TTC with SMEP

@Seafrontsky sorry to hear about AF showing up. The tww wait is the worst but you got through it... it won’t be long until you can try again. Sending you lots of hugs!

Hi @VenusStarr I’m 4 Dpo so only one day ahead of you! We will be testing at near enough the same time 🤞🏽. I’m not sure when the earliest I would be able to test... have you felt any different this cycle?

Hi everyone, sorry I've been awol for a bit. I've been trying not to think about TTC in the TWW as it works better for me. I was so positive this month, and my temp has been high for 16 days, then AF caught me this morning.

Morning everyone, I'm officially 3dpo today, confirmed by fertility friend, so am due on a week on Saturday. Start the progesterone on Sunday 🤞 is anyone due around the same time testing early? I'm not sure whether to or not...

We basically just tried home insemination for the 1st time 😬😬 husband really struggling now when it's ovulation time. Fine the rest of the month. So he just did it in a pot. We syringed it up and I put it inside after a bit if preseed. A lot bloody easier than nirnal

@MummyOfZog we loosely follow SMEP as DH goes on business trips regularly and also after 18months of trying it is too much sometimes. If you don't feel like it tomorrow then just miss it out.

Can I join? 1st month following SMEP for us. I usually have longer cycles so we didn't start DTD EOD until CD13 (I tend to ovulate ~CD24). However, I saw OPK was getting v close on CD16 (much earlier than usual for me!) and got Peak on CD17 & CD18 so we followed the SMEP plan.

We bd CD13, 15, 16 (because we felt like it), 17, 18, 19 ... so 5 days straight. We're on our 'skip a day' today and then we should DTD again tomorrow as the 'one for luck'. However, ovulation pain on CD17 and temp began rising CD18 so I'm pretty certain we're well past ovulation now and it won't make any difference! Anyone else skip the last one?

Agreed @Vea1601 I think if you're not tracking bbt it makes sense to finish the plan. We caught last year and didn't do the final one as I was 5dpo by that point. Bless you dh - mine said yesterday I thought it was our day off? We did manage it though but it does take the romance away somewhat.

I know what you mean @Jilly1988 I've got into a fairly good habit with it now but if I wake up early needing the loo sometimes I have to do a mental calculation! Haha x

Morning @VenusStarr I feel similar to you tbh. Dtd on Friday. Peak Saturday (day 15) on CB advanced (high from day 8...). Dtd Saturday and Sunday. Just really not feeling it today at day 17. Don't feel I can muster the enthusiasm. My husband struggles to 'finish' sometimes when under pressure. He wants to try again today as per Smep plan but I don't see the point. Lh surge no longer showing. I don't think its worth the stress....

I am currently on CD31, no AF and still getting BFN. I only have cheap tests as I burn through them so quick and after 18 months I don't want to think how much money I have wasted. I am not feeling optimistic but I did see this and though some of you may find it interesting www.countdowntopregnancy.com/pregnancy-test/dpo-chart.php?dpo=14

I was considering ordering some different test but by the time they arrive I should know one way or the other.

Hope time goes really quickly and you can get some reassurance in your scans @SmileyT @serialplanner

I’m just waiting for this weird cycle to end. I’m 10dpo and AF due Thursday. Thought I didn’t ovulate as I had quite a bit bleeding at 3dpo and temps didn’t go up. But temps slowly increased after that so obviously did ovulate. But been spotting on and off from last week so know it won’t be this cycle.

BBT drives me crazy too @VenusStarr I get obsessed and then that makes me wake up and think about if I will have enough sleep before I take it etc 🙈 I’ve just took the plunge and ordered an Ava to see if that helps at all.

Sounds good @Butterfly134 :) I thought I was unusual ovulating on the day of my positive! Good to have a buddy. I want to try not to keep measuring my temperature in my tww as I can get obsessed. I'll do it until fertility friend confirms my ovulation and then try to be good :) x

@VenusStarr great to hear that you had covered the pre ovulation days! I’m now in my tww too as took an opk and it’s low, is in fact I did ovulate on the day of my peak reading. Looking forward to starting our tww together! X

Morning all, big temp rise today, so I did ovulate yesterday. Think we'll dtd again today and have a day off, so not quite on plan but we'll have had sex 4 days before ov and one after, so hopefully have covered the timings. Also means I'm in for a shorter cycle again as I'm only cd11 today.

Is anyone else going into their tww?

:) @serialplanner

Don't feel down @Butterfly134 you're definitely still in.

It’s lovely hearing about your bfp’s ladies @SmileyT @serialplanner. fingers crossed it’s my lucky month. Feeling a bit out down as OH wasn’t in the mood to dtd today (day after peak on opk) hoping for tomorrow and then I can only keep my fingers crossed ladies xx

@SmileyT I haven't really they don't talk like TTC people lol not as fun so far - just a few comments.

I have booked one for exactly 7 weeks. I really want it to go quickly. I want to hear a heartbeat!

@SmileyT I was on Yasmin pill but came off it in December! I felt a lot better coming off it to be honest. Ok my skin went awful but my body just felt so much better

@SmileyT

I remember being on an SMEP thread with you 2/3 months ago or so! I am so pleased that you have got your BFP!

And good luck to all of the ladies trying SMEP this month. It worked for me and I'm now 12 weeks!

Hmm, just done an opk and I think it's nearly there, my temp was slightly lower today. I think we will be going 4 days on the trot as today was our day off... Will test again later.

That's good then @Butterfly134 :) if you can get one in today you'll be on the plan but you've covered the pre ov days so 🤞

@Butterfly134 ideal would be to do it again today xx

@VenusStarr hi! Yes I’ve been DTD up to the day I got my peak, so throughout my high fertile days. I was having some aching and cramping yesterday so not sure if I ovulated in the day I got my peak

Have you been dtd up to peak @Butterfly134, ovulation is usually 12-36 hours after peak, so there's a small chance tomorrow. I ovulate on the same day as my positive opk, so that would be too late for me I think. I think the idea of smep is so that the sperm is ready and waiting for the egg when it's released.

@duckii if you know your cycles are always longer, I probably wouldn't start the plan until a bit later, you'll be knackered otherwise and probably quite frustrated! Just dtd whenever you want in the first 3 weeks of your cycle then maybe start testing and going every other day.

I'm on cd 10, thinking i'll ovulate in the next couple of days, testing later as I only use the cheap opks. But that's usual for me, last month I ovulated on cd12, so we should be good with our timings 🤞