Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 5

[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
@LarasMama
@LS2020
@GlassLily
@IndigoJam
@Wombat84
@ThinnerByDinner
@MissBPotter
@BlondePotter
@SS123456
@lucyrp
@mrsi2020
@kirinm

@NJOBX that looks very promising! I will keep my fingers crossed for you. Please keep us updated, hopefully two bfps coming in the next few days

@gezelligheid

I am just worried because I do usually get a rise before AF so I am very doubtful but I think I will probably do a cheapie test Wednesday or Thursday if it stays up and if AF hasn’t arrived by Sunday/Monday I’ll do a FRER!

Let me know what happens tomorrow for you.

Fingers crossed for us both 🤞🏼☺️

My darkest tests were in the evening.
Barely got a reading with FMU

It’s funny you should say that @Kona84 as I was having really bad cramping earlier this evening so I thought if my dip at 6DPO was implantation, it will have been 3 days since as I’m now 9DPO so took a cheapie which looked positive and I have since drank a bit of water and took another one about half an hour ago and now I can’t decide if they’re just evap lines or not.
I’ve attached both, the one on its own is the first one I did which had then dried up and gone purpley in the second picture x

Oh my god @NJOBX they are totally positive !!!!! Congratulations

@NJOBX oh my god congratulations!! I am so happy for you, they are definitely positive!

My RHR has increased by 3bpm now. It is at 79bpm and it has never been that high AF hasn't come but negative test this morning. If AF isn't here by Friday I'll be testing again

Well ladies, I have taken some FRERs this morning and have also tried an OPK and I think it is blatant what the result is ... the second picture are all in order with the ones from last night at the top!

I am over the moon but very anxious as my RHR and temp have dropped by 1 so I didn’t think it would be positive news this morning!
I have attached photos.

@gezelligheid Now it’s your turn next, I have everything crossed for you hun! 🤞🏼 79 is very high! How many DPO are you?

Thank you @Kona84 , you’ve been a massive help ☺️

@NJOBX I'm 15dpo now. I am still having no AF signs though

@gezelligheid I think the fact your RHR is unusually high at this point, and also the fact there’s no sign of AF is really hopeful! Are you usually bang on time with AF? If so, that’s another positive sign for you. They say HCG increases every 48 hours so I would certainly test again in a few days if your RHR is still that high! X

yes that is definitely confirmed.
our charts are so similar. my HR dropped from 76 down to 69 around 15 days after bfp, easier said than done but try not to worry.

I am so happy for you

@NJOBX yeah I'm usually on time but we will see. We had sex this morning and I thought if AF was ready to come that'd jump start it but nope, still no bleeding

@Kona84 I have just looked back at your screenshot you put on the other day and our charts are very, very similar, you are right! I am trying not to worry and I am going to try not to obsess as much over RHR and temps as I know they will fluctuate throughout. Thank you so much! ☺️

@gezelligheid That’s what I used to do, try and do that to bring it on and it does usually work but if it hasn’t worked and AF still isn’t here, could it be possible that you conceived a bit later after ovulation maybe? Which would mean you might not get a BFP as early as anticipated?

It is possible as we DTD a few times in the days after ovulstion but as I say, I won't test until Friday now if AF isn't here because I can't be bothered wasting tests I play dungeons and dragons on a Friday night and have a drink so I'd like to know if I am or not by then

@gezelligheid Let me know how it goes on Friday and I will have everything crossed for you 🤞🏼☺️
I don’t blame you for not wanting to waste tests, they are sooo expensive! That’s why I bought cheapies to try first haha.
Oooh yes, at least if it’s a BFP it is amazing news but if it is BFN, you can enjoy your Friday night and try again next month! It’s easier said than done but try stay positive 🤞🏼X

Just DTD again (it's my day off work today lol!) and still no period 🤷🏻‍♀️ don't wanna be too optimistic cos my tests were negative, buuuuttttt... I am keeping my fingers tightly crossed!

@gezelligheid I just think it’s promising that you’re usually on time and you haven’t had any indication of AF yet AND your RHR is staying up really high!

I keep checking on here for updates to see if you have commented because I have everything crossed for you! X

@NJOBX congratulations!

@mumof23188 @Juno231 had my Hycosy today! Long story short no issues and theyre giving me 4 months to try natural before moving on to IVF. They showed me that I ovulated yesterday by showing me where like the follicule is burst which is interesting as it’s 3 days after I expected so means I’m going to have to keep up DTD every month now just Incase! Hope you’re both well ❤️

@LS2020
Thank you lovely! ☺️

I ovulated 5 days after I thought I had this month but DTD every day that week so I managed to cover it and now I’m pregnant so keep at it! It’s good to know they are moving you forward for IVF but fingers crossed for you 🤞🏼X

@LS2020 that’s really positive news. I’m so pleased that it was all clear in there and amazing news about the IVF 🥰. How are you feeling about it all? Oh wow, what CD was that then? Have you been tracking ovulation recently! Yes keep up DTD because you never know ☺️. I’m well thank you lovely ❤️

@NJOBX ahh massive congratulations 🎉

Thanks @NJOBX did you track with strips or BBT?

@mumof23188 still feeling a bit odd, not really how I planned it at all to happen and read up on it last night and freaked myself out on process so going to read more when in a better a headspace.
It would have been day 16 I ovulated and thought it would have been day 13. (have 26/27 day cycles) I don’t really track it because when I did my LH strips, it was always about day 13 so stopped bothering. What’s interesting as well is I had all my good CM all last week and that stopped on Sunday (day I thought I was due to O) so nothing indicated this month was any different so now I’m really thrown

@mumof23188 Thank you so much!

@LS2020 I tracked with BBT and this was the first month I had tried BBT because the OPKs just didn’t work well with my cycle, as I’m still a little bit irregular after coming off the coil last august x

@NJOBX congrats! That's amazingly clear positives for early on!

Hey ladies can I rejoin? I have dipped in and out, I just started tracking/paying attention to rhr in jan but I actually got BFP that month, which then ended in mmc. I'm currently 7dpo (if I ovulated last Saturday as apps predicted after my LH peak on Friday) of 2nd proper cycle since mc. My rhr is unsually high. It's not been this high since my jan bfp. But I don't want to get my hopes up as I obsessed last month and convinced myself I would be pregnant. I just don't think I will be this cycle. I've been really stressed this week I've had an awful week at work, worked over 75hrs and had 3 hours sleep one night to get up and work again and also because of this eaten a lot of crap. Do you think stress/bad eating could have caused my rhr increases? circle is Friday OPK peak, so apps said ov saturday. But there was a dip Monday, could that have been ovulation? Ugh.

@justwant2beamum Thanks lovely! ☺️ This is my first pregnancy so I am very nervous!

I’m so sorry to hear about your mmc ❤️
I think stress can definitely impact RHR as in March I had a very steep rise like yours and I linked mine to stress however looking at your chart there is a massive increase on 13th May which I wouldn’t have thought could have solely risen that much from stress. What are your patterns usually like?? Do you have regular cycles usually?

I have attached my March chart for you to look at because I convinced myself I was pregnant that month and my RHR rose the highest it had ever been but unfortunately AF showed up. But as yours is continuing to rise I would just keep an eye out, 7DPO is still early, if you had peak OPK Friday it’s likely to have been around then when you ovulated but I have known a lot of people to ovulate when it dips which would be 10th on your chart I think? Which you would then only be 5DPO so I would maybe consider ovulation as the latest date from Monday when the dip was and then you’re

Sorry it posted before I finished the message!
If you go from the latest possible ovulation (Monday), you’re then doing worst case x

Sorry I’m useless, I forgot to attach my chart as well!

This is my March chart. It started going down before AF arrived but yours is more of a steady rise whereas mine was up and down so yours could be promising! They are so hard to judge without getting your hopes up aren’t they x