POAS Anon Christmas Party 🌲🧑‍🎄 Ho ho ho-ws your line progression?! Thread 3

@AMS19 I'll bare that in mind. it's a funny one isn't it, I'm here thinking where are my symptoms and there will be people feeling absolutely rotten wishing they weren't feeling so sick. Definitely a be careful what you wish for situation isn't it. Also can't believe it's Christmas next week! But I'm looking forward to finally telling my parents about baby bean! Did you say your scan was on Monday? You'll have to update us when you get back!

Obviously I've done some more POAS, they've stopped getting darker now I think they're as dark as they're going to go so I think that's a sign to stop testing!

Aww gals we have so many graduates now it's fab!! Sounds like yer doing well!

Did my temp this morning and it's shot up .4 of a degree! So that's good I think ☺️ I'll take an OPK now hopefully it's gone down

Still a little worried about lack of CM, I'm wondering if it's because I wasn't drinking as much water to get OPK peak? Hopefully it was still in there!
xxxx

Hi @AMS19 I'm doing ok, still waiting for the realisation that I'm pregnant to kick in! I've got a scan next week too so hopefully that will help and everything will be ok. Hope yours goes well too!! I tried the alcohol free kopparberg cider at the weekend. It tasted like slightly fizzy squash and I was irrationally angry about it 😂. Can I ask when your nausea started? I'm 5+2 today and haven't noticed any yet!

I’m hoping it is @jessi60 I’d had a pint of juice at 2pm ish and a coffee around 3:30pm then nothing until OPK test at 6pm. I also realised I didn’t pee between drinking and testing. Usually I go to the loo then wait two hours to test with no drinks etc so I think it might be that.

Will test again tomorrow around 12pm. Glad I’m off to a client site to stock count in Darlo tomorrow so I’ll be busy counting engines for the morning then will be home just before lunch so will keep my mind off it 🤣

@Dex1521 Was it not just more diluted urine? X

Don’t know if it’s relevant but we DTD about 2 hours before OPK test. Would that have affected it?

So tested again tonight and OPK back down to 0.39 after continuous rises the past few tests. Kinda worried about this - should I be?

I was up at 0.7 and test line nearly as dark as C line but feel like I’ve gone a million steps backwards

@PowerOfFlowers I did the same as @GreenApplesYo
, rang my gp to ask what to do and they said I should self refer online. I got a text from them a few days later with the details of my booking appt with the midwife in Jan. Feels totally insane and still not at all real. Great that you got a positive on a digital. I'm just waiting for a 3+ weeks on a digital now and then I'll stop POAS 🙄 I also bought the what to expect when you're expecting book but all the information is available on the app anyway so didn't need to bother paying really. It is good though if you like having something physical to read.

@DrS44 I think my peak was similar, I think mine stayed quite high for about 2 days and then shot right down. Hopefully your temp increase today is the start of TWW!

@Dex1521 that's looking good! Some people do have a gradual rise and some have a sudden rise so whatever is happening for you is totally normal! Fingers crossed for that peak soon!!!

@Emmgrem sounds like you had fun at your work party! Don't worry about one day I'm sure it'll be fine, like you say the high temp probably would have confused your chart anyway I'm sure it'll average everything out! If the OPKs are stressful maybe a CB one would be good, i was thinking if I didn't fall pregnant last cycle I was going to purchase a second hand one from ebay (apparently it's fine to do this because the pee end of the stick never touches the monitor or something). Theyre definitely easier to interpret!

@Dex1521 @DrS44 hahah northeast addition😂 I’ve been to Newcastle today Christmas shopping and Sainsbury’s but the team valley one. Sick of shops now, glad I do most of it online 🤣 x

All my other opks tests are barley visible with other brands but the easy at home ones show something, it’s strange. I never had no CM in November except one tiny amount. So I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I never ovulated despite having a peak 🤷🏻‍♀️ X

Haha that’s so funny! I only place I was today was Sainsbury’s about 2pm so don’t think we crossed paths unfortunately hopefully all three of us get out BFPs soon and we can be the ladies who lunch north east edition 😂 @DrS44 @jessi60

@Emmgrem I would trust the easy at home one! And looking at the colours of your OPKs rather than the numbers it looks like they're getting gradually stronger rather than up and down??

@Dex1521 ya how weird?? Keep looking for it but no sign 🤣🤣 hopefully it's good but I dunno the logic in that 🤷🏼‍♀️😅 ya you look like you're gonna peak soon ☺️🙃 exciting! And at the best time of the cycle too! Yay for you! I was just in darlo getting my nails done actually - was thinking about you and @jessi60 looking at all the girls and saying I wonder if any of them are my Mumsnet pals 🤣 xxxx

@DrS44 when you said about CM I’m the same this month I’ve had literally non! Whereas last month I had loads so maybe it’s a good sign for both of us 🤞 we seem to have similar cycles as you are around ovulation and I think I’m nearly there 🥰

And the stabbing pain in the fanny 😂 hopefully it is ovulation don’t know what else it could be lol

Very quick update here - feel like someone is stabbing my fanny! Ovulation? 🤣🤣🤣

@PowerOfFlowers that does make me feel better but also feel bad getting so horrendously hungover if it did turn out I was pregnant 😂

@Dex1521your latest OPK is looking great, and good progression too. Def looks like you will peak soon!

OPKs are not my friend this morning. Using the same pee sample I did one E@H test and one one-step test as I just don't trust these cheapies haha. And look at the difference!! One of them is barely there and the other is 0.47 🙈 what am I supposed to believe?! This is after 5-10 mins.
Also disappointed that they seem to go high and then back to low each time rather than progressing 🤷🏻‍♀️
I think I might invest in the CB monitor next month as it's stressing me out using these cheapies. Just wish I could pinpoint my ovulation and whether it's even happening. I'll just be happy getting to that stage let alone getting preg!!

@GreenApplesYo yeah I was thinking that too, maybe my peak will be in the next day or two. Yep going to test again this afternoon so finger crossed it’s still high

@PowerOfFlowers hooray for getting to 4 weeks 🙂I called my GP receptionist and asked what the procedure is, all I had to do was self-refer to maternity services. There was a form on my local NHS maternity service site to fill in and email to the midwives. I got a reply from them the same day I sent the form in. I did it at 4+3 but I think this was quite early, there's no rush to get it sent off.

I haven't got a book yet, but was thinking I might get this one after the 12wk scan www.amazon.co.uk/Day-Day-Pregnancy-Book-Experts/dp/0241312817/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pregnancy+day+by+day+book&sprefix=Pregnancy+day&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1607860981&sr=8-1

It looks very detailed though so it depends what you're after! I like having all the info haha, but some of the reviews say it's too much to digest.

@Dex1521 I'd say you maybe haven't peaked yet but you're on the way up? Are you going to test again this afternoon? That's just my guess though 🙂

Ok I’m sorry I’m so dumb with this BBT and OPKs can someone look at my chart and see if it’s ok - got a 0.73 on OPK today which still says low.

We’ve been DTD the last two nights (first night was a shambles as OH was getting in his own head and couldn’t keep it up but he managed to do his part inside me) yesterday was fine and will DTD again today. Sorry this was so tmi 😂

Also I’m not predicted to ovulate until 22nd so I think I’m going to ovulate early

Morning all 😀
@Dex1521 Your bbt should go up after you've ovulated and if you are pregnant, then it should stay up. It goes down when AF arrives. Your opks should shoot up and then shoot back down again (well, that what happened to me!).

Haha great work on the Xmas party
@Emmgrem 😂 I did this last Saturday too after a lot of red wine, took my bbt on Sunday, it was high again, but didn't adjust it. I was pregnant though (didn't know!) cd18 for you - are you now testing twice a day? Definitely a positive that AF hasn't arrived this early for you! Hope you get a peak in the next few days (and dtd!!)

How's your surge looking this morning @DrS44 ?? How lovely re staying at your wedding venue!

So - this morning I took a digital test and it said pregnant. I'm 4 weeks exactly today! AF should have arrived yesterday, it didn't - wooo! This still doesn't feel real. I feel ok, a bit tired. Also, this could be outing but I had fixed upper and lower braces on Friday so i've been feeling very sorry for myself this weekend. Only been able to eat soups. But, I keep thinking it will be worth it and this time next year i'll have a baby and straight teeth 🙈🙈🙈

@AMS19 @GreenApplesYo and @Bells20 - what do I do now? 😂 Do I contact my GP? Contact midwife services? Is that how it works? When did you all do this? 😂😂
Also, have you bought any books to read about it? I love a book to look at as a guide but there are so many!

@positivitytree2020 ya hoping it's my peak and it's worked 🙈🙈 BBT is so confusing 🤣 I'm trying though...

@Emmgrem ahhh cycle buddies 💛 that last OPK looks far higher than a point 5? It looks to me as it's as dark as the control line? Maybe you'll peak today? What was last cycle for you, was it gradual or quick LH surge! Also some of your pics I think you might have taken too soon? The pink dye is still running through so it would be fully accurate?)

Tested again this morning and mine is still high! Strange! Thought it would have went down by now... we DTD twice yesterday and I'll have to hop on board this eve 🤣 I'm worried though as I've not had much CM? Strange! Had loads last month!! My temp slightly increased this morning but looks as though I'm far colder than you @Emmgrem 🤣🤣 I'm hoping tomorrow it'll go up confirming ovulation 🙈🙈 xxxx

@Dex1521 from the reading I've been doing on the FF and Premom websites and what the lovely ladies here have said, I think it can both for both of those. But post ovulation BBT should stay high until either AF or if pregnant it continues to be high..