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

Ohh thanks for that @Mrsi2020 .. looks like I'm back to the shops for some other tests. I just cant keep affording frers, so any good cheap ones please let me know

@ambs1994 yeah blue dye tests can be a bit unreliable. I get my tests from zoom baby, think if you use zoom15 you get 15% off and they’re a bit cheaper than a store. I usually try use the cheap pack of strips and then just buy 1 FRER to test if AF is late.

@mumof23188 I can still see the lines so 🤞🏻 For you. I have managed to find a thread about a q tip test where you swipe your cervix and if it has blood on it, means AF is coming in next day or so. I kinda want to try it but the thought is making me feel physically sick of swabbing up there 🤢😂 still no sign of AF for me

@LS2020 Glad AF still hasn't arrived for you! And that's promising that your boobs are veiny!!! Hahaha I so know what you mean about the discoloured toilet paper 😂 hahaha no you need stronger wee haha but you know that!

@mrswilso Your chart is so up and down like mine!

@mumof23188 Are you testing with another FRER or boots strip test in the morning? I might wait until Wednesday, see if there's any spotting.

@LS2020 thanks 🙏🏼 fingers crossed for you too! Are you one day late now? Still no AF signs for me either. Oh god 😂 I’ve never heard of that haha. What does your cervix feel like?

@Fran2020 going to use a boots strip and if there is anything on it I will probs test with a FRER aswell. I’m already wondering what my HR will do tomorrow! Obsessed with checking it atm 😩

Wahhhh just thrown my dinner up 🤢. Maybe it’s just a bug?! Had a bad stomach this morning but nothing since!

@LS2020 I've had some cramping this Evening and then was convinced I felt myself come on but when I went to the loo nothing. Even had a poke around up there and still see through discharge. Fully expecting to wake up to it now!

@Esssa thank you for sharing your charts and congratulations

I've just done that 2nd tesco to use the pack up and theres a 2nd faint line again. Hard to catch on camera but its definitely coloured and not grey. Not trying to get hopes up here so will have to go to the shops for maybe just the cheap strip ones for now

@SarahTTC2020 yeah AF was here full force this morning for me!

@mumof23188 yeah was 2 days late in the end although still a 28 day cycle so not too odd. Feel ok about it tho because can get my tests done at GP and I’m now due to ovulate while we’re away at a spa so hopefully will be nice and chilled.. the downside is I’ll be in Lanzarote when my next ones due so won’t be able to test at all 🙃 hope your graph is good!

@Esssa thank you for sharing your charts and congratulations
I was wondering what happens ur RHR when pregnant and turned it off on fitbit as it dropped 2 but I couldn't find anything relating to that happening so thank u. Now o know it's normal

@LS2020 sorry to hear AF arrived ☹️
My RHR has finally done something this month 🤩 I'm not sure how many dpo so am hesitant to get too excited but at least it's moved! 😂

@mrswilso thanks, I’m ok tho as OH put his back out this month so couldn’t really DTD. It’s more annoying thats ive had to rearrange my tests 3 times now!
Oh my gosh that’s an exciting jump for you!! 🤞🏻

Morning, how is everyone? I had another two very small splodges of brown CM before bed last night. Nothing overnight. I can't decide if I feel like AF is coming on soon or not. I didn't test again this morning as I didn't want to see another BFN. I'm going to see what happened today spotting wise. My RHR has gone up from yesterday's 65 to 68 now.

@LS2020 Really sorry to hear that AF has arrived. But I'm glad you're feeling ok about it and you can get your bloods done at the doctor. Hopefully next month will be good with being at the spa at ovulation then being on holiday and distracted when you're due to test! 😊

@mumof23188 Good luck today! I know, I'm obsessed looking at my RHR too!

@Fran2020 RHR looks good - hopefully spotting is a good sign. Do you normally get it beforehand as sometimes can be a sign of low progesterone?

@LS2020 🤞🏼 Yeh I always getting proper spotting for a day or two before AF. My progesterone levels came back fine on my blood tests.

@Mrsi2020 you must have been heartbroken after that I won’t be getting any Tesco ones in future.

@Fran2020 I always get the brown spotting a day or so before AF waltzes in, but I also got it with all my pregnancies too!

I know this isn’t an exact science, but I thought RHR was supposed to rise after ovulation? Mine has dropped dramatically since O yesterday.

@Fran2020 fx no more spotting for you then! Will you test before Thursday do you think?

@HopefulHopper That's interesting to know - thank you! I'm really intrigued to know what symptoms I do have when I'm actually pregnant. My RHR drops at ovulation. Think it's different for everyone 😊

@LS2020 Thank you! I'm not really sure, seeing those BFNs is so heartbreaking but so is seeing AF! 🤷🏻‍♀️ I may test tomorrow but we shall see.

Morning, sorry AF came @ls2020
No AF for me yet but I'm sure it'll be some time today! It's dropped down again to 53 which is what it was at ovulation. Just want it to turn up now so I can get on with another cycle...

Morning 😊

@LS2020 ahh boo! I’m sorry AF showed up 😩. Spa and ovulation sound perfect 👌

@Fran2020 that’s a fab rise 🤞. When is AF due for you?

Another barely there line this morning. So I’m taking it that I’m not pregnant. HR dropped by 1bpm. No AF symptoms at all. Not bloated and no cramps, milky CM and my cervix is very soft, nausea and occasional sickness. This is a very cruel cycle 😭.

@HopefulHopper hm could be that you're ovulating today? Some women get a big spike of oestrogen when they ovulate which makes their body temp drop and my temps and RHR patterns are the same (with the exception of alcohol influenced RHR) for instance.

@ls2020 sorry to hear AF arrived :/ Hope you have something nice planned to take your mind off of it. I think now that I'm on cycle 8 I might start planning AF treats like getting my nails done to cheer me up.

@Fran2020 ah I'm anxious to see what your next test will say with that rise! How many DPO are you now?

Decided that after this cycle I’m not going to track HR again. I’ve never had a chart like this but it just gives false hope so once AF shows I’m going to take it off!

@Fran2020 seeing the BFN yesterday (even with doing daft test) was way worse than my AF this morning I thought. I think with BFN you still have to wait whereas with AF it sucks but it’s also new cycle and you can start moving on.

@SarahTTC2020 ah that’s frustrating. Yeah that’s where I was yesterday where I just knew AF was due and just wanted to be able to start again. Hopefully the next cycle will be a bit shorter for you!

@mumof23188 those are good symptoms but yeah would expect you to start getting a better line. It feels like this week has really taken it out of all of us - hope you have lots of wine and rubbish TV planned. Can recommend selling sunset on Netflix for tacky dramas that make you feel better about yourself 😂

@Juno231 thank you. I’ve got my best friend coming to stay tomorrow and then my OH’s birthday party this weekend so booked in to get my nails done and my eyelashes and eyebrows done on Friday so deffo got some pamper coming up! Probably going to end up with Covid too 🤣 I make that mistake of hermiting over AF due dates and I hate it like yesterday where I have nothing else to think about!

@mumof23188 if it's going to make you feel bad then don't track HR, they always look promising until they drop! Unless they're mine which didn't even really rise this cycle 😔

@LS2020 I'm still at the annoying stage of going to the loo every hour to see if it's here yet 😔 16dpo so maybe I just didn't get ovulation right

@Juno231 good idea about having something nice to do!

@mumof23188 ah I'm sorry. To be honest though I think you would have had your hopes up regardless - you had plenty of symptoms AND a faint line. Sounds like a CP :( Def don't track it if you feel it's adding to the stress though. This is more of side thing for me out of curiosity - but then again I've never had a proper rise in the LP to convince me there was going to be a BFP - at best I'm just happy it doesn't plummet early...

@LS2020 that sounds like some brilliant plans!

@mumof23188 ah sorry just seen your other message. I know what you mean, I hid the female health bit so I’d stop obsessively checking when I was due to ovulate so that could be an idea for you. But know what you mean, is hard to see it declining, this is why I won’t do BBT!

@SarahTTC2020 that was literally me yesterday but then started getting loads of cramps so hopefully will be here soon for you