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TTC with SMEP

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SmileyT · 07/07/2020 06:06

New thread for our SMEP adventures ❤️

Cycle days 1-7
◦ CD1 is your first day of full flow
◦ Stock up on Ovulation Predictor Kits (OPKs)
◦ Stock up on Pregnancy Tests
◦ Mark start dates on your calendar:
◦ CD8 = BD (“Baby Dance”/have intercourse/”try”) every other day until you receive a positive OPK (+OPK)
◦ CD10 daily OPK tests
Cycle day 8
◦ BD, and plan to BD every other day until +OPK
Cycle day 10
◦ Start daily OPK testing until OPK turns positive
+OPK day
◦ BD today, tomorrow, and the next day.
◦ Skip a day and BD one more time.
◦ Mark test day on your calendar: +OPK day + 15 = test day
◦ If OPK never turns positive, BD every other day until your period (AF or “Aunt Flo/Flow”) arrives or until CD35
Test day (or CD35)
◦ If AF has not arrived, take a home pregnancy test
◦ First morning urine (FMU) does not always yield the best results, you may wish to try with your second morning urine (SMU) or an afternoon test after a 3-4 hour hold (no liquids)

Anyone feel free to join us ❤️

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serialplanner · 07/07/2020 20:34

Thanks so much @SmileyT!

SonjaMorgan · 07/07/2020 20:39

Hello can I join you all? I am currently on CD 25 and have been TTC for 18 months. I have had extremely irregular cycles and suspected PCOS (from blood results). We were all geared up to go for testing but then Covid happened. I am reluctant to book anything now with localised lockdowns etc.

SmileyT · 07/07/2020 21:21

Thanks @PlanBea I've decided that even if AF is in full flow I'm still trying my FRER don't want to wait another month 😂

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serialplanner · 07/07/2020 21:24

Aww thanks for letting me stay girls!

I'm okay thank you. Twinges and cramps and forgetful!

BABYDUST TO YOU ALL. CAN'T wait for more BFPs on this post.

@SmileyT are you testing tomorrow morning?

SmileyT · 07/07/2020 21:24

Welcome @SonjaMorgan is this your first month doing SMEP or are you a professional smepper?

@serialplanner how are you feeling today? Tiredness hit you yet? xx

@Hoping41 well anything unusual is a good sign in my book, hope we get some more BFPs this month x

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SmileyT · 07/07/2020 21:25

@serialplanner haha I posted at the same time but yeah I'm testing tomorrow, first time with a FRER I was feeling a bit negative earlier but me and OH had a convo and feeling much more positive now. Even if it's not tomorrow it will happen ☺️ x

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Jilly1988 · 07/07/2020 21:38

Yes @SmileyT I think I need to push a little bit more. Sometimes I think they just tick a few boxes and send you on. Had my first acupuncture appointment. He said to ask for day 3 blood tests but not sure they will give that to me. Fingers crossed for your testing tomorrow

SmileyT · 08/07/2020 05:46

@Jilly1988 if somebody has suggested it you might aswell ask, worst they can say is not yet and then at least you've put your request on their radar x

And ladies I had a big surprise at 4am, so maybe being the thread organiser gives you extra fertility points.

TTC with SMEP
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Hoping41 · 08/07/2020 06:08

@smileyt that's amazing!! Congratulations!! 🥳🥳 and you weren't even sure you'd ovulated this month!! So happy for you! We'll be fighting to organise the next thread!!

Hoping41 · 08/07/2020 06:11

Welcome @planbea (thought I'd already said that but now not sure) and @sonjamorgan - is that your name or are you a fan of real housewives?
Now we have 2 bfps relatively close together! They do say good things come in 3s so who's next?!

Jilly1988 · 08/07/2020 07:56

Oh my goodness @SmileyT congratulations!!!!! 🥳 we knew we were due some positives. How are you feeling?

VenusStarr · 08/07/2020 08:52

Yay! Congratulations @SmileyT :)

Vea1601 · 08/07/2020 09:12

Woo congrats @SmileyT it's just taken me my entire morning brew to read through this thread. Fab to see your positive. How long have you been trying and how long doing SMEP?

How's everyone else feeling today? Cd12 of my 19th cycle but 1st doing SMEP. Though I think I did a version of it anyway really. Didn't want to dtd this morning. But I'm a nurse on shift today and my husbands out running tonight so had to do it. My heart really wasn't in it at all. I get like this at this time of the month. Then towards the end of trying a bit better. Then the 2ww. Ha. Husband is oddly hopeful this month. Not sure why xx

PlanBea · 08/07/2020 10:19

Congratulations @SmileyT! So happy for you!

@Vea1601 I think the SMEP makes it seem more scientific, so makes it feel more optimistic? I think the scheduled sex gets a bit of a turn off after a while but if it doesn't work this month I think I'll do SMEP every other month. After so long TTC it does make it more difficult when it feels like a task rather than because you feel like it if you know what I mean?

Dizzttc · 08/07/2020 10:24

@SmileyT congratulations on your BFP

SonjaMorgan · 08/07/2020 10:37

@SmileyT wow congratulations! Did you managed to get back to sleep after testing?

We roughly follow SMEP but I gave up tracking my ovulation as my cycles were all over the place. They seem to have settled down a little in the last 2-3 months so I figure it's worth another shot.

@Hoping41 I am a housewives fan. It is my guilty pleasure and I never discuss it in real life.

I had the strangest dream last night that I was pregnant and I knew this because my nipples were incredibly sore. They became darker (I was reading about early pregnancy symptoms last night) but then turned black, like burned jelly tots and dropped off. I have woken up to breast pain. Maybe I need to change up the evening reading.

Hoping41 · 08/07/2020 10:51

@vea1601 I'm cd25 and feeling very pessimistic for myself and optimistic for everyone else! After trying for over a year and being 41 it's always at the front of my mind that this is really unlikely to ever happen. I know exactly what you mean about it feeling like a chore. My OH has worked every day of lockdown and he's shattered. We've been dtd far less than we were before ttc!
@sonjamorgan at least I can remember your name to type in these messages!! Have you been watching selling sunset on Netflix? A very similar vibe!

Hoping41 · 08/07/2020 10:52

Oh and @sonjamorgan definitely change your before sleep reading 🤣🤣

Vea1601 · 08/07/2020 10:55

At @Hoping41 newly obsessed with selling sunset here!! We're also struggling with tiredness and dtd. Both working. Both slightly sick of each other haha. Not really but it's hard to keep it interesting. We've tried doing new things but not sure that's keeping the spark alive either ha

serialplanner · 08/07/2020 12:43

@SmileyT OMG YESSSSSSS I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!

Hoping41 · 08/07/2020 12:54

@vea1601 it's amazing, isn't it! I sat down yesterday to watch the new series and was so disappointed tui realise it's the 7th of August it's out. I used to live in Dubai and it seems as crazy and materialistic a life as there was!
I'm glad we're not the only couple struggling! Every month that passes seems to affect my oh more. Here likes to fix things for me and he can't fix this. What we need is a holiday but there's no chance of that with his work ☹

PlanBea · 08/07/2020 13:39

@Hoping41 @Vea1601 I love Selling Sunset, I only just got into it but looking forward to bingeing on season 3 in August. The crazy houses are just jaw dropping!

@SonjaMorgan I think new bedtime reading is needed haha. I keep having crazy vivid dreams in the past few months, can't explain why!

Seafrontsky · 08/07/2020 14:32

Just popped on to catch up and saw your news @SmileyT. Fantastic! Congratulations! Bet you couldn't sleep after that?!

Tiff94 · 08/07/2020 17:33

Hope you don't mind in joining in to this thread. I've just started the SMEP this month to see how it goes just saw the thread and thought I'd pop in and say hi 👋 so everyone. I'm currently cycle day 11 LH levels are started to slowly go up for me now so I'm heading into the weekend of ovulation. This is our 2nd cycle TTC.

Tiff94 · 08/07/2020 17:33

Hope you don't mind in joining in to this thread. I've just started the SMEP this month to see how it goes just saw the thread and thought I'd pop in and say hi 👋 so everyone. I'm currently cycle day 11 LH levels are started to slowly go up for me now so I'm heading into the weekend of ovulation. This is our 2nd cycle TTC.

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