to the next cycle really, will get on the CB digitals to give me peace of mind I think. x

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HE88 · 11/01/2020 10:27

@danielasummer I will be 5 weeks on Monday. No not had a midwife appointment yet only filled the referral form in yesterday so hopefully hear from them soon.
How have you been keeping? Xx

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danielasummer · 11/01/2020 10:20

@Bunny2006 NC is great I think :) How is Flo? I also use FF to cross-reference NC and they sometimes say different O dates but the fertile window is the same on both! FF seems to think I have a LP of 14 days but NC thinks its 12-13 days. Oh well! Lots of DTD just in case haha.

@HE88 hi lovely, aw I'm so happy to hear that! So how far along are you? Have you had a midwife app yet?

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HE88 · 10/01/2020 18:31

Hi all hope you are all doing well. Sorry I've been quiet since my bfp announcement but just wanted to make sure it was real ha ha which it 100% is thank goodness 😁.

Bunny2006 · 09/01/2020 21:55

I might look into Natural Cycles. I currently use two free apps to plot my BBT graph etc, fertility friend and flo

JoesM12 · 09/01/2020 21:34

@bluemoon2468 @danielasummer ah that makes sense now I see! Thank you both 😊

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danielasummer · 09/01/2020 21:28

@JoesM12 it's really good isn't it? I've used it for years and really like it, first as birth control, then following a pregnancy and now TTC.

As @bluemoon2468 said, when you have 3 consecutive high temps above your coverline, the last low temp is the day you ovulated.

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bluemoon2468 · 09/01/2020 21:25

@JoesM12 yeah pretty much. Here's an example of one of my charts from a few months ago (have no idea why I have two temp rises so ignore the first one - that happens to me every single month and I can't explain it...)

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JoesM12 · 09/01/2020 21:14

Ladies, those of you that temp, once your temp increases and stays elevated does that mean you’ve definitely ovulated? 🙈 it’s still confuses me 😂