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

@lucyrp that’s good it’s high. How many beats has it increased by? Good luck lovely. Hope this is it for you 🤞

@ChinChilly definitely time for it to go back up! It could be an implantation dip 🤞. I’m so obsessed with mine too but mine is low for ovulation I think.

@Moominmiss ohhh no! How frustrating for you . How long do you expect this cycle to be? Hope there’s a BFP at the end of it for you!

CD11 and here’s my super positive OPK ☺️. DTD on CD7 and CD10. Won’t get a chance tonight 😩, do you think that’s enough?

@mumof23188 well if my old pre soy cycles are anything to go by then ovulation could be anywhere from cd18-22. So could still be a while away yet.
Just annoying.
A bfp at the end of it would make it worthwhile but i don’t hold out much hope. We dtd pretty much every day anyway so we’re covered whenever ovulation does decide to happen, it’s just annoying not knowing when that will be. My luteal phase was always 13 days long but last month was only 11 which is the shortest ever! Hoping that it will be at least 12 days this month.

Your opk looks great!
Id say cd7 and 10 are still good. Will you get the chance to dtd tomorrow?
You said before that you think you ovulate on the actual day you get a positive opk, which means that yesterday cd10 would have been the optimal day!

@mumof23188 umm I don't really know this is my data for the last week or so. Its about 3 I guess ?

It's actually dropped for today again so 3 days sat at 81 now. ☹️

I dont know if im being ridiculous or not but can you see a line. My friend said she could.

This one too

Ooh gosh I’ve missed a lot today!

@lucyrp day 52?! You are a trooper! I think RHR is harder to predict with longer cycles. I tend to find my RHR increases towards the end of my cycle so hopefully it’s a sign you have ovulated 🤞🏻

Thanks @mumof23188 I do get random peaks so hoping it goes back down tomorrow though having another glass of wine now 😂😂

@Juno231 sorry to hear it was a bfn today, hope you’re treating yourself to a glass of wine!

@ambs1994 I can see something when it’s a thumbnail but not when it’s expanded which is odd but blue dye ones are a bit unpredictable for that x

@LS2020 I used to have normal length cycles every month but been kicked out of regular action since my cp. hoping they return soon but not looking too hopeful! I'm hoping I have. Would rather a long cycle where I ovulated than a cycle where I didn't 🙈x

@mumof23188 it's enough, I DTD twice around the same times to get my bfp, but maybe tomorrow too just for luck? 🤞

@ambs1994 sorry lovely, still can't see anything x

@lucyrp when was your CP? I had one last month and it proper messed with my cycle this last month so have been really worried it won’t return to normal 😔 that’s true, are they getting shorter at least?

@SarahTTC2020 how are you getting on lovely? How many weeks are you?

@LS2020 no they're not ☹️ I had a 72 day cycle the cycle after the cp, then it was 48 days and now I'm on CD52 probably going to be about 60 days. I thought this one would be shorter but clearly not. I've only had 3 cycles in 6 months x

@lucyrp how strange that it’s impacted you for so long - have you considered trying a supplement to try and regulate? so frustrating for you in short while though. My cycle this month was 5 days late and that was frustrating enough so can’t imagine going on 50 days!

@LS2020 mine used to be 30 days so it's annoying. They were 30 days every cycle and then I went to the depo injection for 3 years, came off that june last year and my periods returned at Christmas and then i caught in March/April which resulted in a CP in may and this is what it's been like since. Yes I have just ordered some of the seven seas TTC tablets so going to start taking them once this cycle is finished. I was going to start taking them now but didn't want to mess with it now il near the wnd or so i Hope. X

Well AF showed this afternoon and for once my rhr didn't give me any warning! It only dropped by one bpm and that took it back to Sunday's level anyway so looked like a normal fluctuation to me.

Hey @ls2020 I'm 8 weeks today, hr still low and don't feel any different still except I'm hungry all the time! Have a booking in appt next Friday so no scan date yet. Thank you for asking, I hope you're ok

@Juno231 my cycle before bfp didn't have a drop so I'm hoping it's your lucky one next time 🙏🙏

@lucyrp ah how annoying for you, hope they return back to normal soon. My bloods came back with Vit d deficiency and I started them mid cycle and caught the next month so those didn’t mess me up if that helps ☺️

@Juno231 sorry to hear AF arrived lovely.

@SarahTTC2020 glad to hear you’ve not got any massive mornings sickness or anything ☺️ Are you going to get a private scan?

Steady at 57 today and flashing smiley on OPK so hoping it’s positive tomorrow ☺️

@Moominmiss yes I can imagine it’s very frustrating. It’s hard not knowing what’s going on. Hopefully you won’t have to wait to much longer for ovulation. That’s good you get to DTD so regularly ☺️. I did last cycle but it was my first time using BBT. Not so sure this cycle. EWCM had gone by yesterday evening so I’m hoping it was yesterday?

@lucyrp it’s still high tho so fingers crossed for you 🤞 so frustrating for you 😩

@SarahTTC2020 thank you 🤞 glad to hear you are feeling well ☺️. Will you get an early private scan?

@LS2020 fingers crossed for peak tomorrow 😁🤞

@ambs1994 how are you doing today?

@Juno231 ahhh no. Sorry AF arrived lovely 😩. Bloody shit that you didn’t have any warning either. Hope you are ok!

So I’m not sure if I ovulated yet or not! EWCM had gone by yesterday evening and it was sticky. Does that mean ovulation has happened? HR seems to of ripped for ovulation again this cycle.

@LS2020 I had a few bloods done at CD23 this cycle and not sure what they tested but they said Everutning was normal so I would presume if there was a vitamin deficiency that's when they would have told me but I have had problems with my GP so who knows. Hoping I only have 6 days left of this cycle 🙈

@mumof23188 it did actually pop back up to 82 last night so that's my stat for yesterday so going to wait to see what todays says. My bbt is still above my cober line too 🤞🏼

@lucyrp fingers crossed for you lovely!! Sounds promising. Bet you just want this bloody cycle over with now.

@mumof23188 it could be that your body has gone to ovulate but failed and might gear up again to release the egg if you haven’t had the temp dip?

@lucyrp were they on a fertility/cycle referral because cd23 checks that youve ovulated so if they saying it’s fine it means you ovulated CD16 xx

@LS2020 it was supposed to be the progesterone checks but they did the wrong tests for me twice now so I've had a load of hormone bloods done and they all came back "normal" whatever that means and then this cycle I had the progesterone bloods done and I think the level was supposed to be above 30 and mine was 0.3 so I didn't ov by that point unfortunately ☹️

@mumof23188 omg yes i do 😫

@lucyrp ah normal probably refers to the thyroid and vitamin checks to make sure other hormones will be balanced. You had no ovulation and they’ve not offered you a follow up?! You should get back on the phone with them as they should be testing again or getting you referred