Tracking your cycle and possible BFP using RHR - part 6

[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!

@NJOBX
@GlassLily
@lucyrp
@mumof23188
@Kona84
@LS2020
@justwant2beamum
@gezelligheid
@Marvellouslymadmum

@Juno231 yes but that was a week on Saturday ago so would think that would be mostly gone now? Some women test it out though to know it’s gone and should have done that!

@mumof23188 thank you! I’m feeling a bit of nothing really! Progesterone is still hammering me a bit but thats only good I guess but starting to feel disheartened I don’t know feel more?! RHRs dropped a small bit but I’m also on first day of holiday so probably makes sense I’m relaxing. Plus even if I was pg from this cycle I still don’t think I’m far along enough for RHR to be impacted by it so I’m now just loco 😂

@EveryMumDay take care of yourself ❤️ You’ll get there with your rainbow baby one day.

@gezelligheid it’s honestly still so early at 7dpo it’s hard to tell, you probably won’t have even implanted for your body to know you’re pregnant to then raise your RHR so there’s still lots of time!

@gezelligheid agreed, it's too early to read into it. Could just be a weird cycle!

@LS2020 not worth trying to second guess symptoms in my opinion, right up to about 8 weeks pg I had times when I didn't feel pregnant at all, so not feeling much isn't really a sign of anything! Gosh the wait feels so long. So excited and nervous for you 🤞🏻

@GlassLily thank you! I know and it’s daft because I do have symptoms and then don’t so there’s no making me happy 😂 my OH has taken my Fitbit off me now too because he’s sick of me talking about it 🤣🤣

Hiiii everyone - please can I (very belatedly) join this thread?! I've been tracking my BPM a bit obsessively over the past few cycles of TTC and it's lovely to know there's others doing the same!

I'm really interested to know if others have had RHR peaks that might suggest pregnancy, but then get a BFN?

I keep thinking I'm pregnant as I get a BPM rise around 9-11DPO that mimics exactly what happened with my RHR when I was pregnant a few months ago. Sadly that ended in a MC at 6 weeks (biggest hugs to you @EveryMumDay ...it is so devastating) - so I keep thinking I am spotting all of the same signs but then get a BFN.

This month got me good....I've had loads of uterus cramps and my BBT temps have fluctuated a lot...reeeeeally thought I was preggers but there was not even a hint of a line this morning at 12DPO! I feel like my body is tricking me!

Hi @bfnancy, thank you and I'm also sorry to hear about your loss. It's never easy to cope with it.

Regarding the rhr, I noticed a big 3bpm jump on 8 days after my peak on opk (Saturday 7 August 2021).

Then it remained the same for 11 days.

On 14 days after getting peak it remained same so I tested and showed bfp making me 3+4.

However, last week Wednesday 18 August 2021 19 days after peak, my rhr dropped by 1bpm and thought something terrible is happening. Everyday it dropped (4 days) until Sunday 22 August 2021 it jumped to 1bpm.

Monday 23 August 2021 morning started to bleed with rhr increasing by 2-3bpm increase.

Tuesday 24 August 2021, pregnancy test and showed by, as not pregnant on both clearblue fertility monitor and clearblue digital with weeks. However, got an extremely faint line on first response early and first response rapid with the HCG blood test confirmed it being extremely low for 5+1.

Only yesterday (Wednesday 25 August 2021), rhr dropped my 1bpm and same again today dropped by 1bpm.

I'm sorry if I can't be much help right now. However, I would say to remove the Fitbit and try to relax/divert your mind elsewhere (easier said then done I know). Lots of hugs.

@LS2020 well done to your OH in removing your Fitbit 😊 do enjoy your holiday 😊

@bfnancy hm I've had troll charts where my the stayed high and got me hopeful but I don't think I've had any cycles where it's gone up properly.

@LS2020 yeah I think for most the trigger is out by 7dptd. I'm glad your OH took the Fitbit off you and also I have seen soo many women on MN have zero symptoms and still have bfps. Including for IVF cycles :)

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@EveryMumDay my RHR took about 10 days to go back to pre-pregnancy levels after, I did exactly what you suggested and took my fitbit off as it made me too sad to watch the decline :(

@Juno231thanks for having a look through your charts!!

@bfnancy I used to get this all the time - increase straight after ovulation, then another increase at what would be implantation time - lots of false hope! I think it just varies from person to person. Like with BBT - I usually get a triphasic chart which is just normal for me, I assume the reason is linked to what my rhr does too. For my first 2 bfps, my chart was similar to usual but a few bpm higher after implantation. They were both CPs so rhr dropped off about a week or so later. Had another cp which was totally different, I don't think it implanted properly as my cycle and rhr were totally normal but I got a vvv faint bfp.

Then for my current pregnancy, it shot up from about 4dpo, and then about 9dpo went up again (higher than ever before). I was still reluctant to believe I would be pregnant, due to aforementioned false hope, but got a bfp at 10dpo and now I'm 17 weeks. So I'd keep hoping even though your rhr will totally troll you - but maybe reserve getting super excited for really big rhr increases!

Hello, I hope I can join! I'm currently 4dpo. I mostly use bbt to track my cycle. We are not ttc, but I can't do birth control anymore and I need to know where I am in my cycle. I would love a baby in the next few years so I am keeping track and learning about it all.
This is my second cycle using BBT and my first using RHR

Ahhhh @GlassLily thanks so much! I find it really reassuring that you experienced this too. I can imagine how gutting that must have been to go through so many CPs 😔- did your doctor ever do a blood test to see if there was a reason behind this? (But also hugest congrats....17 weeks in is excellent!!)

I'm going to be much more savvy next month, I refuse to let me body trick me again!! It really is so blooming difficult telling apart PMS and early pregnancy symptoms. I've had uterus cramps since 5DPO so I really have no idea, now that I've had a BFN, why that would have been!

@Gizzy93 hello!! I had no idea you could overlay your RHR over your BBT chart like that! (Appreciate I might be late to the party here with this one lolz)

@bfnancy it's a premium feature. I wasn't going to buy it but then thought why not lol

Hello, morning here!
The pregnancy dreams have started for me lol. I dreamed I had a v faint positive on an FRER 🤔
All my pregnancy dreams in the past have either been of me heavily pregnant, or with a baby already

Oops, wrong thread, sorry!

Need to catch up on the thread and will do soon.. hi to the newcomers!

Wanted to update… 7dpt and got this this morning ☺️ Sent myself into a panic it’s a bit light but obviously going to go to boots to stock up on their entire pt stock 😂 it was technically FMU but also had been up peeing every 2 hours so would more say it’s a 2 hour hold!

@LS2020 oh my gosh!!!! That is definitely not faint. Congratulations lovely. How are you feeling? Absolutely over the moon for you!! Definitely stock up and make sure you post them here 😍🥰

@LS2020 congratulations that's a very nice line there 😍 definitely stock up on those pregnancy test and enjoy this moment 💕

Awwww @LS2020 brilliant. Delighted for you. That's a great line 🥰🥰🥰

@LS2020 ahhh that's fantastic!! Congratulations!! 💛💛💛

@LS2020 congrats! That's a great line!

Thanks everyone ❤️

Welcome @bfnancy and @Gizzy93!

@bfnancy it’s awful those months when your RHR looks so positive and then it drops that day or two before AF. The only comfort from it is it’s a good sign all your hormones are doing the right thing as it’s been driven by progesterone which you can only produce when you’re ovulating. It’s a hard process - I’m over two years in now.

@mumof23188 brought some more FRER and a digital. Bloody typical mine are all at home 😂😂 feeling what is hopefully all the normal things. Sick and tired! Getting OH to drive me back to hotel so I can have a nap. I’m exhausted!! Nausea has kicked up today and headaches too. Google says I’m 3w + 5 which is further ahead than I thought I was but makes sense I guess as how early can you know?!

@LS2020 omg amazing!! That's the opposite of a faint line 🤣. Further proof that it's all about quality over quantity!! Congratulations 🥳

Btw if you're 7dpt and had a 5 day blast then surely the only variable is your LMP?

@Juno231 that is very true! Haha I know but I googled similar lines for some reason and it felt light 🤦‍♀️ My 4pm one was slight stronger so hoping all going right way.

They work it as 38 weeks from your EC I think as they basically control your cycle to that point so LMP could have been 5 weeks ago if on long protocol. I guess I was more thinking I was 3 weeks as it’s a week post transfer but of course I’m forgetting the transfer was 5 days in!

@LS2020 wow congratulations!!! Amazing line, not faint at all! And try not to drive yourself mad comparing lines the same day. If you keep testing, as long as it's darker every 2 days you are fine. So proud of your little blast for burrowing in 👏🏻 you must be over the moon!! Keep growing, little embryo ❤️ How's your rhr?