TTC December thread

That’s all it takes - good luck! I think I’ll ov Tuesday so a few days behind you

I think if you do twice after your solid smiley that’s still a great effort! I’m pretty sure the reader resets itself every cycle so I don’t think it should be impacted by your friends results assuming she stopped using it after her positive if she’s now pregnant!

@mightbeyesmightbeno God the CB OPKs are so confusing aren't they?

I would say that your static smiley was genuine, since you had a O the day before. I'd have though hormone levels have to be pretty high for it to register a peak?

My only worry for you would be that the baseline hormones will be based on your friend's levels rather than yours, which will probably be different. But as I said, I've got one too which has only been used by me and I've only ever gone straight from O to static smile the 2 cycles I've used it. I do always start using it later than it says for my cycle length though tbh as it was so expensive, I don't want to use up 10 sticks on one cycle by starting so far before I usually ovulate.

@Bundaberg84 thanks I guess it's normal then. Wasn't sure as I've always had a peak after two flashing smileys

@Tinkerbell098 I always have around 5 high days before I got a peak.

@Tinkerbell098 Ah ok...still lots of time for your peak before you give up on this month then :)

Sorry was meant to say if you see 9 high days*

@LittleMysSister this is what they say on the CB website:

Seen more than 9 High Fertility days?

If you see more than 9 High Fertility days you may wish to stop testing this cycle.

• If you started testing on the correct day for your usual cycle length and you see 9 or more days of High Fertility, it is unlikely that you will see Peak Fertility in this cycle.
• Occasionally some women have an LH surge that is too low for the test to detect or they do not ovulate during a cycle and therefore they don’t see Peak Fertility. This is not unusual and may happen in approximately 8% of cycles. If you do not see Peak Fertility for 3 consecutive cycles, we recommend you discuss this with your doctor.

seems that they suggest if you see 9 peak days, and you've tested early enough, it's unlikely you'll see a peak. but it can happen i guess!

@LittleMysSister hope so! I usually only get about 2 flashing before a solid, so was surprised I had a third today. I was hoping for a solid as this is the last day we get to DTD for this cycle as I'm away for a couple of weeks. Also, there's no sign of EWCM this month either, so something's really odd with my cycle this month.

@Tinkerbell098 I think you're meant to have a few days flashing aren't you? Prior to the static?

My impression was if you use it from the recommended day of your cycle (think it's different based on cycle length isn't it?) you should have empty, then flashing for a few days in the lead up to the peak to show you your fertile days, and then finally the static.

@mightbeyesmightbeno I agree with @melbxldn and @LittleMysSister I've had it go from empty to solid when I've tested too late, as it didn't have much of a baseline for oestrogen to compare against. This cycle however, I've tested early and got two empty ones, followed by three flashing and yet to see a solid. I feel like I've missed the peak. Has anyone else had this? I think they say if you get a flashing for a while, stop testing as you won't hit the peak that cycle?

@mightbeyesmightbeno I am under the impression that the CB OPKs with the smiley faces use your own individual baseline and the reader remembers is, so not sure you can pass a reader on?

However, I have also gone from O to static smiley both last cycle and this, so it can happen :) I think you only get the flashing smileys if you start using it a few days before your surge so that it can detect a gradual rise, if you only do it when you're already on top of your peak then it will just detect that.

I got a static smiley this week after a O the day before and have taken that as my peak.

@mightbeyesmightbeno I use these so can explain. If you got a solid smiley that is your LH surge, so you should ov next 24-72hrs.

When you use the reader the first time you ALWAYS get a negative, unless it is your LH surge and you’ll get a solid smiley straight away. Then the next day it measures it off your baseline and you get a flashing if your oestrogen has increased. You’ll never get a flashing first up because it needs to compare the previous reading. This suggests to me you started testing too late, if you’d done the day before as well you probably would have got a flashing the second day. That said, I’ve tested every day and sometimes just got a solid - that can happen if you get an oestrogen and LH surge quite close together. But as long as you get the LH surge youre good, the flashies just give you a heads up!

Tonight and tomorrow morning should be perfect timing

Hiya, I'm back, thanks for reserving a seat in this thread! I had to take a little break after AF arrived last cycle, thought about not tracking anything but decided against it. I think it would have made me even more nervous ;)
Did a bloodwork, OB-GYN was pleased with all results, so there's that. Even though I see very different results when it comes to the AMH - according to some sites my test result is good, according to others it's really bad, but I think my OB-GYN knows what he's doing. And the fact that I got pregnant twice this year is a good sign I guess.

I'm 2dpo today, so back to the 2ww. I have to be honest, even though I take my vitamins and whatnot but I really haven't been good when it comes to food and drinks. Christmas markets opened and I love me a mulled wine. But I feel like if I can't go out and have a glass of wine here or a mulled wine there, I will drive myself nuts.

Hey girls, think I’m abit ahead of everyone here? 7/8dpo hoping to have a positive for December. Though I’m not feeling very hopeful. No symptoms at all so far. But then like I said we only dtd 3 or 4 days before I was supposed to ovulate wishing everyone here the very best of luck, and hoping you all get your BFP