Back to SQUARE ONE CD1! Anyone want to spend April with me?!

[Tee4me]

So AF got me this afternoon!! Trying not to get down in the dumps (although I just watched 'one born every minute' on catch-up and sobbed!)
Dusting myself off and hoping for better luck in April! A few stats:
Age-33
TTC-5th cycle
DC-1 DS (3.5 years old)
Anyone else at the start of their cycle and trying something new in the hope of a more successful month?!

[raddersmrs]

Hello, I am joining footprints and Jod from the other thread.

Ttc #1
29 (on 16th!)
2nd cycle trying
CD12

This time last month I had horrendous ovulation pains but nothing today yet.

I've got a feeling I'm not producing enough CM as there is nothing there when I wipe. Not sure if you should have stuff there though. The first month I came off pill in Feb had loads of EW but none since.

[Footprints1]

Hey RaddersMrs! Are you using ovulation tests?

I found last month that the ewcm was only slightly noticeable on one day for me and at only one wipe after a wee. When I used a test it showed up peak fertility. So unless you explore yourself (tmi) I think it can easily be missed unless you test. I suppose every woman's may be different.?

I was recommended to use oil of evening primrose tablets (helps ovulation) b6 complex (which helps progesterone and a good leutal phase). Green leafy veg & blueberries!

[Parney]

Jod that sounds promising, especially so soon after O! I've a feeling this will be a long month, CD 8, will probably start OPK tomorrow. Trying to dtd eod, hoping it's enough. Diet could probably go better but I'm doing well enough in avoiding caffeine, salty and processed foods.

I was reading through some old MN threads last night where people coming off the pill were ovulating and 'dropping eggs' at random points of their cycle and getting BFP quite quickly. Would love for that to happen to me but my two cycles since coming off microlite this year have been pretty textbook, ovulating CD 14 and AF exactly 14 days later. I think DH and I start the cycle off a bit too excited and exhaust ourselves before FW even begins.

[Tee4me]

Jod you must feel very anxious!! Will you start testing later this week if still no AF?
Footprints that was a crazy long cycle, you must have been climbing the walls!
Radders, I wouldn't worry too much about the absence of ewcm, agree with footprints, try using opks and/or track BBT if you want to pinpoint ovulation and cm isn't giving anything away! I charted my BBT for 3 months, and generally ovulate CD13.

[Parney]

Radders I came off the pill at the end of January and experienced harrowing ovulation pains in February, zilch in March though! Confusing!

[raddersmrs]

Thanks everyone - makes me feel a bit more confident.
We've been on holiday and just got back so was going to do an opk before bed but I don't need the loo!
I will do one in the morning if the urge doesn't come before sleep time.
I got positive opk this time last month on cd12.

We are Dtd every other day to see how that pans out this month.

I have been taking evening primrose oil for months now anyway even before ttc to help with other stuff. Apparently though you should stop taking it after ovulation so only for first part of the cycle.
I am taking omega 6 too amongst lots of other things!
My diet has been rubbish though so I'm not expecting it to happen this month.

The worse part in all of this is definitely the not knowing isn't it?

[Footprints1]

Yes the evening primrose is only up til ov.

Every other day is quite difficult to keep up do u think? Not that DH minds ;) but I feel it hard to arrange with kids, work, and social nights. Feel like i want to be unsociable for a few months so I can concentrate on baby production!

I'm also getting a bit hooked on looking at future dates in diary thinking how it might be a different Christmas if I was about to pop!

[raddersmrs]

I've just had something on ovia saying that judging by my fertility window I would probably have a baby between 24th and 28th December.....
We weren't 100% about having a baby over Christmas time and this is bang on that time.
We decided to not skip a month though and see what happens. Let fate take its toll!
Definitely feel more relaxed this month though because of it.

We don't have any children so it's probably easier for us to Dtd every other day. We've been lucky in that had 2 weeks off work so it's been easier to do. Don't go back until Monday so can keep it up longer. It's when working I find it difficult as so tired. I'm hoping with being off work the no stress has helped too.

I did opk this morning which was negative. Will do another one later and tomorrow then I'm not doing any more. I went a bit crazy with them last month and I find they stress me out more.... Really want to try and stay relaxed especially as it's only second cycle trying xx

[raddersmrs]

Here is the opk i just did. It's darker then this morning but would you classify this as positive or does it still need to be darker??

[Tee4me]

I would definitely take that as ovulation imminent! I know the line is technically supposed to be as dark, but I'm sure it would be if you retested again tonight. I definitely get a warning with opks, they start faint and get darker until full positive around CD12, I think I then ovulate CD13. Either way I'd get busy if I were you 😉

[raddersmrs]

Thanks tee - I will re test later and show you what it says! Hopefully it goes darker :)

[raddersmrs]

Hmmm just did another one and I think it's a bit lighter to be honest ... Argh

[Tee4me]

Your urine might be slightly less concentrated though. In all honesty, I (personally) would take that as a positive, it's very dark. I really would be expecting to ovulate by Friday if I were you. Any ewcm??

[Tee4me]

When was your last test before your 4pm one? I've read that 2pm is the optimum time. You may have caught the LH surge on the way back down when you tested at 4pm and again now...

[Jod1985]

Hi ladies, I have a First response calling my name! If you were me when would you test? Been absolutely shattered all day today. No spotting at all. Have headache on and off too.

[raddersmrs]

Jod, how many dpo do you think you are? Have any ideas?

Tee, you could be right actually, might be in its way down but it was lighter first thing this morning on first morning urine. Can it peak and go down in a day that quick?

We will be dtd anyway! We will do it every day for next three days to be sure.

[raddersmrs]

Tee sorry forgot your questions because couldn't see your post!
No ewcm, it's more creamy and sticky now.... Doesn't that mean you are coming out of the fertile period?

[raddersmrs]

Ooooo just looking and creamy happens just before fertile so hopefully it is all correct!

[Tee4me]

Radders I think, unlike hpts, you don't get the best results from opk with FMU. I've had a faint line first thing, then a strong positive by 2pm before. Either way, DTD today and over the next few days will cover you! FX!!!

[Jod1985]

I think I ovulated last Monday so 8days PO now.

[Jod1985]

Def get Going on DTD now. Take no chances 😊😊❤️❤️ happy humping!

[Footprints1]

Jod I think possibly too early to test. After seeing how much testing the other girls did on the other thread (including myself)!! They didn't see their BFP's until 12dpo-20dpo. Although saying that first response should pick it up early. How long is your leutal phase?

RaddersMrs- my ov tests were about the same darkness last week but AF showed. I def was not ovulating. I've not used those ov tests yet until just recently so I'm not sure how dark they go. Go for it every day for a few days to cover yourself. :)

[Footprints1]

Yes I agree with tee4me, best time to test is in afternoon I read it somewhere.

[raddersmrs]

Jod I would probably wait a few more days.
You may get a faint line but also chance of false negative...

Last month I just had to test to know... I preferred testing and getting a negative than not having anything. I used some cheapies though.
This month I'm not going to do that though... Going to try and wait to see if AF arrives first.

Thanks for all your replies on the opk - Fx now xx

[Tee4me]

Footprints/Radders, I get positive opks just before AF too, but I know that's not related to ovulation. They can pick up hcg hormone, so I sometimes did it out of curiosity in the vain hope it meant a BFP was on the way! I've done some digging before and it's common to see positive opks before AF, I'm not entirely sure what hormone it's picking up at that point tho. For me, I've only seen positives at those 2 points throughout my cycle. I think the fact it's a strong line on CD12 has to be pretty convincing for ovulation. Maybe I'm bias because I usually get my positive on CD12! 😆