TWO STATIC CB SMILEYS IN ONE CYCLE?!

[flossy28]

Hi all - I'm new here and I am on cycle 1 of TTC baby #1 - so very exciting!

I have been off hormonal contraception for a year now and had been using the copper coil instead, which was removed end of last month.

Since coming off the pill in Nov 2019 I have been using the Natural Cycles app to get to know my body better. My cycles have been a fairly regular 32-34 days, with ovulation happening around CD21 confirmed with OPK and a BBT temp rise.

However, this month I used the Clear Blue digital ovulation sticks that my best friend gave me (she was trying for 3 years with no success and fell first month with using these). I started using about CD 14 and to my surprise got my first flashing smiley on CD15. Then, on CD16 I got my first static, which was much earlier than I thought. We DTD on day 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 and then started the dreaded TWW.

However, I never saw a continuous temp rise following the static smiley and yesterday (CD20) I started to get back pain, nausea and lots of EWCM(which I know is often a sign of ovulation). I took a IC OPK yday morn and it was positive (control & test line same colour).

I then thought I'd see what my CB OPK said this morning and I got a static smiley so now i'm left wondering what does this mean?

Can you have 2 LH surges in one month? The second surge is certainly more in line with my regular cycle but why would CB show me a static earlier this month. We DTD yesterday anyway so hoping we've caught it if I am actually ovulating now and might try again tonight!

I am 27 and my partner 29. No PCOS or anything.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated!

Hi @flossy28 If you ovulated on CD16 you would be only 6DPO so it would likely be too early for pregnancy symptoms (sometimes OPKs can show positive in early pregnancy too, but I think a little later than 6DPO

So it seems most likely you had an LH surge at CD16 but that did not actually result in ovulation. That would explain your lack of temperature rise. The symptoms you had recently are related to your ovulation which is happening now instead (static on CD20, likely ovulation today CD21). This would fit in with your usual cycle length of 32-34 days :)

Try and DTD today if possible, but hopefully your efforts yesterday should be enough. Good luck!

I'm in the same boat as you @flossy28
Got a static smiley on CD10 but no temperature rise and no EWCM. So I keep testing, hoping I'll get a second one and ovulation will be confirmed by BBT.

@Kay00 thanks so much Kay, really useful to know. Do you know if that can happen as a one off? I've never experienced it before!

@eloiseislost perhaps you had 2 Lh surges too. Keep testing! Sending lots of luck to you!

@flossy28 I just tested and I got my second peak! This time I have EWCM so fingers crossed I ovulate! This certainly didn't happen in my last cycle, so I'm as confused as you are but I've been doing some reading and apparently it's not uncommon for women to get 2 surges -it happens when one follicle is released but it doesn't rupture (because the quality was low or because it was immature) and then the body tries again. Best of luck! 🧚🏼‍♀️

@flossy28 yes, it can certainly happen as a one off. The LH surge doesn't always produce ovulation so your body can try a second time to ovulate.

@Kay00 thanks so much. Good to know. Typical for me it happens on cycle 1 of TTC to throw me off haha! Hopefully will catch this time round! X

[quote flossy28]@Kay00 thanks so much. Good to know. Typical for me it happens on cycle 1 of TTC to throw me off haha! Hopefully will catch this time round! X[/quote]
Hi 👋🏼 I know this is a super old thread! I just wondered what your outcome was? I have just got my second static smiley xx