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Just starting a new thread on self insemination before our first one locks down!

39 pages of highs and lows and THE most supportive group you could wish for if you’re starting or on a self insemination journey.

💚✨ good luck ✨💚

@eloiseislost so glad you got your peak! How frustrating that you got a bad batch, so lucky that you noticed just in time!. I'm still waiting for my peak haha 🙈 .

Please do stay @bigsweetpotato I think we all need a bit of hope that SI really does work

@Bluey18 At least this experience made me realise that I know my body a bit better now, I was sure for the past 3 days that I was close to ovulation from other signs, like the BBT falling, CM, twinges.
I hope you get your peak soon, we will be 2WW buddies! 🙂

@eloiseislost hoorah for your peak and woohoo for the vaccine! 🥳 😊 I bet you're both pooped doing SMEP and having it go on longer than expected.

@Labrat3 congratulations 🥰

@bigsweetpotato I am also happy for you to stick around ❤️ I can't imagine leaving this group and having to make new Mumsnet friends 😳 but I do hope you join some pregnancy groups or whatever there is as well 😊

Hope everyone gets their peaks soon 😊

I have NO idea if I've ovulated or not. I'm going back two temping vaginally next cycle as I'm sure I've been sleeping with my mouth open. EWCM has gone away. also don't have any of my post-O cramps. Anyway. What will be will be. We'll SI today, and then just do twice a week until I'm 100% sure I've ovulated as I'm tired.
I had the craziest dreams last night and woke up every couple of hours. I am shattered and can't imagine I have the energy to release an egg if I'm honest 😂

Thank you guys! Defo will be sticking around. Tbh it still doesn't feel real yet (apart from my boobs are like massive rocks!!) and haven't told anyone yet. Got my first midwife appt in a few weeks which feels ages away!
Wishing everyone good luck for the month xx

@bigsweetpotato ah thank you! Ha, I don't think I'll ever want to leave this group! 🙂

Did the clearblue test today... Apparently I'm 2-3 weeks pregnant! (I'll try and attach a photo, but last time I tried to attach one of my opks it didn't seem to work). There was laughter and happy tears. I realise there is a loooooong way to go, and that it might not all be plain sailing, especially after reading some of the heartbreaking messages you lovely ladies have posted on here, but just knowing that the process can work brings me comfort.

Here's to 2021 being kind on us all! X

@Birchybirch well that is absolutely amazing! 🥰 I'm so happy for you!! I can imagine there were tears bless you, super super huge congratulations. ❤️

@bigsweetpotato a midwife appointment! How exciting 😱 I bet that'll make it feel a bit more real for you xx

How did I manage to miss that! Sorry @bigsweetpotato, fab news about the midwife appointment. I bet that's really exciting, and will make it feel more real! X

Ah thank you @MrsKin90! I keep going and looking at it every now and again to check I didn't imagine it! X

Congratulations @Birchybirch !!! I am so happy for you and so reassured this method can work... gives me hope!!

@bigsweetpotato yes please stay, I’d love to hear how you are getting on and how your first midwife appt goes!!

I am anxiously awaiting AF still, due tomorrow. Have decided to accept the covid vaccine after weighing everything up.

Hope everyone’s ok and it’s so lovely to have some positive news!! Xx

It is definitely great to have you staying @bigsweetpotato, as someone else said it's so reassuring to have hope that SI can and does work!
I am CD13 today but I have been having so much CM (watery) yday and horrible tummy pains yday I did an OPK which was negative- not a surprise as usually I ov CD17 but I was just feeling so weird yday. More pains today and also some EWCM so think I may be on to ov early this month! Which hasn't happened in like 18 months of tracking so I have no idea whether this could be a good or bad thing?? I haven't done an OPK yet today but will be gobsmacked if it's positive and also annoyed as we have done no SI this cycle and weren't planning on beginning til Sunday. Think we will have to start tonight and through til next Monday which according to the app is end of my FW. I am hoping OPK isn't positive or I will feel I have messed this cycle up and totally missed my chance. Ugh- never a dull moment with TTC is there?! It's just one angst inducing moment after another
Exciting times about your vaccine @eloiseislost and great news you got the Pfizer! My mum had it a few weeks ago as she is NHS nurse and she said her arm was so sore after it for 48 hours, it kept her awake that night! But apart from that, and not being able to stop saying she had had vaccine done no untoward side effects at all! Bet you feel happier about being at work now you've had it done!

@Birchybirch congratulations to you this is amazing! I feel 2021 is going to be better as already we have had 2 positives how exciting! Lovely if you guys stayed with us to give us hope!

@Makingnumber2 we are cycle buddies - I am CD12 and waiting for my peak, I’m not doing bbt as I’m getting up between 4-6 every morning and it would be all over the place anyway and I do feel a lot more relaxed which is good, annoying I won’t know when I ovulate exactly but hey ho I’m just going with the flow! Still doing the SMEP so next one is tomorrow and I’m peeing on sticks which do seem to be getting darker... just going to wait and see. I also always used to ovulate around CD17/18 but the past 4 months or so it’s been 15/16 - no idea why so if I were you I would SI at your next opportunity just in case if you can for peace of mind xx

@Lori23TTC It's raining BFPs these days! We've had 3 already and we are only 2 weeks into 2021! 🎉💞 Such a hopeful start to the year, I am proper chuffed!

Currently lying down after SI, it should be the last one if my BBT is up tomorrow 🤞🏼
I think I'll keep the cup in for the full 12 hours.
@MrsKin90 you mentioned the Tesco Conception Support lubricant a few pages back, thanks for this! Got them yesterday, much cheaper than Preseed/Conceive+ and they feel great. Conceive+ makes me itchy the next day. 😳

@Sydney1986x my fingers are tightly crossed for you that AF does not show! 🤞🤞

@Makingnumber2 I wouldn't worry about suddenly O'ing a bit earlier. I'd do SI today if you can either way as I'd use the rule of always doing it if you see fertile CM just in case!

@Lori23TTC if it makes you feel better I'm doing BBT and still don't think I'll know for sure when I ovulate 😂 sometimes these things are more stress than they're worth and if you're doing SMEP you'll be covered regardless of when you ovulate! 😊

@eloiseislost I hope your BBT goes up tomorrow so you can have a rest from holding your legs in the air! (If you do that!). I'm glad the Tesco one seems okay for you! So much cheaper and like you, the conceive+ gave me a bit of a burny irritated feeling but I've been fine with the Tesco one and it has less of a smell in my opinion and a nicer texture.

Does anyone else feel utterly totally exhausted when they ovulate? I reckon I've probably ovulated already because I'm dead on my feet but might just be wishful thinking!

@MrsKin90 100% on ovulation day (and the day before sometimes) I'm always exhausted. I also get a sharp spike in my resting heart rate, from 65-70 to 80-85 😱 No wonder I'm knackered!

Glad it's not just me 😂 my rhr doesn't go up that quickly after O. It goes from 65 to 66/67 and then goes up a point a day until 70 and roughly stays there! Comes down to 63/64 when AF arrives. It's super interesting!

Funny you mentioned RHR - after you ladies were talking about it a few pages ago I dug my fit bit out and I’ve been doing it this month so far my RHR is 58/59 so be interesting to see if it changes... why is mine so low 🙄 xx

Oh and I always feel so exhausted around ovulation - I bloat and get tired 😴 I’m really early in my cycle but getting all the symptoms of ovulation today - will SI tomo tho as did it last night xx

@Lori23TTC I thought lower meant fitter?? 😂 I'd be boasting about it if that were my rhr 😁 at least you've also covered your bases if you do ovulate a bit early! 🤞
If I wake up and my BBT is right down again prepare yourselves for a temper tantrum 🤨

@MrsKin90 I beat you to the tantrum, my BBT is trolling me! I thought it would've gone up today and that'll be the 2WW starting but nooooope! I don't know if I can ask DH for another SI tonight, I feel like he's dry after 4 days in a row, 7 total in the space of 10 days. 😫

@eloiseislost my BBT... Was exactly the same as yesterday 😂
I would say you've either ovulated yesterday or you're going to today. I don't think I'd do another si today and would maybe do a safety one tomorrow just in case? That's just me though and we couldn't do two days in a row let alone 4!! What did your RHR do today?

@MrsKin90 I think you're right, we'll take a break today and do one tomorrow just to be safe! DH will appreciate the break! Though he's very cool about it, I must say, every day after my period is over, he comes to me when he finishes work and asks "Do I get the disc today?" 😅
RHR not calculated yet today, I went for a run shortly after I woke up so it will take a few hours still. If I have already ovulated, it will be lower today. 🤞🏼

I don't remember, are you using OPKs this cycle?

@eloiseislost bless him, that's weirdly sweet! Well done going for a run! Funny that yours doesn't calculate straight away. Mine calculates within five minutes of me synching it in the morning. Mine stayed the same today, was hoping for a rise as that usually confirms O.
I don't do OPKs. I have PCOS, I drink a lot of water in the day, I don't think I can deal with so many negative tests, even if they're not pregnancy ones 😂

@MrsKin90 I have an Apple Watch which is not as good at heart rate measurements as Fitbit. And I don't wear it at night, so it waits for me to sit still for a bit to calculate RHR. And that doesn't happen until maybe after lunch!

I have PCOS too; well, they saw cysts in my right ovary 10 years ago on a routine ultrasound (I was living in Greece at the time and it's very common to have an ultrasound along with your smear) and said that it was due to PCOS. But my periods are fairly regular since I lost all that weight 5 years ago so no idea what's happening now. If not for COVID, I might have asked the GP to confirm the diagnosis with ultrasound/hormonal panel but I fear his laughter will deafen me over the phone if I call and ask for these right now. 🤣

@eloiseislost how do you get your RHR to go into your chart in a graph?? That’s really helpful mine just sits as numbers at the bottom. I think you are right skip a day and do the next day - me and hubby do everyday too and hasn’t got us pregnant yet so we are doing every other and maybe an extra one when I get a peak OPK to give the swimmers more time to build up.
@MrsKin90 well I will take that ha I don’t feel particularly fit bit hey ho. So once I ovulate should my RHR go up or down?? Sorry yours hasn’t gone up yet... what day are you on? So frustrating xx

@Lori23TTC Make sure that the "Use the BBT Scale" checkbox is not checked!