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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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Fertile window 10-15 October. Anyone with me?

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jules5232 · 15/10/2020 18:19

I'm on CD15, TTC baby #1 and on cycle #8. I got a positive opk yesterday so today should be O day Smile. Anyone else in the same boat and looking to test at the end of the month ? Having others might make this TWW more tolerable. Really starting to get discouraged after so many months of bfns.

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BrownF89 · 17/10/2020 20:39

Hello! I'm currently somewhere in my fertile window! Two trackers have a difference of three days - opk test yesterday and today were positive. Already driving myself crazy not sure how I'm going to cope for these next two weeks!!!
We've been 'not not' trying for five months, this is our first month trying using ov tests and trying more seriously and I hate how much I'm already obsessing!!!
Roll on end of the month!!

xWaterfallx · 16/10/2020 18:53

@jules5232 yes hopefully you won't need to 😊. If the thermometer works well I'll post a pic of my chart when I've got some more readings, I'm still eagley awaiting the ovulation spike!

@Juno231 welcome 😊

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jules5232 · 16/10/2020 16:32

@xWaterfallx Just ordered one! I didnt see that brand when looking but I like the price. Excited to try it out throughout next month, and also silently hoping I wont need to...

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Juno231 · 16/10/2020 08:59

Hey I'll hop on as well! I'm 2DPO so ovulated on Wednesday. TTC#1, I'm 32 and this is cycle 10 for me :)

CharityRoyall · 16/10/2020 08:32

@xWaterfallx yeah I’m trying not to stress too much about it as they wouldn’t be good but it’s worrying me that I haven’t had a higher temp. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see!

xWaterfallx · 16/10/2020 07:42

@CharityRoyall hmm that's odd your temp has come down again, as normally you'd expect it to stay high after ovulation. You got a positive on the OPK so that's a good sign. Lots of things can affect temp (sleep, alcohol, illness, stress, drinking cold/hot water) so could be something else that's caused it to dip.

CharityRoyall · 16/10/2020 07:34

Hi @xWaterfallx I might have ovulated on the 14th (CD21) which is quite late. BBT was 36.39 on the 14th, 36.51 yesterday which I was excited about but then this morning it’s 36.44 so no big spike like I keep seeing in people’s charts...do you think this means it hasn’t happened?

xWaterfallx · 16/10/2020 07:13

@jules5232 I bought a Femometer thermometer and I'm using the app, although I went for the cheaper version (£9.99 from Amazon) so you have to manually enter it into the app. They do a more expensive version which links in to app. Over the past few days my temp has kept going down, although app thinks I should have ovulated yesterday. I'm expecting my temp to go up tomorrow to show ovulation happened, if it doesn't, then either the thermometer isn't working or I'm not ovulating 😕, will let you know!

@Furbabymum15 so sorry to hear you've had 3 consecutive miscarriages 😔, wishing you luck for this cycle! Are you getting any help from GP or fertility doctor?

@Luckyelephant1 I know how you feel, my FB is full of people showing off their babies! I'm sure it will happen for us 🤞

@CharityRoyall if your temp rose yesterday then it's likely you ovulated the day before, although if it's only a very small rise, could mean it's not happened yet. How was your temp this morning?

CharityRoyall · 15/10/2020 21:39

Hello :) this week has been my fertile week. Had my first positive OPK on Tuesday since I started using them in August (woohoo). I think I ovulated yesterday but my app says today. I have sore nipples today and a slight temp rise this morning which I hope means I did yesterday...hopefully the temp will stay elevated for the next few days.
If I have ovulated I’m pleased but also worried as wondering what this means about my luteal phase...I’m due on 24th but hoping that’ll be pushed back! Ahhh there’s so much to think about isn’t there. Good luck everyone!

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jules5232 · 15/10/2020 21:08

@Luckyelephant1 I know what you mean. It seems like everyone around me has been getting pregnant since we started trying. It's such a hard emotion to work through, isnt it? I am happy for them but it also just makes me sad and nervous. When I started with OPKs the first month I had a hard time catching the peak until I started testing in the morning. That helped a lot.

@xWaterfallx I can almost always tell a positive opk test is coming based on CM so they seem to line up pretty well! I just use internet cheapie (pregmate brand or similar) What thermometer did you end up getting? I just started searching and it's hard to tell which are sensitive enough.

@Furbabymum15 That is so hard!! I am so sorry to hear you've went through so much. It's fun to see our O dates are the same, though. I hope the next two weeks go quickly

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Furbabymum15 · 15/10/2020 20:47

Me.... According to my app today is ovulation day (And my nipples strangely hurt) Ive had 3 consecutive miscarriages but took a chance and dtd yesterday so ☺️🤞

xWaterfallx · 15/10/2020 20:12

@jules5232 I've not tried OPKs yet, thought I'd start with BBT monitoring. Although the first thermometer I bought was a standard one and unreliable, so had to buy another more sensitive one! I came off the pill 3 months ago, so first cycle was 21 days, second cycle 26 days, hoping this one will be 28 days. I've previously not been able to work out if or when I've ovulated, so the BBT should help! Which OPK's are you using? Do you find other signs such as CM match with when the OPK shows positive?

Luckyelephant1 · 15/10/2020 19:53

Hi! I am on CD13, TTC#1, cycle #5. Flo app says I'm due to ovulate in 2 days, this is the first cycle I have been using OPKs, so far not positive.

Feeling quite down this cycle as lots of people I know seem to be getting pregnant easily, of course I'm happy for them but it's making me feel like something is wrong even though realistically I know we haven't been trying that long. Will try to keep positive as for us all x

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jules5232 · 15/10/2020 19:42

Hi @xWaterfallx ! Do you use OPKs or always fall on the same dates? I've been finally considering starting BBT tracking next month if this month doesnt work out, so I'd love to hear how you get along.

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xWaterfallx · 15/10/2020 18:28

@jules5232 hey I'm on CD14 expecting to ovulate today or tomorrow, TTC#1 cycle #3. This is my first month tracking BBT so I'm hoping to see a spike tomorrow x