Newbie looking for some support

[Peachycream]

Hi ladies,

I’ve been lurking for a few days, just seeing what the deal is, trying to work out some of the terminology used, mostly going to post but then getting scared and carry on lurking haha.

I don’t really have anyone I can talk about the TTC journey with in my real life as we aren’t telling anyone as it stands so I’m hoping maybe I can make a few friends here that I can obsess and stress out with 🤣

I’m currently CD 7 in my first cycle so tracking with OPKs every day right now so that I can get a clearer picture of my cycle each month.

I’m 30 and this will be our 1st,

If anyone has any advice/is in a similar position to me or just wants a natter I’d love to hear from you 😊

Xx

@Babyghirl oh that’s good, not long to wait for you then, hopefully this cycle will be a lucky one for you lovely ☺️

Yeah the same time every day is fine for me because I’m up at the same time anyway, my only issue with it would be I have disturbed sleep so I’m not sure how useful I will find it but I figure it’s not going to hurt anything just to check it out, even if I only do it for 1 cycle if I’m not finding it’s working for me. I’m guessing vaginally you do it the same way? Just in there rather than in your mouth?
Do you use any tracking methods now or did you stop because it was a bit much? Xx

@peachycream
3 years of tracking was getting to much and I got to know my body I mostly get the ovulation pain aswell so that indicates it for me to yea just the same as in ur mouth if you wake up an hour or 2 before your norm time take it then as you have to have 3 hours or more uninterrupted sleep for it to be accurate so if u wake at 5 and ur alarm goes of at say 6.30 7 take it at 5 for a better reading xx

GUYS! IM FREAKING OUT!! I just went to the loo and tmi coming up had spotting on my tissue! I really want to send a picture to see what you think.. im 9 days away from 🧙‍♀️.. please please please help.. im freaking out!

@Dannii892 could totally be implantation spotting, could be a good thing! Spotting can be totally normal.

@SkeletonSkins I've never spotted in my life.. would posted a pic actually be TMI??? I need opinions.. im 10dpo and had a bfn this morning x

@Babyghirl right brill thank you, I’m just going to stop overthinking it and start tomorrow with them!

@Peachycream yeah kind of, I did this gorgeous diagram lol to try and explain it. You need 3 temps above your average normal temp to confirm ovulation. The main thing is you need to try and temp at the same time each day (roughly) and before you get up for a wee etc. I sleep quite badly but ive mostly managed okay. TMI but ive switched to vaginal temping this month as it’s meant to be a bit more steady if you wake up frequently but oral works fine.

@SkeletonSkins
Down load fertility friend and put ur temp in they do the rest of the work for you 💚

Thanks @Babyghirl ive for FF, that’s where I got those graphs from I posted before, I’d never be able to work out out myself 😂😂

@Dannii892 could be implantation bleeding, 🤞🏻 for you. But I don't think anyone could tell you any more from what it looks like tbh. Spotting is spotting and at 10dpo could be implantation or could be period coming early. It's one of those horrible things I know you want an answer but the only thing you can do is wait and see ❤️

@justwant2beamum yes you're right.. im just going to wait until the weekend and test.. just so bizarre as I've never spotted before and always on time with AF BUT time will tell and for the moment I will put it in the back of my coconut ❤

@Dannii892 ooh fingers crossed for you!

For everyone thinking about stocking up on FRERs, I got mine here homehealth-uk.com/product-category/pregnancy-ovulation-tests/first-response-tests/

Free shipping and a bit cheaper than on the high street. I also bought a tonne of the one step cheapies from there too which I now have stashed in a box (though I’ll admit, I did another this morning to check a) I didn’t imagine Sunday and b) that the line was getting darker…it is 😅

Lots of catch up on this morning!

@SkeletonSkins that diagram is so useful, thanks for that! I’m going to reference it when my thermometer arrives! Is it best to start when AF finishes?

@Dannii892 I’m so excited for you!! Fingers crossed for the weekend, do you think you can wait that long to test 😂

@glasspaw glad to hear the good news - darker is a good sign! How have you found the past couple of days, has it sunk in yet?

So glad it's getting darker @glasspaw !! 🥰🥰

@HRP1990 It still feels like the test is telling me something that my brain can’t really process if I’m honest haha. Very sleepy the last few days but then not able to actually sleep through the night. I think that’s the heat though! It is sweltering already this morning!

@glasspaw ❤
@HRP1990 - things always seem to happen to me in the evening 🤣
I'm going to wait until earliest Saturday! Couldn't bare to see another bfn but I never spot mid cycle! Xx

Good morning ladies!

So for anyone who was interested in the mystery of the rising LH, I have done some research. Turns out, progesterone suppresses LH to stop spontaneous ovulation, so as progesterone drops LH can increase slightly again before 🧙 so with this new knowledge and my OPKs still rising on my charts it is a BFN from me and I’m awaiting 🧙

@SkeletonSkins I love your diagram, especially your witch drawing 😂

@Dannii892 how is the spotting today? You’re the last one still in of us that was on a similar cycle so fingers crossed it’s your month!

Awwwh @glasspaw so glad your line is getting darker 🥰

@Peachycream also some people get really dark opks if they are pregnant. I've seen people on here get dark opks right before AF then it's BFP. Also can confirm this bc when I had my MC, I thought I was gonna ovulate but turns out my pregnancy tests were just still really positive so the opks sometimes pick up hcg.

@justwant2beamum it’s not positive by any stretch for me just rising slightly so I would say in my case it’s 100% AF on her way, I did a test yesterday and this morning and they couldn’t have been anymore BFN if they tried to be 😂 so it’s not that they are picking up HCG, they’ve been rising since 8DPO and I’m 11DPO now so if it was HCG I would have thought a test would have picked it up by this point xx

@Peachycream good morning.. spotting is still there but pinky brown and not a lot of it.. I have really sore sideboobs and vvv faint cramps.. thank you!! Im quite nervous now lol .. and my OH is doing my nut in atm! Xx

@Dannii892 ooooooh that’s exciting! Why are you making us all wait for your test until Saturday?! 😂

Oh dear, what’s he up to?

@glasspaw so glad the tests are getting darker, soooo exciting!

@HRP1990 yep you can start whenever I think, first day of AF or after it finishes, whatever works best.

@Peachycream sorry to hear about the BFN but here’s to the next cycle 🤞🤞

Took my first ever opk today and it’s not as negative as I expected it to be at this point in my cycle! Clearly negative but at least it gave me something to do today 😂

@Peachycream 😂 yes! Hahaha .. I just think I'd be silly to test again today because apparently after implantation hcg doubles every 48hrs if this is indeed that (can't imagine what else it could be?!) .. he has ims- irritable man syndrome! When I woke up this morning and seen him downstairs he was like fuck sake and wondered upstairs.. I was like good morning to you too! Went upstairs to check the baby and he says nothing is wrong but clearly somethings up.. every morning! X

@Peachycream oh sorry about the bfn.. but tbh I had one yesterday and things still could change! X

@SkeletonSkins I’m cool with it to be honest, I never expected anything this month anyway so just waiting to start CD1 again now, practice makes perfect as they say 😉

That’s why I’m still doing them I think! It’s just something to do at this point 😂 I had planned to stop ages ago, in fact, I actually missed one day and then after that I was like……meh I may as well 😂 when do you expect O?

My OPKs are never just blank, I always have a visible line on them, when I first started using them I assumed they would just be like a pregnancy test and you’d either get a line if it was positive or nothing at all, turns out, this was not the case 😂

@Dannii892 oh dear oh dear, why do they do this? It’s like, dude, you’ve JUST opened your eyes, what could possibly be wrong?! 😂 maybe he’s Manstrating this week? 😂😂😂

But it’s only Wednesday?! 🤪 no I get that, it makes sense to leave it a few days especially if implantation is only just happening, hopefully that’s what it is!! I’m excited for you

By this point I’d say it’s highly unlikely for me, I don’t feel any different at all, like not even a little, I had a few days of odd cramps and headache but I’m just putting this down to the heat and gearing up for 🧙