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[Reluctantnympho]

New cycle = new hope

Rainy, AF hormones mixed with the disappointment of the end of another cycle AND a baby bomb are a totally shitty combination but you are not a failure and your time will come.

Robot what were the timings of your opks today lovely?

Hopes great that DD is feeling brighter (also great you got to miss swimming - thorn in my side every Saturday night - I have no life!). You defiantly need some maternity leave!

Oops meant definitely!

rainy I feel the same lovely but your time will come x

Your are most definitely not a failure rainy. It takes some people a lot more time than others to get pregnant but it also makes you a stronger person because you allow yourself to feel down and then pick yourself up and move forward with positivity. It will be your turn soon lovely

Enjoy Germany ibeka.

Mummy even if you did ov yesterday you will have plenty of sperm in there ready to meet your egg. I have my fx for you and yes I agree you will make a fab midwife.

Hope your DD is better knickers.

Don't fret dizzyn you have a GP appointment soon to discuss ttc? I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of this and find out what your body's up to.

Boris I'm so pleased you and DH are getting on so well. Long may it continue and fx this is your month.

Cd9 here and I got a faint positive on an IC. Will test again now but hoping the line gets darker this month and I actually do ov.

DizzyM fx that you ov in a few days lovely.

Thanks to everyone being so lovely about my plan! Will have to wait a while to have the next DC before I can sign up as don't fancy studying and being pg but will get back to it.

DizzyM fx for ov.

Mummy the swimming pool we go to is hotter than the pits of hell on a winters day so needless to say I was not looking forward to it today...a lucky escape!

Hi all,

Just popping on to say hello and give to DizzyM and Rainy, and anyone else who is feeling down. Don't despair my lovelies.

Day 2 of the clomid (but I've only taken 1 tablet, as I took it late last night). So far so good. Nothing to report!

Waves to everyone

knickers tested last night 8:30 pm (dark line but quite as dark as the control) and again this morning at 8am (2nd wee as had been up since 6am - darker line very nearly positive but I am aware it's not the most reliable time to test). Tested again today at 6pm and blank white. I know the lines weren't an ov sign as A. I haven't had a positive test and B. Tests went blank again so quickly. Just a bit confused as to what it was! Aside from the cycle I got my BFP I've only ever experienced blank opks. Would be interested to hear others' experiences!

Rainy, I think we have all felt that way at times, but you are absolutely not a failure. Some people get lucky & seem to get pregnant every time they have sex, whereas for most people it takes a bit longer.

Robot, I have heard you can get LH surges but then not ovulate.

I always used to get blank OPKs until I started on Clomid. At the time I thought IC OPKs just didn't work, but now I know it is because I wasn't actually ovulating!

Robot I wondering if you could have missed the height of the surge during the day but I would have thought you'd have still had a fading line at 6pm? I test with fmi as well as mid day and late afternoon when I'm expecting ov and the fmi test is always nearly positive on the day I get a opk, I normally get a + late afternoon..but then still have a faint line the next day. Do you temp? Due to lashings of ewcm I would definitely test again tomorrow!

Good luck with the clomid Eskimo

Thanks ladies - all very interesting indeed.

nomio I thought they were cheap rubbish too, or that I wasn't doing it right!

knickers I do none of these other things, maybe it's time...although I'm nervous of becoming too obsessed, I am dreadful for it. I too would have expected some sort of residual line so I don't think it's happened...at least not yet! Let's see what tomorrow's stick brings...

Good luck for tomorrow's test Robot, keep us posted.

Is it sad that I don't want to dtd, don't think it makes any real difference to chances when you're already 1dpo but think I should just so I get a "high" on FF rather than "good".....

I thought blank opks meant the test was invalid. You are always meant to have 2 lines. Just the surge is when the test line is as dark or darker than the control line.

Just changed my crosshairs in ff and put in dtd tonight to see if it made a difference. It stayed at "good" rather than high so not going to bother

Evening ladies, no chance to catch up tonight, but as promised here is a puppy photo:

Mummy it probably won't make any difference but I personally would dig deep and go for the 'high'...however taking into account sods law I'll probably get my bfp the first 'low' cycle I have

Haha mummy, no if it didn't change it to high I definitely wouldn't bother

Aww gorgeous Sammy ????

sammy T'nawww!!!!! Cute m

knickers my thoughts exactly haha

If that's true mummy then there is definitely hope for me! That's a hell of a lot of invalid tests I've done in that case though...

sammy eeeeeeee! How many weeks to go now?

Morning everyone....nearly the weekend...

Morning!

They're only 2 weeks old so at least 5 weeks before we can bring one home... But I think we're going to leave it until they're 12 weeks because we're limited with time off work. We're lucky though, as can visit lots!

I've had blank opks before too, usually when wee is quite dilute. Xx

I only every got 2 lines from CD11- CD17, most of the time I just got 1 outside of those times, I guess because the levels were too low to be detected.

I don't always have 2 lines. Like oyster I only really have 2 lines for the week around ovulation.

Mega I sometimes get surges like that and real ov follows 5 days or so later

Very cute puppy sammy

Rainy I am sorry you feel down. It is hard.

Another temp drop this morning at 9dpo so I'm definitely out. Oh well saved this piss sticks for next cycle