Just want AF to arrive so new cycle can begin...

[CaribouCarafe]

AF due in 3 days.

Am sure I'm out this month - negative FRER today and I have the usual PMS acne.

Just want my period to come already so that I can get this useless cycle over with and have a commiseration beer.

Just frustrating as have been taking pre-conception vitamins for months, cut out caffeine, no alcohol during TWW, have DTD every other day, tracked ovulation and with no success.

Anyone else fancy a moan whilst waiting for AF to show up?

@LS2020 Yeah that's true! I think I will probably be more relaxed when it does happen as right now I keep feeling like there is something wrong with me. It looks like AF has arrived now, so positive thoughts for our 12th month!! I need to stay as relaxed as possible this month then 😊

@Ughmaybenot sorry to hear that for your business but hopefully it’ll pick up as it seems like most people are being able to rebook them and they’ll start planning again soon! If you work for the NHS I think you can get fast tracked for GP referrals so hopefully that may help too

@Fran2020 I’m exactly the same, on my worst days I feel like I’d even accept a miscarriage so I’d know that it is physically possible to get pregnant, not had one whiff of a BFP 😞 yeah I’ve reinstalled my headspace app and loaded up on a couple of bottles of wine! 😂

Weeeeell AF arrived this afternoon so I'll definitely be here over-obsessing again in about a week and a half haha! 😂

Hope you've all had a good day!

Sorry I've been quiet over the weekend - decided to go out for a massive wander in the woods in the sunshine to get some fresh air and switch off.

@mrswilso a wander in the woods sounds lovely! I'm living abroad in a desert so massively envious!!

I think we will all be symptom spotting in a couple weeks time again . Currently am just enjoying being on AF as I feel more sane than I did for the majority of last month!

Oh my God yessss @CaribouCarafe ! I agree - I'm much more chilled out today, even tried to sneak a quickie in before work (hubby was too sleepy, whaaaat!?) which NEVER really pops into my head normally on a workday!
And I'm excited to start trying again this cycle! I was a bit crazy and in denial after the first cycle with my bfn that I didn't let myself enjoy the trying as much last month - too much thinking in hindsight.

I'm planning on not trying to figure out if/when I ovulate this month and just DTD every second day (at least!) all the way through.

@LS2020 awww, i know it's hard but need to think positively! 😊 I've had nothing close to a BFP either. Definitely, let's both am to stay as relaxed as possible!!

@mrswilso a wander sounds lovely, deffo taking myself out for one tonight! And same, turned it all off on my Fitbit and just going to aim for every 2 days 😊

@Fran2020 yes lots of lovely BFPs for us all this month!!

@LS2020 definitely! 🤞🏼

How is everyone getting on? 😊 I’ve now had a really weird month where for first time in 6 months of testing I’ve got no positive OPK but deffo got the whole barrage O symptoms including an awesome headache and nausea 😞 really strange after having a shortened period last month, wondering if my body is skipping a cycle

I'm currently CD10, last few days have been low on the fertility monitor but I was getting watery CM so have been DTD as last month the monitor went straight to peak. Although this morning I got a high reading and now have EWCM (this morning with a streak of blood in).

That's strange, what OPK do you use?

@LS2020 that’s really strange.. I think everyone’s cycle is a bit all over the place tho.

I am FINALLY on my period 🎉 and I never thought I’d be so happy about it but we were both so sick of being in that weird limbo of not knowing what was happening 😂 84 day ‘cycle’.

@Fran2020 snap I’m CD10, I feel I deffo thought it was yesterday as was very wet and feeling very ready to DTD so was a bit surprised I didn’t see yesterday pm and then tested earlier today to check but nothing. If anything lines have got lighter so maybe I just missed it. I used the clear blue smiley face ones (just the ones that show surge, not the low and high peak)

@ughmaybenot yeah I check HR too and my HR is just static, I normally get a huge surge for O so really weird! Oh I’m glad it came for you (probs one of the few times on this forum! Hope they start regulating out now!

@ls2020 yea that is very strange, and really annoying for you too, especially if you normally follow the same pattern every month.
Ha yea it’s weird feeling happy about it! Let’s hope so, but I’m not feeling toooo optimistic! We’ll see.

@mrswilso my RHR has shot up the last few days, I’m deffo reading too much into this as only 5/6 DPO!

@LS2020 how are you getting on? I'm 2DPO now I think.

@Fran2020 feeling this TWW is worse - I’m turning into an maniac even though I promised myself I would be chiller this month haha! Never got a positive OPK but think I O’d Tuesday based on CM and hormones so about 5DPO. No major symptoms except RHR dipped 3 days ago and had shot up and I’ve had a load of bad spots on my chin. I normally get one or two after O but this is the whole area and jaw length. I usually get sore breast pain a week out from AF so waiting to see if that arrives next week. How are you getting on?

Aah sorry ladies - I lost this thread! 😳

I’m with all of you this month too. Totally confused about whether I’ve ovulated...whether I’ve yet to ovulate...or if I’m even gonna ovulate at all. Mostly I’m confused cause Ovia shifted my fertile window forward a whole week - had very wet CM CD6-7 then EWCM CD8-11 with much more than any other day on CD11 and switched to creamy CD12-13. I was 200% hornier than usual all that way through til yesterday too! I don’t know what to think!?

@LS2020 I’m gonna post my chart on the Fitbit thread and tag you - mine is baffling me as usual haha!
5/6DPO would be good for an increase so keep the cautious optimism! ✨ hopefully you get a wee dip soon - that might be implantation 🤞🏻

How are we all doing?
I’m considering doing a wee day by day update of symptom (spotting 😂) just to make sure I’m not misreading any signs - would you girls be interested in that or would it annoy the @%*! out of you all?

@mrswilso have you been DTD every other day? If so, wouldn’t be too worried as you’ll have caught the right amount no matter which day it was (that’s what I’m doing this month)
I’ve posted on the other thread - the spike looks huge this month already, not sure what way I want it to go!!

Yes, I love to symptom spot, I know logically most of it’s tosh as can you even get symptoms if you’ve not implanted but it keeps me busy haha

CD1-4: AF
CD5: spotting
CD6: wet / DTD
CD7: wet / DTD
CD8: EWCM / DTD
CD9: EWCM / hot flashes / DTD
CD10: EWCM / cramps / acne
CD11: lots of EWCM / acne / bloat / cramps / DTD
CD12: wetter/creamier / DTD
CD13: dry but some CM on tissue, creamier/lotiony

And as I mentioned before - most definitely more up for it from CD6-12 this month, I noticed a wee decrease in drive yesterday and haven't seen it come back yet today.
Other than that, nothing noticeable today so far.

Now gimme all yours! And feel free to gimme opinions on mine as we go! Let the craziness that I promised I wouldn’t succumb to again commence!! 😂

Hello everyone!

For some reason this thread got dropped from my watch list so didn't see all of your comments. Nice to see everyone is still here

@LS2020 my OPKs were negative for ages, and then I had a sudden LH surge a week later than usual! My cycle has gone completely whack!

Am now 1DPO and finally in my two week wait. I'm feeling much calmer about the whole TTC journey at the moment. I give it a week before I start going crazy again

@Ughmaybenot congrats on the beginning of a new cycle. Fingers crossed for you!

@mrswilso you're a lot more observant than me - I never really feel my temperature fluctuate through my cycle!

I don't usually notice it @cariboucarafe but I remember a proper flush coming on when I was in work! I only note it down if it's noticeable.

CD14: proper flood of EWCM (most so far!) / sex drive came back with a vengeance / DTD
CD15: (today) CM has completely dried up and had a wee weird dizzy moment about 1.20pm when I sat down for lunch in work. Got a rubbish sleep last night though, so I reckon that's just tiredness 😂

I think I maybe ovulated CD13/14 but will probably DTD through to CD21...if we can manage haha!

Also just noticed @mrswilso DTD almost every day for a week, kudos to you and your DP!

My DH is firmly in the 'every other day is sufficient' camp so we didn't do it on the day my LH spiked...ended up doing it about 24 hours after the LH spike so not sure if that's still strictly within the fertile window?

Also DH managed to injure himself after CD7 so we didn't DTD between CD8-CD12 .

My timeline is something like this:

CD1-6: AF
CD7: DTD
CD8-12: No sex due to DH injuring himself
CD13: DTD
CD14: Chaste as a nun
CD15: DTD
CD16: Positive OPK, No sex.
CD17: DTD
CD18 (today): Feeling slight cramps.

I know this is possibly TMI but does anyone else end up 'dripping' for a few hours (sometimes up to a full day!) after DTD? Am wondering if enough of the 'good stuff' is going where it needs to go!

Thank you lovely! Fingers crossed this time works out!
I know what you mean about the mood fluctuations, sometimes I feel so chilled about it and other times it really gets me down!

For me the 'dripping' complicates the process of fully knowing what my CM is like - i.e. (to put it delicately) separating my juices from husband's juices

@CaribouCarafe ah now I’m panicking as I stopped daily testing! I went back and looked at some of my older sticks to see if I could see any deeper colouring and the one from 2 days before when I expected O was a lot darker than I remembered and I tested yesterday and was super faint so hoping it’s happnened. Re the dripping, I had the same worries, during FW I put legs in the air for 30 mins after and I notice a lot less comes out but I’ve read a lot of things online that say it’s non important stuff. Interestingly I was reading a thread today for TTC no 1 and they mentioned using the cup you can buy to keep swimmers near your cervix which has tempted me.

Like @mrswilso we’ve DTD every other day from 4th-12th, we were supposed to do yesterday but couldn’t face with the heat, we’ll pick back up tonight or tomorrow but it is hard work!!

I monitor symptoms from DPO (or expected) and have this;

1DPO - nothing
2-4 DPO - acne all around jaw and chin. Dizzy on day 2.
5 DPO - acne worsens, lots of cramps in evening (but was out in garden digging), increase in RHR
6 DPO - acne still there, ache in right side near hip bone, very sleepy (slept 13 hours per my Fitbit!)