TTC and still breastfeeding? Thread # 5 - Positive Vibes!

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Peardrop - age 33, TTC cycle #9, DS is 26 months (stopped bf soon to be 4 months ago). Af returned when DS 14months, currently on CD14 and have had 4 flashing smileys. Praying for a static smiley tomorrow! Dangling legs in air!

So I've been back and marked last months cycle on my actual calendar in the kitchen and worked out when I'm likely to ovulate this month. It's when we're camping ????

Holiday bean ispy? You never know although it could be tricky depending on your sleeping arrangements!

Remembered to temp 3 days in a row, Ooof! Not sure how accurate today's was as it was A) really early and B) after I'd been sort of awake for a few minutes although I hadn't moved I was just aware of mini feeding!

Maybe Mini. We cosleep usually but the tent is huge!
I'm interested to see how you get on with temping, I might give it a go next cycle too. I did get a fixed smiley last month but it doesn't necessarily mean I ovulated does it?

Just popping in to say (a slightly belated) congratulations to auf .

Also nice to see you again mumof. Glad everything's going well with your pregnancy.

Ava I've got everything crossed it will happen for you soon.

Ispy I hope you can get onto your app again. If you're on an iPhone sometimes it helps to shut down every app individually then try & open it again.

Thanks trin. Hope everything's going well for you too.

Yay we finished thread 4 at last

I'm currently dangling legs. Got very excited after spotting Ewcm this afternoon so I am literally praying that I see a fixed smiley in the morning!

Thanks to the person who explained SMEP to me! Can't remember who I've been doing a similar method for quite a few cycles now.

Ava yes that's right...I hadn't forgotten you. You and me are the oldies left grabbing on to the side of the bus Not for long though as I've rung the bell for us Have you got any hope at all for this month?

So I was wrong. 9th flashing smiley today. What's interesting is that normally I only spot Ewcm one day before my peak and now it seems that I've seen it earlier. So, how many days do you ladies spot EWCM before your peak? Perhaps it's a good thing that I am seeing it earlier this month.

Oh and DH has agreed that we need to keep TTC through August even if it means we could potentially land with 2 May children in our house (plus me) and if we had twins there would be 4 of us in May He said he might disappear for May and I didn't even tell him about the twin part

iSpy, I've had that happen to my app - I just dowloaded another random app and it somehow gor MyDays up and running again. Also, in my experience it's only temping that actually confirms ov (after the event)

Thanks Mumo

Haha Pear, I don't feel like I'm clinging onto the side of the bus atm, I feel like I've fallen off, given up chasing after it and decided to wave it off (I'll get a taxi to the next stop, lol)

I am delusional thinking that, as we did dtd once, we are still in with a chance, but because it was about 5 days before I think I might have ov'd it is only a very slim chance. My boobs are tingling today so I think AF will arrive tomorrow, though (TMI, sorry!)

The break from temping and semi-break from poas this month doesn't sit well with my control-freak nature and I'm looking forward to getting AF out of the way and moving onto properly charting the next cycle x

Am I the only person in the 2ww atm? I'm 6dpo so still aaaages to go....

Sounds like Ava is in the 2ww! When are you expecting af Wax? When will you test?
My app is working again, phew! I think I will start temping as I'm finding myself thinking 'if I ovulated, knew when I did, timed dtd right, then I should have got pregnant' I mean there are millions of swimmers, it only takes one, the only reason I can think of is that I didn't actually ovulate after my lh surge. Does it matter when in my cycle I start? Fx af stays away for you Ava!

B@!*$#% I forgot to temp this morning

Cd15 today and had some ewcm yesterday but no + opk yet, it's not even close, so I'm hoping missing today won't matter! Ff says average ov is cd19 so it could be a few days yet!

Ispy I'm clearly rubbish at temping but I feel the need to confirm ov! I'm getting a surge but I did prior to being pg and I wasn't necessarily oving. I don't think it particularly matters when you start, if you're a few days pre ov you may see results this time, if not then it's good practice imo. My memory is atrocious though!

Pear I only decided to go for smep as after looking back through my charts I realised we did something very similar when we got preggo last time!

Ava any sign? My sister seems to think that charting is what is stopping me getting pg but I hate not knowing when to expect af and I find it too stressful so I'll keep going for now!

Wax 6dpo is more than halfway for me, stupid short lp! Do you think you'll test?

Soooo tired today! Made myself dtd even though I was knackered after work and an exercise class last night as I knew hubs was out tonight. Got work this afternoon too, yawn!

ISpy, what Mini said I tend to take a charting break lately while AF is around as the readings don't tell me much anyway x

No sign yet, Mini, but last cycle was 31 days as I ov'd 3 days late so I could have AF arrive between now and Monday if this month follows last months patter. It's weird not knowing though. It's hard to know what to do for the best re charting isn't it? I get that it can add pressure, which can have a negative impact, but also, I find it motivates me to dtd when I otherwise wouldn't and it's so satisfying to be able to confirm ov (even though I'm still bf'ing) Don't beat yourself up about forgetting to temp, it's hard when you've already got a lo and other priorities. Prior to this month I'd been temping for a while, but I still manage to miss a couple of days. Don't worry about it, it's just a useful tool, and it's the overall pattern that's important x

I'm not really expecting anything other than AF and as we only dtd once all month I doubt the quality of the swimmers would be very good x

Thinking about you girls lots! C'mon ava's swimmers! blows horn

Good luck Ava! And lovely to have you in the 2ww club with me

AF is due for me on 1 Aug - I'm lucky and seem to have a consistent 14 day LP. Quite a while til I can test though! I'm going to hold out as long as possible - for some reason I have a sense this isnt my month, so my hopes aren't raised, and I'm not as impatient about testing. Am thinking of giving it a go on Wednesday (12 dpo)?

Ahhh good luck Ava and Wax!

Interesting finding for me this week. You know how I started taking Agnus Cactus at the start of this cycle (now cd 20) well I've spotted ewcm three days in a row now. I normally only ever spot ewcm 1 day before I peak. This must be down to Agnus cactus! Now on 10 days of flashing smileys (had 13 flashing smileys last month before seeing a peak on cd24). I really hope I see a peak earlier then cd24 this month!!

Oooo that sounds positive Pear! I've never looked intoit but maybe I should.

Well I've only gone and got a blooming possible opk (I think) this evening. Was at work so I didn't do it until 8. I have been know to get 2 days in a row of positives so we'll see! Hubs is out so no dtd here! Seems a waste!

Thanks Mini. I hope it is a positive sign! Are you using cheap opk sticks? I'm using the ic opk Sticks and the cb flashing smileys. I'm going to just use the ic sticks when I run out of Clearblue Sticks next month. I've had enough on spending lots of money. The ic opks look similar to my Clearblue stick results anyway and as I do the eod approach it's not worth splashing out on cb Sticks anymore.

Hope your 2ww brings you good news Wax and Ava hoping there will be some more BFPs soon :)

Pear sounds promising to have lots of EWCM before Ov.

I had my blood test results back as normal so no thyroid or hormone problem, my scan is not for 2 weeks. I'll be lurking about to cheer everyones bfps on but don't think Ill be able to TTC until Ive been back to gps after scan as think i need medication to make me ovulate!

Mini did you get another positive OPK today? Hope you managed to DTD!

Pear yep I get the packs of 30 or whatever they are from eBay for cheap!

Lea no dtd for us last night as hubs didn't get back until 3:30 this morning - he was designated driver and had to round everyone up!

Yesterday's was definitely a positive when I looked again (I know, I know, you're not suppose to keep them!) Today's was very close to positive but not as strong as yesterday's. Going to dtd tonight and tomorrow and then we'll see. I remembered to temp this morning and it hasn't gone up yet so I hadn't ov'd yet. I did just get some cramps so it may be imminent! Hoping mini goes to sleep easily tonight so we're not too late but he's been a bit of a pain recently so I'm not holding my breath!

Anyone else have a DH who suddenly requires extra "me" time in the evenings around your fertile time meaning that you have to wait around for ages to go to bed? The worst part is I can't be mad as I don't want to stress the "swimmers" lol

I've managed to dtd 7x this month so far which is a lot less then last month as I've been focused on eod. I spotted Ewcm again tonight which is the 4th day in a row! Where is my peak?!?!

Pear that sounds exactly like my DH! Lots of ewcm sounds very promising! Fingers crossed you get your peak! I'm hoping taking vitamins aimed at ttc/pregnancy/bf will eventually help with ewcm as I don't get much, I never got much before though so I'm not holding my breath!

I'm thinking my temp from this morning isn't particularly reliable as I'd been awake on and off for an hour and a half before I did it but I refused to believe I was getting up for the day when mini woke me at 4:45! Yawn! It shows a small rise though so providing tomorrow's is up again I'm happy enough as judging everything else I ov'd yesterday. We've dtd every other day, including last night, will probably try tonight just in case though! Just got to hope it's enough!

Thanks for popping back, Lea, and good luck with the scan x

Mini, did you get 3 hours or more of uninterrupted sleep before you took your temp? Don't be disheartened if it doesn't rise tomorrow. It is possible that your temp is following a staircase pattern, and will rise in increments over several days. Mine often doesn't shoot up, but follows a staircase pattern, where it rises a little then plateaues every other day until it peaks. It'll be evident in a few days time, looking back on your overall temps good luck! x

AF has yet to show up, but it am expecting it today or tomorrow, which means I probably did ov 3 days late extending my cycle to 30/31 days again, from my usual 27/28, the reason for which I am totally unsure It's likely now that I ov'd during the week following my hol, not during and the one time we did dtd was too long before ov to be in with a chance DH came back from our hol with a bad cold, and isn't 100% now, so we couldn't have dtd after the hol even if I was armed with all this info then anyway, unfortunately. So, with my intermittent cramping I think that's me definitely out for this month and I can't wait to start charting again! x

Sorry Mini! Just re-read your post where you said you didn't get uninterrupted sleep - sorry, I should pay closer attention before jumping in with advice x

Ava - is it possible that your Lp has extended and you still OV'd when you thought you did?

12th Flashing smiley today. Joy. Ewcm for 4 days now. Looks like my body really is going for 13 smileys again which means I'll see a peak on Tuesday. I now just can't wait for it to be over so I can make my bloods appointment.