Post Pill Party - The Mosh Pit !!

@Moocher90 your tests are looking good I think you will peak soon!

@MissC07 I think your tests look fine.

We BD last night, I’m not sure he will come near me tonight as I’m suspected covid 😂

@ChinChilly Those look like strong lines!!! They all look the same to me too (maybe the top one is a bit darker?!) take it as a good sign though!

@Moocher90 Fingers crossed for you too! They're def heading the right direction.

I'm now worried that I'm not doing my OPK's properly as my test line looks a lot wider than both of yours 🙈 My temp also went up this morning so I don't know what's going on 🤷‍♀️

@Wiltshire90 Welcome! Sorry I can't help with the shift worker bit. That's also awful about getting punched in the face. Wishing you luck on your TTC journey ✨

@ChinChilly I would say they are defo Positove! Get BDing ☺️

@Wiltshire90 I also work for the emergency services and shift work sucks!!

By far the darkest line yet!! Hopefully I ovulate soon! I’m excited as it’s the first time I have seen it so dark

So these OPKs are all from today at various times, they all look the same to me but premom has them at all different readings...confused!

@Wiltshire90 🙋🏼‍♀️ welcome, that sounds terrible about somebody punching you 😮 I can’t help with the shift work I’m afraid

Hi all, can I join?

I am 30 and in month 3 TTC (CD1 today). Came off the pill in early November and so far both cycles have been 34 days. Convinced myself I was pregnant twice on both cycles but turns out the pill was hiding PMS symptoms.... d'oh.

I haven't been doing OPKs but going on CM & temp.

I was diagnosed with PCOS about seven years ago so I am worrying any eggs I'm releasing aren't as healthy as they could be!!!

Also - does anyone else do shift work? I'm a front line emergency worker and I can't help but think the shifts and the stress aren't going to help! For example I got punched in the face last night - not ideal for TTC a tiny bean!!

@crabette I know! I’m hoping it’s a side effect of my sinus stuff that’s going on. I haven’t got a temp or anything so fingers crossed

@ChinChilly Oh God, not often we're hoping for a BFN on this thread!

@Juno231 @Kay00 £27 for the month though, so even just the CB OPKs are not cheap!

@Kay00 Think I'm having multiple surges as well. Just thought I'd try the CBs this cycle to see if the extra hormone made any difference in identifying a peak... not holding my breath though!

@Juno231 Yeah totally agree! I've only been using the CB OPK's, they come with the wee smiley face reader - even if you have the machine you still need to buy these! And you plug this reader into the machine once you're done for it to record the result 🤷🏻‍♀️ So I haven't bought the machine, as it sounded like a very expensive FF app to me. But think I've had a similar experience as you with a friend lol, she knows someone who used it successfully and it's brilliant and tracks everything, etc etc... (Yep, I'm already doing this with my app, plus it also logs BBT which the machine won't do 🤯)

@FlyingGiraffe I tried the photo in a different light and it came up as high.

Arghh, I’ve lost my sense of smell & taste! I knew something was off when I couldn’t smell the dogs 💩 this morning! Off for another COVID test I go

CD38 and still nothing 🙃

@crabette I'd definitely try it along with the IC's. I have a feeling I might get my peak today or tomorrow and seeing as the clearblue are so expensive I dont want to waste one without checking with an IC first. If it does happen itll be nice to know we've dtd on the right days beforehand.

@Juno231 I agree, the fertility monitor is a waste of money for essentially the same test as the advanced digitals. It just inputs the data for you by the look of it, but I can do that myself for a rather nice saving thank you very much! Haha! When you say about @chinchilly maybe being the day is that because the temp went really low? Mine has been around 36.35 but today dropped to 36.17. Does it usually drop just before ovulation?

@ChinChilly maybe the lighting? If it was the same colour as the control line that sounds like a good positive to me! Maybe itll be darker this afternoon 🤞

@crabette thing is the smiley face CBs do two hormones as well so the monitor always sounded like a right rip off to me. One of my TTC clueless friends drove me mad about the monitor last year. She's been trying on and off for over a year but doesn't know anything about how TTC works really - someone told her about the monitor so she's been raving about it, telling me all these people got pregnant within a couple of months of using it and how her SIL used it and realised she was ovulating CD19 and therefore had been missing her egg etc bla bla bla. She kept pushing it on me no matter how much I explained that it's just a fancy ovulation test and that I know exactly when I ovulate due to BBT - I don't need to pay £100 for this thank you.

The funny thing is that the one cycle she could be bothered to try it it never gave her a peak reading lol.

@Juno231 I think either today or tomorrow, I’ve just done a OPK and both lines looked the same colour to me but premom only gave them a 0.67 so still low

@ElizabethP141 Ooooh that's a good shout on the temping, think I'll try that and see how it goes? Re: your question on the clearblue OPK's, I'm trying them this month after a few months of using ICs and struggling to catch a peak. These ones you do with first pee of the day, and a wee digital display tells you if they're low, high, or peak, so you don't need to try and judge the lines or worry about time of day - in theory!

I'm now on day 6 of "high" though... so I'm a bit concerned I'm just going to be high for ages and no peak!

I thought it was interesting that the ClearBlue machine thing that you can buy that's like £85 doesn't even record temp? So it obviously thinks you can work it from these tests alone - apparently they do 2 hormones and not just LH like the IC's.

@FlyingGiraffe Might supplement with the IC's in the evening just as a test, that's a good idea.

@MissC07 I binged Bridgerton as well, loved it! Duke of Hastings is very easy on the eyes lol.

@ChinChilly ooh maybe today is the day??

Wrong one attached DUH! Wow the brain fog from the early rise is kicking in already 😂

@Gracie2021 I’m not back in work until Wednesday but I did have a prang of ‘oh god back to work soon’ last night I have had over a month off.

@Juno231 I’ll be paying for my early morning later! Keeping everything crossed for your next egg.

I had a temp drop today, that was taking just after 4am though..when I checked it again later it was even lower 🤔

@Gracie2021 I hope it’s just a one off long one! I thought I was fine, made my plan for this cycle and then cried in my car on the way to work 😂. I think I just needed to let it out. Lockdown is really getting to me now as well.

@Juno231 I woke up about 20 mins later than my work alarm naturally this weekend so I might be okay without the adjuster most of the time. My RHR is not affected by alcohol so hopefully my temp is the same!

@sperr well we can be cycle buddies for now then! As for temping, the bbt adjuster is only really meant to be used as an exception so just don't plan on using it too regularly . Wine wise I think it depends on the person - I have to be drunk for my temps to be affected but others seem to notice a difference after just a glass. Sounds like plan for you to try it out this cycle though as it sounds like your ovulation ended up being much later than you thought! Best of luck.

@ChinChilly eek 4am - what a start to the week!

@TheDaydreamBelievers brilliant news, let's hope this cycle is successful too.

We saw the first episode of The OA on netflix yesterday and really enjoyed it! Am already looking forward to continuing it tonight :)

CD2, temp is dropping (from 36.9 to 36.5 today) and my RHR has already dropped to 66 (down from 70) so things are normalising again. I always said January would be the month for me though as I have two ovulations in it and double the chances lol - so cross your fingers the next egg is the successful one!

Fingers crossed for those of you in the TWW. won't be long til the first BFP I bet!!