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[chasingtherainbow]

....Welcome ladies. let's get those bfp's.

Why am I wide awake at this time ?! Good time to catch up, welcome everyone new. I also have a DH who has decided to recapture his youth and start biking back up... Doubt I'll be Mrs popular if I try and stop him!

Morning

Coffeenut, loads of us temp. You need to try and take it at the same time time every morning and after 3 hours interrupted sleep. You also need to make sure you buy a thermometer that has 2 decimal places. Amazon have babymad ones.

Genni, how are you doing? Have you ov'd?

Morning everyone

I temp, but seem to have issues with waking early towards the end of the tww (ie today I woke up an hour before test time) - I think it's stressing me out so am going to stop after this cycle. 11dpo here and think temp is still up... Although lower than previous ones due to testing earlier. Xx

Its All over this month already, cd12! Not so d h wouldn't dtd. What was the point just doing it once anyway. There was practically zero chance anyway with his crap sperm. That's why I didn't force him. Just going to wait until fertility treatment when there is actually a chance in hell... Feel depressed. Sorry for me post.

Victoria :-( I don't know the whole of your story but it sounds like you are receiving fertility treatment as his side of things aren't working properly. .and now he's given up even trying naturally as he doesn't think it'll work anyways. . . You sound so frustrated and sad and I just really feel for you. Ttc is shit and hard enough without added stresses that you have, and it sounds much like you are shouldering alot of the responsibility. . . . I very much felt the same when dh was too tired on ov.day. . . I spend every day working towards being aa fertile and healthy as poss- all I'm asking is for you to rock up and enjoy some sex!!

I hope you are okay.

Sammy I had a similar situation this morning. I'm not sleeping well at the moment and this morning I had to wake early to take the DH to the station. There was a dip in my temp and now I'm concerned that this is the start of the downhill towards AF. It is probably still to early to tell but just feeling a bit flat...

Oh Victoria sending you a big hug. I am so sorry for how your month is panning out.

Coffee I'd be lost without temping!

Sammy have you used the online bbt adjuster? That is good for tweaking temps by an hour when you have woken up a bit early.

Bit of a newbie question but I want to start temping (apparently OPKs don't work too well with PCOS) and I'm not sure what kind of thermometer to get. I live in the Middle East and although pharmacies are plentiful and well-stocked (you can buy Clomid over the counter for less than a fiver! If you were so inclined to do it without being monitored..), I can't find a specific 'basal thermometer' anywhere. I have ordered one to be brought from the UK by the next person I know coming out, but I'm impatient and want to start

Does it need to be a specific thermometer or just one that will read to 2dp?

victoria I'm so sorry that you think there is no point this month. I know the chances of conceiving naturally with DHs sperm is practically zero, but it is still more than no chance at all. I'm sending you a very unMN hug.

Ab A basal thermometer would be the best to temp with but if it's going to be hard to get ,see if you can get a standard digital one that you temp via the ear. This won't be as accurate but it will give you an indication of your temp through your cycle.

Victoria really sorry you are having a shot time

Shit!*

Sammy in having problems too. Its like my body knows i need to wake up at a certain time to temp.. so wakes me up extra early so i dont miss it! Handy in some ways but not for temping!

Ooh thanks Ginger, I didn't know that existed! Will try it later

Morning all.

Ah victoria I'm so sorry. I think perhaps chasing is right! perhaps DH thinks there's no point trying? Us ladies always think there is a chance and never give up but men aren't the same. To you though, you've been through so much and you just keep battling on, which is so admirable.

Re temping, I am a terrible sleeper, always have been and rarely get a block of uninterrupted sleep. I still temp though and it does seem to show a pattern and FF does seem to be able to work out my cycle so I wouldn't worry to much as long as there is a rough pattern. Annoyingly the one cycle I didn't temp I got my BFP so go figure that one out! Means I have no stats to compare and obsess over in future cycles.

ab I think the key thing is 2 decimal places. Could you order online? I'm guessing it's probably not worth it as the postage charges would outweigh the cost of the thermometer.

Hi spinning how are you? FF thinks I've ovulated, but I had EWCM yesterday (didn't DtD as DH and I have fallen out) and I think i had the tiniest bit of spotting yesterday too. I'm not getting my hopes up, it's probably too soon to expect a miracle. As long as AF turns up relatively on time and my cycles back to normal then I'm happy ish . Are you coming up to ov about now?

Tingly left hand side here today. 3 dpo.

If I go with ovulating 14 days before AF then I am 6 days pre ov. Theoretically then there is a chance that sperm from today (if they are super) might make it to an egg. How exciting :) Will update stats this evening!

Victoria, I'm sorry you're having such a shit time. You really have had a difficult time of it and I do think iui/ivf is going to be a good options for you. It's just frustrating that you have to wait

Genni, sorry you've fallen out with dh. Hope you can patch it up and dtd later just incase.
I'm cd8 so I'll be peeing on ov sticks from later today. Hopefully get my positive on cd11. Feeling a bit fed up of the whole thing now but at least dp is fully onboard and making changes to improve sperm

Morning, chasing that was a great story about your dd. Trixie isn't even a common name either...unless, as you say it is a characters name in a book or on tv?

Spinning have you noticed any changes yourself since you started acupuncture?

Sammy I use the temp adjuster on ff if that helps you?

dojo sorry you are feeling flat about your temp this morning...it is too early to tell though, anything can happen yet!!! Fx!

Tessie, not really no. I didn't have as many af symptoms before it arrived though. I just got half an hours dull stomach ache and I often get that for a couple of days. Not sure if that was as a result of the Accupuncture. I actually feel that dp has more to benefit from it than I have and I'm quite excited for him to get started with it
Are you thinking about having it?

I had acupuncture for 3 months to bring back my periods. It didn't work, but I did enjoy it. Fingers xd for you guys!

.. I've retreated to bed. I've got proper AF dull ache and a sore lower back, just finished food shopping when I came over all dizzy so I think I'm probably coming down with somthing and not symptoms after all. Obviously at 3 dpo symptoms were probably always going to be in my head anyways. This 2ww needs to hurry up!

That's weird about waking early in 2ww, I've had the same the last few days..... I seem to wake up and lie there for a while refusing to open my eyes or move until my alarm goes off. Maybe this is why my temps don't look too high?

Today's symptoms.... Weird cramps at the Base of my spine first thing this morning and felt car sick earlier too. Might have been my colleagues awful driving tho

Hope everyone is okay!

My first TWW and I am terrible for symptom spotting.

Have had cramps this morning and sharp pains in my lower abdomen. Probably impending AF though!!

Where are you ladies on your dpo?

I'm 5dpo and have felt AF type dull ache for the last few hours along with a little tugging. Tugging was how I found out I was pregnant before but it was a lot stronger and behind my belly button . Probably nothing but hopefully a good sign!