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

@Alicespring thank you, I have heard bad things about those sainsburys tests, just quickly grabbed them yesterday while doing a big shop! That’s good to hear.

@SS123456 Wow congratulations, that’s a good result at 9dpo!

@SS123456 this is my rhr at 15dpo and I got my BFP at 13dpo

Thank you @lucyrp ! My rhr dropped when I miscarried in Oct so I'm all a bit on edge now but 🤞🏻😊

@SS123456 I'm also a bit scared about the rhr but a load of girls on the other thread I'm on said not to look at it as theirs went down and up and just did it's own thing. My temp went up again this morning too

Thank you @lucyrp it's good to know! How many dpo are you? Congratulations 😊

@SS123456 I'm 15dpo at the moment ☺️ thank you! Fingers crossed it sticks !

@lucyrp fingers crossed for you! 🤞🏻😊

Pink marks CD1 and yellow marks ovulation on CD15. BD'd on CD 6,9,10,13,14,15,16.

How is my chart looking so far? Had a dip post ovulation and today (5DPO) it has risen by one again. Anyone else's charts similar and get a BFP?

Omg my chart is definitely trolling me today!! Woke up and rhr had gone up by 2 points, 65-68 and now it’s been revised down by 3!!! So looks like af is coming 😂😂

@SS123456 congratulations 🎉

@MissBPotter oh my gosh I hate that when it trolls you and revises back down 😩🤣. So unfair!

@gezelligheid hi, it’s hard to say. Most see a drop before AF or on the day of AF. Have you noticed any trends in your HR?

So my strange period saga continues 😩.
CD1 very light bleeding AM followed by spotting. CD2 spotting AM then light bleeding followed by more spotting in the evening.
CD3 nothing! Light bleed in the afternoon then spotting yesterday evening.
CD4 which is today, brown EWCM or could be OH’s spunk? Dtd last night as nothing really happening down there.
So confusing!! Tested today but BFN!

Pic of the test! I’m wondering if my hormones are messed up? Would that cause this strange period?

Oh my god ! Surely this is not right ?!😳

@mumof23188 ah that is so strange, maybe you have got a bit messed up hormone wise.... it doesn’t sound like a normal period? The trolling today is crazy, can’t believe 3 down! Gone up from 65 to 66 now, so the same as yesterday🤯

@lucyrp that is a big jump but probably ok I would have thought? Do you think it’s too high?

@MissBPotter I mean I'm guessing it's fine as I'm in early PG and your rhr varied a lot. I have tried not to look but just saw now and I was like omg! I think it's fine 🙉 all that extra blood I'm pumping !

@MissBPotter yes! I’ve never had a period like this. I usually use tampax but couldn’t at all this time. Barely any blood even made it to the pad. Very confusing. Just have to hope I ovulate as normal this cycle.

Ahh you’re being proper trolled! When will you test again? 🤞🤞.

@lucyrp wowsers!!! That’s super high! Bodies are crazy in early pregnancy so I don’t think it’s anything to worry about!

@mumof23188 yes I hope your cycle gets back to normal. I think af will come tomorrow so I’ll prob not test again, but maybe I will if it hasn’t arrived by Wednesday morning as that will be 14dpo... probably!

@lucyrp as long as you feel ok in yourself it is probably fine!

@MissBPotter thank you! I’m just feeling so deflated right now. Hopefully AF doesn’t arrive 🤞, yes definitely test again if she’s a no show. Get a FRER if you can.

Hello everyone, I was kinda here, kinda gone during AF. It was just such a strange AF, super heavy, super short. Who knows what's going on with my hormones anymore.

@MissBPotter How are you feeling? Hope AF doesn't show!

@mumof23188 Oh dear, that sounds like an odd period too! Do you think it was a CP again? I hear you about feeling deflated. Same here tbh.

I'm CD6 today. OV supposed to be on CD14 on December 22nd. Let's see. I'll probably start testing on OPKs on CD9 anyway.

I also wanted to mention that my RHR doesn’t follow it’s usual pattern. It didn’t drop as low as it usually does during my period. So really curious how high it will go in the tww.

@Juno231 I have started floradix myself now btw. Felt inspired! 😎

@LarasMama sorry to hear you’ve had a rough time with AF. How many days was it?

I’ve no idea what happened with mine. I don’t even feel like I’ve had a period. Didn’t even fill one pad once. Can’t see this cycle going well either. Unless I had a barely there lining in the first place! Who knows! Sorry to hear you are feeling deflated aswell 😩.

How low does yours usually go? Mine is sitting at 63!

@LarasMama oh mine didn't drop this cycle either! But it didn't really go up during the tww either tbf! I'm now 7dpo and am hovering at 71bpm - which is my normal tww level!

@mumof23188 So sorry to hear that you are having a difficult time as well. I don't like TTC. Wish it would just happened naturally.
AF lasted 4 days, but only the first two were medium - heavy with clotting. The last two were very light at best. My RHR usually drops to 55 during AF.
Has your RHR dropped at all? Maybe it was only spotting and your last cycle is still not over? How many dpo would you be if you didn't consider the spotting to be AF? Have you considered going to have progesterone levels checked?

@Juno231That is so odd! Who knows what's happening with us and our RHR this cycle. Do you have any symptoms? Will you test before AF is due?

Should my rhr have jumped higher than this by 11dpo? Getting myself all worked up now! The previous spike on the chart was a pregnancy which ended in mc but my rhr was much higher. I tested again this morning and my line is getting darker but I'm stressing myself out now

@SS123456 that's looking good to me ! This was my rhr at 11dpo where the line is! I think that's a pretty good line for 11dpo. I don't know whag my line would have been like then as my first test was 14dpo and looked like this x

@SS123456 can you show the rhr by 1 month ? Its hard to actually see the difference in the 3 month one x