December bus - testing first week of december

[ceebee21]

Hi all,

AF arrived today so thought I would start a new thread....feel free to join.

First cycle since MMC and ERPC on 1st October, following BFP straight after implant removal.

Bit odd for me, first proper AF in a few years.

Hoping this is the month!

Hey @Nic555 I'm 3dpo my CM hasn't been good this month even around ovulation. At least we can wait out the TWW together! @HugeAgeGap thanks!! We've tried our best xx

@loverainbow02 unusual for them to stay dark for so long. Did they go light after your first positive? I read that for some People Lh can stay high until AF but if they went light and are now going dark again that can't be the case. How many DPO are you now? Xx

@HugeAgeGap Thank you for your feedback. This is reassuring. And it is nice to know we are same DPO. I will keep waiting. I remember as well my first pregnancy (ended in MSC) I got very sore boops and headache at 7 DPO.
Will definitely start to change my diet from today. At least eat specific aliments and drink much more water! :)

@Nic555 Thanks fo sharing regarding the change of EWCM after drinking more water. Will definitely consider. Also, I have read that you can use pre-seed lub if you don't have enough EWCM. Not sure if it better DTD with or without if you can..

@Nic555 I'm 9dpo now. Yeah they went back to white shortly after fertile window then have started to darken again since thursday or friday 🤷‍♀️

@alisxo my positive mind is thinking all my CM is just higher up and not coming out if that make sense 😂 I've also read loads of people got pregnant without even noticing it fingers crossed 🤞

@atouchoffrenchy I use preseed. Its really good. I think it's even better the days before ovulation to help them swim if you're not getting much CM before.

I still can't imagine ever getting my BFP but trying to stay positive x

@Nic555 If it helps I didnt have much cm when I was pregnant with my ds. Well certainly not enough to make me really notice. It didn't start to ramp up until weeks later for me.

Hello, would love your help/eyes/input. I've not been active on the thread for ages but just reading in the background.

I'm CD 18 at the mo after only a 2-day period last time. My Ovia app predicted this weekend as my Ov date and my OPKs have been getting gradually darker for 4-5 days but I've still not had a peak yet. This is only cycle 2 for me and last cycle I got a very strong clear peak on the cheap dip tests.

In the image:
Bottom - yesterday early evening
Middle - today mid morning
Top - today early afternoon

Have I missed my peak maybe (overnight, is that possible?) as yesterday afternoons has been the most positive? I'll do another test (or 5!) throughout today but they are getting lighter.

I am feeling a little crampy so I guess it feels like something is happening today but I don't have enough experience to know for definite. No EWCM. AF currently due around 5th Dec as an estimate.

Hi @CooperLooper

Looking at ur tests it doesn't look like ovulation to me.. I think the line must be as dark or darker then the control line.
Did u drink a lot of water? Or maybe too little water during the day. I had the same thing this cycle, I thought o ovulated but then I ovulated few days after. But the test line got really dark and that is when I knew I ovulate for real this time.. I think u should keep testing. Did u test before? At cd 13,14,15 ? :/ do u know roughly when u usually ovulate?

Welcome to the group @cooperlooper! Not sure if you have already ovulated or if this cycle you are not ovulating..
It happened to me last month, got several clear positive OPKs during couple of days but never dark enough, whereas past few 6 cycles I got clear dark line each time. I am seeing a fertility acupuncture specialist every week and he mentioned there is months when we dont ovulate so might be the reason.. xxx

Yeah I know it should be darker than the control line but it seems they're getting lighter now rather than hitting a peak that I'd expected today 😩😩 yeah I've been testing every day for the last week or so and they've been almost white and then building up to this.

Only cycle 2 after having the implant out without periods for 6 yrs which was great at the time but shit now because I don't know what my 'normal' is!

Last month I got a peak OPK and then had a 2 day period 4 days later. So maybe my body is just all over the place and trying to get back to normal 😔

How many days apart was your 'second' OPK peak this month? I'll just keep testing and see if I do the same as you! X

@CooperLooper
Looking at ur bottom ovulation test.. did u test yesterday morning? Or did u just test evening?

This month when I ovulated, I tested in the morning and it was like ur middle test. When I tested in the evening it was really dark. Then the next morning it started to get light again. So I had a really short ovulation time. Just during the night and it was gone. But don't worry u still have 24hours to dtd because the egg lives for another 24 hours.. so I think u will be alright if u dtd today :)

@AtouchofFrenchy ohhh okay fair enough. That might be what's happening! Frustrating though 😔 x

@CooperLooper my second peak was 3 days apart so keep testing I think . When is ur period due?

@CooperLooper I'm no expert but the bottom line looks very close to a positive OPK so don't be too disheartened. The digital OPKS by clear blue are good xxx

Bottom test was late afternoon/early eve yesterday, so I'll do another one today later on and see how that look. AF due 5th Dec but that's just an app estimate.

Ha but how expensiveeeee are the digital ones 😱 I used them last month and just can't justify the cost again just yet

@cooperlooper I'd say the bottom one was positive. I've had that colour before and done the clear blue to confirm ovulation and it's been static. The pack of cheap ones I use do say that sometimes they can be slightly lighter that the control line but as long as a lot darker than normal for you then take it as a positive. Xx

@loverainbow02 that's great to know. Thanks for sharing. I'm not going to worry too much about it anymore. I just remember having loads of it one month but apparently too much can be your body trying but failing to ovulate. Who knows always different opinions x

@AtouchofFrenchy I have actually focused on the diet primarily and bought one from a dietitian but I started it before my ovulation so that it should help my eggs. Here is a link if you are curious:
serafindiet.com/index.php/en/produkt/8-days-fertility-nutrition-plan-for-woman-autumn-1800-kcal/
It is my 8 DPO so I have my fingers crossed and will be testing probably in 3 days 🙈 I feel so many various symptoms though, especially cramps and tiredness, but I realise it’s to early

Thanks @Nic555 🙂 x

@oliwc12 I'm 8dpo too, resist the testing urge, we can do this 😁 I have very sore nipples and cramping today, I hope that's good!

@CooperLooper download the app "premom" as it has a thing u can photo your tests and it tells u whether they are high or low. I used it and it was accurate for me (judging by eye the actual positive was as dark if not darker than the control line and the app picked this up)

Hi ladies sorry I've been quiet tried to lay off for the month whilst TTC to keep relaxed. SMEP went really well got in lots of BD. @CooperLooper my opks are similar to yours I just assume it's because I missed the highest peak during the day as it seems to fade up then fade down. I'm 4dpo now.

@HugeAgeGap Premom has it still as low 0.69 so I'll definitely continue testing just in case!

@waitingformyturn that's reassuring thank you.

Quick question for everyone... when tracking CM. When it says 'school glue' are we interpreting that as PVA glue or Pritt Stick?? Runny and white or cloudy and sticky? 😱 I just can't work out what it means

@CooperLooper the cm stuff confuses the hell out of me. I tend to get quite clear watery cm when I'm fertile but never really had the ewcm as such unless I'm imagining it wrong. To reassure you as well, I always get my af exactly 14 days after my 'peak' so I'm sure I must be ovulating (plus I have been pg before). School glue I would imagine as pritt-stick lol as I've noticed by cm this consistency before on non fertile days.

@waitingformyturn isn't it weird. I've never noticed any change at all in CM for the last two months, so I'm struggling to identify differences in it too