1DPO and starting the TWW - who's with me?

Fair enough, I think you might be able to use some site or app to adapt temps taken at different times? I've definitely seen a couple of people on some threads talk about doing that.

I'm 4dpo today, so a couple of days ahead of you. Got my peak on Wednesday evening along with ovulation pains, so assuming ovulation sometime on Thursday. My high LH results dissipate within 12-24 hours usually, so I think I ovulate fairly soon after the peak.

I have shortish cycles though, so due AF on the 30th. Planning to test next Sunday and Monday then wait for AF to be late if bfn.

It can be, but can also get slightly higher as you get close to AF as the hormone levels can 'confuse' the test and read as LH. It doesn't usually mean anything either way, can go high right before a period, or if you're pregnant, and it could also just stay low. Can also mean (if you get another peak) that you didn't actually ovulate the first time and you're trying to again.

BBT or a progesterone test is how you'd confirm ovulation, LH just tells us our bodies are preparing for ovulation, not that it's actually happened, so you can have more than one peak in a cycle.

I'm trying to be as chill about it as I can so far, I find myself getting excited when I peak and when it gets close to AF time (as I know I'll find out soon) but the wait between is a bit stressful as I'm so impatient 😅

I'm also one of those people who wants to know as much as possible, so I've read a lot of stuff about ttc and how it works and all that. Feel a bit of an expert already!

I'm just taking folic acid at the minute. I told myself I'd give it 6 cycles before I considered taking/doing anything else. My dad's recently been diagnosed with hemochromatosis (too much iron), meaning I might have it too as its genetic, so I don't want to take anything until I've at least been tested and have the okay from a doc that it won't be an issue.

Of course you can all join, the more the merrier!

So sorry to hear about your previous losses @BudgetBuster , I've got my fingers crossed for you for this cycle!

It is all very exciting isn't it @Amy95 , its only my second cycle tracking so I'm still in the 'honeymoon phase' so to speak 😅

@winterbabyrose are you using LH strips/temping at all or just the app? The 14 days before period ovulation thing is an average, so many ovulate later or earlier than the apps predict. I actually only have an 11 day luteal phase so if I were to go off the apps, I'd be a few days out. I'd definitely recommend tracking lh for at least a couple of cycles, so you at least have an idea of your luteal phase and ovulation symptoms, etc. It's really helped me understand my body and cycles better.

If you really are 1-3dpo it'll just be a bug or progesterone related. Everything ive read so far says you can't have hcg related symptoms until after implantation which is 6dpo at the absolute earliest. I'm telling myself this constantly to stop from symptom spotting and driving myself mad 😅

Hi ladies, it's nice to have a couple of others to get through the tww with!

@Pastaf0rbreakfast if you're ovulating, breastfeeding shouldn't interfere with conception at all I don't think?

Thankfully not started with the symptom spotting just yet as I know it's not possible to have any pg symptoms until after implantation, which can't have happened yet. I know last time I was pregnant (over a decade ago, ended in mc at 12ish weeks) my first symptoms were peeing alot, and milk cravings.

I'm mostly just impatient at the minute, want to fast forward time a week so i can know already 😅

@dcrxcm sorry to hear about the pcos, yeah, It can be hard not to get obsessive. That was me last cycle, trying to be a bit more relaxed about it this cycle.

@cdn298 I'll be testing next Sunday, so we can try to hold off before then and be test buddies!

Good luck to you all this cycle, hoping it's a lucky thread and we all get our bfp! I'm prepared for it to take a bit longer though, I'm 32 and overweight so aware it's unlikely to happen super quickly.