Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 3

[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!

@mumof23188
@fran2020
@LS2020
@SarahTTC2020
@ambs1994
@AliceSpring
@HopefulHopper

@mumof23188 I’m 4dpo today I think. My RHR has gone flat again 🤣 so will have to see what happens tomorrow! Tbh I think my RHR will just do what it wants at this point. No major symptoms from me except a bit of cramping in my left side.

@Juno231 that’s such a lovely day 8 dip though, hopefully she keeps away! Glad your tests came back ok. We’re due to get OH SA results on Monday so hoping they’re ok 🤞🏻

@mumof23188 how weird, just gone to look at when I sent the message and it’s revised me up by 1bpm so I’m still on the rise!

@Juno231 defo your dip looks promising , I hope af stays away but I know as the days go by the hope diminishes .

@LS2020 mine does that sometimes too! Eeek

I’m 6dpo today... it’s like waiting for Xmas but santa mightn’t show 😳

Help! I have just put this mornings temp in, because it’s early I had to adjust it by 0.3, ff has now moved my ov day from day 13 to day 17? Does anyone’s know how accurate this is? I’m freaking out because we haven’t dtd and I have only done one opk which was negative? 😭 xx

Chart yest and today- has anyone any clues? Is ff likely to be accurate?

Haha great it’s re revised yesterday and then dropped me down today 🙃 I’m not too worried about the drop because only 5DPO but it’s just the knowledge my RHR doesn’t really go above 60 so it’s probably not going to rise anymore 😞

@Mrsi2020 how long are your cycles? Your RHR seems to match a day 13 O

I usually have 28 day cycles?

Yours too it’s so frustrating isn’t it xxx

@Mrsi2020 I’ve been revised back up to 59 today now 😂

Hmm day 17 is a bit late to ovulate for a 28 day cycle I would have thought. I don’t temp so don’t know lots about but any chance you maybe woke up in the night and it’s shown as a bit lower as a result?

@Mrsi2020 what kind of OPKs are you using? Just noticed you've used the "mon" line instead of standard OPK. The former is for OPKs that check for both oestrogen and LH and the latter for just LH ones. That will be affecting your crosshair if incorrect, as I think you've told it you had your peak after ovulation?

My temp plummeted this morning and when I went to get my FMU for a final test before my holiday - AF showed up early! This cycle was only 25 days compared to the 31 I had last cycle. I didn't have a proper drop in rhr this time weirdly enough, only by 1bpm🤷‍♀️

@LS2020 still looking good tho. Nice rise for you 🤞.

@Mrsi2020 how are you finding the BBT? How many Dpo are you now?

@Juno231 ahh damn it! I’m sorry AF came 😩. Hope you are ok 💕

So 4dpo today! Don’t think I’m even going to bother wasting a test this month!!

@mumof23188 already?! that's come round super fast! Got my fingers crossed for you.

@Juno231 sorry to hear AF showed. Though at least you can have a drink on holiday now and put it out your head a bit. When I’ve got a shorter cycle, I tend to find I get a bigger drop on CD1 so it might decrease more tonight. 😞

Oh gosh that is still quite low @mumof23188 but it’s still early doors, the rise wouldn’t happen til after implantation so sadly we just have to wait til after the weekend! Mines at the highest it’s been since Jan/Feb time so can’t see mine going up next week

Hi ladies. I was tracking my RHR & on Wednesday I got my BFP after 15months of trying.
I'm 35 & this is my 3rd pregnancy.

I had been taking Coq10 the last 3 months & DHA vital the last 2 months.
I really think that is what helped me conceive. I have also been taking Folic Acid, VitD & VitC for nearly a year.

I thought I'd attatch my RHR chart if any of you are interested.

I'm usually a 28day cycle.

The Orange arrow is when I ovulated. Which was CD17 (Mon 24th Aug)

I got my Peak on the Clearblue Digital ovulation on CD16 (Sun 23rd Aug)
We only DTD Sunday morning & Sunday evening.

Green arrow is when implantation took place 6&7DPO. I also started implantation bleeding that day & had that for about 4days, was just brown no pink.
Was getting quite bad cramps so assumed AF was coming, but now know that was implantation cramps.

Purple arrow is when I got my BFP at 9DPO (Weds 2nd Sept)

I'm now 11DPO today & AF is due today but no sign thankfully🤞🏻 & you can see from my chart that my RHR is still rising. This time last month my RHR has started to go down the day before AF started.

I have a confession that I've been lurking on this thread for ages & have found it very informative & helpful so Thankyou ladies.

Good luck to you all 🥰🥰🥰

Congratulations @Chlo2701 that's really interesting reading too!!

@Juno231 I'm so sorry AF came early! Is it definite AF and not just spotting?

Looking at my chart I would say I was pregnant 🤦🏼‍♀️ the 53 is where I ovulated (if I did at all) and then AF arrived on Tuesday but I never had a dip before it and it's just been slowly rising.
Maybe I didn't ovulate after all and therefore didn't have a pre AF dip. It was a randomly long cycle at 51 days

@Chlo2701 Congrats and thank you so much for sharing! Wow if I had spotting for 4 days I'd def think I was out. Funny how it works - no wonder it messes with our heads so much.

@SarahTTC2020 well tbh it was unmistakably AF when it started, but now it's just a bit of spotting (I'm not even using my mooncup atm). So as per usual I'm confused. Similar stuff has happened the last couple of cycles, where I'm convinced it's AF and then it stops and only starts again a couple of days later...

Have you tested? What if yours wasn't AF?

@Juno231 oh no way , gutted for you. Hope you drink alcohol and are having a huge one tonight! Sorry lovely

You were right, I deleted the monitor thing and it reverted back to cd13 so god knows.

@Chlo2701 congrats hun! Thanks for all the info too! How is everyone?

I’m 7dpo and it’s dragging xxx

My rhr, there’s a dip at ovulation at cd13 (64) and now I am 7dpo and I’m on the rise.... xxx

@Juno231 thank you lovely! I hope you are feeling ok about AF arriving and I really hope you enjoy your holiday ☀️. Have the best time ☺️.

@LS2020 very true! I hate the TWW! Your rise is looking great tho, really hope it carries on for you. I can’t see mine budging at all 😂. It’s so low!

@Chlo2701 ahh massive congratulations. Thank you for sharing your graph. Wishing you all the best for the next 9 months.

@Chlo2701 thank you for posting, I think I’m near 15 months so has given me some hope though I literally have just stopped my coq10 as been taking a few months and not noticed a difference!

@SarahTTC2020 how strange on your graph, was yours deffo a full AF too?

@Mrsi2020 I’m 5DPO and with you on that! OH is away this weekend so is just me on my own with nothing to do but google away 😩

@mumof23188 thanks, I hope it does too! Still loads of time almost another week and it can still rise like Chlo’s!

My RHR is just cruising along at the moment. My BBTs are all post-O type temps and I have had EWCM about a week ago so think I'm about a week from AF now! I thought my RHR would have shifted a bit more though...

I hope you have a lovely holiday @Juno231!

@HansBanans was 61 around AF though? If so that's still a decent rise overall!

@Mrsi2020 I'm glad it switched back to what you expected! Did you ever get a peak OPK this cycle?

@SarahTTC2020 I forgot to answer but OH is totally on board with an SA, which I'm pleasantly surprised about. His plan is to get the ball rolling on it when we're back from Sicily :)

@Ls2020 oof 5dpo is so dull isn't it! Too early to symptom spot and none of the fun of FW.

@mumof23188 weirdly this is the best I've felt about AF somehow? Not sure if it'll hit me next week instead or if I'm just too busy with work/thinking about the holiday. I've got all my fingers and toes crossed for you btw, how are you holding up?

@Juno231 61 was CD6 and I'm now CD23. I was just expecting it to be higher by now as I got up to 70 last cycle! I'm going to try and ignore my Fitbit for a few days as I've been obsessively checking it this week

@Juno231 I didn’t no, altho I’ve never had a proper peak.

I’m glad you’re feeling better this cycle, I think sometimes it hits harder than others , still crap tho! Brill your oh is on board for SA! Sicily- I’m so jealous !!

Hopefully sept is your month!

Who’s the next to test ladies?! How is everyone feeling? Any SS? Xxx

@HansBanans ah I gotcha. I know what you mean - mine seem to do that every other month I think. Like it takes time for it get all the way down to sub 60 and then it doesn't have enough time to get to 70/72 lol.

@Mrsi2020 I keep thinking it will hit extra hard next cycle as I could've had a full term pregnancy in the time I've TTC'd!

I just wanted to double check about the OPKs in case I'd told you to remove something from FF that you shouldn't have 🙊.

CD1 (I think?) and I'm so impatient for FW already 😂