Charters Anonymous Volume 7. Charting and shagging our way to victory!

[digitalgirl]

Previous thread here

Join us in egg-hunting, cm analysing, chart-stalking and plotting our way to a bfp. Or just generally losing the plot. All welcome!

Sorry for the temp drop Nancy

Well, body is officially screwed. Positive opk again yesterday and this morning. But I woke up yesterday with [tmi alert] thrush. Brilliant, so shagging has been put on hold. Not that im thinking we'll miss an egg as cervix firm and closed last night and this morning. Yet temp still not up. So I'm guessing that this is going to be an anovulatory cycle. How bloody depressing.

Acupuncturist said to email him my chart in ten days time and if I still haven't ovulated he'll bring on my period so we can reset my body.

hi all.

sorry to hear about temp drops and wonky bodies not behaving.

cd 12 here and just waiting to start SWI. maybe today as ov was cd14 last month. no EWCM yet though so not sure this time.

i think i will just stay away and/or lurk this 2ww. might help me stay a bit more sensible if I'm not looking for things to post and update about!

good luck everyone while i am in hiding! :)

digital can he do that????? sorry about thrush, I had that last cycle nightmare!

Ooh, am now even more in awe of acupuncturists

FF has changed my ovulation day to day 12 now. No idea why it keeps moving it, my chart doesn't look that strange does it? www.fertilityfriend.com/home/mrsden

digital wonder what he'll do to bring on your period?

jaggy good luck with the staying away/lurking.

Yay mrsden, that's 5 days of waiting you don't have to do now :)

Doesn't look at all strange to me, fx those temps stay high for you.

mrsden looks good to me :)

grrrrrr, ff has changed it back to CD17!!!! I've no idea why as my temp was the same as yesterday. If it is CD17 then I'm only 7dpo, so even more waiting. And we only did it once around then and it was 2 days before so not sure there is much chance. I really hope it was CD 13 or 14 I ovulated.

www.fertilityfriend.com/home/mrsden

mrsden I still stick by my cd14 guess. Especially as you ovulated on a similar temp in the previous cycle.

Well, we've had no sex for three days now as I've been waiting for the thrush to clear. And today I think it's gone thanks to the tablet and cream. So odd, I haven't had it for over a year - and that was only after I caught a stomach bug. But apparently can be due to hormonal fluctuations which would make sense as I've had two lh surges now and still no egg.

weimy & sanity last time I had a cycle where I'd had an lh surge that didn't result in an egg (2.5 yrs ago) the acupuncturist said that he was going to bring on my period and it came within a week. I knew it was annovulatory because it was only a light brown bleed with no cramping at all. But next cycle I got pg with ds - so I wouldn't mind if it happened again.

Did something very, very unlike me today. Had a reiki session with a woman who also does 'readings' ie a medium. It was incredibly emotional. I am normally very sceptical about this sort of thing. But I came away feeling very positive. She sensed I'd been through a lot going as far to say that the last year was very up and down. She said I would have another baby and that this year is going to be all about 'moving forward'.

She also, without me asking or prompting, said my right ovary was blocked and that today's session would help balance me out again. And that things would get moving soon. Interesting because my scan last cycle showed the right ovary to be inactive - so yes it has been 'blocked'. I'm going to keep on with the opk's and hopefully my lh surges will start tying in my physical signs and will finally get around to ovulating.

Sorry I must sound quite mad but I am usually a very sensible, rational person! My sister booked the reiki session for me to help me heal after my last miscarriage. I wasn't expecting a reading although I knew she did them. I suppose I was curious. I'm just pleased she said positive things only. And didn't actually leave the ttc question open - as I said at the end I'd wondered whether she would advise me to stop trying and be happy with my lot but she very specifically said I would give birth again and have another baby.

mrsden I also don't agree with CD17. It's annoying isn't it. It's like for my last cycle when I ended up NOT being pregnant, but had too long LP, FF suggested I review the data and amend my ov day! Isn't that what I pay 'YOU' to do?!?!?!?

digital glad to hear that you are feeling positive. I hope the medium is right and I'm sure she is. Ive had reiki in the past and its really helped me. That trick with your acupuncturist sounds interesting.

vintage Sorry

mitzi I hope you've had a busy weekend with DP!

jaggy did you manage some quiet SWI?

I hope you've all had a good weekend

Me, I'm having a very positive time as thanks to EPO, grapefruit juice and robitussin (I think) I've had loads of EWCM this weekend. So, I've kept DH busy

digital that all sounds very positive doesnt it!!!

Mrsden I don't agree cd 17 either

Sorry vintage :(

3dpo yawn yawn yawn

Hi all, have had busy weekend looking after my (disabled) dad while my mum has a break. Haven't managed to see DP at all until today. Never mind; Tuesday morning we're off on our hols even if only for a week. Hopefully I'll ovulate towards the end of that time - so I should be drinking lots of grapefruit juice, should I?

Scrummy I accepted the friend request on FF but I don't really know what the implications of that are. I don't seem to find the time to learn how to use FF properly.

Mrsden I don't understand why FF keeps moving your ov line. I'm still rather new to this charting business but even I can see that day 17 looks too late. I don't know what to make of it. Mind you I think it put the ov line on mine too early last month.

Digital you're doing a lot of "alternative" stuff, aren't you? I've been astonished at how little seems to be known about a lot of aspects of fertility, miscarriages etc. and so alternative or complementary therapies probably have as much of a chance of success as conventional ones.

skeleton if anyone asks about the blood test can you just say that you were having a routine cholesterol or thyroid check or something like that? I know what you mean about going to the dr makes it seem real that there might be a problem but it also feels good to be doing something.

I've told FF to discard the temp I recorded for last Sun and now it has put my ovulation day back to day 12. I told it to discard this one because I only got to sleep at 4am on sunday morning after being at a party and took my temp when I woke up at 9 so not sure it was very reliable. Although it was exactly the same as the day before. For some reason, FF puts my ovulation day back to day 12 rather than 17 when I tell it to ignore this temp. I normally start spotting on day 13 or 14 so we'll see.

Have a fab holiday mitzi

still not in lurk mode yet so am just here to grumble, where's my egg?
cd16 and getting impatient! it's today that i am off to my parents house. have optimistically SWI the last couple of days anyway, temp still low.

I'm sure they'll want to take DS out for a walk or something...

still looks like cd14 to me too Mrsden. :)

ignore my bit to skeleton, got my threads mixed up. Wonder if scattiness is an early pregnancy sign?!

mitzi It does look as though I'm quite the hippy! I started off doing acupuncture when ttc#1 to see if it would help regulate my cycles. And it's quite often prescribed alongside ivf and late in pregnancy - so despite there being no known reasons why it helps there is scientific evidence to show it does. So after my second mc last year I thought I'd give it another go. It does seem to help balance my hormones a little more as I didn't have any sessions this cycle until last Thursday and I'm still waiting to ovulate at cd32.
The reiki was something my sister booked for me - wouldn't normally do that. I won't be trying it again for a while - as I'm not sure it's had an effect, although i did feel very positive afterwards. I guess I'll wait and see.
Obviously I'm backing all the alternative stuff up with hardcore drugs. Am on aspirin, pregnacare plus, vit d and metformin. Have a stash of steroids to start popping once I do ovulate and also will be shoving progesterone supplements once I do get a bfp. After 4 miscarriages I'm not taking anymore chances.

My insides are back to normal today (phew). Opk negative this morning but cervix softening up again so here's hoping we're not far from ovulation attempt number 3 and it proves to be the lucky one.

Just a quick post to mitzi to have a great brk and yes, drink plenty of the not from concentrate grapefruit juice. I started on CD1 and have been drinking nearly a litre every day. Not sure whether it's the combination of all three or one of them, but I'm practically swimming in the stuff

scrummy a litre a day!!! wow. I drink a glass a day (1/4 - 1/3 litre maybe) and I find it makes a difference... I actually love the taste, so no hardship for me. Pink is the best!

digital glad you are better, fx for that elusive ovulation!

hi mitzi!

jaggy have fun on your visit!

mrsden FF can be very annoying sometimes! fx for you!

As for me, FF has me at 12dpo so I should get AF tomorrow, haven't had a LP longer than 12 days since we started TTC - but still not convinced on my ovulation date. Haven't been taking my temps as I can't bear it, it was stressing me out. These last few days before AF are the worst!

Hi everyone, will catch up properly later as Im at work on my phone just now.

Suffice to say AF is a cert this month, huge temp drop today

Damn it as chart had been looking so good, wish I could scrub today.

:( duckdodgers

I'm starting to get those tell-tale AF cramps so reckon thats another cycle for me too :(

Islandisla not fair is it. Lets have a together!!!

Like you Ive noticed my LP is never beyond 12 days, generally its 10 so AF will come tomorrow then probably. I agree with you about the last few days before AF being the worst - basically its always on your mind, at least after ovulation theres always hope isnt there, which in my case is always dashed by about 9 DPO.

Duck & Isla I'm sorry about AF :(

I'm on the 2ww and hitting the stage were I usually get spotting so am furtively checking my knickers.

Sorry duck and Isla

FX still weimy.

I know, litre a day is not good for my weight though, all that sugar....anyway, needs must. And I'm sure I popped the egg today, had positive OPK last night and this morning (someone has taught me bad habits) CM dried up and mood has definitely changed, oh and I have sore boobs tonight and had some mild cramping earlier.

digital Here's for you popping yours too

mitzi being friends on FF simply means you can stalk my chart from your friends list and leave messages on the board. Makes it easy if you want a quick catch up on where others are on their cycle.

MrsD someone posted a thread re what they have done whilst suffering from 'pregnancy' brain. I recognised 90% of the stuff as just normal daily behaviour

Fingers crossed for you weimy

Hope you managed to get some swi at the right time scrummy

Just impatient here for AF to show now and start planning next cycle, which will be cycle 13.

yep, still no AF here, but a BFN this morning. FF got it wrong for me this month I reckon! duck, I know how you feel!