June Bus - who's on board?

@Juno231 I've never even thought about using it because TMI but OH enjoys seeing how much I am enjoying it and I think if we were to use something else even if it wasn't a huge amount it would take away from that ... but then if its going to help us conceive is it worth it 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

@lucyrp i use pre seed - never more than 2ml lest it gets too sloppy 😂

@Ltay2 the premom app always registers my OPKs as 0. And i use their brand. These apps just like to make us work.

@kirsty0028 welcome. What DPO are you? I'd say increase in hormone levels as well. Good luck and fingers crossed for you

@Mococo and others, another tip..and one that worked in me conceiving DC1...was to orgasm after DP and lie down for a while after.

Apparently helps sook the little guys in the right direction, basically hurries them along I believe!

Oh the discussions you have while TTC lol.

@Smiley yes that's what happened. I updated my CM and my predicted ovulation date came forward a day (to today) Didn't DTD last night but my LH sticks have been showing a slow rise from a 13 to a 88 so I think I'm definitely going to ovulate overnight tonight.

In terms of sex and ovulation... Is doing it before or after best? I've read the little swimmers can hang around for a few days waiting on the egg, or is it best to try and time the two to meet right away?

Thanks everybody for the welcomes it feels nice to be able to talk to other women ❤️. My husband is excited but it's not the same as other women going through the same thing ❤️ so I have my first question! 😂 I am feeling so heartburny it's ridiculous and I never ever get heartburn and I've been doing loads of tiny burps ALL DAY which is so weird Cos i never burp. I'm actually inclined to think that this has nothing to do with pregnancy Cos it's so soon since I ovulated but it's so bizarre for me. I woke up in the middle of the night last night feeling so sick and dying with heartburn it was so bad I couldn't go back to sleep!! I googled it and I see lots of women saying this started a day or two after conception, I think it's due to a shift in hormones (if it is pregnancy related) has anyone had this? I still have it now and have had it all day. So weird. If this was a week from now I'd have myself convinced!

Another ridiculous tip- if anyone is interested and I heard (but not following at all)

Apparently if you DTD under quite spontaneous and quick circumstances - kind of like if someone's coming so you have to do it quickly so you don't get caught or right after your man has had an adrenaline rush (like fave footy team winning a match) the rush of hormones gives his swimmers and extra energy boost

Something to do with evolution and survival the quicker/the more intense the better!x

Thank you. I'm gna download the fermometer app to track my opks from CD12 for SMEP

I think glo has a similar feature just not as analytical

I've heard as long as your man doesn't have a known low sperm count DTD every night shouldn't make a difference- it only takes one sperm after all!

Thank you ladies really appreciate all the helpful advice I've gotten so far and hope this is the month for all of us!

Hello, I have a few days disconnecting from the world, as everything got a bit too much, with isolation, and lack of sleep, and af...
Battery charged, I am back again, at the beginning of fertile week, promised to catch up on the thread, but I have some 300 messages I think...

Thank you both! 😄 I'm learning.

@SmileyT oooo okay thank you for your experience I will change it now 😂it's got it wrong anyway as it doesn't have me ovulating for another 22 days yet which is totally wrong 😂

@lucyrp yeah all the apps are slightly different but i realised that with flo it's just peak or negative or it throws it all off x

@LittleRa you beat me to it !😂

@blodyn91 SMEP is the sperm meets egg plan il attach the actual plan now

@blodyn91 Sperm Meets Egg Plan

spermmeetseggplan.com/smep-step-by-step/

@SmileyT I did not know that ? I though that the ⭕️ on CB was the same as the low, flashing was a high and static was a peak and on fermometer I can input that correctly but I guess on the Flo you can't do that can you 🙈I'm having such an off evening its terrible can't wait to wake up tomorrow morning feeling so much better.

@LittleRa I know right! So rude of them 😂😂 il have to start putting it on the calendar in the kitchen as N/A 😂

Can I ask what SMEP is? 🙈
Our plan is to DTD everyday this week but altering mornings and nights 😂 make sure his swimmers are ready to go with a bit of extra rest.

@lucyrp why can’t they arrange their virtual friends meet ups around our FWs 🤣🤣

@lucyrp well if you two have the time and energy go for it as much as you like 😂 just make sure you put into flo that it's a negative test on the ovulation tests otherwise it might throw off your ovulation dates. Then put in positive when you get to static as CB flashing smily is still a neg ovulation test - hopefully you'll get your peak tomorrow 👌🏾

I'm currently sat waiting on the sofa for OH to finish playing on the Xbox with his mates to DTD but can't say I'm feeling like it as the more he shouts about his game the more I feel like going to bed 😂

Thanks @Juno231 well we’ve been doing SMEP and DTD yesterday and day before so fingers crossed, hoping to tonight as well but DP currently on a curiously race night Zoom call with his friends and is a few cans in 🙈 It’s literally the first drink he’s had since lockdown- typically ovulation day (well day after but still!)

@LittleRa sounds like ovulation spotting to me - def far too early for implantation spotting!

@Mococo1 just to add that femometer will log any strip opk, not just own brand.

On another note my flo is already telling me I'm going to ovulate today just because I put in I'd had a high LH test this morning, I have had some pains on my left side so may be nearing it !

@SmileyT oh okay that makes sense, will be interesting to see how it changes over the cycle !

Yeah I completely understand that every couple is different but as long as its not a bad thing doing it every day then that's fine! I can't see how it would be but worry about everything at the moment! It would be harder refraining from doing it every day than doing it every day!

@Ltay2 I would say yeah just go off your own initiative maybe with these OPKs if you've had that happen and see how you get on maybe ?

Yeah it's good to know your body better for when you do try, I use femometer as a place to store the information together I wouldn't worry if it says 10 or 40 it's more about looking for your darkest over a full cycle and then you know 👌🏾

@33Carr I noted last month I got gas a lot around ovulation so could also be a sign.

@lucyrp it's just your hormones are more erratic first half I think, straight after MC mine were really erratic but last month they were much clearer, but femometer picked up ovulation on both x

With SMEP I've gathered they say do eod as a lot of couples struggle to do more than that, and some men have performance issues, get stressed with the sex on demand. But if there is no sperm count issues then it slightly increases chances (think it's like 23% to 26%) doing it every day x