🎵 Anyone for a spot of Sunday Evening Xylophone? 🌈 TTC Bus 52 🚌

@InkyPaper sounds like a great idea, we are all behind you & gently wishing you the best news but won't ask 🤞🏻

@LoveQ ah yes @Juno231 knows much more than me 😂

Lots of snow ❄️ here so maybe sledging tomorrow woooohhoooooo

@Juno231 and @lakejupiter thats good to know thank you, let's hope I had the correct date for ovulation as we made sure his best swimmers would be ready 😅

@inkypaper I'll be thinking if you 22nd with my fingers crossed 🤞🏻

@InkyPaper good plan! I am hoping with you, we shall not ask again until the 22nd

Yeah @LoveQ I second @Juno231 - I had a bit of watery and EWCM around a week dpo and assumed it was secondary oestrogen surge

@InkyPaper sounds like a sensible arrangement. You've got this! 😘

@InkyPaper big hugs, it's a really tough time going through IVF so it's good you're being kind to yourself. Don't be scared to use the clinics offer of speaking to a therapist as well!

@LoveQ a second lot of EWCM isnt unusual somewhere around 5-9dpo for a day or so as it's caused by the secondary oestrogen surge @lakejupiter mentioned causes a sudden drop in temps too. Always best to DTD just in case though!

@pennysays @Minster2012 @Somatronic @lakejupiter @larrythelizard @Franklydear @paintfairy @Dawnbird @LoveQ @BellatrixK @Manifestingbaby @polkadotpixie @becarefulouthere thanks for all the support, everyone, it means a lot ❤️❤️❤️ I'm still not great mentally but a little better, I think. We've decided to wait for OTD to test so I can pretend for just a little while longer that I'm actually pregnant. Also agreed with DH that he'll be the one to check the test results as I can't bear to look at another BFN.

@Vil10 OTD is the 22nd - same as @becarefuloutthere's due date 😊 been very up and down with everything but not long to wait and find out now

Sorry about AF @polkadotpixie 🤗❤️

Hope everyone's OK and come through this horrible storm alright! 🤗

Thank you @pennysays - yes it ruined my day yesterday and I was disappointed I broke a promise to myself! Will hopefully be able to wait it out. I'm also BBTing now which should make it easier to not test. I hope. Like either my temp will drop significantly the day before AF or it won't.

@lakejupiter DON'T TEST! You absolutely aced it last cycle and said yourself it was so much better for you not being crazy and POAS all the time. Channel 'you' from last cycle and wait it out...

@Minster2012 yes I'm definitely going yo try and cover this lot as well, only issue is then it'd be far to late for implantation as my AF symptoms would usually start tomorrow 😑 we shall see I guess x

Awww sorry @polkadotpixie that's really frustrating but glad you feel ok bout it

@LoveQ I do think it's much more usual for ewcm to then def dry up after OV so I'd say it may be OV on the second lot? Best to cover anyway

@lakejupiter it's soooo hard to stay away from the sticks if you have them in. Well it's def a start for him which is great but yeah maybe a bit of cajoling necessary!

Hi all! Sorry about AF @polkadotpixie but glad you're getting the ball rolling with the forms and that cycle is stable.

I caved and POAS yesterday during the storm lol. I wasn't gonna test until at least 12dpo but had an FRER in my bag (am staying in Sussex dog sitting) and we had a power cut and I had nothing to distract me from the urge! BFN at 10dpo. Had another temp rise this morning but I still have four days until AF so there's time for it to drop (or not). Now have to decide if I test again before AF.

Hi @Minster2012 yes he did a home SpermCheck and it came back normal. I'm impressed he did it tbh but I did have to gently tell him that it only measures count not motility or morphology or anything. I'd love for him to get a proper SA next cycle, I'm having an ultrasound as part of my PCOS diagnosis next week so maybe that will encourage him lol.

I'm having an odd cycle this month, wondering if anyone has had anything similar, I'm currently CD18 and have a lot of EWCM however I already had some EWCM around CD13 which would be around the time i tend to ovulate so now I'm confused 😑

@polkadotpixie sorry to hear your af has arrived x

@Minster2012 EWCM cd14,15 & 17

@Somatronic that's frustrating about having o wait but at least DH was up for trying anyway

@dmb91 mine went like that then down & rapidly back up again for a peak so keep testing. Do you track CM?

@polkadotpixie hugs for you

@lakejupiter did I read co parent did a SA? That's great! Are you gonna push for a private one as well or maybe in a few more cycles. I'm still hopeful on your chart, you stayed away from the sticks?? 🤔

@larrythelizard I'd take a baby any time. We never cared about that kind of thing
Christmas day, New Year's Eve, whatever.

@BellatrixK thanks. After trying for so long including with ovulation induction with follicle tracking and never once having as much as a squinter I have no hope about conceiving naturally.

@polkadotpixie thinking of you xx

@pennysays cycles were 8-10 weeks long before I had implants (from what I can remember), no bleeding in the 11 years I had implants. Removal was 2nd July and only just had first af on 1st feb so can't really answer the how regular are my cycle question.
I seem to be tracking opks on two different apps and have more tests from 15th which are very negative

Also @polkadotpixie 11dpo is early and spotting could be nothing…

@polkadotpixie holding my breath. We’re here for you.

…cd 15 was your peak (if you had tested again later that night it might have been higher, you really want the second line to be darker that the control.) and then you ovulated on cd16. BUT (and it’s a big but) my cycles are all over the place and long and I regularly get a peak which is not ovulation and then a week later I get a proper peak. By my cycles are somewhere between 40 and 90 days. If You’re regular then cd 14/15 is commonly peak lh day.

Have a look at some opk charts online they’re helpful to know what to expect.

Do you temp? That’s the best way to know if you’ve ovulated.

@dmb91 how regular are your cycles? Your LH peaks and that sets off ovulation, you ovulate as your LH comes down again. If you’re regular on your cycles it looks like

Do these look right? Does LH go up and down before ov or could I have missed it?

Oh no @polkadotpixie so sorry. Ttc is absolutely crap.

Glad you’ve got to stay home @Franklydear

Sorry about the delay @Somatronic. Hopefully you’ll be lucky in the meantime?

So, I’m booking bloods at the hospital (which are useless). I think I’m booking Day 21 boots where I should get progesterone results. Is that right?