Feb Bus Pt 2

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Not sure if someone made a second thread, i couldnt seem to find one. Went to post on the old one and it had been closed! Will tag who i can remember off the top of my head, please tag the others or add me to the new one if there's a thread i missed 😊

@MrsTwentySeven @paintfairy @Anon87 @notetaker

@MrsTwentyEight I'm sure mine get weirder. I actually did a cheap test this morning even though I knew I wasn't. Just to make sure AF was AF. I'm going to start soy isoflavones though tonight, so wanted to be sure.

@paintfairy mine have gotten a lot heavier and it’s deffo AF. So this cycle was a crazy one too - 37 days. I’m actually going to stop with OPKS and the rest from now. Literally just DTD every 2-3 days the whole month and I won’t even test until AF is a week late as this is pure torture , I agree with you.
I take supplements too - started in Feb. I take the pregnacare conception ones , vitamin d, vitamin c etc ....wonder if they contributed to my cycle variations. But it also could be my diet / workouts I started ....or Covid stress, I mean who knows! Onto June bus it is for us for a March baby :) 🤞🏾

@MrsTwentyEight I don't think the supplements ever alter mine. I think switching off to it maybe is a better thing to do. But I think I'd find DTD every other day all month hard work though.

@paintfairy after all my talk, I'm CD11 today and havent DTD once...also got the advanced dig OPKs ...even though the OPKs and me actually ovulating don't correlate most of the time -_- Not hopefuly this month even before starting but heres hoping a better month for you and @MimiArm and everyone else from our original group still TTC

@MrsTwentyEight thanks And good luck this month, and @paintfairy and everyone else. I got bad news on Friday from the GP. I had the CD3 and CD21 blood tests done since once been trying over 6 months and I'm 39 now. cD3 year was fine but CD21 test showed I didn't ovulate. Not sure yet if I don't ovulate at all, or if it's just certain months. Anyways, I'm being referred to fertility clinic (12+ month wait list). I'm gonna call GP again tomorrow as the doctor I spoke with wasn't overly helpful and literally only said the words IVF when I asked about treatment. Since then I've researched loads and seen there are tablets on prescription that you can take - I'll know more when I speak with my normal doctor I guess! They are running the test again this cycle too. Will still use OPKs anyways but not feeling hopeful anymore

@MimiArm could be that you just didn't that cycle? I didn't the one before last I don't think. Do you temp? That'll tell you. I worry though as I'm 37. And I'm not sure the GP will even see me yet with the Corona stuff?

@MrsTwentyEight I'm CD 13 today. I took soy isoflavones this month on days 3-7. No idea if that caused it but I appear to have ovulated day 10. I was really confused because I was expecting it later and I never even got a high reading on an opk. But I've had 3 days of high temps now, so clearly it must have happened.

@paintfairy I don't temp as with two dogs and a puppy I'm up during the night a lot and it just doesn't work for me. I always get a positive OPK but the GP said my progesterone was very low and that he suspects I only ovulate sometime. You should phone them - I had a telephone appointment and they were happy to schedule me to come to see the nurse to give blood so I would think the same should be for you.

@paintfairy Also, if you don't mind me asking, did you notice any difference to your period last month when you didn't ovulate? I remember you have a short LP too. I normally get a peak OPK on CD 17 or so of a 26 day cycle and a light period that lasts 2.5/3 days max. This month I got a peak on CD14, AF arrived day 24 and has lasted 5 days and counting (started with 2 days light spotting then light flow). I find this strange and wonder is it associated with not ovulating.

@MimiArm That's interesting. I'm only guessing I do ovulate because of temping. Also my cycles are regular. I used to actually get ovulation pain and spotting but haven't fot a while now.

I'm not sure if I ovulated late or not at all. It was strange. I got my OPK showing something but not peak. However I assumed it would happen as normal as I usually ovulate day 11 without fail. My temp was weird after though and there was just no pattern. My LP isn't short as such, but I bleed through it. This varies. At the point I'd usually start 'spotting' this happened, but it was quite heavy (not that unusual) and constant, as opposed to in/off, however it lasted for a week. Past the date AF should have come. I even wondered if that was AF, after a while and it was just odd. Then it all stopped but I could tell by my CM I was still in my LP. My cycle ended up being 42 days instead of 26. I did spot a bit again for a few days before AF but minimally. The first day of AF was a bit weird- like I wasn't sure if it was going to actually get going, but it did by day 2. Then was normal.
I hoped it had reset me as it were, because last month was the first one after that happened, and I ovulated day 13. My spotting was light for me and only 3 days before AF. Best I've ever had! So I'm disappointed this month I'm back to day 10.

@paintfairy That is really interesting. It seems like the months where it all goes weird are months with no ovulation perhaps. I'm sure I've read this somewhere too along the way.

I hope it regulates again for you (well I hope it doesn't actually and you get a BFP!)

I've started my OPKs today (day 6) and still very very light spotting (which never happens - usually it's long gone by day 6).

The lady GP was off today so I'll try tomorrow again for a phone appointment. Checked out her credentials online and she is also qualified OBY/Gynae- prob why she was much more helpful.

Did you call your GP today?

@MimiArm Yes I think when you don't ovulate you've got no structure to it, so it'll be all over. It's only happened the once to me.
I've not rang the GP yet. I'll see what happens this month. I had day 2 blood tests and scans last year though so I do know there's nothing absolutely horrendous going on.

@MimiArm how long are your cycles normally? Day 21 are taken on the assumption that you ovulate on CD14 whereas if you have longer cycles you may not have ovulated by CD21 rather than not at all that cycle?

I'm on cycle 6 now, CD3. Every time AF comes I worry about how short and light it is and wonder if it's due to something being wrong.

@Juno231 My cycles have been 26 days (except this cycle in question it was 24 days). I got a peak OPK on CD14 (it's usually peak on CD17) and had the test on CD20. AF would normally have been due on CD27 (aka CD1) so the test should have been 7 days before AF. The GP said it should be 7 days before AF.

Turns out now the test was 5DPO and 5 days before AF so now I think it's not accurate as it was mistimed?

I plan this month to take the test again 7DPO rather than 7 days pre AF.

@MimiArm I think it should be 7 days before AF and 7 days after O, which equates to day 21. This is assuming you have a 28 day cycle and a 14 day LP.

However, in reality it should be 7 days after O. Timing it before AF by 7 days is technically correct as long as your LP is 14 days. But if you have a short LP, then this would be incorrect? Because it would push it too close to when you ovulated.

@paintfairy I think so. I think it's went wrong because the GP said 7 days PRE AF as they were assuming a 28 day cycle with ovulation on CD14 (even though I told them I don't fit that pattern 🙄).

The optimistic side of me now thinks the results are tripe since the test was too early!

@MimiArm fingers crossed! I'd find it odd you didn't ovulate if your cycle is regular.

Wow had no idea this thread was still being used -so glad to see you ladies are on here thought we'd lost you to various other buses 🤞 for you all and hope to see you on the grad thread soon!!
There's a few names I recognise on the June bus but that one is totally mental there are so many people on it just been checking on there every so often to see how those I know are getting on but it's impossible to keep up! Xxx

@MummyBearBoo hello! I did sit on the back of the may one tentatively. The June one I just never joined. I did look but yes, far too many people! Makes it hard to keep track unless you are constantly on here. I think we will run out of space on this thread soon but I find it much easier chatting to just a few people. How are you getting on? I'm 7 dpo currently.

I'm 23 weeks and 4 days along now just got to have more scans than normal coz of my history so my next scan is on 26w!
Really hope you catch soon so just another week to wait for you? Will you test before 14dpo?
I didn't have any symptoms at all the month it happened I genuinely thought I was out anyway as I had no positive OPK but also I don't get hiccups when I'm pregnant a random symptom but I had them at 7dpo but it was early I guess I've not had them since! 🤞for you this cycle- I also did the pillow under the bum after DTD thing too!! Xxx

@MummyBearBoo nice to hear from you! I check in on the grad bus every now and then to see how people are doing so it's comforting to know some of you do the same with us :) I've been on all the busses since this one so I'm still plodding along.

CD5 and I'm temping for the first time this cycle. Gearing up for FW soon but I think OH hasn't recovered from the last one yet...

Ha @Juno231 -you tiring him out 😂! Fingers crossed for you xxx

@BooMamaBear I'm glad things are going ok! Its bizarre really how some are you are where you are, and yet here we still are. Such is life! But I can't envisage it at all. Must be exciting to have others to speak to about it though.

I won't test. I'd be bankrupt if I did that every month. Plus I know the answer! Nope. Lol.
I dunno, I temp and it starts to drop a few days prior anyway, so I tend to know before AF is even due that I'm not. It's no surprise. Missed it this morning mind, as I didn't sleep well. I started spotting yesterday (very very slight) and have a bit today. Early for me, but I do usually get it. And sometimes badly. I just assume that means I'm out but I guess you never know, maybe I'd get it anyway.
@Juno231 my other half is mostly ok but there are times when it does get too much. Depends on the month? I also feel we need to do it more past the FW just in case? But usually we've lost interest by then. 😂 This month we did it before and during. And also 2 days after i supposingly ovulated, but that was it.

@paintfairy ha if I went by OH's DTD schedule I'd never get pregnant. But he's agreed to do his best during FW so usually we get 3-4 goes when it counts. It's very much a chore for him though and he's always happy when FW is over!

I think you tagged a completely different bear though @MummyBearBoo

@Juno231 oops 😂 too many bears.

They're both me I had to change my name for a bit but I've changed it back to from @BooMamaBear to what it is now xxx