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AF due on 28th - waiting to test anyone else?

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Curious012 · 22/03/2020 14:39

Just that really - trying to keep away from the early testing. Anyone else waiting?

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Suki2020 · 17/04/2020 22:04

@laurah92 no not taken a test, going to wait and see if my period arrives next weekend. I have roughly a 32-35day cycle. Just seems weird that my temp isn’t very high compared to before ovulation. I use fertility friend.

laurah92 · 17/04/2020 21:45

@Suki2020 to me that looks like you ovulated on cd 17. Around 7-8 dpo you had a massive dip, that looks very promising, your temperature is meant to dip when implantation takes place, have you taken test yet? Maybe take test in morning? What app are you using? I use 2 different apps, I use Flo and Femometer x

Suki2020 · 17/04/2020 20:10

Hi @laurah92 I’ve been tracking my temp for 2 cycles now. My chart this month is all over the place. My CM suggests that I did but really not sure. What app to you use to track your temp?

AF due on 28th - waiting to test anyone else?
laurah92 · 17/04/2020 19:38

@Suki2020 yea I started tracking my temperature this cycle and so far I'm finding it so confusing. I was meant to ovulate the Sunday/Monday just gone but my temperature isn't staying up so I'm so confused. How long have you been tracking your temperature? I'm on cd 19 now and still so confused as to weather I actually did ovulate yet x

laurah92 · 17/04/2020 19:33

@Curious012 I'm ok, I'm on cd 19 today and still unsure if I ovulated on the Sunday/Monday just gone, I'm still getting twinges down below and still getting high results on test. I did read that you can get another rush of estrogen after ovulation so I'm hoping that's what I'm picking up, it's just my temperature doesn't match so it's just confusing me. How are you today? Yes hopefully we don't need it next month, hopefully this is our lucky month 🤞🤞 x

Suki2020 · 17/04/2020 16:31

Hi, do you mind if I join?
I’m 10 DPO i think. My temperature is all over the place this month so a little confused. This is my third cycle FTTC does anyone else chart their temperatures?

Curious012 · 17/04/2020 16:14

@laurah92 I know what you mean it’s all so confusing. I think I am just going to stick with OPKs for the next few months to try and get my cycle together as I think logging the temp too will be stressful but who knows. Hopefully we don’t need them next month!! how are you feeling today?
My OPK is showing lower again at 50 Today so going in the right direction to indicate I ovulated yesterday. Fingers crossed for you too 🤞🏻🤞🏻 X

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laurah92 · 17/04/2020 07:46

@Curious012 me either, it's really stressful, I thought it would be so much easier than this. Even with ovulation kits and tracking temperature, it's still confusing me. I keep getting twinges down below and the Sunday just gone, I thought I had ovulated but my temperature is still quite low so I don't know. That sounds promising for you, sounds like you have ovulated now. I wouldn't worry about ovulating late, you still ovulated. It's only by 4/5 days later than normal. Fingers crossed for you 🤞🤞 sending lots of baby dust your way x

Curious012 · 16/04/2020 16:04

@laurah92 that’s good to know,I promise I am of reasonable intelligence normally I just can’t seem to get my head around this ovulation window and how it all works haha.
Did you get any ovulation cramps or anything this month? I had cramps in my right side last night. Done another Test today and it’s dropped from 180 to 76 since the same time yesterday so I think I have ovulated now? I’m CD 18 (thought I was CD19 but I put the wrong day of my last AF in my app) I’ll just keep doing 1 OPK a day for the next few days.
Yeah still DTD every other day but now I don’t feel hopeful just because it feels really late to ovulate. how about you?

I’ve been reading all sorts about short luteal phase but I’m hoping that even if this isn’t the month then AF is pushed back for a few days X

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laurah92 · 16/04/2020 11:36

@Curious012 after ovulation, your temperature should start to rise and then stay up and then it starts to go down again if your not pregnant a few days before af is due. Your meant to take your temperature at the same time every morning. Yeasterday morning tho I took it about half an hour earlier than what I normally do and it was slightly lower than the day before but today it's back up again so I don't know but I'm still getting high results on ovulation kit, surely if I had ovulated, I wouldn't still be getting high estrogen results?! As that's the hormone that leads to ovulation. I'm going to keep testing till the end of this week to see if I get another peak and then give up I think and just watch my temperature. I think if I don't ovulate by the end of this week then I probably won't this month as I'm already on cd 18 today. What cd are you on? Are you still dtd every other day? X

Curious012 · 15/04/2020 17:17

@laurah92 I think just where it’s my first month seeing what the OPKs say it’s stressing me out as I thought I was so regular so it would be so easy -clearly I was wrong!
That’s so frustrating about the temp going back down! Should it continue to rise after ovulation? Have you got any cheapie OPKs to see what they say
😂 I know right! Why is it not just simple?! x

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laurah92 · 15/04/2020 16:52

@Curious012 I know you can ovulate late, don't think I ever really ovulate on cd 14, it's normally after, if you ovulate later then it will push af later too depending on how late you ovulate, that's why you can have longer cycles sometimes. I'm going to test again tonight when I get home from work and then again tomorrow and see, my temperature dropped again this morning so I don't think I have ovulated now. This is all so confusing. It's starting to stress me out. Why can't we just ovulate on time and that's it, why is this baby making so hard lol 😂 x

Curious012 · 15/04/2020 13:51

Another surge today, the OPK line is even stronger than before so it’s pushed my ovulation date until tomorrow again - so confused! I should be due AF in 10 days
Anyone had any experience with late ovulation?

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Curious012 · 14/04/2020 16:17

@laurah92
Exactly 😂 hopefully you have already ovulated you did get the peak from clearblue - maybe when you were feeling poorly it threw out the temp a little bit? I'm well and truly confused as well after this month! Wish I had started on the OPKs before to see when my ovulation normally is. I'm now googling and apparently you should be ovulating at least 12 days before the next time AF shows up. I'm due 25th but if I don't ovulate until tomorrow maybe it will be more like the 27th? X

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laurah92 · 14/04/2020 15:51

@Curious012 I know it's starting to confuse me now, I'm starting to wonder if I even did ovulate and my body is going to gear up to try again. All we can do is just keep dtd and hopefully we will get it right at some point lol 😂 I came off the pill at the beginning of January so I would have thought that my body would be back to normal by now but clearly not. If you got a really strong line today then i would dtd tonight and keep doing it for a few days till the line starts fading 🤞🤞 I'm due af on 27th but I'm not sure kow, what about you? C

Curious012 · 14/04/2020 15:11

@laurah92ah that's so annoying and confusing when things don't measure up. I've done another OPK today which has shown a complete surge and is double the reading of yesterday's so now my app is telling me ovulation is tomorrow (CD 17) my cycles are only 26/27 days normally so its a lot later than I expected. God knows at this stage just keep DTD every other day same as you 😂. Yes loads of baby dust for you too! What day is AF due? X
@digsy10 hi! Come and join us confused folk when it comes to ovulation! X

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Digsy10 · 14/04/2020 14:26

Can I jump on? Af due 20th although I have very irregular cycles so really struggle to pin point ovulation! X

laurah92 · 14/04/2020 11:54

@Curious012 well my temperature has started to rise over yeasterday and today but when I did another ovulation stick, I got another high which means it's picking up Estrogen again so I'm really not sure what's going on with my body. I'll just have to keep testing and hope it goes back down to low and my temperature stays high. Since coming off pill, my body has been all over the place, even with tracking temperature and ovulation tests, I'm still finding it hard to pinpoint ovulation and confirm it. 🤞 this is your month, sending lots of baby dust your way x

Curious012 · 13/04/2020 23:58

The more the merrier!!
Hi @Littlebee1990 No symptoms here I'm just trying to work out when the hell I'm ovulating at the moment! AF due on 25th so on TWW as well. What do you use to confirm ovulation?
@lk123 hey!
I'm using flo as well I do think it predicts ovulation quite early compared to some of the others but always gets the day of AF right for me - I quite like clue if you want to compare to another app it gives much more options for tracking. Fingers crossed for both of you!

@laurah92 hopefully your BBT will confirm you have already ovulated so you can get a gauge on the days. Best thing to just keep DTD every other day Smile Going to continue testing for the next few days as well to see what the OPKs say - I suspect you're right that ovulation will be tomorrow or wed. If so it's a bit of a relief as I thought I was ovulating CD 12 but it looks more like CD 15/16 which makes such a difference.
Let's hope April is a good month, let the impatient waiting for AF begin! X

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laurah92 · 13/04/2020 22:14

@Curious012 not really, sometimes I get twinges and a dull pains when I'm close to ovulating but don't really feel much on the day that I'm meant to ovulate. I think I ovulated on Sunday or today, I'm going to keep testing the rest of this week to make sure and going to see if my temperature starts to rise and stays up to confirm ovulation, been dtd every over day so will just continue to do that for another week just to make sure. Yea I would say you are going to ovulate either tomorrow or Wednesday 🤞 for you x

Littlebee1990 · 13/04/2020 21:14

Hey!
Jumping on.. came off the pill in December and been using condoms since, decided this month to stop.. according to my FLO app my ovulation date is tomorrow, we usually DTD 2/3 times a week and have been doing it daily since my ovulation window according to the app.. not expecting a positive result this month but AF due 29th so wanted to connect with people who may be in similar situation! X

lk123 · 13/04/2020 20:51

Can I join! I’m the ttw just now first tine ttc. Currently 5dpo bit of dull pain in lower tummy and wet (sorry tmi) been super gassy as well. I never get this after ovulation so hopeful! Anyone got any symptoms?

Curious012 · 13/04/2020 20:42

@laurah92 i don't get any ovulation pain (at least that a recognise anyway!) just done another OPK and it's given my first 'peak' reading so far, so I'm assuming I'm ovulating later than I think I am..
Do you feel when you've ovulated? I'm going to keep testing for the next few days. Do you think you have already ovulated? X

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laurah92 · 13/04/2020 01:45

@Curious012 happy Easter 🐣
I would keep testing every day for another week just to make sure, that's what I do cause then if it stays low the whole time, I see that as a good sign, if it starts going back up again then it means ovulation didn't happen the first time and it's trying to do it again, that happened to me last month, I got a second peak about 4 days after the first one. I was meant to ovulate today but apart from a few twinges, I'm not so sure, I'm going to see if my temperature starts rising now and if i get any more peaks, hopefully I ovulated and just didn't feel much, do you always get ovulation pain? X

Curious012 · 12/04/2020 10:39

@laurah92 hiya doing OK thanks - Happy Easter Smile hope you're alright!
Did an OPK this morning and it showed as a faint line so I'm assuming I had my peak/ovulated yesterday but honestly I'm not entirely sure haha. I've got an app call femometer and you take a pic of the strip and it tells you. I went up to 'high' but never peak, now its right back down to low. We shall see if this is the month, we're doing every other day too.
And so the TWW beins as of today. Fingers crossed for you xx

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