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

@LS2020 all good here thank you ☺️. Oh wow, not to long at all. Great news 😍. I’m sure the days will drag by for you tho, always does when you are waiting for something doesn’t it.

@EveryMumDay hope tests go well, it’s a relief to get them sorted sometimes! Odd on the HSG results, I got my Hycosy result there and then. Hopefully these injections work for you!

Thanks @mumof23188! How far along are you now? Xx

@LS2020 so excited for you to finally be able to get started lovely. I’m 32 weeks tomorrow 😱 xx

@LS2020 I'm good thanks, rhr has been all over the place, up and down like a rollercoaster and I'm just accepting it, I will only worry if it gets to af levels - but I'm currently about 14bpm above that! I'm 11 weeks tomorrow.
I had a transabdominal scan at 9 weeks when the was at its lowest, and everything was great, baby was kicking around and it was amazing. Next scan is in just under 2 weeks. I keep needing to pinch myself, I can't believe this one has stuck.
If all goes well at the 12 week scan I'll have to start thinking about an actual baby coming out in 6-7 months and what stuff I need to get, etc.... Never thought I'd get to that point! Now it's within reach I am so excited and terrified something will go wrong over the next few weeks! But I am optimistic, I know that the odds are heavily in my favour at this point so just keeping that front of mind 🤞🏻

Great to hear about all the IVF progress happening for you ladies, I've heard so many IVF success stories, fingers and toes crossed for everyone! ❤️

*when rhr was at its lowest
Stupid autocorrect

Just wanted to pop on the thread that started it all to let you know I had my baby girl this weekend. Really hope all you guys get your babies soon 😊

@Alicespring many many congratulations to you and your family Hope you all are doing well. Enjoy motherhood and making sweet memories too 💕

@Alicespring ahh lovely news. Congratulations 💓 hope you and baby are well.

@mumof23188 wow that’s gone so quickly - are you mostly sorted with everything now?

@GlassLily so pleased this ones a sticky little bean - yes you will have to start getting organised!! 6 months is a long time though so you will be fine :) don’t worry on your RHR now baby has their own placenta, they’re no longer linked!

@Alicespring congratulations lovely! Enjoy the newborn bubble ☺️

Had my final blood tested yesterday for IVF, vitamin D is fine and no results yet on screening but as that’s for HIV etc I’m not worried on. Now just to roll on for the 4th!

@LS2020 it really has flown by, can’t quite believe it. 7 weeks to go as of tomorrow! No not even ready at all, I’ve got all the big stuff as had it already for my DS. Need to get clothes, nappies etc. I’m so last minute tho. I packed my hospital when I was in labour last time 🤣.

Ah fantastic news ☺️. Roll on the 4th!! Is time dragging for you? I hope not. Xx

@Alicespring wonderful news! I hope all went well and that you and baby girl are doing well too.

@LS2020 wow well done to the weight loss! I'm on holiday atm but keep thinking once I'm back I'm going to finally get my arse into gear and get fighting fit for ivf and pregnancy. 4th of Aug is so soon! Are you doing long protocol did you say?

@mumof23188 wow 32 weeks - that has flown by! Def pack that bag earlier this time, surely baby #3 will come out in no time 😂

@GlassLily I'm so glad you're so close to the 12 week mile stone. When's your due date again?

Hello ladies, sorry to barge in like this! But - I've just got my first ever bfp after 3 1/2 years ttc, on my first fresh ivf transfer. The first thing I noticed about a week after transfer, was that I'd had palpitations, so checked my Fitbit and noticed my resting heart rate had gone up considerably; it had never before been in the 80s! So just wanted to share my experience in case it helps x

@MotherOfShihTzus oh wow congrats on finally getting your bfp! That's one heck of a rise in your RHR isn't it. BTW I love shih tzus - had one for 17 years!

@Juno231 due 4th Feb so I'm 12 weeks today! Got a scan next week 🤞🏻 absolutely can't believe I've made it this far.
I used to think my body was just broken but now I have so much hope! Next week I'm going into the second trimester. Down to 2% mc risk which I think is as low as it gets, so that's pretty brilliant! I can't wait until you're all knocked up too with rhrs flying all over the place 🥰

@LS2020 thank you! Yes it's like a rollercoaster at the moment but just going with the flow 🙂

@mumof23188 it does feel like it’s dragging but I know in my head it’s not, less than two weeks now!!
Omg can’t believe you packed your bag in labour, I have half of my bag planned and I’m not even pregnant 😂😂😂
A friend suggested getting nappies while pregnant in the weekly shop so it’s not as big a purchase at the time, could you recommend that? How do you know what nappies size they need or like?!

@Juno231 I’ve put it all back on now since weigh in Monday but going to keep on with when I get back! Even nurse said how well i’d done so pleased to put effort in. I’m on a short one so will be tested by 4th September which is madness!

@MotherOfShihTzus congratulations! How many days after transfer are you now?

@GlassLily so so glad you made it to 12 weeks, what a relief that must be. Are you spoiling yourself with something nice? ☺️

@Juno231 how are you doing? Hope everything is ok. Still no bag packed here haha. Not even purchased anything either 😅.

@LS2020 it’s AUGUST!!!! Wahooo!!! How are you feeling? Excited/nervous? I know right, I’m so last minute. Still not even got anything! I’m going to pull my finger out and crack on as want it all done by 37 weeks. I’d say that’s a really good idea! Not that I’ve ever done it 🤣. So for a newborn it’s usually size 1! Then when they start feeling fuller as they’re pees are bigger you just go up a size or when they feel tighter on them. You go through so many in the early days 😅

@mumof23188 I know!!! RHR has dropped and face has broken out so really hoping it’s not long now! 😬
I am mostly still nervous but think once I start injections it’ll feel better.
Hahah what’s top of your list to get sorted?

@mumof23188 all good, focusing on losing weight atm so I am fighting fit for fertility treatments end of this year. BD without TTC in mind feels super weird though!

@LS2020 I'm so excited for you! Have meds arrived? Do you know what meds you'll be on?

I'm back, still not pregnant. Took a break from wearing my fitbit for a few weeks but charged it up and put it on again a week or so ago.

AF was due yesterday and my RHR has gone right down but still no other signs of AF. I have been peeing so much though, like even waking up in the night to pee and I never do that. I have done it every night for the last 3 nights too.

Has anyone had a BFP from a rhr chart that goes down instead of rises? Or am I definitely out?

@LS2020 fingers crossed 🤞. Do you have to wait for AF to show before you can get started? Can imagine it just feels so surreal for you. Yes I can imagine that once you get started it will just become almost normal. Thinking of you 🥰.

Haa well baby definitely needs some clothes so need to get some sleepsuits and vests. Then I must pack a hospital bag! I’ve just got this feeling I will give birth alone because my OH works away a lot of the time. I don’t actually mind but it’s just the thought of it 😅.

@Juno231 glad you are all good 😌. That’s brilliant. God I bet it does after so many months of focusing on it. Enjoy all the BD 👍.

@gezelligheid how are you getting on? Any sign of AF? I’ll have a look at my graph and see what mine did.

@ls2020 thank you!! I bought a cute onesie, but haven't bought anything else. I've had my 12w scan now and everything was good! No sign of any problems. I'm in disbelief, but really starting to get into the mindset of this actually ending with a baby in February so I am going to start looking at baby stuff soon. I just can't believe it's happening. What's your August looking like for IVF, what happens when?

@gezelligheid for this pregnancy, mine only went up. For my first pregnancy it went up then dropped, but that ended in mc at 4.5 weeks. However I don't know if the drop was necessarily because it was going wrong, it could have been unrelated as it dropped quite a few days before bleeding started. If I were you, I would try not to read everything into the rhr. When I had that drop, I didn't know I was pregnant. I stopped taking one of my tablets because I assumed the drop meant I wasn't pregnant. Later I wondered if I had caused the mc by stopping the tablets. I had got into a really negative mindset and felt I was just being trolled by my body. So I would recommend, hard as it is, trying not to second guess and just going with the flow! Speaking of flow.... Did AF turn up?

Ffs just wrote a huge message and lost it 😂

Af showed yesterday so that means I start jabs today yay! First scan will be next Friday to see if I’m ready for egg retrieval which feels insane.

@Juno231 stims are Meriofert and suppression is Fyremadel - they turned up about 3 weeks ago actually before we even had our viral tests done. We have watched the videos and ready to go.

@gezelligheid in all my manic googling on RHR I have seen some charts that don’t rise til 16dpo so you have time ☺️

@mumof23188 oh gosh will that be your first one on your own?

@GlassLily oh I’m so pleased for you!! What’s your first big splurge?

Hey guys, so yesterday my fitbit died and now won't charge. Its the fitbit sense - has anyone had this issue?

Also, rhr dropped another bpm yesterday and last night I started spotting. This morning I've got some brown blood so I'm expecting AF to come fully today

@gezelligheid sorry to hear AF arriving. Never had that issue with Fitbit is it still in warranty?

Well I am one injection down ☺️

@LS2020 I'm so excited for you!! I wanna hear all about it 😁.

I've filled out all the ivf paperwork finally, the plan is to send it off on Monday :)