August Testing Pond (Follow on from 24th-4th July) thread 3

[Littlebee1990]

We’re nearly full so made us another thread!

How is everyone?

I’m 6DPO CD31.. going to be a 40+ day cycle.. as if 30 doesn’t feel long enough!! Nothing to report aside from that.

Hey, how is everyone? I'm now 8DPO with AF due next Thursday. Been keeping so positive this cycle so 🤞🏼

@mylittlebean2019 So sorry you didn’t get what you wanted from the appointment. Hope you’re feeling a little better today

@1992EM Thank you! Let’s hope our dream homes soon become family homes and we’re tripping over crap! Hope your peak comes tomorrow for you.

@Nottherealslimshady thank you! We DTD this morning CD7 so a non baby making session 🤣 The fan was on full blast... I’m due to ovulate next weekend.. I hope the weather cools down!!! Don’t be alarmed if you ovulate a little later than normal this cycle x

Well I was due AF 2 days ago, and nothing. Tested and all negative, but with each of my pregnancies I’ve had 6 weeks between AF and then an odd AF and get a positive a few days after, so hopefully not out yet.

@em39ma oh best of luck so , that's definitely a hopeful situation!

CD37 today and 4DPO (FF)/6DPO (Femometer). I am getting so bored of how long this cycle is! Had a few twinges last night and today which have made me stop in my tracks. Fingers crossed it is the beginning of something. Everything else (tender boobs, bloating etc) I'm just putting down to typical progesterone rise after OV so I don't get my hopes up too much.

Have decided to (or at least try to) leave testing until 23rd which would make me 14DPO according to FF, unless AF arrives by then.

How is everyone getting on?

Thinking I must've ovulated already and didn't catch it on OPK, or just wasn't strong LH levels due to the chemical pregnancy and cycle figuring itself out. Yesterday's OPKs were the darkest but still faint compared to the typical OPKs I get on ovulation day. However I did have EWCM yesterday and very watery CM today so I figure ov has occurred.
Hate when cycles get thrown off.
Now the countdown to September when we will start TTC again...

I hope you’re ok @Kalecat. Perhaps you did miss it or perhaps it just hasn’t happened yet? Your lines don’t look too different to mine and I don’t normally ovulate until CD15 or 16. Possibly your body made a first attempt at ovulation but didn’t quite work so it might try again in a few days? I’m speculating though...

5dpo here and nothing to report. I worry when there are no symptoms as my mum has always said she was sick every day with me from 1dpo to the day after I was born. Not that this is something I particularly want to happen to me, but I’d take it over no baby!

Same as you @Dinosaurus86 4dpo here and no symptoms. Still bloated but have been since pre ovulation, think its my diet, trying to eat too much veg 🤭 roll on next weekend!!!

I hope everyone is well? Finally got my smiley opk today at CD18. So think ill have a longer cycle this month or a short luteal phase .

I also got my peak today. Thought I wasn't going to ovulate / missed it already. Seems our cycles are pretty similar. @1992EM

@kalecat it definitely does . Glad you got your peak and hopefully that means your cycle will be back to normal for you trying in September.

I've also got my peak today! A week earlier than my app predicted. I'm not sure I'm actually going to ovulate though tbh, I'm measuring bbt so we'll see, just feels like a dud month in the back of my mind. Will DTD tonight, only done it once this week so I'm not liking our chances this month

Morning, how is everyone? Sorry for my quietness in this thread- been struggling to keep up with them all. I'm approx 10DPO today, I had three tiny splodges of brown in CM yesterday. Not sure when I will test as I don't want the disappointment....

Morning all. I’m sorry about the splodges @Fran2020. Could be implantation? I know it probably seems wishful thinking though.

I’m 6dpo now and symptom spotting, although nothing really of note. The only thing is that today my right boob feels firmer than usual... more like when I was on the pill. I don’t know if it’s likely to be anything though, as I can’t imagine why it would just be on one side.

Glad you got your peak @Kalecat, @1992EM and @Nottherealslimshady. We didn’t manage to dtd enough either this month so I would be surprised if this is the one.

Fran2020 fingers crossed it's implantion bleeding.

I think I'm about 15 dpo and my period is due today , nothing yet but I feel it in my heart that it's going to arrive so very down in the dumps today but onwards and upwards. I think I need to put more into tracking my dates and all that to be home near , I'm hoping we have just been misjudging all this time as opposed to something being wrong 🙈

Another peak today . Darker than yesterday's . Flo is saying I will ovulate tomorrow. CD19 and AF due in 11 days so I would only have a 10 luteal phase which seems very short unless I am late this month.

@nottherealslimshady glad you got your peak too.

@Dinosaurus86 @AnnaPosie I am keeping my fingers crossed that it could've been implantation!! 🤞🏼

@Dinosaurus86 Thats interesting about on boob feeling firmer. I guess there'll be more symptoms as the days go on!

@AnnaPosie anything yet? I really hope AF doesn't arrive for you.

@1992EM I seem to always have a 14 day luteal phase recently so it kind of adjusts my cycle length depending on ovulation.

@fran2020 my app has adjusted it to a 32 day cycle instead. Which would have been my original AF date had I not been early last month.

Does anyone have any experience with evap lines??
I've been getting higher than expected LH results this month and have for the most part ignored the "is it actually HCG??" niggling thoughts but yesterday at work, I grabbed a few cheap stick HPTs to stock up (as I regularly do these days 😂) and decided to pee on one on my break...BFN as expected. Stuck it in my handbag and forgot about it until earlier this afternoon when I went to throw it in the bin and STUPIDLY opened the box to find a line 😵 I've never never ever had anything other than a full on blank BFN on a test before (although I've never stupidly looked again at a test before either) but I'm not really sure what to do next...I'm so loathed to pee on another fricking FRER to get hee-haw so wondered if anyone would take a peek and gimme some opinions before I get my hopes up and waste another expensive test tomorrow morning 🤣
Attached a normal pic and an inverted one...I'm not sure if I'm seeing pink or grey...🤔 and I'm starting to get cross eyed haha! These are taken a full 24/25 hours after testing so I'm fully aware that it's not to be trusted - but now I'm wondering if I really did wait the full time before I disregarded it as negative yesterday 🤪

@mrswilso that looks pink to me but as you say could be an evap. Fingers crossed for tomorrow morning! Good luck!!!

Well I got AF today, so I’m out this month. Hopefully I get BFP next month.

@em39ma ah feck sorry to hear that , it's always heartbreaking , mind yourself ♥️

@em39ma ah feck sorry to hear that , it's always heartbreaking , mind yourself ♥️

Sorry to here AF has arrived 😔 good luck for your next cycle.

We didn't manage to dtd last night (second smiley) . App says I ovulate today . If we dtd tonight what are our chances ? We dtd on Friday (first smiley) .

I already think we are out this month 🙈.

AF has arrived today 😣 Had spotting yesterday which I was hoping was implantation bleeding, but guess not.

I am a little concerned now that my LP is really short as I confirmed OV with OPKs. Hopefully its just my body still adjusting to being off the pill.

So looks like my TTC journey is going to be paused for a while. With my long cycles, it means any due date from now on falls too close to our new wedding date next year. So I'll be taking a break from MN for now. Hopefully when I come back, none of you will be here as you'll all have had your BFPs! Good luck and lots of baby dust to you all xx