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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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Daffodil21 · 15/08/2020 12:15

Continuing the previous thread:

TTC Thread #2 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/3941503-ttc-thread-2

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Daffodil21 · 29/08/2020 12:51

@BellaBella84 they vary from about 32-37 days typically but have also had several 42/43 day cycles. Last month was 50 days 😒 I've been trying for almost 2 years so have tracked some months and not others. The reason I tracked this month and last month was to time a progesterone blood test

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BellaBella84 · 29/08/2020 12:43

@Daffodil21 How long have you been tracking for and what's your length of cycle variance?

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Daffodil21 · 29/08/2020 12:25

@BellaBella84 this is my last month of tracking so the last time I'll know when AF due as it varies a lot. I thought I'd indulge myself and just test as I expected to see complete white as usual so I could stop thinking about it. I've never used a FRER and tbh I don't think I will again!!! There is a line but I don't think there's any colour in it

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BellaBella84 · 29/08/2020 12:20

Oh ladies why do you torture yourselves testing too early? I know it's hard, believe me I do. But by holding out until after you'd normally expect your period you are less likely to get vague hard to interpret lines, or false negatives, or find out about those zygotes that didn't quite make it to embryo stage. Please don't take this as the voice of doom and gloom, I'm in the two week wait too. On that note I'm off to clean the bathroom again!

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Daffodil21 · 29/08/2020 11:50

@Tofu35 thanks. Obviously I've spent half the morning googling how reliable CB digis are before AF and looking at the bloody FRER. I think I'm going to pull it apart like a crazy person 😂

Almost everything I've read had said CB digis should only be done after AF due, but then almost everything I've read said be wary of very very faint lines on FRERs. I am obsessed 🙈🙈 AF should be here tomorrow or Monday to put me out of my misery!!!

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Tofu35 · 29/08/2020 11:45

Aww @Daffodil21 I'm so sorry :( I hope next month is your month! Hope the no testing/monitoring rule is the magic ingredient xx

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Daffodil21 · 29/08/2020 08:42

BFN this morning. In lovely clear letters 😒

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AlisonT13 · 29/08/2020 08:40

@acaciabluebell This test seems close to positive and if you usually ovulate on CD20, then please keep testing. Premom will readjust the O day if you found out your LH peak.

Tofu35 · 28/08/2020 21:12

@daffofil21 my fingers and toes are crossed for this one!

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Daffodil21 · 28/08/2020 17:14

Never mind - I'm just inverting on photoshop and struggling to see much 😂🙈

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Daffodil21 · 28/08/2020 17:07

@acaciabluebell I've never used those OPKs before so not much help I'm afraid, but I thought as long as it was the same or darker than the control that you were ovulating/about to ovulate? That doesn't look like a particularly strong control line but I'm not sure it matters?

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Daffodil21 · 28/08/2020 17:06

Does anyone know what the app is called where you can reverse the colours on a poss squinter?

I've been starving all day and then fell asleep on the sofa this afternoon. Woke up thought F it, lets POAS. It's an FRER one so I know notorious for indents etc so I just need to give myself a reality check!!

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acaciabluebell · 28/08/2020 14:06

Sorry to hear about the BFNs @CEW19 @Daffodil21 hopefully you'll get a better result in a couple of days!!

acaciabluebell · 28/08/2020 14:02

I'm still really confused about my OPKs. I thought when I got this OPK on CD12 (pictured) that I was approaching my peak especially as I had lots of EWCM along with it. But I've been testing twice a day since then and they've all been very negative. I'm on CD15 now. I don't know if I should just keep testing or not. My Premom app is telling me that I already passed my peak. Past few cycles I've ovulated on CD20 so it's still 5 days 'early'.

Does anyone think this test looks dodgy? Both lines are quite faint. It was taken around 2pm with a 4+ hour hold. But every other test since then has been really negative, including the test I did on the same day at night.

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CEW19 · 28/08/2020 12:41

Just did a FRER, got nothing Confused Let's see if I can hold off taking another until Monday!

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Daffodil21 · 28/08/2020 10:08

@hampshirerose34 oh no. So sorry you're having to deal with that. I don't really know anything about fibroids. Is it something that can be treated? I'm ok thanks, just waiting for AF to arrive now. We won't get any treatment until september next year so just going to keep trying and hoping it happens before then. Trying to make an effort to do other things and not let TTC take up too much headspace (ha)

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hampshirerose34 · 28/08/2020 09:20

@Daffodil21 had a scan last week as having really bad cramping all the time for about 3 months. And found out I have fibroids now so I have that and PCOS to combat. Just waiting on a fertility appointment now but not hopeful. How are you ?

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Daffodil21 · 28/08/2020 08:49

@CEW19 not today. I'm going to do another tomorrow though. I feel like AF is on its way but I don't think it'll arrive today

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CEW19 · 28/08/2020 08:45

Have you done another test @Daffodil21?

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Daffodil21 · 28/08/2020 08:36

@CEW19 definitely sounds promising...!!

@hampshirerose34 how are you doing?

@Bramleyapples13 let us know how it goes!

Getting a little crampy today so I don't think it'll be long until AF, which is good as I thought it might mess me around this month and be late for no reason! Even though AF on the way I haven't had spotting from 9DPO like I did the last 2 cycles. Every cloud!

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CEW19 · 28/08/2020 08:08

@Welliedays I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, so will wait and see if anything else changes, then do a test on Monday which would be 'late' according to my usual cycle length. Would say I'm around 13/14dpo now. Had a little dark brown when wiping this morning again, and my cervix is high so we'll see.

Bramleyapples13 · 27/08/2020 22:07

@Daffodil21 that is a fair distance! I hope you're alright. Get some vino, a big bar of chocolate and get some telly watched. You deserve me time!

I'm alright. I'm quite resigned to it I think. I've a telephone consultation with the doctor tomorrow to try for a referral. Will see what she says.

hampshirerose34 · 27/08/2020 21:50

Hi everyone I am back again 😃 how is everyone doing ?

Welliedays · 27/08/2020 21:46

Sorry you got a BFN @daffodil21

@cew19 it might not be AF. I mean it could be, but equally it could be a sign 🤔 how many dpo are you, roughly?!

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Daffodil21 · 27/08/2020 21:08

@Bramleyapples13 they're back home now which is 600 miles away so probably not 😂 I'm just waiting for AF to arrive now tbh. Looking forward to no tracking next cycle. I won't know when I'm in the TWW which will be nice. Oh no!! Sorry you're out ❤️❤️

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