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LucyCL · 2024-06-16T11:51:29+00:00

This is for those who are trying to conceive crossing over from the end of June to July. Sending positive vibes to all of us !💙

DaisyEM · 23/06/2024 16:58

romeosierra9 · 23/06/2024 08:49

6th month TTC and only managed to DTD once during fertile days, any hints or tips for helping hubby preform?! Although we have a great time often, the fact we need him to finish during those days seems to make him unable too! (He's fully in to and committed to starting this next journey before anyone says that!)

Kudos to anyone who doesn't have this issue!

I personally don’t tell my OH when it’s important to ‘finish’. He has no clue when I’m in my FW, we just aim to DTD a couple of times a week, and I know when I’m ovulating, so that week I just try to influence things so that we DTD as close as possible to O day. I think it puts too much pressure on if they know a specific time counts more than others x

DaisyEM · 23/06/2024 16:56

LucyCL · 23/06/2024 11:37

I hope this will be your month! : )

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Awh thank you 🥰

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LucyCL · 23/06/2024 14:26

@Joleyjojo Thanks for sharing! So it is correct that BBT will rise sharply within 1 -2 days after the dip.
@RaineyNina Ovulating slightly earlier than usual could be caused by many things. I wish I could tell you but I also don't have a clue. For example, MCs delayed my ovulation 2 days later. Also the vitamin supplements I took such as Vitamin b6 and E might be the cause of my late ovulation. This cycle I will ovulate earlier because I stopped taking vitamin b6 and E and it is not affected by a CP (It happened last cycle). 😂Or you are feeling super relaxed? My point is is for this cycle have you done something different compared to the past cycles?

I am sharing my BBT charts. 😀

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RaineyNina · 23/06/2024 13:40

LucyCL · 23/06/2024 13:02

Has anyone experienced a BBT dip before ovulation? If yes and it is possible, I would like to see your charts please. I think I had a BBT dip this morning. Because I am using 3 apps to track BBT for the first time, seeing this BBT dip on all apps is surprising.

Yeah I think that's typical, this is mine at the moment, although I'm quite surprised as I usually ovulate later at around day 18! Not sure what's going on with my body 😂

Joleyjojo · 23/06/2024 13:39

LucyCL · 23/06/2024 13:02

Has anyone experienced a BBT dip before ovulation? If yes and it is possible, I would like to see your charts please. I think I had a BBT dip this morning. Because I am using 3 apps to track BBT for the first time, seeing this BBT dip on all apps is surprising.

I seem to dip slightly

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LucyCL · 23/06/2024 13:02

Has anyone experienced a BBT dip before ovulation? If yes and it is possible, I would like to see your charts please. I think I had a BBT dip this morning. Because I am using 3 apps to track BBT for the first time, seeing this BBT dip on all apps is surprising.

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LucyCL · 23/06/2024 11:38

Mattietoes · 23/06/2024 08:14

I'm not feeling very positive about this cycle... Today is predicted ovulation day according to Flo (which was accurate last month) but I have zero EWCM or other ovulation symptoms. DTD on tues/weds/yesterday and will probably try to do today and tomorrow, but not very hopeful - wondering if the chemical last month disrupted things.

Do you have other ways to track ovulation? BBT ? LH strips? I find them really useful.

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LucyCL · 23/06/2024 11:37

DaisyEM · 23/06/2024 08:26

@LucyCL when we were TTC #1 I found BBT to be really reliable, which I took orally and then charted on Premom and Fertility Friend. I’m going to disregard my RHR for now and assume I’m ovulating! If in a few months time we’re still not having any luck I might do BBT again x

I hope this will be your month! : )

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romeosierra9 · 23/06/2024 08:49

6th month TTC and only managed to DTD once during fertile days, any hints or tips for helping hubby preform?! Although we have a great time often, the fact we need him to finish during those days seems to make him unable too! (He's fully in to and committed to starting this next journey before anyone says that!)

Kudos to anyone who doesn't have this issue!

DaisyEM · 23/06/2024 08:26

@LucyCL when we were TTC #1 I found BBT to be really reliable, which I took orally and then charted on Premom and Fertility Friend. I’m going to disregard my RHR for now and assume I’m ovulating! If in a few months time we’re still not having any luck I might do BBT again x

GreenPickle · 23/06/2024 08:21

Mattietoes · 23/06/2024 08:14

I'm not feeling very positive about this cycle... Today is predicted ovulation day according to Flo (which was accurate last month) but I have zero EWCM or other ovulation symptoms. DTD on tues/weds/yesterday and will probably try to do today and tomorrow, but not very hopeful - wondering if the chemical last month disrupted things.

My CP/MC disrupted things massively for me. Gave me peak OPK on CD30 (usually have 32 day cycles). Didn’t get my period until CD46 (think we missed the sex boat because I didn’t expect to be ovulating so late, I only did an LH strip by chance because I saw EWCM).

FWIW, CB digital opk gave me a positive reading on CD13 last month which I think was HCG so… be kind to yourself whilst your body sorts itself out!

I would try using LH strips if you can. your cycle this month might be off - mine was all over the place and took me 6 weeks to bounce back 🫶

Mattietoes · 23/06/2024 08:14

I'm not feeling very positive about this cycle... Today is predicted ovulation day according to Flo (which was accurate last month) but I have zero EWCM or other ovulation symptoms. DTD on tues/weds/yesterday and will probably try to do today and tomorrow, but not very hopeful - wondering if the chemical last month disrupted things.

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LucyCL · 22/06/2024 20:14

DaisyEM · 22/06/2024 15:00

@LucyCL thanks so much ☺️ mine looks similar to what yours looks like but for most of the month. Is this your first month tracking RHR? I had a positive OPK and 4 days of EWCM, plus cervix was high and soft at the time of the positive OPK, and then low/hard after predicted ovulation. So for me I think those are enough signs that I ovulated, although of course I know the only way to confirm ovulation is by charting BBT. So annoyed my Apple Watch is such an old version 😂 I don’t know why, but I’m very much getting ‘not pregnant’ vibes at the mo at 7DPO!

Yes, it is my first month to track RHR and today is CD13 for me. In theory, RHR will rise when I am close to ovulate ( if CB fertility monitor is precise like last cycle , I expect to ovulate next Wednesday). I find BBT ( OvuSense ) more reliable than BBT ( oral ). Currently I have three ways to track BBT because I don’t trust BBT ( measured by thermometer) because it fluctuates a lot.

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DaisyEM · 22/06/2024 15:00

@LucyCL thanks so much ☺️ mine looks similar to what yours looks like but for most of the month. Is this your first month tracking RHR? I had a positive OPK and 4 days of EWCM, plus cervix was high and soft at the time of the positive OPK, and then low/hard after predicted ovulation. So for me I think those are enough signs that I ovulated, although of course I know the only way to confirm ovulation is by charting BBT. So annoyed my Apple Watch is such an old version 😂 I don’t know why, but I’m very much getting ‘not pregnant’ vibes at the mo at 7DPO!

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LucyCL · 22/06/2024 14:27

DaisyEM · 22/06/2024 13:59

@LucyCL genuinely now a bit worried I’m not ovulating 😂 my rhr shows no increase 🤦🏻‍♀️

I would like to show you mine.
I started to track RHR since CD1 of this cycle, and my RHR has been decreasing instead of increasing. My CB fertility monitor detected a rise in estrogen yesterday and that means I am very likely to get the peak by next Tuesday. My LH levels are increasing at the moment so my body is gearing up to ovulate but my RHR shows the opposite.
It'd be interesting to see if RHR increases when it is getting close to the O day.
So, at the moment, I wouldn't trust RHR if I were you. It is better to have other data sources to see what our body is doing at the moment.

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DaisyEM · 22/06/2024 13:59

@LucyCL genuinely now a bit worried I’m not ovulating 😂 my rhr shows no increase 🤦🏻‍♀️

DaisyEM · 22/06/2024 13:37

LucyCL · 22/06/2024 09:43

This is how I find RHR on my iPhone

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@LucyCL amazing thank you. I’ve found it now 🥳 mine shows no increase, hopefully that doesn’t mean that I’m not ovulating 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ll have to read into RHR and interpreting charts more xx

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LucyCL · 22/06/2024 09:59

BlueberryMacaron · 22/06/2024 09:51

Can I join this thread? My period arrived last night so CD2, TTC#1.

Welcome! Good luck and hopefully this new cycle will be it for you!😀

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LucyCL · 22/06/2024 09:58

For anyone who is interested in the methods of taking daily BBT
Since the beginning of this cycle, I have been using Temdrop, OvuSense and BBT (thermometer and premom).
I find OvuSense (internal BBT) more reliable
Temdrop is a maybe
I use BBT (thermometer) as a second opinion

Today I see OvuSense and Temdrop match each other but there is a rise in BBT (oral).

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BlueberryMacaron · 22/06/2024 09:51

Can I join this thread? My period arrived last night so CD2, TTC#1.

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LucyCL · 22/06/2024 09:49

lechevitrine · 22/06/2024 06:33

@Splishsplashsplosh93 everything crossed for you! You're making me want an oura ring!

Big temp drop for me this morning and AF due tomorrow so I'm out.

Hopefully some BFPs for everyone else! 🤞🏻

Try using OvuSense because it measures BBT internally. BBT (oral) fluctuates a lot so sometimes my BBT drops due to the weather or interrupted night etc.

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LucyCL · 22/06/2024 09:46

MaryMax · 21/06/2024 20:19

It’s worked for me today- it’s picked up my peak LH test from this morning and changed ovulation to tomorrow now! 😆 I guess I’m about to enter the TTW in a day or two 🤞🏼feels like it’s been a loooong wait, ovulating late in your cycle is not fun!

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Wow! I am happy for you! Finally you are about to enter 2WW whereas I am still waiting. 😄

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LucyCL · 22/06/2024 09:44

DaisyEM · 21/06/2024 19:58

Thank you, I had a look at that earlier but it just shows me a ‘range’ for the day; so for example today it’s 55-121, instead of showing me just an acreage for RHR. I’m assuming it’s showing me the full range from sleeping to being active. Can’t figure out how to just see the RHR 🤦🏻‍♀️

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This is the app Health

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LucyCL · 22/06/2024 09:43

DaisyEM · 21/06/2024 19:58

Thank you, I had a look at that earlier but it just shows me a ‘range’ for the day; so for example today it’s 55-121, instead of showing me just an acreage for RHR. I’m assuming it’s showing me the full range from sleeping to being active. Can’t figure out how to just see the RHR 🤦🏻‍♀️