Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 4

[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
@xxchlobo90xx
@Mrsi2020
@itssquidstella
@poptypingchef
@GlassLily
@Moominmiss

@ambs1994 you seem to have very good doctors then!😂 we've been ttc for 15 months now and I've only just been out through for a referral. In that time we started when I came off the injection in June after beunf on it for 3 years, my periods returned at Christmas for 4 cycles then I had my CP then I've had 3 weird cycles since and they're still not really bothered. They keep telling me I'm young and it'll be fine 🙄could be to do with a laxk of vitamins resulting ina. Short LP ? Do you know when you ovulate or do you just go with the flow ?

@lucyrp i use a couple of apps, like flo and ovia to watch out for potential fertile weeks. Last month I'd tried looking out for changes in cm, first time I'd ever noticed ewcm. So thought I was due to ovulate around those days where I had that. So other than that i have no clue.
This totally makes us sound like were trying but we really not. I'm trying to be more in tune with myself and see what it does, if that makes sense.

@ambs1994 before going to the doctor it's probably a good idea to actually try and pinpoint ovulation so you get an idea of how long your LP is ? That's probbalt something they'd like to know as if its less than 10 days long that could be why you're getting these positive tests or possible CPs ? I'm no doctor just offering advice

@lucyrp yeah thank you, any advice is great :)

@mumof23188 yeah literally just tested and it’s almost stark white... I’ve got to have ovulated surely?! Gonna do random tests next two days and see

I’m surprised its not marked the BBT dip as ovulation? What does your RHR normally do for Ov?

Not looking good for me ladies 😓hoping it goes back up by later

Morning guys

I checked out for a few days as my chart started to rise again after my drop so I wondered if I had potentially had 2 surges and tested again. I had a faint positive and knew at that stage is probably wasn’t going to end well so another CP chalked up 😞

Hope

GAh posted too soon

Hope you are all well

@LS2020 ahhh so frustrating!! You must of ovulated when you were supposed to?

I’m so worried I haven’t ovulated this cycle. No crosshairs on my chart 😩. It’s different every month with my HR. Last cycle it dropped for ov and this cycle it’s dropped too! @Juno231 help me please. I’m so confused!

@ambs1994 sorry you are out!

@lucyrp ahh damn. Still time for it to go back up tho 🤞

@poptypingchef sorry for your chemical 💕

@LarasMama that looks almost positive to me. Did you test again?

@mumof23188 I would guess you ovulated on the 12th from your bbt but then your HR has a peak so I don't know sorry 🙈

So I had a positive opk on 28th. So was thinking I might have ovulated on the 29th as yesterday and today my temps have gone up. I know to confirm ovulation they need to stay up so will wait to see what happens over the next couple of days.

But my question is, that this morning I’ve had sort of a pulling, dull achy pain where my right ovary is. It’s been going on most of the morning.

Could ovulation be happening now, today? Or are these pains more common after ovulation has happened? Or totally unrelated? Just with the temps rising could ovulation still be happening, or does that usually indicate it’s happened already?

Need someone that’s more clued up on temping than me!

@mumof23188 that’s what I thought but have now just got this? It’s developed a bit more and line is deffo darker than control so looks like it’s tomorrow! Means I’ll have a 28 day cycle tho which is long for me but better than my 31 last month

@lucyrp sorry for the fall - hope it means AF is on way for new cycle for you though.

@poptypingchef sorry about your CP they are really gutting ❤️

@Moominmiss I always get cramps at 2dpo not really sure why and only noticed since TTC as mark on my symptoms. If you got OPK and temp drop you will have almost deffo ovulated then

A better photo ☺️

@lucyrp I know it’s confusing! Last cycle my HR didn’t start rising til about 5-6DPO.

@LS2020 ahh wow! Definitely a peak there lovely ☺️. Are you still having EWCM? I keep testing with ic OPK’s and the line is barely visible!

Hi everyone! 🤗

@mumof23188 I did test again yesterday and looked the same. Today the test line was darker than the control line. And right now i‘m actually having ovulation pains! Weird thing is my cm was only egg white consistency 2 days ago. After that it was thin creamy. And RHR didn’t go up as high as usual. So who knows...

@Moominmiss I almost always have ovulation cramps. Generally on one side. It’s a pulling pain rather than dull cramping and lasts 1-2 hours the most.

Does any of you lovelies take any herbs like vitex?

Hoping to get some advice from those familiar with rhr tracking. I'm on 9dpo and took clomid this cycle from cd2-6 and tracked ovulation using LH sticks. My rhr and BBT can be seen on my FF chart.
I'm so desperate that I can't help but convince myself I could be pregnant. I can't trust my own reasoning as I'm no longer objective.

Please tell me what you make of this:

@LarasMama it’s a minefield isn’t it! If in doubt keep DTD. That’s all we can do!

@Dia12 it definitely looks promising. You have a good rise going on 🤞

So I discarded some pre ov high temps on my chart and it’s given me dotted crosshairs for CD13. My HR has gone up by 2 aswell.

@Dia12 looks good! How do you add your resting heart rate to FF?

Good morning!🌞

@mumof23188 we only dtd once one day before ovulation. but at the moment we’re not actively trying and not preventing I guess.

What do the crosshairs mean? Are they pre or post ovulation? I can’t temp because my toddler still wakes up several times a night and bbt would be inaccurate unfortunately.

Well ff finally confirmed ovulation today! When I suspected, on 29th. So currently 3dpo now.

Rhr is also following a similar trend to my temps (rhr in orange on ff chart)

Who else is in the 2ww?

@Moominmiss hoping I'm near the end of my tww 12dpo today😬

@Moominmiss 1dpo here!

Baby dust to all!

I hope you guys don’t mind me gatecrashing with a question. I have only recently started looking at rhr along with everything else.
Having a very odd cycle. 3 days of ewcm followed by a rise in bbt but no obvious peak opk. Then few days later I got more ewcm and a peak opk. Had another temp rise today. Rhr has been increasing for a few days now though so have no idea if I am 7dpo or 1dpo. I suspect 1 but would rhr go up before ovulation?

@mumof23188 hadn’t noticed as much weirdly the last day or so, so deffo would have thought was Friday if I hadn’t got that line. Mine was so strange they were so blank and then out of nowhere I got that!
RHR is on way up - this is normally what my chart looks like 5DPO so v odd!

I'm not holding my breath but my RHR has gone back up by 2bpm today 😬🤞🏼