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

Hi all, hope you're all doing well!

@Dex1521 OPKs looking very promising fingers crossed for that peak very soon for you! Maybe tomorrow?

@PowerOfFlowers that is so lovely to see! Our due dates are really close, mine is estimated at 15th august at the moment. So clear on the scan picture too! Mine was a blurry little blob haha mind you I was only 6 weeks at the time. I've been thinking of having another scan mostly because I'm totally neurotic at the moment 😂 but I have my booking appointment tomorrow so I'm hoping that will help with reassurance. So pleased to see everything's looking good for you!

@jessi60 good to hear from you! I'm definitely the same, have no symptoms other than sore boobs and feeling a bit more tired than usual but even that seems to be easing off. I know I should feel lucky not to feel so poorly like many do but you can't help but worry can you.

@Dex1521 I am very far away from you all 😊 I am from Ireland 💚

@Greeneyedfairy Oo love it! Let’s hope we have little autumn babas. Can I ask where you’re from? Strange question I know but we all talked about it ages ago

Myself @DrS44 and @jessi60 all live in or close to Darlington in the north east, quite a few ladies from London direction too and I think @GreenApplesYo is in Cumbria

@Dex1521 mine is the 14th of October 2021👣... and, yes I agree!! I love October!! I have always felt there is something about October and the change in seasons🍁🍂🎃 🍂🍁that's great about your OPK!! ✨

@Greeneyedfairy literally was looking earlier at my EDD. We really want this cycle to work for us as we have always loved the idea of of having an October baby just something about that month we love 😂

Dtd this morning actually but I went for a bath this morning as it was so cold in our house and just having this feeling it’s all been “washed out” dunno if that can happen but will do it again tomorrow. Did another test around 3pm wee wasn’t very strong as I’d had a pint of juice and just couldn’t hold it but the result was 0.7 but the line was still as dark as the C line xx

Does anyone else look ahead and see what their EDD would be if they get pregnant!?!..guess what I am currently checking...

@Dex1521 My DH takes Zinc, Selenium, Vit C and Vit D. He can't tolerate multivitamins and prefers to take them separately. Yay!! Your opk looks really really great! Have you checked since!! Get DTD! We actually did every other day last cycle and we made sure to dtd the morning of my first temp rise as well. So by looking back at my chart we DTD the day of my +opk as well. Work commitments prevented any extra fun, but it what we did worked!! I actually didn't think we would get a BFP, as we were both so busy and tired.

@GreenApplesYo everything in moderation I guess! It's hard to give up things, but cutting back isn't as hard.The running is great.

@PowerOfFlowers wow!! Your pic is amazing! How cute . I bet you feel relieved and delighted to have been able to see your little one. Congratulations

@Emmgrem I am glad that I am not the only one having issues...I was beginning to think I was tech challenged!! I think it depends on the lighting too doesn't it, so I have decided to use my own two eyes

@PowerOfFlowers just googled yolk sack, apparently it gets turned into the intestines and umbilical cord eventually. Didn't know that. I'm feeling good, definitely more energetic. I was so sleepy for the first 9 wks or so! I think there's a big psychological difference being past the 12wk mark as well, I'm more relaxed now and looking forward to the next stages, like being able to feel the baby move, without also having to be 'cautious' and remind myself things might not work out. Think I felt like I needed to be careful not to get too excited until I'd had the 12wk scan, obviously there are still risks now, but they are so much smaller it's easier to just let go and get properly excited.

Yes @GreenApplesYo - the yolk sack! That's the circle - weird isn't it?! I'm happy that all my sypmtoms and feeling so cr*p over Christmas is justified - there is something there and it has a heartbeat 😀 Aww little bump! How are you feeling now? Has your energy come back?
@Dex1521 Thank you! I didn't expect the scan picture to be so clear. You are definitely hitting your peak in the next few hours or day - dtd!! Also, my DP took the Wellman for conception since end of September. We got a dual pack off Amazon.

@PowerOfFlowers awww! So cute. Interesting seeing the yolk sack (?) so clearly too. Both times I've been scanned I was thinking, o god what if there is nothing there? It is hard to believe there really is!

I am 14+3 now and getting a mini-bump which makes things seem more real.

@PowerOfFlowers aw wow thats amazing! Lovely scan photo too bet you’ll were glad to see it xx

Hi all 😀
Had my early reassurance scan this morning and very happy and relieved to say all is ok. They measured me 8+3 and due date 19/08. I thought I was 8 weeks exactly so not too far out. Everything is where it should be. It was an internal scan and it honestly didn't feel uncomfortable at all. I was convinced there was nothing in there but when it appeared on the screen, I just burst out crying. Here's a picture 😀

Hope you all are well.

Yay @Dex1521 that OPK is looking great, lovely dark line👌

My DP didn't take Wellman, but did take a multi-vitamin, cut down on caffeine and beer, and started running more regularly. He has kept up with the running 🙂but is back on the coffee and beer haha.

@jessi60 urgh sounds like a tiring few days, hope you get some proper rest soon x

@Dex1521 looking good, you are very close to your peak!! 🥳🥳

@positivitytree2020 Oo good to know OH has decided to get more involved in ttc so starting with these and see how we go.

Also think my peak will be today or tomorrow! Can we all appreciate how high my OPK is!! The last two cycles I’ve had a 0.8 peak but this one is well over 1 and just as dark as C line. Will test again this afternoon

@Dex1521 my DH takes wellman, just the regular multi vitamins! He doesn’t take any that are specific to fertility! 😊

AF finally arrived this morning so officially cycle day 1! 🥳🥳 that was the longest 38 days of my life haha!

Have any graduates OHs used these? The well man vitamins. OH has just bought them whilst doing the shop as they didn’t have specific fertility ones for men but they do mention that they support the male reproductive system. Just wondering if anyone had any experience using them

@Foxl2222 They were some of my tests. But I did have some ones which weren’t dark lines (hence the melt down) that I didn’t take photos of. So once you get the one your satisfied with I would walk away from them, think I did after I did the bottom test. Xx

I literally can’t keep up with everyone! 😂😂
I’ve been working and then had bad snow where I live so I’ve been having to set off to work at 05:30am and took me two hours to drive in thought I was going to have a panic attack the roads were they bad .. I bloody hate the snow for driving!!

Thanks for all your lovely comments about my scan 🥰🥰 @Emmgrem I think your right, don’t think I will ever know when I ovulated that month or how long my cycle would of been without getting my positive. It’s just crazy that based off my last period I would of been 9.5 weeks pregnant when in reality I was 6 at the scan 🤣🤣

@Foxl2222 I would try and step away from the tests. Honestly they had me insane. I’ll attach some pictures but I went through a crazy amount of them, it wasn’t normal. I think I did 6 first response ones, they were just the rapid ones though not the early ones. And then I went through 4 clear blue digital, got my 1-2 weeks and then a week later my 2-3 weeks then a week later my 3+. Would of had a melt down if I didn’t see them progressing when in reality they can be inaccurate with the dates. I used to spend ages studying the lines on the Normal ones and then freaking out and then moved onto opk testing strips when I ran out 😂 cause you get a blazing positive on those when pregnant . All it did was made me worry more. It’s easier said though as it’s your only bit of reassurance.

Anyways because I’m crazy I’ve booked a private scan for the 31st January lol. Maybe after the 12 week mark I can relax ... a little bit 😩 Thinks it’s cause I feel totally fine other than sore boobs!

@Greeneyedfairy Welcome to this little group. There a supportive bunch and I’m sure we can help and cheer you on 🥰

And if any of you need any reassurance regarding opk testing and dodgy cycles you only need to look at me as an example. I had two peaks that month (not very high for peaks either) and I had no clue what was going on. Assumed I didn’t ovulate, was in a huff because my cycle was being long and then ended up being pregnant after a 10 day bout of campylobacter so anything is possible haha! ❤️❤️ Xxxx

@Emmgrem it was lovely but god I ate far too much 😂 today’s is predicted to be the start of my fertile window according to ff and premom apps so we will see what happens this afternoon with my OPK tests. Definitely know what you mean about the app scanning them in wrong, I had one last cycle that was barely visible but must have been my lighting it said 0.7 baring in mind my peak has been no more than 0.81

@Greeneyedfairy I'm exactly the same with the app scanning. I'll always try it both manually and automatically and they usually throw up wildly different results. Including one last month where it was CD26 or something stupid and definitely a negative OPK to the eye but premom flagged it as 2.57 and a peak! I'd never seen a result so high and so wrong! So now it's made me really distrust using OPKs. But a lot of the other girls here seem to have had no problem at all with them.

@Dex1521 curry and gin sounds like a perfect evening! All mine are still low too but then my fertile window isn't predicted until next week based on last month 🤷🏻‍♀️ so I'm happy with that for now. Did you not ovulate the same day as me last month? CD20?

@Greeneyedfairy no more results on OPKs today will be tomorrow around 12 I’ll test again. Posted above my results of tonight and they’re still low. Had a few gins and an Indian tonight so we’ll satisfied (stuffed more like it 😂) and not even thinking of ttc tonight which is good. Feeling dead relaxed this cycle definitely not feeling how I have the last few cycles which is good as I feel relaxed and less stressed over ttc

@Greeneyedfairy I took a high dose b complex that had 50mg of B6 in it! That’s the only reason I can think of for ovulating late, last few cycles have always been consistent and the vitamins were only thing I changed this cycle! ☹️
I did some research and loads of other people on forums said B6 delayed their ovulation & messed up cycles so it doesn’t seem to be uncommon!
I’ve stopped taking it anyway so I’ll see what happens next cycle, whenever that comes! 😂🤞🏼

@positivitytree2020 how much B6 did you take? I take B12 and a b complex and my ovulation has never been effected by it. Biocare do a nice Antenatal complex too ✨ when do you normally ovulate?

@Dex1521 and @DrS44 any update re opks? I can never get that app to take a good pic of my lines and in fact I get several results when I scan the same test.

@Foxl2222 yay!! 💚Great to hear. I bet you were super relieved. Here's to a happy and healthy pregnancy

@DrS44 I wasn’t planning on testing coz we missed my fertile window! 😂 those tests aren’t cheap so don’t want to waste them! 😂 we DTD every day for 11 days, and stopped on CD20 coz we were staying with family then over Xmas and couldn’t do it in peace! 😂 typical the one time I ovulate late!

I think FF is right and I ovulated on CD26 (SO LATE) so didn’t DTD in the fertile window! That puts me at 12DPO today which would explain the pre-period spotting, and my temps after dropping so AF likely on way! Just want to get cycle over with!

My LP has been 11 days normally, I took B6 this cycle which I think messed up my ovulation, so that’s prob why my LP has extended by a day! 🤔 I’ve stopped taking it tho! Gonna go supplement free from now on bar my pregnacare!

Hold tight tho and don’t give up on OPKs like I did! 😃🤞🏼