Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 6

@mumof23188 I believe we meet with a nurse who sets us up for it all and then we start the following cycle. Feels like it’s hitting me now! I think I’m deffo too optimistic and a bit underprepared but deciding to go in innocent so I don’t obsess about

@LS2020 that is absolutely fantastic news. I’m so happy for you. What’s the first step? Thank you my lovely. It was such a nice break ☺️

@mumof23188 so glad to hear you’ve had some rest and taking care of your little one.. some TLC is always needed!

@mumof23188 appointment was fab - been referred and hope to start in next couple of weeks!!

@Juno231 damn I’m sorry AF arrived!! Hope you are ok!

@LS2020 how did your appointment go today? Ahhh annoying for the weird cycle but you never know 🤞. Hope all is well.

@GlassLily lovely dye stealer there ☺️

@ArBird hi, welcome! Yes definitely can have a dip at implantation. Doesn’t always happen tho. I had a little dip on mine, only by a couple of beats. I do find that RHR and BBT really do correlate nicely.

Sorry I dropped off the face of the earth. We went away and I made sure I was phoneless! Was a nice break xxxx

Hey everyone, I hope I can jump in on this! I've recently discovered the RHR link and have been tracking mine along with my BBT.

I'm 6dpo today and my resting rate has dropped to 67, although it's still early in the morning.
Do others find that their RHR drops just before implantation? or drops then rises again?

Oh and I took a CB Digi today - I know they are awful and I've read so much about them being inaccurate, so I was wary about using it.... but I had one left over so thought I'd give it a go and got 3+! So I'm going to stop testing now

(Just to be clear, the drinking I'm talking about was before I got pregnant..!)

@LS2020 that's exciting! All sounds very promising. Keep us updated!

I wouldn't mind this first bit going a bit quicker! So nervous for the scan, but staying optimistic. I live overseas so not nhs. Having a due date of next year makes it all seem so impossibly far away.

Yes my rhr would stay up for days after drinking, so annoying that it messes with tracking!

@Kona84 possibly! I’ve only had it once before I think. It’s very strange to feel nothing though, 2 days out!

@GlassLily no I don’t really bother tracking O because it was always day 13 so stopped when my sticks ran out. I think Ive had this one other time and that’s it. I didn’t really get loads of white CM and then not getting sore boobs from the progesterone is making me think nothing happened. Although weirdly actually, I got the smallest bit of blood around O day which I did take as an ovulation bleed but maybe was something else.
Yes I can imagine, you’ll soon be rattling through the weeks though once you have your scan! Is that NHS or your own one?

Can’t trust my RHR as I went out drinking with friends yesterday so shot up now 😂

@LS2020 that's interesting, did you do OPKs? Do you often have anovulatory cycles? I agree that a weird cycle could be a good sign! Fx for you.

Thanks I'm 21DPO now and going well! It's going bloody slowly but so happy to have made it to this point. I'm on constant knicker watch! Early scan is booked in for week after next.

@LS2020 no pms symptoms might be a good thing.
Good luck.

@Juno231 sorry AF showed. If it helps, Im having the most boring RHR month ever. I’ve gone up to 57 (tho from today’s chart no clue how it’s even got that, it seems to barely average 56!) and my same day last cycle was the peak at 60 😂 maybe I’m just very zen?!
I also have no symptoms, I usually get bad boob pain about 7dpo and barely anything this cycle so assume I didn’t actually ovulate.

@GlassLily what a beautiful dye stealing test ❤️ Hope you’re doing well x

@Juno231 😩 I really feel for you. You've got some real grit going through 19 cycles! I was on 13 and losing my mind. I really hope it comes soon for you, at this rate you deserve triplets or something, to make up for the long wait 😂 seriously though I hope you are doing ok, that's so incredibly tough ❤️

@Juno231 oh yes sorry forgot you were into the next cycle now! That's mad how the vaccine messes with people's cycles 😮

Thank you @juno231 ☺️ I'm so excited and also really nervous. I still can't believe it's real. I agree that B vitamins should extend and not shorten, but only in the right combination so maybe your shorter LP is something else @everymumday?

Juno how is your RHR looking now, did it stay up or was it just the jab?

@Juno231 yep had the Pfizer jab so could be because of that too for the short luteal phase. Hopefully, this month something positive happens.

@EveryMumDay Ah ok, now I always get mixed up on which way around it is, but I think it's the B12 than lengthens your LP, but you need the B6 to make the B12 work properly, or something? So I didn't think B6 on its own would affect your LP.

(It could be the other way around though!)

Sorry I'm losing the plot. Its not B10 but B6 100mg vitamin tablets I'm taking. Was expecting my luteal phase to be slightly longer this month but sadly not. Whenever I do get the fertility appointment, private or NHS, hope they can provide something and end the mystery of what the course is.

Oh that line is very strong at 18DPO :) love seeing BFP's.

Yes I had to get a prescription for the progesterone from a fertility specialist. I don't know about B10, I've only heard you need B12 and B6 for short LP.

I did another test to reassure myself - just a cheapie, 18DPO

@GlassLily congratulations and thank you for the information. Hope your pregnancy is going well. It gives me hope that it is possible. I'm sorry you had to go through 3 CPs :(

Apologies, how and where did you get the progesterone supplements? Was it through doctors prescription?

Not sure if I should stop taking B10 vitamin tablets, as previously I would have a solid 12 days from peak and period would start on the 13th after peak.

@NJOBX thank you, it's back up again so maybe it's ok!

Welcome @everymumday, I have a short LP (about 10 days) and took B complex and vit C to extend (to 11-12 days) and then later got progesterone supplements which got it up to 13 days. Now 5.5 weeks pregnant. But I understand it is absolutely possible to conceive with a 10 day LP but it perhaps is a bit tougher because of you have a late implantation it may not stick. I had 3 CPs so I assume the short LP contributed to them.