Chart Spotters Unite!!

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Yum was in need of a new thread, and I thought the title was apt because it's not just TCOYF charts anymore... hope it's ok?? I don't want anyone to think I am taking over

Just needing something, anything, to take my mind OFF my impending doom

MrsMc - I don't think there can be any other reason for temp shifts to occur. So I think you have ovulated!!YAY! Trust me, not the software
Doing differently??... well believe it or not - I can hardly believe it myself, but I have been thinking about having a drink! I will only need one - not drinking coupled with being a total lightweight will make for a cheap date ... I stopped drinking long before ttc, but my Mum keeps telling me I need to relax and have a drink, and I really am game for anything at the moment
Also, going to try the OPKs again this month. Not sure if I am asking for trouble considering last time I used them, but I am prepared for them to stress me out now Got some pre-seed. And the crucial thing is to try and have plenty of sex!! Which we didn't do last month! Going for every other day, then 3 on the bounce as soon as I get/if I get a positive OPK. So fingers well and truly crossed!!

BH Ready how long is it since you had one? I know you don?t drink much anyway but I am back to full alchy status well, not quite so bad but I did have a fair bit of wine at the weekend, my taste buds like it again! Hope you are right about me and OV, I?m just impatient to get into known territory!

I think you?ll be fine with the OPKs this time, you know so much more about your body and charting and you?ll be using them as a back up of what you already know so I say go for it! Sounds like a good plan for this cycle!

Do you know, I honestly can't remember the last time I had one, it wasn't like I made a conscious decision to stop one day. I just realised I hadn't drunk for a while, hadn't missed it and thought, might as well not bother... But I think I am going to have a go at some Vin Blanc next time we are out for a meal... see what happens Hic.

I totally understand why you are frustrated, but try to relax and believe that you have ovulated, and see what happens now!! Oh, it would be so wonderful if you conceived this month. I've got everything crossed for you!

Thanks hon I really hope we get our BFPs together, it would be so nice to chat about AN things!

I would love that!!!

I totally agree about your c/l MrsMc. Looks like you Ov'd to me. Fingers crossed. You got lots of action too. You and your DH must be sooooo fit

What is the Zita West book about then?

The OPKs stress me out too. Although it is the moving target that's causing the most stress.

I checked the pg status tab on Ovusoft, it has given me a due date of 25 Dec (IF this is my lucky cycle).

Does anyone else check that each cycle? Or am I just too obsessed?

no I check it too 3cats!! my EDD would be 26 dec mind you this is cycle 13 and I have been through quite a few IDD (imaginary due dates!!)

We are very close in dates then, Seaside.
Fingers crossed we both get success.

Seaside and 3Cats Oh, don't worry, you are not the only ones!! I checked my EDD last cycle, I would have been due on the 10th of December!! I usually look at the EDD in the 2ww - probably jinx myself every time! Tut.

3Cats - The Zita West book is a guide to conception... but there are a couple of different titles, and I wanted to get the best one! MrsMc always has the best stuff

Thanks 3Cats lots of action but not much relevant if 28th was the day. Hope we are right as we?ve virtually given up this week. So tired! Last night I fell asleep during Life on Mars but then again, I had had ½ bottle red wine, I KNOW very naughty, shouldn?t drink at all at this point and wish I?d had the self control to not drink after having those 6 weeks off but I?m rubbish I read back on my ?symptoms? when I did get my BFP, here were my main ones so I?m looking for them again:

? Wind
? Smelly pee
? Burning up face, especially in the evenings
? Bloated
? One night I was v sick after wine, had a horrid sweet taste in my mouth

The Zita West book I have is this one its quite good, lots on alternative therapies and the science of it all, a lot of it we know from being on here, doubt there would be much new stuff but worth a read I think. Especially the what to eat bits.

Ironic isn?t it that a moving target causes the most stress but the stress makes it move?! Vicious circle really!

Christmas baby! how lovely! I think if I get mine it?ll be around 6/12 but I?m not really sure, have to say, I?m trying not to look at EDDs, though oh yes, I usually do, it reminds me too much at the mo that if I don?t get one soon I?ll have to make a choice between continuing to TTC and going to my Dad?s 6oth in the Caribbean! I want to do both of course!

Hi Seaside fingers crossed!

Hi Ready ? hope you see the link above for the book. Best bought on Amazon I imagine how are you doing today? Feeling any better?

My temp was 36.5 again today. Haven?t had a chance to upload to software which is maybe just as well, it?ll only raise my CL to 36.4 I imagine! Gggggggggggggr! I confess that at the weekend I typed in high temps for the whole week to see what it would do and it just raised the CL higher and higher and never recognised OV!

It is a vicious circle, I know. A hard one to break though.

MrsMc - Strange that even with higher temps, the software is not recognising Ov.

Did you have all the other symptoms of Ov?

Sorry about AF Ready.

Does Zita West write antenatal stuff too? I remember seeing her name associated with lotions and potions for pregnancy, that was years ago.

I weighed myself last night because I keep feeling bloated. Suddenly thought - what if I'm not bloated what if I'm just putting on weight? Sure enough I have gained a stone in the last couple of weeks.
I told DH I was going to give up chocolate. He said 'you mean as soon as you've finished that cream egg?'.
I have no will power at all.

What's happened to LondonLottie, haven't heard from her for ages on here?

Re signs of OV ? my CM has been a bit erratic but I did have some EWCM around then I guess, the main thing was my boobs, they started to hurt around then and I know progesterone does that. I am feeling more in terms of awareness of my system over the last few days, very thirsty and bloated with tender boobs and funky smelling pee again. I am well aware that I am probably hallucinating or if these are real, they are very unlikely to be anything to do with a pg, surely at cd28 the egg would have been a bit too old anyway? Anyway, we?ll see. Not keen on the idea of flying tonight with this bloating. I?ve had some cramps too but in some ways, it?s just nice to know that things are still ?alive? in there; I?ve felt a bit numb I guess. Amazingly, I have been thinking I am 5dpo all day but if I did OV, I?m actually 7.

Yes, Zita West does, the lotions and potions for pregnancy are on her site too.

Sorry you?ve put on weight, that?s if it bothers you as it does me, I?ve put on ½ stone since my BFP and I feel disgusting. I lost 1 this week which is a start but I?m now 2 stone more than I want to be

Lottie?s in Spain for 3 months with work I miss her too! Hope she?s having a great time!

OK I have just been playing with the ff software, overridden my ov days and coverlines, and matched up all my cycles, so that my ov day is the day before my temp reaches 36.8, it matches up all my cycles perfectly with 11daylp and all following the same pattern... which in all means that af is due tomorrow.... so I will not test in the morning, just assume that af will arrive during the day sometime and try to relax about it all.... is that possible?>>>

Sounds like you've been busy Yum!
Fingers crossed that af doen't arrive today.

3cats - thanks, af has not bothered to arrive yet, so my messing around with ff software was clearly incorrect!

My cycles for the last two years:

22 days -1
23 days -0
24 days -

Whoops clicked on the wrong thing!!
My cycle lengths for the last 30 months:
22 days ?1
23 days ?0
24 days ?1
25 days ?5
26 days ?5
27 days ?4
28 days ?3
29 days ?3
30 days ?3
31 days ?1
32 days ?2
33 days ?0
34 days ?1
35 days -1

30 months ? mean average is 27 days, median is 28 days, most frequently 25 or 26 days.

I usually look for 3 days of ewcm and af arrives 13 days afterwards. This month I had ewcm on cd 7 and 8 and my temp started to go up 3days later. But also had a few hours of ewcm on cd 15, so it is possible that I ov?d later, it does not tie in with cm clues or my usual temp pattern properly, but it is possible, in which case af should be here by Sunday at the latest. It is all a waiting game.

Fingers crossed for you Yum
In hindsight do you wish you had carried on temping? Or do you think it has allowed you to be calmer about the prospects??

Still no sign of af. I think I am calmer about the whole thing not temping, I just wish that I had done another couple of days to confirm (or not!) ov date. But I am still only on cd 26 so early days yet.

cd1 today. Not temping this month so chart will not change. best wishes to you all.

Sorry for not having a chance to catch up. Yum03 - I'm sorry hon I hope the break helps.

How are the rest of you?

I'm on cd39 and have a low temp 36.2 and spotting so I think this weird cycle may be drawing to a close.

MN, or at least the threads I am on, seems to have gone really sombre I hope that everyone is ok. My fingers and toes are crossed for BFPs really soon for ALL of us!!

I know Ready, all the BFPs seem to be newbies and much as I am delighted for them, I would be so ecstatic to see someone from here or one of our temp buddies with some good news.

Morning All,

Sorry about AF Yum . Hope the break helps you.

I agree Ready and Mrs.

On Friday and yesterday I felt so nausious. Then yesterday and this morning I had severe stomach pains. I tend to get pains the week before AF (part of the gyny troubles I was having in the run upto laparoscopy last July). This time it was unbearable. My only option for stopping the pain was to have a hysterectomy, which is out of the question if there's a chance I could have another baby.
I might discuss it again tomorrow with the fertility consultant.

AF is due on Sunday so still a bit of a wait.

We are going away for the week tomorrow so I will catch up with you guys when I get back. Hope you all have a good week.

Take care

3cats.
xxxxx

Poor you 3Cats, sounds awful I really hope you get your BFP soon hon, I really do.

Hey Ready

Only got a chance to say a quick hello and post my chart! What on earth is happening? I really think this is an annovulatory cycle now. Still spotting (brown sludge - sorry if TMI) so not counting that as cd1, is that right?!

Catch up tomorrow at work!

MrsMc - that's the kind of spotting I get before AF each cycle. It is meant to be from the previous cycle rather than the new one so you are right to not count it as cd1.

Well I have my appt with the fertility clinic this morning. A bit nervous and also anxious to find out what't going on. I've been up all night with this pain.

We're off to stay with relatives for 4 days as soon as I get back from the hospital.

Hope you all have a good week.