Please can someone give me some advice!

[Nam095]

I’d really love some advice or if anyone else has experienced this as it’s driving me mad and I keep crying with the not knowing (and hormonal emotions!). I’m sure I ovulated on 1st, I had a positive OPK on 31st July and my BBT rose, I also had EWCM for a few days over the same period. Since then I’ve still tested OPKs as I’ve only recently come off my pill so wanted to see what my body was doing, but there were a few days where I didn’t test. I’ve had pretty obvious lines pretty much every day I’ve tested, I do know that they are only positive when the test line is as dark or darker than the control line, and I only had that on the 31st July. But why is the line so visible on all the other tests in the first place?! Shouldn’t they be basically non-existent? My temperature has also been up and down, my CM is different every day and my cervix position keeps changing as well (up, down, up, down). Today I am 18dpo (going off that I ovulated 1st Aug) and I’m still getting BFN on tests but no sign of AF. I’ve had various pregnancy symptoms over the past couple weeks but these could also be PMS symptoms as well. I’m just at my wits end here and don’t know what else I can do at this point if I’m 18dpo with negatives and no AF. I hate feeling emotional from the hormones because all I want to do is cry! My boobs and nipples are so sore and swollen and I have had a horrible headache for about a week now, as well as nausea and can’t finish my dinners. Is there any point calling my GP? They’ll just tell me to go away and see how I feel in a weeks time.

I’ve attached pics of my OPKs and temps

My temps

Your temps look like you haven't had a temp shift and therefore didn't ovulate after that peak. Peak LH doesn't necessarily mean you've ovulated, just that your body has tried to. Carry on testing and hopefully you'll have another peak that will actually translate into ovulation.

The femometer graphs are crap btw - I'd strongly recommend you plot your temps in FF as that will be far easier to interpret and their algorithms tend to be better too.

@Juno231 so you don’t think the temp rise on 31st would have been it? Seems like a pretty big jump

The temperature rise on your graph isn't maintained so I wouldn't read into it too much.

I agree with the PP, I'm not convinced you've ovulated yet. Keep going and I'm sure you'll catch it soon. 🤞

Definitely agree with Past posters, this doesn't look like you've ovulated. Also agree to use FF as this graph looks horrible to see a pattern on. FF is very user friendly and has been the most accurate of all the apps I've used.

Ok thank you for your responses, I’m going to arrange a phone call my GP then as it’s been 2 months since I came off my pill and I haven’t had a period yet. I’ve been getting loads of cramps past few weeks, especially on my left hand side. Hopefully the GP can do some bloods

@Nam095 totally understand how your feeling I was the same when I came off the pill in June, i believed I'd ovulated but no sign of af.
I started testing again later on in the cycle and didnt ovulate till cd40 the first must have been an attempt but didnt actually ovulate.
I had very similar symptoms after stopping pill too, especially off foods ( lost 5 lb😊) and headaches, hope this helps.
Good luck on your ttc journey x

Also my period finally arrived on CD 53.
Now on my 2nd cycle x

@Pip1903 thank you!! That’s made me feel a bit better. The worst feeling of this all is that I only have a 3 month window left to TTC as we’ll have to move out of our rented flat in November 2021 so if I got pregnant soon after November this year then it would just be too uncomfortable for me if I was heavily pregnant or with a newborn preparing to move house. Just want my AF to come already!

@Nam095 I know the wait is so frustrating. I was the same . Now on my 2nd cycle fingers crossed I seem to be more on track. Hope it all works out for you.
There another thread on here for ttc after stopping pill, you might find it useful lots of ladies seem to have struggles after stopping the pill. There lots of good advice on there 😊

@Nam095 what Pip said! I'm on that thread and there's lots of ladies with really long cycles after the pill or where it took them a few months to get their first period after coming off it. Just bare in mind that the GP might fob you off as it's not unusual and really the only option is to wait it out.

@Juno231 @Pip1903 thank you ladies! I have noticed that thread before but there’s so many comments on it I haven’t read all of it 😂 I’m going to start tracking my ovulation properly again as I had assumed I ovulated on 1st so I wasn’t really paying attention to test every day or at the same time every day etc, so hopefully I notice something soon 🤞🏼 You’ve definitely made me feel better thank you x

I’ve input all my data into the FF app, thank you for telling me about it @Juno231 ! Much clearer picture now

@nam095 right?! So much easier on FF :) Note how you have lots of little triangles? That means you've taken your temp either earlier or later than usual (downward triangle is earlier and upward is later) so those temps are not as accurate. Although these seem fine from a pattern perspective, just something to consider going forward.

FF hasn't given you any crosshairs either for ovulation i see so it agrees with our assessment I'm afraid :(

@Juno231 yeah I did notice the app didn’t recognise I had ovulated 😔 I’m thinking of using a bbt converter for the ones that are out of normal time, do you think it’s worth it?

Looks like I’m gearing up to ovulate again 😁 No ewcm though just watery. Hope that doesn’t affect my chances