Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 2

[Juno231]

Hi ladies,

This is for all of us with heart rate monitors who wish to help each other analyse the RHR patterns throughout our cycles.

Early research shows there's a correlation with increasing RHR and BFPs - so let's try and spot some together!

See attached my current chart - at 10DPO my RHR is at it's all time high this cycle and has not started to decline for AF yet. Fingers crossed!

@Alicespring
@Ltay2
@SmileyT
@Buffalomozzerella
@Moominmiss
@ambs1994
@SarahTTC2020
@popcorndiva
@pippy20
@Mrsi2020
@meb89
@Fran2020
@Willowfalls
@mumof23188

@Moominmiss that is a big drop! Does yours usually drop this early for AF? As they say on here you aren’t out til AF arrives 🤞

I just have no idea about mine. Mine doesn’t seem to follow what everybody else’s does 🤷‍♀️

@Moominmiss Don't count yourself out just because of that! Tracking RHR is not an exact science and there is no guarantee that you will get a significant rise to indicate BFP or anything else that some people's patterns show. Everyone is different! You are only 9DPO so there is every chance you are still in the game, you aren't out until AF shows. Try not to stress (easier said than done I know!) 💕

@mumof23188 and @Ltay2 thank you for your positivity! I will try to take a leaf out of your book!

My rhr doesn’t usually drop until the day before or day of af so this is stupidly early, but then I could just be getting a visit early.

Will keep you guys updated either way lol

@Moominmiss I'm driving myself mad! Googling like crazy and obsessing. The waiting is just too intense 😩

My CM is still sticky, thick and stringy. I've just checked again and I got the tiniest tiniest streak of blood. And the test of it on the paper is a light brown. Sorry if TMI 😂

@Moominmiss @mumof23188 tbh if you look at most of the charts there isn't really a pattern to it all. Keeping my fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Moominmiss I'm the same, big drop today and 10dpo with AF not due until Saturday.... Makes me feel like she's on her way early 😭

@Moominmiss fingers crossed for you! So hard to stay positive but just hang on in there 🤞

@meb89 I’m having the exact same CM, sticky, tacky and pale yellow stretchy! Think I’m around 6DPO today. Feeling nauseous and have heartburn. Trying not to symptom spot but its so bloody hard not to!

@mumof23188 it's so strange isn't it! It's almost the egg white but a different colour. I've had a little heartburn and a bit burpy. Otherwise feel totally normal! Boobs feel fine - keep poking them 😂

@mumof23188 it's so strange isn't it! It's almost the egg white but a different colour. I've had a little heartburn and a bit burpy. Otherwise feel totally normal! Boobs feel fine - keep poking them 😂

Hi ladies I've been reading this thread for ages and thought it might be helpful to share my RHR chart from this cycle (using Apple watch): I got a BFP a week ago at 9dpo (16dpo today), ovulated on 21/06. Kind of expected a steady rise from BFP but as you can see it's bounced around a bit but still remaining high. Usually I have a big drop at 13/14dpo (by around 10bpm) and then AF starts 15dpo. GL to you all! x

@meb89 yes that’s it. Almost like snot 🤣 I’ve had that and then today had some really tacky CM. I’ve had such a mixture the last couple of days. Haha me too, keep grabbing them and poking them. They just feel fuller but that could be for any number of reasons!

Ahh congratulations @kell2126 thanks for sharing your graph. Interesting to see ☺️

@mumof23188 there's a better description 🤣🤣🤣 snot!

@kell2126 congrats!! Thank you so much for sharing, very interesting!

@meb89 🤣🙈 when are you going to test? I get so anxious to check my HR in the morning! I’m a bit obsessed!!

Congratulations @kell2126 and thanks for sharing your graph, it's really good to see ones which end in bfp

Thanks @kell2126 - I had a drop after ovulation like yours and it’s started to climb again. Would that be usually for you?

*usual

@mumof23188 @meb89 I noticed I had snot-like CM like that before I got my BFP! And I was very burpy. Fingers crossed for you 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Ooooh that’s interesting @BuffaloMozzerella 🤞 I keep googling everything! I need to stop. Thank you. Hope you are doing well ☺️

Okay so my RHR did something completely different to when I got my BFP in Feb (ended in MC) seems to just be bouncing around so i guess anything can happen. xx

@BuffaloMozzerella thank you 😩🤞🏻

@mumof23188 im obsessed already! If I wake in the night i check it on my watch 🤦🏻‍♀️ mine has dropped today from 51 yesterday to 46 🙄 BBT is still elevated. I'm trying to hold out testing until missed period but I'm really eager to test! When will you test?

Haha girls that was @SmileyT trying to tell us she got a BFP this morning but I think she must have still been in shock! I do think it's cool we can definitely see your rhr has remained high all throughout the LP!

Congratulations @SmileyT ☺️ just saw your test on another thread! So lovely. How many days DPO are you?

Thanks @meb89 🙏 I'm 12dpo now 👌🏾

And yes @Juno231 I was obviously in shock this morning and missed the punchline of my post 😂 but yes I got my BFP this morning and the circles on the pic are AF, peak opk and then BFP. I also hadn't thought about the fact that RHR is higher in LP than FP it kinda mirrors my BBT (ignore today's temp I got up stupid early to test 🙈)