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Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4

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Juno231 · 14/10/2020 15:12

Hi ladies,

This is for all of us with heart rate monitors who wish to help each other analyse the RHR patterns throughout our cycles.

Early research shows there's a correlation with increasing RHR and BFPs - so let's try and spot some together!

@mumof23188
@fran2020
@LS2020
@SarahTTC2020
@ambs1994
@AliceSpring
@HopefulHopper
@xxchlobo90xx
@Mrsi2020
@itssquidstella
@poptypingchef
@GlassLily
@Moominmiss

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mumof23188 · 15/12/2020 20:00

@lucyrp yes lurk away 🤣. Ahh lovely 😍. It’s always nice to see it in writing. With my last baby I tested with those until I got the 3+. I can’t wait to hopefully be able to do it again 🤞

lucyrp · 15/12/2020 19:34

@MissBPotter that's odd your sainsburys one said no! That was the second test I did and it was a BFP, maybe in a couple of days it will come up on those.

@mumof23188 I love being a lurker so ill stay for a while 🥰 I just did a CB weeks indicator and got my 2-3 weeks

mumof23188 · 15/12/2020 19:31

@lucyrp yes don’t abandon us either 🥰. Will become a ghost thread otherwise 🤣

lucyrp · 15/12/2020 19:30

@MissBPotter omg congratulations ! 🥰 I will be sticking around for a bit too if I'm allowed 🥰

mumof23188 · 15/12/2020 19:21

@MissBPotter such lovely news. You must be over the moon 😍. Yes please stick around. There aren’t many of us left on here!

MissBPotter · 15/12/2020 18:29

Thank you everyone, I’m super happy I get to talk to you all about this as! I agree @Juno231 but I actually dipped an opk just out of interest and it had a fairly strong line this time, so I think you just need to have quite high hcg. By the way, your 8dpo rise looks interesting!

@LarasMama I don’t know due to the bfn but I did originally think it was 9dpo which I think was Friday as that’s when my boobs started hurting. Bfn was a crappy sainsburys test though.

Like the new name @BlondePotter!
I’m going to hang around here for a bit longer as it is super early and I did have two losses before dd1 so I am quite paranoid, if you don’t mind Smile

LarasMama · 15/12/2020 18:12

@MissBPotter

Omg!! I came home from work and just had to check, my boobs are literally killing me and I feel quite sick! Can’t believe it!!!!
@MissBPotter Congratulations 🥰 Wonderful news!! When do you think you implanted?
mumof23188 · 15/12/2020 18:09

@MissBPotter yesssss!!! Massive congratulations lovely 💕💕

BlondePotter · 15/12/2020 18:08

@MissBPotter yay congratulations!!! Amazing news

I've just changed my name from SarahTTC2020 by the way 🙈 thought that maybe 15 weeks in I should start believing Im pregnant

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Juno231 · 15/12/2020 17:46

@missbpotter omg congratulations!! Just goes to show that opks aren't that reliable for BFPs! So happy for you!

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MissBPotter · 15/12/2020 17:39

Omg!! I came home from work and just had to check, my boobs are literally killing me and I feel quite sick! Can’t believe it!!!!

Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
SS123456 · 15/12/2020 13:41

Thank you ladies I really appreciate your advice and support 😊

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Juno231 · 15/12/2020 13:24

@SS123456 your RHR looks super promising! Don't compare it to the last pregnancy, focus on the difference between it now and what it's been during the cycle :)

8DPO and my RHR jumped up two to 73. Trying not to read into it!

Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
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MissBPotter · 15/12/2020 12:07

Hi @LarasMama and @mumof23188 sorry to hear you’re both struggling still with strange cycles. @SS123456 your line progression is looking excellent.

I am still at 65 today around 13dpo... I do think af will come tomorrow as that’s when I’m due BUT I felt really nauseous this morning and my boobs are sore... I’d ordered some opks for next month so did one of those and there was almost nothing there. I think the b complex vits have just lengthened my cycle, rather than expecting any bfp. But that’s a good thing anyway.

Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
mumof23188 · 15/12/2020 10:23

@MissBPotter how are you today?

mumof23188 · 15/12/2020 10:23

@LarasMama frustrating isn’t it! Was your AF different to usual then? So strange it hasn’t dropped.

I’m CD5 today. Had a tiny bit more spotting this morning just when I wiped. Mines dropped to 61 today! I’m going to wait and see if I ovulate this cycle and then maybe see about tests in the new year if I don’t. Took my last FRER today and there’s a faint line 😡. Must be bloody indents!!

lucyrp · 15/12/2020 07:19

@SS123456 this is mine this morning currently so not great , trying to take my own advice 🤣 although mine was 80 yesterday morning then shot up to 88 by the evening

Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
lucyrp · 15/12/2020 07:17

@SS123456 to me that looks fine☺️I'm trying not to worry about mine as lots of girls from other threads who are now 26 weeks pregnant ish said theirs just varied loads so you can't read too much into it x

lucyrp · 15/12/2020 07:16

@SS123456 I totally understand. I'm so anxious about mine and it not progressing but there's nothing I can really do 😬 so if I stress it will just make it more likely, I've got my booking in appointment for the first week of January so once that milestone has passed that will be great. It's hard aswell because you can't tell with tests really if it's an mmc as you still get a positive for a while after so I've stopped testing for now too. X

SS123456 · 15/12/2020 07:14

@lucyrp here you go 😊

Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
SS123456 · 15/12/2020 07:13

Thank you @lucyrp ! I think I'm just over analysing and stressing myself out now 🤦🏻‍♀️. The previous mc has taken some of the happiness/excitement away this time around

lucyrp · 15/12/2020 07:13

@SS123456 can you show the rhr by 1 month ? Its hard to actually see the difference in the 3 month one x

lucyrp · 15/12/2020 07:07

@SS123456 that's looking good to me ! This was my rhr at 11dpo where the line is! I think that's a pretty good line for 11dpo. I don't know whag my line would have been like then as my first test was 14dpo and looked like this x

Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
SS123456 · 15/12/2020 06:57

Should my rhr have jumped higher than this by 11dpo? Getting myself all worked up now! The previous spike on the chart was a pregnancy which ended in mc but my rhr was much higher. I tested again this morning and my line is getting darker but I'm stressing myself out now

Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4
LarasMama · 14/12/2020 21:36

@mumof23188 So sorry to hear that you are having a difficult time as well. I don't like TTC. Wish it would just happened naturally.
AF lasted 4 days, but only the first two were medium - heavy with clotting. The last two were very light at best. My RHR usually drops to 55 during AF.
Has your RHR dropped at all? Maybe it was only spotting and your last cycle is still not over? How many dpo would you be if you didn't consider the spotting to be AF? Have you considered going to have progesterone levels checked?

@Juno231That is so odd! Who knows what's happening with us and our RHR this cycle. Do you have any symptoms? Will you test before AF is due?