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?!

I used an OPK again last night before bed and it was just as dark as test line. Took it as positive and dtd, tested with FMU today and it's faded. Was burning up last night, felt so warm.. Still do! Tee but is this OPK normal? Does it mean I have ovulated? I feel so needy!

Hope everyone is well, Jod it's a good sign if you've felt like this when pregnant before.

I don't think I am pregnant girls. I took a test this morning and it was negative. It should be getting stronger by now. Maybe I imagined the line.

Hi Parney, it doesn't necessarily mean you've ovulated, just that you've had your LH surge which happens before ovulation. I usually ovulate the day after my surge has been detected, but I know it can be longer for some, so definitely assume you are ovulating today or tomorrow. Watch out for any pinching around where your ovaries are. Also, once your cm turns from clear to creamy, that's a sure sign the egg has already been released! I would say today is defo your most fertile day based on your opk pattern!! Even if you ovulate tomorrow, today's swimmers will be ready and waiting to greet it!!

Don't give up hope Jod, you're still very early, so concentration of urine could play a part in whether the line is there... perhaps try and wait it out for AF and test again if it still doesn't show? I know how stressful the next few days will be wondering, try and relax x

I definitely saw the line in your first pic. hope you're ok Jod.

Jod I definitely saw a really faint line too. Just hold out a little longer in case it isn't fully detectable yet.

Parney -agree with everything tee said! It's great that it's shown you've had the surge. It can take 36 hours, sometimes longer, for ovulation to occur though so you have to watch what other signs there are in your body like tee said.

I suppose I'm officially in my tww now...! Keeping calm

Definitely saw a line there Jod. So it must have picked hcg up. So many tests take longer time to read. Your symptoms are def positive. You will just have to wait I guess a few more days. Gave you tried an opk ? Read that they can show positive if pregnant??

No I have never used one of those to be honest. I really think AF is on the way now.

Hello.

Can I join?
Age 33
One DC (2)
CD 20

We have started TTC this month. My cycle has been all over the place since coming off the pill in December. Last month was a 31 day cycle, prior to that 38 day and longer the month before.

I think I ovulated on Thursday as I had what looked like EWCM. However, we are trying to DTD as much as possible as I am so unsure when I am fertile due to messed up cycle. It was easier with my first DC as I settled into a 28 day cycle almost immediately. Wishing you all lots of luck x

Hi, I am in the same boat! CD1 today. Feeling disappointed but keeping positive in that April brings a whole new opportunity to conceive.

Age -32
TTC - #1
Cycle - 4
CD- 1
Married for 6 years.

I had Mirena coil for 7 years before having it removed in December 2015- luckily cycles reverted to a pretty normal pattern afterwards.

I have used the Clearblue Digital Ovulation Test with Dual Hormone Indicator for one previous cycle and it did pick up the LH spike. I'll be using them again this month. I take the Seven Seas 'Trying for a Baby' mini pills to top up my folic acid.

It is proving more difficult that I thought it would be- guess I was naïve beforehand. However I appreciate it is still early days on cycle 4.

We are not telling anyone we are TTC- didn't fancy the extra pressure of people asking questions!

Hi to the newcomers, I too didn't expect it to be so difficult. I regret so much of going on the pill as it seems after tests that my ovaries are still trying to wake up. Just hope they do.

Was recommended to try acupuncture so that is my next step.

Jod, early cramping is a sign of pregnancy and this weekend would possibly be your usual AF time if you are in between 10-14dpo so your body is thinking it's supposed to do that. Wicker & Betty had terrible cramps from the other thread so I think it's just that. Some don't get their BFP until 2 weeks after their AF due so it's still early. Can understand u being worried though, as every twinge makes u think negative. You can only wait and see and test again in few days. I'm sure you'll b fine

Hello girls can I join please?

I'm Jem, I'm 32 and trying for the first time. I'm on cycle 4, day 18.

TTC tactics so far have been;
-A shedload of DTD during FW (looked up SMEP and thought right, shag LOTS)

• OPKS - would feel blind without them now
• This month EPO daily until ovulation. Definite increase in CM

Making our journey just that bit more fun is that DH travels for work - one trip a week for a few nights. So I get a bit mental about that.

footprints I'd heard before about acupuncture being good. What's the deal there?

Hello to the newcomers!
it's so true, you spend years trying to stop getting pregnant, thinking that 1 mistake would almost definitely end in a pregnancy, so once you decide you're TTC, you just assume that lots of DTD in your fertile week would be a dead cert, so when it doesn't happen you almost feel baffled!! But there is only ever about a 25% chance of conception even if you time things perfectly.
Jem what's EPO?
Got a very near positive on my opk am AND pm yesterday. I'll test again at midday today, if it's more faint I'll assume the surge has happened, if full on poisitive then it would look like a really decent build up. CD12 today, I usually ovulate CD13. A morning temp spike usually confirms when it eventually happened...

Hi all, Footprints have you been off the pill long? Good to hear other opinions. I was on it for 9 years and came off just over two months ago. I would have come off sooner had I realised it wasn't going to be a case of instantly conceiving I now realise how naive I was. I'm only on cycle 3 but reading through all these threads have given me a more realistic perspective.
Jem you're so right about OPKs, last month I ovulated on CD 16 and naturally ovia had predicted the same this month. I was going to start OPK on CD 14 but started on CD 11 instead. Got positive on day 12 and has been negative ever since, so if I had waited I would have missed out and wouldn't have realised as I get no other symptoms. I'm still kind of annoyed as I didn't treat the last few days as I would have in terms of dtd, I was geared up for this week to be busy! have lots of CM but never EW, Evening primrose is popping up on all the threads so will give it a try.

Hi Tee,

X post. I think EPO is evening primrose oil? Supposed to help with EWCM. We're at similar cycle stages! I was filling DH in on all the statistics a while back. He was horrified about the 25% chance even with perfect timing!

Hi to all the newbies, I'm sorry I have been quiet. I'm in POAS confusion hell!
I am still getting very very very faint lines but I really expect they would be more defined now. It's two weeks since I expected I ovulated. I got a BFN on a Digi yesterday afternoon.

Hi Jod, that's the clearest line I've seen from your pics so far. I can see without clicking on the pictures this time. It really must be terribly confusing for you, perhaps your GP could take blood tests later in the week?

There's definitely a line Jod, keep the faith... lots of people won't even get that until after AF is due.
Just did my CD12 opk and as suspected a very strong positive (the darker line is the test line!). I think because of how dark they were yesterday too, I'm expecting to ov later today (usually it would be CD13 with temp spike CD14).
Parney I think we will be POAS buddies!!

Tee when you have a temp spike what temp do you normally get?

I've started tempting but I don't know if the thermometer is any good. I did it once got 36.45, straight after got 36.38 then 36.33. I took note of the first one after googling

tee4me Evening Primrose Oil. I read on here somewhere it increases CM - which was true for me this month

jod I can see the line too, fx it gets stronger and stronger...

Thanks ladies you are giving me hope! I did an IC too and I think I can see a line on it.

Here's the IC's done with 4th urine of the day

Waves ladies, sorry have been mia.

I see lines there jod.ic never have the faintest of lines for nothing. I'd say congratulations .will keep an eye on more tests to come (sure they will get darker by the day)

That's a pretty good line there tee.on with the sex marathon tonight

Cd15 here and ov yesterday. Had to force dh to dtd one more time at 2am after he came in late.I'm onto the dreaded tww.

Radders those temps are similar to my pre ovulation readings, I'm usually 36.3 something... always take the very first result. My thermometer is exactly the same, I thought it was faulty because if I do lots in a row the results will vary, so I just stick with doing it once first thing, and I can see a good pattern over the full month, so reckon it's ok. When they spike it's generally up to 36.5s or 36.6s, so it's not a massive shift.
Hi mimi! I had to gently persuade DH yesterday too, was hoping for x2 sessions, but no joy. Typical to struggle with cooperation on the most important day!
2ww for me too then, lots of Brazil nuts and pineapples on the menu!! xx

tee how much pineapple and what part are we supposed to eat. ?dashing to the market to buy sometww here we come