The July Pact....

[Rotagilla]

Thou will not get stressed.

Thou will symptom spot casually and not obsessively.

Thou will not test before 12dpo.

I'm out 🙁
Spotting turned into AF
That was the weirdest cycle so far...

@Rotagilla

I'm out 🙁 Spotting turned into AF That was the weirdest cycle so far...

😢😢😢 so sorry @Rotagilla

Sorry to hear that @Rotagilla - can you treat yourself to something nice to make up for AF arriving?

What sort of pact do you want to make for next month? I thought I was due on on Saturday but it may be Sunday so I'll be joining you then - fancy making another thread? I feel like I was pretty relaxed up until about 9dpo where I went crazy again. Definitely think your approach works.

Yes I very much feel like treating myself!
Probably a massive chocolate cake and a gin!

I think it's really helped, I did only obsess the last week...that's progress!

Definitely new month, new pact 😂
But hope you won't need it and AF doesn't arrive at the weekend x

Thankyou @claireb707 x

@Rotagilla Oh I'm so sorry 😔 Last month I had some unfamiliar symptoms too than ended with spotting and AF. It's so strange how this happens, like you said we think we know our cycles but weird stuff happens to make us think otherwise.

Enjoy your chocolate cake and gin!

@Rotagilla wow that chart is amazing! I'll check dates and get back to you

@rotagilla sorry to hear that AF has arrived, I really did think this could be your month! We definitely need some more BFPs on this thread @kirinm hopefully you'll be the next one, you're getting definite lines even if they are very faint!

Hey, we are TTC baby #2. Is it okay to join here?

Is anyone close to testing?

@kirinm crossed fingers for you. You're not out 'till the period comes. I tend to test positive really late too, so not testing until I'm at least 5 days late this time. If indeed I am late! Lack of AF is a great sign. Fingers very much crossed here.

@Sansa87 So sorry to hear that. It's really shit, I hope you feel better soon.

Last night I squeezed my boob and some colostrum came out...which seems extremely early and not even an early pg sign?? 8dpo now...vaguely sore boobs and had some light spotting last night after we had sex. Could just be my cervical erosion playing up :p

@honeysun101 yup, also TTC no.2 here, on cycle 2 8dpo. When are you due on?

@Rotagilla Would you mind adding me?

Cycle 2, AF due 15/07/2020, pretty sure I ovulated 1st of July, POS 20th July

@Rotagilla sorry to hear about AF too - crossed fingers for next cycle

Hi everyone,
Just catching up.

@Sansa87 I am ever so sorry. Sending you a big hug. I can imagine you must be emotionally and physically exhausted.

@Rotagilla Sorry AF arrived. How cruel our bodies can be. I hope the chocolate cake and gin was delicious.

@kirinm I never realised those tests can have bad evap lines. Really hope your positive is on its way.

So ordering tests to arrive really late in my cycle has backfired. They still haven't arrived and I want to test! My AF is due the earliest on Saturday. Still not many symptoms and only 9DPO. My temp is still rising but my RHR has dropped so not looking promising. Feel a bit nauseous but I have been overdoing it at work.

@Tigger1987 The nausea is a very good sign as is the temp, crossed fingers you get your BFP soon - perhaps a blessing in disguise you can't test so early!

@Tigger1987 I don't think RHR is reliable as BBT. Fingers crossed for you. When are they meant to arrive?

Does anyone know what difference a slightly longer luteal phase mean? I am 12dpo but if my cycle is 26 days as it has been for the last 6+ months, it means I have a 15 day LP. I'm just wondering what affect if any that has?

@Alyosha I won't be able to test till my AF day this cycle but I ovulated late so will only be 11DPO so probably for the best!

@kirinm They were meant to arrive yesterday or today so I am hoping tomorrow! I am unsure what a longer LP may mean but I have a shorter one, if my period arrives the same as the last few cycles it will be my shortest yet!

@alyosha How old is #1? I only came off the pill beginning of June. If I predict a 28 day cycle then I'm due on 28th July, but I don't know if I'll ovulate or how regular my cycle will be.
Fingers crossed this is your month! Have you decided when you're going to test?

He's 20 months! His pregnancy was a funny one, I didn't get a positive until 19dpo...after a "period" (an odd, light period, but still). So that's really made it hard for me to keep a sense of perspective about TTC!

How old is yours? Crossed fingers you fall first time!

I'm waiting until 19dpo to test again, ideally even longer...I seem to get positives very very late. And last cycle I had a lot of false positives (I know they say they're rare, but apparently I was lucky like that :p).

@Alyosha that's interesting! Will be interesting to see if your next baby is the same. Sorry to hear you had false positives, that's such a shame.

She is 2! And she was a surprise so TTC is new to me and I don't have much clue about what I'm doing 😂

Wondering if I can join, I am not up to scratch with the lingo so will be doing lots of googling for that, this is our first month of TTC our first baby, after making the decision to postpone our wedding.

I am using the app clue but we are going to try and DTD every other day.

It says I am due to ovulate 18/7/2020
I have a 30.5 day cycle
AF is due 01/08/2020

Other than this I have no clue what I am doing so hoping for some advice and positive results for everyone x

Oh no @Sansa87 I’m so sorry :(

@Rotagilla sorry AF got you :(
Love the spreadsheet

I BD today after my positive opk yesterday
My peak was yesterday and today I still had dark opks and ewcm
1dpo tomorrow lol

@honeysun101 i was kind of the same! it just happened. so much easier that way.

I'm also a total novice with the charting/opk malarkey, I might get on that if I haven't got pregnant in a few cycles though. I like knowing what's going on!

Sorry to jump in. I could really do with some advice. I have pcos. Ttc 20 months. On day 3 of what I thought is my period but it's completely different to anything I've experienced! Hardly any blood, dark brown in colour. I've tested negative but could that be because hcg levels aren't high enough on day 3? I'm concerned because I was supposed to take my clomid tablet yesterday but don't want to risk it if this is a pregnancy. What do you think? Am I imagining things?