POAS Anon Christmas Party 🌲🧑‍🎄 Ho ho ho-ws your line progression?! Thread 3

[AMS19]

@GreenApplesYo
@positivitytree2020
@jessi60
@DrS44
@PowerOfFlowers
@Bells20
@Dex1521
@Emmgrem
@Foxl2222

@CardioQueen just so you know where we are

Here we go ladies! The last thread was a lucky one so let's keep up the success on this one!

@DrS44 I'm not sure if you've ovulated yet either. Very weird I really hope something comes of your cycle soon. You've definitely dtd enough to cover yourself so that's good - you never know what might happen.

I've sort of lost hope for this cycle in only 5dpo and had a massive temp drop this morning from 36.81 to 36.51. It's still above cover line but it seems a big drop tbh 😩 we will see what happens this next week I guess

@AMS19 ya so the red lines are the OPKs with no spikes like I had the previous cycles! I'll show you the results! Ans oh ya I defo didn't ovulate in the fertile window - I only started temping at CD19 when someone suggested it here to see if I had missed my peak (hence the flatline before hand) but my temps had been around 36.18 since then except for this morning 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Dex1521 oh i defo wouldn't lose hope you're still way above your cover line and you've always had a consistently long LP so I would say you're defo still in the game 🤞🏻🙌🏼 xxx

*update- just did an FMU OPK and got a .47 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

My body must be trying and failing to ovulate...

@Dex1521 I don't think that's as massive as you think - like you say it's still way above the cover line. Mine dropped from 36.75 to 36.54 on 6DPO and then similar on 8DPO, I've just had a look (my chart's really hard to read temp-wise cos it shows my RHR scale on the right-hand side, so haven't bothered putting it in to show you).

@DrS44 yes agree it could be trying and failing - doesn't mean it won't succeed - or you could at the start of a slow building surge. It's def getting darker 🤞🏼🤞🏼

@DrS44 they seem to be getting stronger slowly so that's a positive to take from it. Hopefully you'll be similar to positivity tree and cardio queen and have a late ovulation rather than nothing at all

@CardioQueen yeah you've put my mind at ease. I'm also wondering now could I have been sleeping with my mouth open maybe and I was wearing thinner pyjamas last night so probably accompanied it. Just had a moment of panic when I saw it. Your drop in temp is very similar too mine so yeah you're right it isn't a bad thing after all.

I caved last night and took a warm bath but no where near as hot as I'd usually have and I just thought oh no I've ruined my chances this month. But then I was thinking if I'd got pregnant by accident I'd still be taking hot baths and doing stuff they say you should avoid during tww. I mean I had a (ex) friend who went on an absolute bender holiday and she then found out she was 4months pregnant when she came home and ended up having a healthy full term baby

@Dex1521 I wouldnt worry about that dip. It is too early to be AF or anything to worry about. More likely to be an early oestrogen surge (implantation dip).

@DrS44 Hard if you weren't BBT tracking in advance to be sure as you need a baseline so can't know whether your temps are now higher or lower. Form next cycle (if there is one) definitely temp a good week before potential ovulation to get a baseline xx

Hi @Dex1521 - don't worry about that dip. Mine were constantly up and down. I've attached my chart for you to see. Nearly every other say my bbt would do a skydive 🙈

Girls, I got my peak!!! 💪

@PowerOfFlowers you are a hero as I followed your advice on when to test and found it late last night! So proud 😂 my DH didn't understand why I had to take so many photos. It's still high this morning so can't work out if I ovulated yesterday or still yet to ovulate today or tomorrow. Can anyone predict it from my chart? I'll DTD tonight and Saturday don't worry!

@Dex1521 I wouldn't worry about that drop either, I've seen loads of charts with jagged climbs after ov but as long as it stays above cover line is the main thing. Also could be implantation dip 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also funnily enough I had the same thing with a friend going on a crazy holiday drinking and going down water slides, then finding out she was 5 months preg when she got back!! Just shows you.

@DrS44 your temps are heading in the right direction but it wouldn't confirm ovulation you'd had 3 temp rises. Definitely temp next cycle all the way through as it's more accurate than OPKs. But also don't lose hope yet after what happened to @jessi60 and @CardioQueen and others with late ovulation. Keep DTD to cover yourself!

Woo @Emmgrem that's a great peak! Hard to tell from your chart atm though, I think you need to put an updated chart in on Sunday so we can see how the temps go over the next couple of days ☺️

And yes @Emmgrem and @Dex1521 I have to remind myself of this regularly - there are so many women who don't know they're pregnant for ages and obviously are doing loads they shouldn't be (drinking being a big one) and going on to have healthy babies. I am baffled though. I have mainly felt like a lethargic turd since last Weds (bang on 6 weeks). There is absolutely no way I'd have got past Thurs last week without thinking hold up...something is either seriously wrong or I am pregnant. I cannot fathom that everyone doesn't feel exactly the same as me, which I'm aware is very narrow-minded 😂

Yay @Emmgrem !! I was thinking how you were getting on with it 😀 Just keep testing at the same times you did yesterday today and it'll become more obvious. Haha yes to the taking pictures, I did exactly the same 🤣

@CardioQueen and @Dex1521 There was a woman on the news last night, her partner felt something kick in her stomach and realised it was a foot. She didn't know she was pregnant and was full term! Delivered a healthy baby. The way I felt at 6 weeks, I don't know how she didn't know!

@PowerOfFlowers honestly 🤯🤯 also as the baby grows how does it stay hidden? Even if you were quite a large person, it's a different kind of bump to just putting on some extra pounds?!

Some pity for these people though because how terrifying to be suddenly told ok, you'll be giving birth this week/in the next 24 hours/etc. literally no time to get your head round it and no preparation or anything! 😱

@PowerOfFlowers hope my chart ends up like yours then resulting in a BFP 😂

@Emmgrem has girl for that peak!! Get the sexy knickers on and DTD 😂 hoping it is to do with implantation I've read a bit on google about how it could be an estorgen surge like @AMS19 said

@CardioQueen you had me dying at lethargic turd😂 made me genuinely laugh out loud

@PowerOfFlowers my OH read that too and told me about it. I couldn't believe it. It reminded me of that program "I didn't know I was pregnant" I used to love that haha

Ohhh very quickly from me (haven't read responses yet!)

When I couldn't sleep I thought of this name for the new thread

"The international university of BFP: POAS Students, Graduates & Alumni 🌟"

... I seriously need a hobby 😅😅

@DrS44 haha love that! I'm aiming for graduate this month I've had enough of the student life 😂

@DrS44 new thread name gets a 👍from me 🙂

Long day and I came home wrecked... Raining mad here... Really you ask, in Ireland 😅 I had a horrible headache and had to lie down for an hour or so before it went... Thankfully it is the weekend at last... 😊 Making a cuppa and turning on my laptop.

Love the new name! What am I now classes as?! 😂😂 maybe we need "returners" in there too 🙋‍♀️😂

@Emmgrem so pleased for that peak for you!! How interesting that yours happens so late at night, would totally miss that if you were just testing early afternoon like most of the advice says! Hoping for some lovely temp increases for you over the next few days to confirm!

@Dex1521 as others have said really don't worry about that drop, it's defo still above cover line and could be implantation.. see what it does tomorrow I suspect it'll go up! Also don't worry about the bath, a bit hypocritical of me as I'm still absolutely avoiding caffeine even though I know it's fine to drink 😂 but apparently the hot bath thing is just because it can make pregnant women feel dizzy and faint, it'd be quite hard to raise your core body temperature from a normal bath temperature from what I've read.

@DrS44 any updates on OPKs from later in the day?

@AMS19 Maybe you're now doing your PhD? 🙂

('A PhD in baby-making' sounds like it could be a line in from Austin Powers movie. If Austin Powers shagged a sexy professor).

@GreenApplesYo I can live with that!! Although reality is more like a retake for a failed exam 😂😂😂

@Bells20 yeah we shall see I always thought 5dpo could be too early for implantation but read a lot online about people getting a surge of estrogen at 5dpo and ended up with BFPs but trying not to get my hopes up. I'm also taking factors such as I was wearing thinner pyjamas and I woke up with my arms out of the quilt and I could've had my mouth open. If I have another dip between 7-10dpo I'd be more convinced that would be implantation 😅

Had 3 ciders tonight but could only take a mouthful of the third - started getting a guilt trip Incase I do end up with a BFP. Also OH made homemade kebabs using that vegan kebab meat (I'd never heard of it but tasted amazing) so bloody stuffed after that! So onto the water for me tonight.

@Dex1521 temp fluctuations in the luteal phase are normal, and all you can do is see what your temp is in the morning. The highs and lows of temping, so to speak...well literally. Can you do a chart over lay and compare previous months? I use my Ava bracelet, so I get to see my heart rate, breathing rate etc.

@Emmgrem I noticed that you got a positive opk on cd 18, but your temp surge started cd17. I wonder what your temp will be tomorrow morning, and whether FF will give you crosshairs 🤔

@Greeneyedfairy that's good to hear at least it's above the crosshairs still, I'd definitely be more concerned if it went below. Not sure how to do an overlay but I've attached this cycle (first pic) compared to my last cycle (second) this cycle is totally different to last I'd say in both before and after ovulation which is the first time it's been different. Usually I've been having a pretty steady same pattern.