November 2012 BFP bus, part 2

[JollyJock]

Hiya!

Grab a seat.

Gin and tea available.

frog you will get a more accurate reading earlier with FMU. My First Response says something like "You don't have to use FMU, but FMU will contain higher levels of HCG".

i agree with jolly especially if your testing early. or you would have top severly dehydrate yourself to get concentrated urine.

jelly (sorry for this) my cm is usually a bit snot-like (oh the joys of being female) so I wouldn't worry about that
Also if your thinking there's a slight line there shine a light behind it, I did this on all of my faint lines and you can see it much clearer, on the first line I got you could only actually see the top and bottom of the line but it helped loads. If you have iPhone get the flashlight app cos it's SO bright, just don't shine it in your eyes first cos can't see ANYTHING then haha!
Someone else mentioned It a while ago so I did it on every stick haha xx

Whoops it was dexi that said "hmmm maybe there is a line!!!"
Fx for you all xxxx

a line is a line ladies!

What's the odds of any sort of line on an Internet cheapy at 11dpo?

i have no idea as this will be my first attempt using them, have always used supermarket own brand. I do however find the OPK ICs very reposonsive. If you have a few then give it a go? but not if you will become disheartened if bfn.

remember, it isnt game over till the witch turns up!

I used ICs from about cd20, and nothing showed untill a very faint line on the day af was due, and just because I'm a bit wierd and I used the rest up daily for the sake of it and they got Farley by day, with today's being the last one and almost as dark as the control line but still lighter. But it depends on the person I suppose as frer didn't work at all for me xx

Darker, not Farley lol

so you started them around 6dpo angie?

but nothing showed until 14dpo?

im presuming you ovu'd around cd14 though

Kick me if i'm being stupid...I probably am but what is an IC??

internet cheapie frog

Well with all the working out I've been doing I must be an early ov'er, as in with my first Two's dates they were conceived within the first week or so after af left, and last month I didn't fall on but didn't start DTD till my appent fertile days, but this month started on cd 6 as soon as af left, so I'm guessing I ov between cd 8-12, that's when I was getting all the 'signs' of ov this month anyway, was watching out for things to go with my theory lol xx

ah ha, so you were possible 12dpo on your first cheapie :)

im sop curious as I'm so eager to test.

I have no self contol

IC OPK used today on CD11 and got a positive! DTD on Sunday evening. Am I still in with a chance if we don;t manage it again till say Friday? How long does the positive last? How long does the baby gravy last??

..and how long will the egg last if i pop one out on say thursday? All guess work as this the first time I used OPK's and I'm on cycle 4.

from what ive read, which is a lot since mc!!

an egg lasts 12-24 hours so try and use ewcm as an indication too.

spermies last up to 5 days (max)

Im not sure about positive opks but i think i got + for 3 days but had very little ewcm so unsure if i actually ovd, which is a problem with these. It can show you your lh surge but not if you actually popped one out. (only used them last cycle so not 100% sure on that one)

if you could fit a quickie in on wed maybe just to be on the safe side?

Anyone, please correct me if im wrong :)

Ok I've been reading taking charge of your fertility and it says that ewcm is your body gearing up to ovulate. Sperm can survive for up to 5 days in ewcm. When ewcm disappears then you have ovulated. 34pinklady I would say check for ewcm and dtd as often as you can until that disappears. If you dtd Sunday but there's no ewcm then sperm won't survive long enough if you ovulate today or tomoro. At least that's how I understand it. Good luck!

When's your af due haylebop?

oooh quiet i didnt know that about ewcm being present to help swimmers. Although I also read that other boddily fluids help its journey up. (dont have to explain that one do I ladies)
I thought that ewcm means you have ovulated so get on it 12-24 hours after....(but it wouldnt still be present then

hoping my dtd was timed right :/

more dull aches in my pelvis

20/11. Had some ewcm cd9 (bit early but started dtd) had loads cd15 so made an extra special effort although hoping DH's two beers didnt make his swimmers pissed too

at pissed swimmers. That's what I've read. I'm assuming I ovulated yesterday or day before as had ewcm on sat, sun and Monday morning and ovulation pain sun eve and mon morning and some af type cramps mildly this morning. We've dtd sat, sun and mon and having a night off tonight.
This is the first month I've been checking ewcm so hoping that it helps as getting a it fed up now of not getting pregnant!