Just want AF to arrive so new cycle can begin...

Huh. I hadn't thought of it like that @ls2020 You're probably right actually, I bet it happens a lot more than we know with celebs etc.

I've actually only just noticed acne as a symptom too! I got really excited last AF cos that one big massive pimple that I ALWAYS got in the same place on my cheek when AF was due in my pre-pill years came back for the first time since I was 16/17! 😂 I've never been so happy to have a big minging spot on my face in my life! I've taken it as a sign that my hormones are getting back to where they need to be.

Who knew so much thought went into it?! And all those years as a teenager being panicky about it 😂 needn’t have bloody worried, probably wasn’t shagging on the right day anyway!

@cariboucarafe @mrswilso my OH thought it was weird at first but I told him it was that or he’d have to cut coffee to up our chances.. now I get his pillow to prop me up 😉

The acne is a new one for me so we’ll see but if there’s a symptom, I’ve had it in last 6 month so I’ve stopped reading into it as much. I really thought last month was it as every AF I’ve had sore boobs the week before and I had nothing last month so was part convinced we’d done it but that wasn’t one either so I give up with it!!

Honestly I’m convinced royals and celebs have so much money, I bet they can just pay for private IUI and get pregnant straight away. I was convinced that’s the case for Meghan and Harry, that woman has much more stress than me, no way did she conceive in 3 months naturally with everything she’s had to face

Oh God I can't face the temping stuff - I'd drive myself crazy!

I've recently been trying to subtley get the legs in the air after DTD - hubby thinks it's hilarious/ridiculous (and it probably is ha!) but I'll take any increased chance I can get! I've been fairly lenient with him and our TTC journey so far. He's off the ciggies since January but he LOVES coffee, like, at least 4/6 espressos. I'm still having the odd ciggie too though (tut tut!)...so I can't really moan at him. If I get to 6 months of trying with no luck I think my wee sneaky fags are going right out the window though!

Aaah the thought of the queen doing "normal" stuff is so weird! 🤣

@mrswilso yeah I read something on a fertility website about how every other day is best as apparently women’s bodies can reject sperm if they’re not familiar enough with it so the only way to overcome your immune system attacking is to do every other day but people have lives, how do they expect us to do this every month!! I’m knackered and we’re only 2 weeks in. We tried last month after SMEP trial and £70 at lovehoney but we’d just take one look at each other and were like ‘nah’ 🤣

@ls2020 get it girl! 😉 Hehe! I really thought we DTD quite often before TTC but jeeeez this is intense haha!

Aaahahaha! "JUICES!!" 🤣
It's so glam this TTC life...ha! I know what you mean @cariboucarafe - I do struggle sometimes to determine what's what! I read somewhere that if you have EWCM the day before DTD and have anything that looks like EWCM the next day just to log it as EWCM.
Still dry as a bone today though so I do think I've already ovulated 🤞🏻

Ooh and 5DPO started to have a bit of heaviness in boobs but has gone today

@CaribouCarafe ah now I’m panicking as I stopped daily testing! I went back and looked at some of my older sticks to see if I could see any deeper colouring and the one from 2 days before when I expected O was a lot darker than I remembered and I tested yesterday and was super faint so hoping it’s happnened. Re the dripping, I had the same worries, during FW I put legs in the air for 30 mins after and I notice a lot less comes out but I’ve read a lot of things online that say it’s non important stuff. Interestingly I was reading a thread today for TTC no 1 and they mentioned using the cup you can buy to keep swimmers near your cervix which has tempted me.

Like @mrswilso we’ve DTD every other day from 4th-12th, we were supposed to do yesterday but couldn’t face with the heat, we’ll pick back up tonight or tomorrow but it is hard work!!

I monitor symptoms from DPO (or expected) and have this;

1DPO - nothing
2-4 DPO - acne all around jaw and chin. Dizzy on day 2.
5 DPO - acne worsens, lots of cramps in evening (but was out in garden digging), increase in RHR
6 DPO - acne still there, ache in right side near hip bone, very sleepy (slept 13 hours per my Fitbit!)

Thank you lovely! Fingers crossed this time works out!
I know what you mean about the mood fluctuations, sometimes I feel so chilled about it and other times it really gets me down!

I don't usually notice it @cariboucarafe but I remember a proper flush coming on when I was in work! I only note it down if it's noticeable.

CD14: proper flood of EWCM (most so far!) / sex drive came back with a vengeance / DTD
CD15: (today) CM has completely dried up and had a wee weird dizzy moment about 1.20pm when I sat down for lunch in work. Got a rubbish sleep last night though, so I reckon that's just tiredness 😂

I think I maybe ovulated CD13/14 but will probably DTD through to CD21...if we can manage haha!

CD1-4: AF
CD5: spotting
CD6: wet / DTD
CD7: wet / DTD
CD8: EWCM / DTD
CD9: EWCM / hot flashes / DTD
CD10: EWCM / cramps / acne
CD11: lots of EWCM / acne / bloat / cramps / DTD
CD12: wetter/creamier / DTD
CD13: dry but some CM on tissue, creamier/lotiony

And as I mentioned before - most definitely more up for it from CD6-12 this month, I noticed a wee decrease in drive yesterday and haven't seen it come back yet today.
Other than that, nothing noticeable today so far.

Now gimme all yours! And feel free to gimme opinions on mine as we go! Let the craziness that I promised I wouldn’t succumb to again commence!! 😂

@mrswilso have you been DTD every other day? If so, wouldn’t be too worried as you’ll have caught the right amount no matter which day it was (that’s what I’m doing this month)
I’ve posted on the other thread - the spike looks huge this month already, not sure what way I want it to go!!

Yes, I love to symptom spot, I know logically most of it’s tosh as can you even get symptoms if you’ve not implanted but it keeps me busy haha

Aah sorry ladies - I lost this thread! 😳

I’m with all of you this month too. Totally confused about whether I’ve ovulated...whether I’ve yet to ovulate...or if I’m even gonna ovulate at all. Mostly I’m confused cause Ovia shifted my fertile window forward a whole week - had very wet CM CD6-7 then EWCM CD8-11 with much more than any other day on CD11 and switched to creamy CD12-13. I was 200% hornier than usual all that way through til yesterday too! I don’t know what to think!?

@LS2020 I’m gonna post my chart on the Fitbit thread and tag you - mine is baffling me as usual haha!
5/6DPO would be good for an increase so keep the cautious optimism! ✨ hopefully you get a wee dip soon - that might be implantation 🤞🏻

How are we all doing?
I’m considering doing a wee day by day update of symptom (spotting 😂) just to make sure I’m not misreading any signs - would you girls be interested in that or would it annoy the @%*! out of you all?

@Fran2020 feeling this TWW is worse - I’m turning into an maniac even though I promised myself I would be chiller this month haha! Never got a positive OPK but think I O’d Tuesday based on CM and hormones so about 5DPO. No major symptoms except RHR dipped 3 days ago and had shot up and I’ve had a load of bad spots on my chin. I normally get one or two after O but this is the whole area and jaw length. I usually get sore breast pain a week out from AF so waiting to see if that arrives next week. How are you getting on?

@LS2020 how are you getting on? I'm 2DPO now I think.

@mrswilso my RHR has shot up the last few days, I’m deffo reading too much into this as only 5/6 DPO!

@ls2020 yea that is very strange, and really annoying for you too, especially if you normally follow the same pattern every month.
Ha yea it’s weird feeling happy about it! Let’s hope so, but I’m not feeling toooo optimistic! We’ll see.

@Fran2020 snap I’m CD10, I feel I deffo thought it was yesterday as was very wet and feeling very ready to DTD so was a bit surprised I didn’t see yesterday pm and then tested earlier today to check but nothing. If anything lines have got lighter so maybe I just missed it. I used the clear blue smiley face ones (just the ones that show surge, not the low and high peak)

@ughmaybenot yeah I check HR too and my HR is just static, I normally get a huge surge for O so really weird! Oh I’m glad it came for you (probs one of the few times on this forum! Hope they start regulating out now!

@LS2020 that’s really strange.. I think everyone’s cycle is a bit all over the place tho.

I am FINALLY on my period 🎉 and I never thought I’d be so happy about it but we were both so sick of being in that weird limbo of not knowing what was happening 😂 84 day ‘cycle’.

I'm currently CD10, last few days have been low on the fertility monitor but I was getting watery CM so have been DTD as last month the monitor went straight to peak. Although this morning I got a high reading and now have EWCM (this morning with a streak of blood in).

That's strange, what OPK do you use?