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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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Ovulation/TTC continued

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newtolineofduty · 09/10/2021 20:44

@Aims1991 @CShandy01 @hoola23 @MrsRosaline @plantbasedlondoner @LittleDoveLove thought I'd best start a new thread before it stops letting us post given we're almost at 1k! 🥰 x

Have I forgotten anyone!? X

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Aims1991 · 19/10/2021 20:14

I don't really think I get a lot of CM to know if I'm ovulating. I always just go with my OPK. Should I be tracking EWCM?

hoola23 · 19/10/2021 19:45

@newtolineofduty cd9 today. I don't think ovulation will be until cd14 or 15 again this month! My cycles for the last 3 months have been 3-4 days longer than normal - any guesses as to who or does that just sometimes happen?

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newtolineofduty · 19/10/2021 19:43

Yey!!! What cycle day are you @hoola23? Xx

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hoola23 · 19/10/2021 19:24

@newtolineofduty 🤣🤣 I just don't have the patience for it! Another two days and hopefully I'll be done! Ewcm has arrived so it's time to get busy!

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newtolineofduty · 19/10/2021 18:56

Hehe @hoola23 that happened to me last month when I painted the decking! I was covered in peppa pig plasters! 😂😂😂 x

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hoola23 · 19/10/2021 18:49

@newtolineofduty oh you can come and finish it off then🤣 my fingers now have blisters from holding the paintbrush all bloody day! I presume that means I'm holding it wrong 🤣

plantbasedlondoner · 19/10/2021 18:26

@Aims1991 that's a good tip! Just ordered some OPKs, will see if I feel like testing this month - it's still early days as am on CD 6 so far :)

@hoola23 gosh no wonder you're knackered! It is hard with the cold evenings to get into the mood - the days feel longer when it's dark!

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newtolineofduty · 19/10/2021 16:29

@hoola23 hehe that's always my job I find it very therapeutic! X

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hoola23 · 19/10/2021 15:24

@newtolineofduty I hope so! Still haven't started the sex but should really get cracking tonight. I'm currently painting 4 internal doors and all the woodwork and I'm exhausted!!🤣

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newtolineofduty · 19/10/2021 15:08

@MrsRosaline I had no idea LH fluctuates constantly I thought it was just low low low surge low low low!!!!! @hoola23 sounds like if you keep testing you'll go straight to peak! Remember I freaked out last cycle as I had EWCM mega early that went away but then it came back usual time! X

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Aims1991 · 19/10/2021 12:18

@plantbasedlondoner I drink a lot of water too. That's why I test around 6 because I'm just home from work and that last few hours of work are crazy and fly by so I don't get the chance for the toilet. Worth trying and seeing how you get on

plantbasedlondoner · 19/10/2021 11:49

I learn so much from all of you! Honestly I'd love to try OPKs again but I drink water a lot and not sure I can hold my pee for 3 hours or reduce the amount I drink - I have read it makes it less accurate if you don't do this. But let's see how this month goes!

@MrsRosaline so sorry it's been such a weird month for you, I hope AF comes along soon and things settle x

Aims1991 · 19/10/2021 11:23

@hoola23 @CShandy01 I sometimes do 6pm then 8pm. But I'm the same at times. I quickly get my peak and the day before can be so low

CShandy01 · 19/10/2021 11:19

@hoola23 @Aims1991 I ended up having to test morning and night at one point because the differences were so big and I think I ovulate quite quickly. I noticed that this time round I had EWCM Sunday morning and then by Sunday evening it was completely gone. Just crazy how the body works sometimes!!

hoola23 · 19/10/2021 09:27

@Aims1991 yeah I do two a day. One in AM and one in PM and they both look the same at the moment! Last month I just Suddenly went to peak on CD13 so perhaps the same this month

Aims1991 · 19/10/2021 09:06

@hoola23 I do mine when I get home at 6pm because I leave for work just before 7 so I feel that's too early to test

hoola23 · 19/10/2021 08:07

@Aims1991 oh we're pretty much the same this month then! Mine are still very negative this morning!

Aims1991 · 19/10/2021 07:19

@hoola23 I'm now cd 10! I normally get my peak around 13/14, I use opks to test then when I get my peak I use a CB just to see the smiley face for confirmation

hoola23 · 18/10/2021 23:00

@MrsRosaline I wonder what's going on?! Defo nothing to worry about, it's defo just resting itself but I just wonder when it will come and what the science is!

MrsRosaline · 18/10/2021 21:49

I know 😂 Every night I think 'Maybe I'll get my peak in the morning', but it's never there!! Argh. It's just a waiting game.

hoola23 · 18/10/2021 21:34

@MrsRosaline I hope your AF arrives soon! What a crazy month for you! Xx

MrsRosaline · 18/10/2021 21:17

Hmm strange. I've been testing the last two weeks and my LH has been up and down, but certainly no peak. So I guess it can fluctuate before it surges! 🤷🏻‍♀️ Hope you get your peak soon 🤞🏻 xx

hoola23 · 18/10/2021 21:12

@Aims1991 how come?! What cd are you now hun? X

hoola23 · 18/10/2021 21:11

@MrsRosaline no these were my cheapies so they only test for lh and then you take a picture and it tells you high, low or peak so that's why I was confused!

MrsRosaline · 18/10/2021 20:56

@hoola23 because CB tests for two hormones. So it's possible your oestrogen was up, but not your LH. I presume CB is what you were using? X