AF due 20/08 (thread 3)

[candycrush2298]

continuation from thread AF due 20/06 and AF due 20/07

I just use an unbranded BBT thermometer, any is fine as long as it reads to 2 decimal places.

@littletandme yeah I have been setting my alarm for 5am everyday as I become restless after that I cant believe I actually woke up this morning and temped felt like I made huge headway its why I was always giving up before but I am determined to get this right this time lol. I want to understand my temps and to see if I am definitely ovulating and hopefully an implantation dip haha.

Hi @candycrush2298 thank you for thinking of me

Thank you so much @littletandme I’ll have a good read
So when in your cycle do you take all these things? I also want to start baby aspirin as I do have a blood clotting disorder so perhaps I need the thinner blood
When do you start all these things? And when do you stop them all? X

Oh and cd1, properly bleeding now after wiping brown yesterday as I do every cycle
So another 10 day luteul phase

@Boc86 just take them every day as you would a multivitamin.

@Boc86 If your luteal phase is short I would look more into supplements that lengthen that, in don't know which as that has never been an issue for me.

Thank you and if you fall pregnant do you carry on all these supplements? X

@Boc86 so sorry it started. I do think you need to try lengthen your luteal phase. I am on pregnacare and mine has lengthened from 12 - 14 days.

@Boc86 yes I would carry on until 12 weeks then just go back to only a pregnancy multivitamin.

@candycrush2298 I’m on the Severn seas trying for a baby ones and it did bring my ov forward from cd21 to cd17 but didn’t change the LP

@littletandme ta will do x

@Elakiya here's today's OPK which you asked for :) definitely getting fainter so I clearly did ovulate at CD26! Wonder what has changed for this and my last cycle to be so long!!??

@Elakiya here's today's OPK which you asked for :) definitely getting fainter so I clearly did ovulate at CD26! Wonder what has changed for this and my last cycle to be so long!!??

@Boc86 vitamin C can lengthen the luteal phase so that is an important one I think. Hope it works for you, I have started the vit C already as I had that at home, it's easily available in supermarkets. Whereas the rest I had to buy online so waiting for them to be delivered. Not sure less than 2 weeks will be long enough for it to make a difference for this cycle for me but fingers crossed.

Hi everyone, AF was due Friday and after taking a FRER the day before I knew I was out for this month... BFN! AF arrived yesterday so on to the next cycle now! Ordered a CB ovulation test kit so will see how I get on with that.

Sorry to read that some of you have suffered from a chemical this month, it's so heartbreaking 😔 when I had this earlier in the year part of me wished I never knew it happened and that i just thought AF was here, but at the same time it gave me some hope that I can hopefully fall pregnant. Its such a mind game. X

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all well. My Af arrived in full force this morning 4 days early. Not sure what that means about my cycle but I guess it's CD1 for me today x

@Boc86 hmmm maybe give Google a go to see what you can take to increase luteal phase

Hi Ladies, Gutted to hear more AF’s arriving 😞. On to the next cycle I guess.
@ReginaaPhalange Yh that looks more like it so period due on August 9th I am guessing? How long have you been off the pill?

@candycrush2298 did you remember to check today? I checked 😁 hope I remember to do it again but I was so restless have no idea how accurate it was. I took it and then fell asleep again. 😅

@Elakiya I've not been on the pill in 10 years. I was using the implant but that came out 2 years ago. The only form of contraception was condoms

Thanks @littletandme I’m going to buy b6, vit C and aspirin today in Tesco
Does it need to be dispersible aspirin?

@ReginaaPhalange I found that as soon as I started exercising my cycles started to regulate. I started metformin 6 months later then when I started exercising. But I genuinely believe it was 100% the exercise that has helped. If I stop exercising (like I did in lockdown my cycle length automatically Increaes). My cycles have gone down from 38-40 days on average to 32-34 days. Try and do something for 30 mins 5 days a week and check if it makes a difference.

Unfortunately different things work for different people in PCOS so it’s going to be a lot of trial and error to get something to work. On a positive note at least you ovulated 😁

@candycrush2298 you mentioned heavy periods. The cup is amazing don’t have to keep freaking out that it’s been 2 hours and I need to change my tampons. Very comfortable too.

@Elakiya I've got my treadmill arriving next Monday so that will keep me going I think lol. Been walking with DH at night too, hopefully keep that up next week lol!!!

@ReginaaPhalange who knows why your cycle is longer the positive news is that at least you know you ovulated which is great and you got the BD in so thats great LOL!!

@Boc86 sounds like you have a good plan of action for the vitamins. I am hoping this cycle results in a BFP but if it doesn't let us know if you luteal phase was lengthened at all and if it helped.

@PinkRoseFlower so sorry AF arrived and that you had a chemical its so sad to read how often it happens. I also think it gives a person hope that at least you can conceive you know.

@indecisivewoman81 so sorry to hear AF has arrived. Absolutely gutted. I get so tearful when she arrives.

@Elakiya whoop whoop Well done for remembering to check. Yes I did 4th day in a row cannot believe it hahahaha. I have been setting mine for 5am everyday but on the second day I charted I didnt push the button so I was waiting for it to beep but it didnt happen so when I did do it right my reading 36.25 which is much higher than the other 3 days so definitely think I cocked that reading up lol but hopefully if I can get all the other days right it will be OK also dont think the BBT matters too much during AF but I wanted to start getting into the habit lol. Lets hope we can keep doing this!!! We got this.

AF finally looks like she is done torturing me. Meaning tomorrow I get to start POAS again oooh yeah lol. Will be doing easy@home OPKs and the CB monitor lets see predicted ovulation day is Saturday. I always get so nervous with the monitor or digital OPKs because I dont always have very strong LH so I am going to be livid if I don't get an actual peak day on the CB and it just keeps saying high the whole time!!

@Elakiya that is great for the cup!! I honestly believed it would be great as it was super comfy when I used it during BD and its easy to insert. Truly can see why people have converted. I still have another box of tampons in the cupboard but should AF actually show herself next cycle which we obviously hope she does not then I will use the cup and leave the tampons to one side.

Will do @candycrush2298
Either the seeds I started taking or the Severn seas tablets bought my ovulation forward with I’ll keep up with that x