Any advice - I'm so confused!!

[Mummytothearkbuilder]

Morning

I have been lurking on this board for a while and just wondered if you lovely mumnetters can offer some advice as I am getting myself completely confused!

My DH and I are ttc baby no 2 ? we have only been trying since July so I know it is very early days and this I am fine with, its my cycle that is confusing me.

My last period started on 14th August and finished on 18th August (it was a standard period nothing unusual). DH was then poorly and I was swamped at work and for one reason or another we didn?t dtd that week ? I thought this would be okay as I wasn?t expecting to ovulate so soon after my period finishing. We dtd on 26th August and have pretty much continued to dtd every 2 days or so however I have been using the OPK and haven?t had a positive result yet.

I was thinking that its either I ovulated the week after my period was finished and have missed the boat this month (is it possible to ovulate that soon after your period??), I am yet to ovulate and having a mega long cycle this month or I have ovulated and it hasn?t shown up on the OPK and I am still in with a chance this month (this is my favourite option )

Does anyone have any experience of anything similar or have any suggestions as to what is going on??? My cycle is normal around 33 days so I was expected to come on this Sunday (16th) but that?s seems unlikely without the positive OPK result ? also I have been getting some very mild lower tummy pain and keep thinking it is ovulation pain and then no positive result???

At 28 years old I didn?t think baby making would be so confusing!!

I never had a +opk and I normally ov really early in my cycle, around about cd7-8.

Have you tried charting? Can give a really good indicator of what goes on with your cycle.

I haven't ever tried charting - is it fairly straightforward? X

Have a look on fertility friend. It's a site that gives loads of info. You have to take your temp every morning at the same time. Iirc it's before you get up.

Thanks so much - I will take a look. I conceived after 3 months with my son but am getting so confused this time round x

With cycles at 33 days I would say it was very unlikely you'd ov early especially the week after af, mine are 26-32 days long and my ov varied between 17-19 days, theoretically your ov is usually 14days before first day of af, some people don't get +Ive opk unless they test at certain times of the day or not at all although I've always found them great and always get a that ties in with other signs like cm,

Thanks, I thought it would have been strange for me to ovulate early as its out or the norm for me but you can just never tell - my body seems to just do its own thing!! I got a positive result from the OPK last month so I know the tests work - maybe I'm testing at the wrong time - I know there is a thread all about that at the moment. I will just keep testing and dtd x