Clearblue Fertility Monitor Support Group Buddies Vol 5!!

[boba82]

Ladies from Vol4 - welcome to our new home.

Hello again CBFM users[waves]!
Can I ask when you start SWI during your cycle? Do you wait for high days? Are the peak days really best?

I have been using the monitor for 3 months now but this is the first month of TTC. Am CD4.

Here's hoping that 2011 will be a successful year for everyone here, and that those who are already pregnant will have a smooth 9 months[chink chink of glasses]. Am getting in the New Years mood early

Keziah I'm with the Jessop Women's Hospital in Sheffield. The service seems pretty progressive. Although the HFEA website isn't kept updated, their success rate for IVF (live birth rate) with a Day 5 blastocyst transfer is a whopping 45%. I know this from a friend who is having ICSI with them.

Arabella We start when I get a high and then aim for every other day. However, don't take what I say too literally as I am still not pg yet. But it's worth trying to keep at it all through the cycle.

Oh KC not too far from me at all, what an amazing record too. Though I doubt they would treat me, cos at present no one will till a consultant writes a letter and it depends on the consultant. Sounds v progressive and quick - it took 11months to do all the tests for me at a hospital less than an hour away from you! Hence we got PCT funding to move to another hospital, plus our hospital doesn't do IVF/ICSI which we need due to the male factors of infertility we discovered. Oh KC - have you begun work, forgot to ask.

And Arabella - what great toast you made - as she chinks her glass in return!!

Update stats...been out of the loop recently. Still plodding on though. Got AF on the second day of my holiday in Mexico - perfectly timed as usual! Fingers crossed for better news in 2011!!

In School
Michelle2222 TTC#2, CBFM Cycle 1, age 27, UCL?, CD61
Birdietimesthree TTC#1, Cycle #3, CBFM Cycle 2, age 36, UCL 24-25, CD54
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 4, age 34, UCL 26-30 CD54
Missyraines TTC#1, Cycle #13, CBFM Cycle 8, age 33, UCL 32, CD46
Sufferingbabyfever TTC#1, Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 1, age 27, UCL 28 , CD45
wantbaby TTC#1, Cycle #11, CBFM cycle 6, age 38, UCL 30, CD41
Twowoulddo TTC#2, Cycle #6, CBFM cycle 1?, Aged 31, UCL 31, CD36
PinkCustard TTC#2, Cycle #12, CBFM Cycle 7, age 34, UCL 30-32, CD31
Littlefan TTC#1, Cycle 10, CBFM cycle 3 , age 31, UCL 32-38, CD31
IloveKittyElise TTC#1, Cycle 2, CBFM Cycle 2, age 34, UCL 28, CD29
Rosieposey TTC#5, Cycle #12, CBFM Cycle 6, age 38, UCL 29-35, CD28
Fr00tbat TTC#1, Cycle 6, CBFM Cycle 2, age 32, UCL 30-38 (av 34), CD27
Boba82 TTC#1 Cycle 19, CBFM cycle 6, age 28, UCL 30 (FX), CD27
Roastie TTC#1, Cycle #23, CBFM Cycle 1, age 32, UCL 29, CD24
Ses TTC#2, cycle #6, CBFM cycle #8, age 37, UCL 28-30, CD21
CrazyAlien TTCno.1 cycle 6 CBFM Cycle 2 age 28 UCL 31-35??! CD9
Lychees TTC#2, Cycle #15, CBFM cycle 11, Aged 36, UCL 30-35, CD6
Keziah TTC#1, Cycle #29, CBFM Cycle 17, age 35, ucl 28-31, CD4
ZebedeetheZebra TTC#2, age 43, UCL TMI!, CD3
KnackeredCow TTC#1, Cycle #16, CBFM Cycle 5, age 31, UCL 29, CD3

The Dog Ate My Homework
EmmaC29 TTC#1, Cycle #11, CBFM Cycle 1, age 29, UCL 26-29, CD75
Starlet22 TTC#1, Cycle #15, CBFM cycle 9, age 34, ucl 25, CD67

Graduates
Emmylou30 BFP 22/10/10
MissLolita BFP 30/10/20
Notnearly BFP 6/11/10
AnytimeNow BFP 20/11/10

We also had another graduate I think that has fallen off the list above:
StormBird BFP 10/11/10

A friend of mine had a baby on Christmas Eve - another is pregnant after just three months of being married. How is it sooo easy for some people and a constant battle for us?

carloss, the two bars means that you are fertile but the three bars mean that you are about to ovulate within the next 24-36 hours. The two bars after the three bars means that there is still a chance the sperm might meet the egg. The CBFM will automatically give you a high [two bars] after two peaks [three bars].

Littlefan sorry AF got you. Life isn't always fair, hun but don't give up as you never know what's round the corner.

I had my final pill of my first course of Clomid last night and AF has finished so we should be getting on with baby-making. However, I've got a bad cold and I feel like poo.

Hopefully, I'll have perked up by my peaks. I wonder if using Clomid has made any difference to my lack of highs [I mostly get sneaky peaks]. DH told me that Clomid takes about three courses to get your cycles regular ... anyone know whether this is true?

In School
Michelle2222 TTC#2, CBFM Cycle 1, age 27, UCL?, CD61
Birdietimesthree TTC#1, Cycle #3, CBFM Cycle 2, age 36, UCL 24-25, CD54
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 4, age 34, UCL 26-30 CD54
Missyraines TTC#1, Cycle #13, CBFM Cycle 8, age 33, UCL 32, CD46
Sufferingbabyfever TTC#1, Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 1, age 27, UCL 28 , CD45
wantbaby TTC#1, Cycle #11, CBFM cycle 6, age 38, UCL 30, CD41
Twowoulddo TTC#2, Cycle #6, CBFM cycle 1?, Aged 31, UCL 31, CD36
PinkCustard TTC#2, Cycle #12, CBFM Cycle 7, age 34, UCL 30-32, CD31
Littlefan TTC#1, Cycle 10, CBFM cycle 3 , age 31, UCL 32-38, CD31
IloveKittyElise TTC#1, Cycle 2, CBFM Cycle 2, age 34, UCL 28, CD29
Rosieposey TTC#5, Cycle #12, CBFM Cycle 6, age 38, UCL 29-35, CD28
Fr00tbat TTC#1, Cycle 6, CBFM Cycle 2, age 32, UCL 30-38 (av 34), CD27
Boba82 TTC#1 Cycle 19, CBFM cycle 6, age 28, UCL 30 (FX), CD27
Roastie TTC#1, Cycle #23, CBFM Cycle 1, age 32, UCL 29, CD24
Ses TTC#2, cycle #6, CBFM cycle #8, age 37, UCL 28-30, CD21
CrazyAlien TTCno.1 cycle 6 CBFM Cycle 2 age 28 UCL 31-35??! CD9
Lychees TTC#2, Cycle #15, CBFM cycle 11, Aged 36, UCL 30-35, CD6
Keziah TTC#1, Cycle #29, CBFM Cycle 17, age 35, ucl 28-31, CD4
ZebedeetheZebra TTC#2, age 43, UCL TMI!, CD3
KnackeredCow TTC#1, Cycle #16, CBFM Cycle 5, age 31, UCL 29, CD3

The Dog Ate My Homework
EmmaC29 TTC#1, Cycle #11, CBFM Cycle 1, age 29, UCL 26-29, CD75
Starlet22 TTC#1, Cycle #15, CBFM cycle 9, age 34, ucl 25, CD67

Graduates
Emmylou30 BFP 22/10/10
MissLolita BFP 30/10/20
Notnearly BFP 6/11/10
StormBird BFM 10/11/10
AnytimeNow BFP 20/11/10

wow, 5 recent graduates, that is encouraging!

Lychees - I was ill last week when we were supposed to be baby making too!! I had really bad flu - totally threw us out of action. Some tips - cover your feet with Vicks at bedtime and put some socks on. This helps you sweat it out apparently. Also burn some albas oil on an oil burner just before you sleep or when in the bath.Hope you feel better soon.

Hi Carloss Even if a woman has sex at entirely the right time, and there are no other fertility problems, sometimes fertilisation just doesn't happen.

Fertilisation is a complicated process and sometimes the egg, or the sperm involved in the process are genetic duds, which means an embryo isn't produced. Sometimes the fertilised egg ceases to continue dividing. Sometimes the fetilised egg doesn't implant. So much can go wrong during the first few hours and days and that is why sex at the right time doesn't always = a pregnancy. It's estimated that 50 - 60% of conceptions fail to implant properly for various reasons. The woman will have period as normal and not even realise she was pregnant. There's no data on how many fertilised eggs simply stop dividing and die. Humans are a remarkably infertile species. Hope that helps answer your question.

knackered thats a very interesting explanation you just gave....nothing new but somehow brought it home to me with a bump...

all my life i have had a bit of a weird sensitivity to progesterone, for example, i can't take the pill at all, every time i have tried it, it has made me constantly nauseous. every month before my period arrives, i also feel very sick with the higher level of progesterone. and now, since trying to conceive, the rising level of progesterone when conception occurs, is immediately apparent....take last month for example. i knew without doubt that i was pregnant within 4 days of conception. i did test when i was late, but had an early miscarriage on about day 33 of cycle; if i didnt have the weird progesterone thing i would just think i was 'late'. again this month i have been feeling the same but 10dpo i am not experiencing the implantation cramps i have in the past - so i thinking that perhaps i have yet another duff egg.

what you say about infertility of our species is true - and so complex. its not just about egg meets sperm issues, the subsequent weeks are often when things go wrong.

Morning ladies

having just posted on the 'never test early its stupid' thread, knowing i was pregnant but only 11dpo i tested and got a positive this morning (love the clearblue digital!).

its my 3rd pregnancy of 2010 and im really hoping that this is the one xxx

Good luck Kitty and congratulations

Oh wow Ilovekittyelise fingers and toes crossed for you!!!
I am on CD 32 and feeling PMT like. Won't know for sure until next week. Shouldn't be surprised any more I guess.
But great to hear other people getting good results.

thanks for the congrats guys. im very nervous as i had a chemical preg/early MC last month. i cant help but hope that i could be 3rd time lucky x

Oh no! I forgot to check my monitor within testing window this am and it's CD6!
I just switched it on and it wasn't showing a test stick request symbol but I don't know if that was because one wasn't required today or if it WAS required but it didn't show symbol because it was outside testing window.

Is there any way to know?

And how badly will it affect the accuracy of the monitor this month?

Well done Kitty!!! Fingers crossed for you x

congratulations Kitty let us know how it goes!! x

In School
Michelle2222 TTC#2, CBFM Cycle 1, age 27, UCL?, CD62
Birdietimesthree TTC#1, Cycle #3, CBFM Cycle 2, age 36, UCL 24-25, CD55
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 4, age 34, UCL 26-30 CD55
Missyraines TTC#1, Cycle #13, CBFM Cycle 8, age 33, UCL 32, CD47
Sufferingbabyfever TTC#1, Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 1, age 27, UCL 28 , CD46
wantbaby TTC#1, Cycle #11, CBFM cycle 6, age 38, UCL 30, CD42
Twowoulddo TTC#2, Cycle #6, CBFM cycle 1?, Aged 31, UCL 31, CD37
PinkCustard TTC#2, Cycle #12, CBFM Cycle 7, age 34, UCL 30-32, CD32
Littlefan TTC#1, Cycle 10, CBFM cycle 3 , age 31, UCL 32-38, CD32
Rosieposey TTC#5, Cycle #12, CBFM Cycle 6, age 38, UCL 29-35, CD29
Fr00tbat TTC#1, Cycle 6, CBFM Cycle 2, age 32, UCL 30-38 (av 34), CD28
Boba82 TTC#1 Cycle 19, CBFM cycle 6, age 28, UCL 30 (FX), CD28
Roastie TTC#1, Cycle #23, CBFM Cycle 1, age 32, UCL 29, CD25
Ses TTC#2, cycle #6, CBFM cycle #8, age 37, UCL 28-30, CD22
CrazyAlien TTCno.1 cycle 6 CBFM Cycle 2 age 28 UCL 31-35??! CD10
Lychees TTC#2, Cycle #15, CBFM cycle 11, Aged 36, UCL 30-35, CD7
Keziah TTC#1, Cycle #29, CBFM Cycle 17, age 35, ucl 28-31, CD5
ZebedeetheZebra TTC#2, age 43, UCL TMI!, CD3
KnackeredCow TTC#1, Cycle #16, CBFM Cycle 5, age 31, UCL 29, CD4

The Dog Ate My Homework
EmmaC29 TTC#1, Cycle #11, CBFM Cycle 1, age 29, UCL 26-29, CD76
Starlet22 TTC#1, Cycle #15, CBFM cycle 9, age 34, ucl 25, CD68

Graduates
Emmylou30 BFP 22/10/10
MissLolita BFP 30/10/20
Notnearly BFP 6/11/10
StormBird BFM 10/11/10
AnytimeNow BFP 20/11/10
IloveKittyElise BFP 30/11/10

Today's stats - with 6 recent graduates, very exciting!!

thanks guys...i really hope this is 'the one'....really dont fancy graduating too many more times xxx

ps im too scared to go to a prenatal thread for a while...plus i probably wouldnt be able to find it LOL x

Congratulations kitty

In School
Michelle2222 TTC#2, CBFM Cycle 1, age 27, UCL?, CD63
Birdietimesthree TTC#1, Cycle #3, CBFM Cycle 2, age 36, UCL 24-25, CD56
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 4, age 34, UCL 26-30 CD56
Missyraines TTC#1, Cycle #13, CBFM Cycle 8, age 33, UCL 32, CD48
Sufferingbabyfever TTC#1, Cycle #4, CBFM Cycle 1, age 27, UCL 28 , CD47
wantbaby TTC#1, Cycle #11, CBFM cycle 6, age 38, UCL 30, CD43
Twowoulddo TTC#2, Cycle #6, CBFM cycle 1?, Aged 31, UCL 31, CD38
PinkCustard TTC#2, Cycle #12, CBFM Cycle 7, age 34, UCL 30-32, CD33
Littlefan TTC#1, Cycle 10, CBFM cycle 3 , age 31, UCL 32-38, CD33
Rosieposey TTC#5, Cycle #12, CBFM Cycle 6, age 38, UCL 29-35, CD30
Fr00tbat TTC#1, Cycle 6, CBFM Cycle 2, age 32, UCL 30-38 (av 34), CD30
Boba82 TTC#1 Cycle 19, CBFM cycle 6, age 28, UCL 30 (FX), CD29
Roastie TTC#1, Cycle #23, CBFM Cycle 1, age 32, UCL 29, CD26
Ses TTC#2, cycle #6, CBFM cycle #8, age 37, UCL 28-30, CD23
CrazyAlien TTCno.1 cycle 6 CBFM Cycle 2 age 28 UCL 31-35??! CD11
Lychees TTC#2, Cycle #15, CBFM cycle 11, Aged 36, UCL 30-35, CD8
Keziah TTC#1, Cycle #29, CBFM Cycle 17, age 35, ucl 28-31, CD6
ZebedeetheZebra TTC#2, age 43, UCL TMI!, CD4
KnackeredCow TTC#1, Cycle #16, CBFM Cycle 5, age 31, UCL 29, CD5

The Dog Ate My Homework
EmmaC29 TTC#1, Cycle #11, CBFM Cycle 1, age 29, UCL 26-29, CD77
Starlet22 TTC#1, Cycle #15, CBFM cycle 9, age 34, ucl 25, CD69

Graduates
Emmylou30 BFP 22/10/10
MissLolita BFP 30/10/20
Notnearly BFP 6/11/10
StormBird BFM 10/11/10
AnytimeNow BFP 20/11/10
IloveKittyElise BFP 30/11/10

Update for the day, did opt this am- negative, too early I guess.
Baby dust and happy new year to all.XX