The July Pact....

[Rotagilla]

Thou will not get stressed.

Thou will symptom spot casually and not obsessively.

Thou will not test before 12dpo.

Hey @rotagilla can you add me to the spreadsheet? A woman after my own heart with the organisation! My details as per my Ovia app (decided not to use OPKs this month, to help with the not getting obsessed). Been DTD every 2/3 days might ramp up in the next few days ;)

TTC #1
Cycle #3 (v. likely chemical last month)
Ovulation 8th July (CD 20)
AF due 23rd July (32 day cycle)

@Alyosha Sending you lots of virtual love! I remember you saying you thought you had a chemical, thinking positive thoughts for you.

@BuckleUp Oh of course - you did say! Sorry I forgot that. CBT sounds like it had a positive impact on your thought pattern. I'm hoping you don't get it now... I'll take yours (temporarily haha). I didn't workout 🙈 but I am still dragging myself for my 10k walks in the rain.

We're back renovating the house today so lifting all the rubble into the skip is like being at the gym 😅

@Tigger1987 Thanks so much! I've never even considered this before. It's great so hear a shorter phase doesn't mean you can't get pregnant. Again, it's probably one of those things we shouldn't get too hung up on but us organised types want to know anyway. 😅 I feel like most of us on this forum are a certain type of person!

That app wording (as someone who writes copy) is awful. Definitely something that needs to be changed.

@duckii We're the same DPO but no symptoms for me (think it's a bit early) so hope you're okay. Rest up!

@Alyosha I remember reading that AF came, is this BFP from the cycle you thought was a chemical? I hope you're ok x

@LeopardLover Thanks, it has helped, but CBT was a few years ago now and I'm finding TTC is triggering it again. I might look into some more help if we succeed. Otherwise I'll wind myself up and feel worse for it! Good job on getting your steps in despite the rain 😊. Moving rubble definitely counts as a gym day - just remember to wear a builders mask (if you can get hold of one). That dust gets everywhere!

Good morning everyone

Hope everyone is okay
Just a question - my 1st smiley face on CB was cd17 so do I count the following day (CD18) as my 1DPO? Even though I got my 2nd smiley on that day?

Good morning

Everyone ok? We are supposed to be having a bbq today but the weather has other ideas!

Just attached my opk lines... starting to wonder if I have missed testing peak? Or if it's due to come still?

Forgot to attach 🤦🏽‍♀️ can see how my Saturday is going!

@Babyyno2 I would say CD19 is 1dpo. So assume you ovulated 24 hrs after your peak.

7dpo and no symptoms here which is strange because normally I can claim lots of symptoms.

@krj2608

Forgot to attach 🤦🏽‍♀️ can see how my Saturday is going!

Sadly I think you may have missed it, the only one of those that is anywhere close is the 1st one at the bottom 😢 the others are all very definitely negative

[quote Tigger1987]@Rotagilla Really sorry to hear you are still suffering. Like others have said, please don't worry about the medicine you had to take. Hope you feel better soon. Love the spreadsheet!! Massive spreadsheet fan over here. Would you please change my ovulation date to the 30th June as it was 3 days late!!

@ALew15
No judgement at all!! Most of us have done it before. I was looking over my cycle from last month and saw I did a cheapy really early - I can't even remember doing it! Lots of time for the BFN to change to a BFP.

@BuckleUp Symptoms sound promising especially if you don't normally get them. Glad CBT has been helpful, not letting your phobia control your decisions shows great strength.

@LeopardLover I have done a bit of reading about luteal phases especially since mine is shorter since about January. Apparently below 10 days is considered short but doesn't mean you can't get pregnant, just a bit harder. I got a bit worried last cycle as the app I used said potential luteal phase defect (nicely worded!) but I thought I would just see what this cycle was like![/quote]
I hit the same message this month about luteal phase defects 😮 it's really bad thst they put that in there

[quote kirinm]@Babyyno2 I would say CD19 is 1dpo. So assume you ovulated 24 hrs after your peak.

7dpo and no symptoms here which is strange because normally I can claim lots of symptoms. [/quote]
Perfect thank you. Il change it on my app for next week. 2WW has officially started for me today 🤗🤗

@BuckleUp It's good you have a plan for when you conceive. 😊 Thank you for the reminder! Just ordered some for click & collect 👌🏻

@Babyyno2 I did count the day after the first static smiley! It also corresponded with my Femometer app, but technically it could've been on the second day (but my app made me decided to stick with the first day).

@claireb707 luckily we have been dtd.

Just attached the 30th June and 1st July. Definitely think it's been. In that case I'm 2dpo

@LeopardLover Thanks, yeah not sure if this is the same chemical, in which case it's almost certainly some kind of ectopic as if not I would otherwise be 6w5d & there should be something to see on the scan, or if I ovulated crazy early on day 6 of the cycle post-chemical pregnancy...

@BuckleUp Thank you, not sure to be honest. That BFP faded fast, it was only there on my internet cheapies & not on a FRER. My nausea and other symptoms also went away. I tested again as on day 14 of my current cycle I had very strong pregnancy symptoms again, nausea/breast tenderness, and got a stronger positive. From my obsessive googling it seems that this can be common with ectopics, with symptoms & hcg levels rising and falling...I'll see what the blood test they did comes back with.

I have to say I wish I had done the BBT tracking & charting along with OPKs, then I wouldn't be so in the dark about what on earth is going on at the moment. My faint hope is that apparently I ovulated from my left ovary and I'm pretty sure my chemical was from my right ovary...so we'll see.

ooof 6 dpo today and am getting a very sharp stabbing pain just to the right of my left hip bone, (ovary location?) its coming in waves

@Alyosha It sounds like a mystery! I hope the blood tests shed some light for you and that everything is well if you are pregnant. Take care x

@BuckleUp - well the good news after my blood test I am apparently very not pregnant. Which is good news but confusing given the positive urine tests. Must have been the chemical sticking around.

And the other good news is thanks to the transvaginal ultrasound I know that I did ovulate.

So onto the symptom spotting!!! This time I am not testing until I'm a week late and even then only with an expensive FRER...

@Alyosha That is good news. I'm sorry you're not pregnant but at least it means it's not a complicated problem. I hear you're supposed to be very fertile following a chemical! Hopefully this month is your month 🤞🏻

@alyosha how confusing for you! Glad to hear it's not an ectopic though, fingers crossed for you this month!

Third day of flashing smileys today (first one was PM on Wednesday after blank circle Wednesday AM) so 72 hours of flashing smileys (just checked and still flashing) - but I've also had loads of ewcm since Wednesday morning so feel like I should have got my static by now... Anyone got any insight? I'm CD15 today.

So far we've DTD weds and last night, I feel like we should do it tonight but if I get a static in the morning then that means I'd do another 2 days in a row and not sure OH would be up for 4 days straight hahaha... I just don't want to miss my peak but also feel like I should trust the process of the CB ovulation tests!

Crossed fingers for us all! We managed 5 days straight of DTD but by day 5 we were seriously flagging.

I'm an ovulation novice but don't they say that you only really have to have sex on the day that you ovulate, so when you get the static you can go for it then?

8dpo here and no symptoms which is really odd because I normally at least get backache or mild cramps but nothing yet.

I know I said I'd try and be more relaxed this cycle but no symptoms of any sort is making me a bit anxious / upset.

@Alyosha the recommendation is to definitely DTD before ovulation as well as ovulation day itself.

@alyosha sperm can live for up to 5 days so it definitely increases your chances to DTD before ovulation, your chances are obviously higher on ovulation day though.

We didn't DTD last night and I'm glad because I got another flashing smiley this morning on CD16... I didn't get my positive opk until CD22 last month but I really hope it's not going to be another long cycle!

@kirinm @whambam89 the more you learn! I suppose the more hopeful sperm waiting the better...

Do you recommend charting & OPKs? I usually get some spotting mid cycle which I assume is ovulation, but really have no idea...

@whambam89

We seem to be on a similar cycle! I'm cd 18 and still waiting but it's happening I think. TMI ewcm started last night. I thought I had missed it but just think it was keeping me waiting!

My ovulation test looks darker today. Femometer app has changed my ovulation date to two days time.