Anyone about to go into an ovulation week?

8dpo

Full achey feeling lower stomach all afternoon I definitely don't usually feel like this?🤔 iv been walking a lot and it seems to be because iv not sat down it just aches. Anyone else feel like this?

We’ve factored in daycare for kids too and we’ve been saving for ages and have a really good buffer. It’s the thought of daycare for dogs whilst on maternity leave e.g. in the 3 months unpaid that seems a bit bonkers as I doubt I could be at home all day with 2 dogs that are under 2 and a baby without at least using doggy daycare to some extent.

daycare for kids and for the dogs we’ve considered but I’d likely go very part time/be a SAHM but if we need to fork out £1k a month for doggy daycare and £2/3/4k for child daycare we’ll just have to suck it up and use savings

I’ll try not to get downhearted! Our current dog is only 1 so he will grow up with them too @Mama09876 I think nearly a grand on daycare for 2 dogs if we do get pregnant though could be a bit silly but we will make it work (we also have 13 other pets so we’re used to chaos).
We’ve had a chat and decided if it happens this month/next month we won’t take the dog as we’ll be 12 weeks when they’re born giving the breeder time to contact someone else on the waiting list and we will hopefully have had a scan etc. If we get pregnant after then we have something to look forward to (the puppy) to take the pressure off.

I’m going to buy a better Apple Watch and also probably hand my notice in and look for a better job/have a few months off if I don’t get pregnant before new year. If I do get pregnant I will stick it out for 6 months full pay maternity plus 3 further months enhanced pay as it seems silly not to so I suppose we have a plan going forward.

I think because this was my time off work during my suppose fertile window @Mama09876 and I hoped I could go back and say I was pregnant to get a risk assessment to keep me safe. Now I feel like something will happen at work again. I think I will invest in the new Apple Watch.

I keep putting my life on hold just in case but now we’re at a really difficult point. We were meant to get a 2nd pup this summer but the mother didn’t come into season (maybe a bad omen for my fertility too). This would mean pup would be about 1 year at least by the time a baby was here. Now pup isn’t due to come home until February and we can’t decide whether to take him or not. If we don’t get pregnant it would be a lovely distraction, he can come to work with me and I’ll have a little buddy. Our other pup goes to daycare and won’t settle at work but I thought I’d take this one from really early on and it’ll be someone to accompany me during my lunch time crying session and get me out in some fresh air. However if we do take him and then get pregnant we may end up with a puppy AND a baby. We’d make it work and I’d be escatatic to have a baby but may need doggy daycare at points so need to factor in £800-900 a month for this. I think a lot of the worry is just my job to be honest, a maternity would give me a year ‘break’ and the chance to look for something else/ choose not to go back

Hopefully I just missed my peak @LuckyDuck93 if not I hope AF comes without delay.

You definitely could've just missed your peak with the strips, a few months ago I didn't find the peak with strips for a couple of months, but my BBT shot up so I know I definitely ovulated, it sounds like you've DTD enough to be covered too!

I wonder if I should trade my Apple Watch in and get one that does temperature tracking @Mama09876 it might end up more helpful than trying to use the thermometer and also more practical than the armbands as I use my Apple Watch 24/7

Could I have ovulated super early maybe? And the cramps are period cramps? Who knows. I am so confused and down about it all. I wish I never took that pregnacare. I feel like this was our chance and now it’s gone and it just won’t happen now. I’m worried my cycle will never go back to normal. I have bloods booked to confirm I’m ovulating (have been in the past) but going to do it next month as this one is just a crazy cycle.

I don’t usually do BBT @Mama09876 as I find it doesn’t really give me good readings as I often get up for the toilet but I might consider a temp drop band or something. I usually go off just LH and physiological signs

My RHR has also increased but can’t take that as a sign as I don’t think I ovulated. It’s probably stress

No joy @Mama09876
I still have these cramps/heaviness/stretching that is so odd and quite uncomfortable. Been feeling very sick the last two nights also. I think it must be pregnacare messing with me. Added the tests and chart although the chart isn’t much help when I started CD17

@Mama09876 wow, i'd never have thought of that, I'll be keeping an eye on mine now 😅
Yeah I don't want to read too much into it, but I can also feel myself getting my hopes up too, I think I preferred the months when I was too busy to think about it 😂

@LucyLou0527 yeah mine ended in mc too so I shouldn't compare either🙈

With my pregnancy last year I didn’t get a positive until 14DPO but I don’t know if it’s right to compare to that as ended in MC😫

@LucyLou0527 oh no it's so deflating isn't it🥺
@Possumly that test from your previous preg is an obvious line for 11dpo iv got a good feeling for you this time too, you seem to catch easily. @Mama09876 I think a cheeky little test pre holiday at 11 is a great idea.

I'm still bfn however last time I got a Bfp at 8dpo however I conceived cycle day 10. This time it was cycle day 11 so in my head tomorrow I'll get my bfp🤣 iv got cramping again now after a walk must be the blood flow. Trying to think positively