CB Trial - what on earth are we doing?!

[DulcetMoans]

Thought it might be useful to have a place for the ladies doing the CB Trial to chat and ask questions.

All my kit turned up at the weekend and the amount of information was overwhelming. Thought I can't be the only one that might need a little help through this process, and a bigger fridge! So please come and join if you are taking part, we can get through it together.

AF due about 19th so assuming we start on CD1 (?) I will be peeing away from then!

Just send the diaries over separately every 2 weeks, even if they don't coincide with the samples - that's why they send separate envelopes.

So I started AF this afternoon but had already done my CD26 pot but now I'm CD1. I'm confused! Need to call to arrange my next set but can't catch them.

That happened to me dulcet and when I spoke to them before I started the trial they said if you come on in the afternoon make the next day your cd1, which is what I've done

I can start this now. But didn't catch my wee this morning. Only knew I should have done after the event, as it were!

Gives me time to label up my pots and have them ready to go.

Need to read the instructions properly now too.

Ok...so that stretchy stuff is odd. How much is everyone using for each pot?

First one in fridge. Wonder when H2B will spot it (not mentioned it yet!)?

I've been using about 3 cm of the film stuff but I'm now on cd23 and iv nearly run out! Second box arrived this am - naughty postman woke me up at 7.30 - !!!

I am testing the CBFM and I have one of my own too, which I bought second hand.
So I once their one has taking a reading I swap the stick over to my one.
Now, last month, which was the first month of me using it, it gave me a peek a week early. I knew it was early because I temp as well.
This time my one gave me a high reading much earlier than their one, although neither have yet given me a peek.

I love the stretchy stuff! I used quite a lot on the first couple hut then I realised how much it stretches so probably only use about 1cm width now.

My second box arrived yesterday too, im onto three little boxes now. Best post my other one off!

Do you have to request the next box of stuff?

I thought you did but mine just turned up!

Ooh huge congratulations!!!!

Congratulations! Hopefully the trial has helped then!

Congratulations 10!

Congratulations 10storey. Woo hoo our first trial bfp.

I requested my second box of stuff but need some more of the plastic film as I've nearly run out thanks to running out of it first time round and giving them the wrong volunteer number!!

I've been really dim and written the month number, not the abbreviated word on my stickers etc.

I really should have read the instructions first, though not sure what difference it makes. :-/

OMG So I did my sample this morning like a good girl, stuck the label on and forgot all about it and left it on the side in the bathroom with all my other bottle etc.
Not such a problem, bathroom is cool enough but our house is on the market and we had some viewers today. This means that the sample was on the side in the bathroom when I was showing them round the house!
I don't know if they noticed!

Ha ha...that is really funny! I bet they did notice and are now discussing what you're going to be testing for!!

Oh dear pip I nearly did the exact same thing yesterday. Had left the pot on the edge of the bath and left the light on to remind me, hubby being his usual helpful -read interfering- self turned the light off. I just about remembered in time!!

Thing is that the sample was in amongst all my other bottle etc and I had been to the bathroom a couple of times, as had my DH and neither of us had noticed it. I was on the top of a chest of drawers rather than on the edge of the bath. I'm just hoping they didn't notice. A pot of wee is quite grim and enough to put someone off!

Was it a couple? If so, you can bet that one spotted it and the other didn't. Now they're arguing about its existence!

Well they asked us why we are moving and we said that we wanted a bigger house as we are hoping to start a family. So if they did notice it then hopefully they will have figured it was to do with that.

Congratulations 10storey!

I was giong to ask about the stretchy stuff today, but now have my answer!

So I start using the FM tomorrow - day 6 - should be interesting trying to remember to do all this stuff 1st thing in the morning!

I'm reallly impatient - just want my fertile days to be here already so we can try again. Was really hoping that last month would have worked out, but it didn't so fingers crossed that this month is the month!

Pipbin - I would have def clocked the sample! Reassuring to know that they can be left out of the fridge for periods of time - now I know I can leave it in the bathroom and go back to bed and put it in the fridge when I get up properly.