SQUARE ONE'ers to GRADUATES - Supporting eachother on TTC journey

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Rollover thread from 'CD1 back to SQUARE ONE...'
Continuing to support eachother as we move into May! Good solid thread with 25% BFPs** in April!! Hoping for more this cycle

May Testing Dates!
Nimisha - 3rd
Footprints - 6th
Jod - 7th
Summerblush - 10th
Physicskate - 13th
Mimi - 16th
Jem - 20th
Tee - 21st
Radders - 22nd
Toast - 25th

Graduates
Parney
Newhair
January

Oh Footprints! The plot thickens! Good thing that your temp is high, it doesn't sound like AF is coming anytime soon.
I think doctors are obliged to be very reserved about this type of thing, they are bound to discourage you from repeat testing. Silly for her to laugh about opk picking up hcg, as they definitely can (you just have to remember other factors cause positive opks too). My best friend got a positive opk when she was pg with her DS.
I think I remember you saying you'd ordered ICs. I think if I were in your position with all this confusion over ovulation, I'd be doing ICs every few days. It won't be as disappointing seeing BFNs, as you are really muddled about OD? xx

Woohoo Jem! Sounds like a nice weekend ahead for you. Get those swimmers in training!
We were supposed to be going down to Devon today until Monday with a few others, but there's been a hiccup with the house. I made a batch of mars bar brownies for everyone, now it looks like I'm stuck with them all, I so wanted to eat healthy, but how can I let a whole pile of them go to waste?! They are so naughty
At least we'll have more privacy for DTD if we stay home, but at a loose end with plans!
xx

Oh footprints it sounds like both you and I are as confused as each other?!
I have no idea what cycle day I'm on. I think I have ovulation twice in last 5 weeks. Then yesterday I had sharp stitch like pains in right hand side that would remind me again of ovulation. Symptom spotting I have tingly nipples, creamy discharge and my mood....well I'm like an anti Christ! So snappy and angry?! Very unlike me. I also think I'm getting a cold I'm congested.

Hope everyone else is well! Sorry to Moan.

Mars brownies sound amaaaaaaazing tee can I have some

jod plenty of vitamin C and rest up!

Here you go Jem! Ha!

CD 7 21st may

Hello everybody!

Footprints if I were you I would be testing. You think it's ovulation anyway so even if you do get a bfn it's only what you are expecting in some ways. But if you got a bfp then yay!! You might be second guessing over nothing you never know.
It's quite a personal choice on whether to test or not

Jod feel for you too. Have you done another test ??

Tee send them my way. Sounds lovely!!

Hope everyone is ok and ready for the weekend. I know I am!!

Today I have a lot of CM that's really creamy. Ovia says I'm transitioning well into ovulation time... Blooming hope so! Xx

Tee- those look amazing! Made me feel hungry! My boys would love those.

Jod- it's horrible not knowing what's going on. I'm sure u wish the same to be back to normal regular cycles, makes it so much easier to time things right. My poor DH thinks I'm a nymphomaniac, he says I've been gagging for it each week !! Oops it's all those poxy positive opk's!

Just read the instructions to the IC pregnancy tests and the ingredients are mouse anti a Hcg and rabbit anti mouse LG antibodies! Ha how nice! :) you can tell I have nothing to do today ;).

So opk was negative! A very faded line. so guessing it was ovulation last night. Hopefully it will b last attempt?Anyone else felt queasy on last day of ovulation? As I felt very queasy last night but ok today. Nipples settled down a bit now. Just wondering..

So did an IC hcg test and was a bfn. Kind of expected it anyway. But hey ho.. Plodding on eating the pineapple and nuts incase I caught an egg somewhere in this cycle. Will test next week if still no AF then the week after blah blah.. I won't have an AF until I ovulate I'm guessing.. So if this time was successful then I'll be ready to test with racja and physic. If I get another high temp then I hope that's ov done?

Lots of good plans for the weekend I see, hope u all have a fab time away! Not much this end.. Both DH and I have physical jobs so we are shattered by the weekend. Might go and see jungle book in cinema with the kids that's about it.

CD19

Well, no dtd last night. Was working upstairs and came down to find OH asleep on the couch - at 8:30!! Will dtd tonight though. Trying to convince the OH that the more nympho we are this month (I like that phrase), the less we will have to in future months because hopefully it will catch! I think he is exhausted by the one mid-week!!! Maybe three day weekend will encourage him along!

OPK is a bit faded, but almost same as control line, so hoping I haven't ov'd yet!!! Plus temp rise from yesterday has not been sustained... so hopefully I get the rise tomorrow morning.

Sorry for rambling all!

footprints and jod I know my cycles can sometimes be a bit frustratingly long, but jeesh you both deserve medals!

Cd10
Happy Friday my friends 💐

I've caved in ladies!! I'm having me some prosecco tonight!!!

Well I can't tell whether it's spotting or AF. When my coil was in, AF was a few days of red/brown spotting which is exactly what I'm having now.

I'm still going to test on Monday but I'm not holding out hope.

I'm wishing you all the luck Nimisha!! X

We've mentioned our hubbys in this post and their lack of awareness! After 3 days of trying, hubby said 'do you feel pregnant'??? Men have no idea!!!

Oh summer, I've just caved in too.. Sipping a glass of prosecco!

Nim - hope it's not AF for you xx

DH still convinced there aren't just a few days in a month (about 4-5 at the outside, I said) where one can get upduffed. I'm a teacher (of a different science to be fair) and he still doesn't believe me! I might have to break out some of the resources we use with Year 7... If I can't get through to him, I've got no chance with them!

Good luck Nimisha. Hoping for the best!

DTD tonight - hope we've time ok and fatigue hasn't ruined everything for us this month!!

Good on you footprints1
I've just missed the bubbles and that Friday night feeling! Let's toast to some bfp's!

CD2915dpo .. Or 8dpo or 2dpo or not any dpo?

Morning everyone,

Happy Saturday!

Temp is still high (slightly higher than yesterday 36.9) so looking like AF is not coming anytime soon. My temp chart confirms ovulation now - 3rd time lucky! Fertility friend isn't my friend, it thinks I'm going mad

Hope you all have been busy in the bedroom

CD 20 3dpo?? 1dpo??

Well last night didn't go as intended - cat fight, scratches, worried I might need stitches... but all's well now. Thank god the neighbours (and their cat) are moving next week!

FF says I ov'd before I got the positive opk... ?? So I might be 3dpo, which means we didn't need last night anyways and we timed things pretty well anyway! Maybe dh is right and it's all bollucks??

I think it's more likely I am 1dpo (so positive opk two days ago, ov'd yesterday), as I did have a significant temp rise this morning... Will wait and see if FF agrees in a couple days. In which case, last night could have been crucial, as we are relying on two day old sperm! Oh all of this is enough to drive one nuts!

And either way I will be testing on May 11th now. If AF doesn't show before then! Oh and I become British on the 12th!!

Physics if you ov'd yesterday (remember could be late yesterday or even early hours this morning) I would get a DTD today ASAP?! Your egg will survive for 24 hours, so this morning's swimmers still have a chance of making it?? x

Morning ladies!
Cd17 for me today.
Ovia tells me I'm now out my fertile window and could start to see early signs of pregnancy!

CD7
Hoorah Summer! And so the 2ww begins... let us know if you spot anything unusual for you!
I've started using Ovia this month for a bit of fun (and to pass the time). It tells me I am 4 days away from FW, and we've booked our spa weekend next week, slap bang in the middle of it! But, going by previous cycles, OD will be the Friday (my plan was to get plenty of DTD after that point too anyway, so either way, I'm chuffed with the timing)! Booked a hot stones massage for the Friday evening, so going into the weekend completely relaxed. Should be at a peak physically and mentally, together with loads of DTD... if I don't get up-duffed this cycle, I don't know when I will!!!! Fear I'm setting myself up for a fall xx

Tee, your spa weekend sounds fab! Perfect for loads of Dtd! Are you using ov test strips as well?
My thoughts exactly, done so much of Dtd and hoping I've caught the egg, if it doesn't work after this, I'll be disappointed. I hate the 2ww!! I want to know now!!

Yes I always use opks and I temp over FW (and a few days before) so I catch the post OD spike. I usually get a positive opk on CD12 and a temp rise CD14.
2ww is so agonising! Best to plan lots of distracting things, get plenty of sleep to help facilitate everything and munch on lots of pineapple and Brazil nuts!

Yes that's a good plan! I hope the prosseco I had last night doesn't do any harm!! Seemed liked a good idea at the time xx