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TTC - Ovulation

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MrsRosaline · 04/06/2021 15:56

Hi!

I have been TTC this month. I got a flashing smiley face on the clearblue OPKS this morning so all is looking good! I would love to talk to anyone else who is also TTC this month... I am currently driving my husband mad as it's all I can talk about. 😊

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LittleDoveLove · 11/07/2021 14:07

Not sure I've also got stitch like pains on my right side ovary so I'm wondering if I didn't ovulate now and it's having a go at releasing one - again 😵‍💫

LittleDoveLove · 11/07/2021 14:14

Well right side possibly where ovary is. It's now moved to actual side towards front rather than back in line with ovary, it is like a dull twinge ache. I'm only 4 days DPO I think so I wonder if it is my body being confusing again! Hopefully you're having better luck @newtolineofduty

Lulumam · 12/07/2021 08:54

@LittleDoveLove I have similar.

I had a peak opk five days ago today followed by a high but less dark opk four days ago which made me think ovulation had occurred but yesterday afternoon and this morning I’ve noticed a pulling sensation in my right side so is it possible I’ve only just ovulated now and completely missed the egg as we haven’t DTD since Saturday thinking we had hit peak….?? It isn’t painful but like I’m being pulled inside.

Any advice anyone?? I’m so confused by peaks etc! First time properly TTC after mc…..

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MrsRosaline · 12/07/2021 09:45

I also seemed to be getting very wet CM a few days after ovulation. It wasn't EW consistency, perhaps more like water, but there was lots!

@Lulumam I get twinges and pulling after ovulation. First few cycles I'd convinced myself it was implantation. I'm not sure what it is but yes definite twinges after ovulation.

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QueenLagertha · 12/07/2021 10:05

@Lulumam this happens me. I had cramps on and off in my right hip since day before ovulation, day of and two days after.

newtolineofduty · 12/07/2021 11:11

Yes I get all sorts of twinges each month around my ovaries!

I feel in a totally different headspace this month. I've noticed certain 'symptoms' but just dismissing them eg feeling sick and fatigued and attributing it to having caught my daughters cold, and attributing CM to progesterone rather than pregnancy etc.

I read that if you're pregnant enough to have symptoms then you're pregnant enough to get a positive pregnancy test, and I know at 6dpo I wouldn't! So I'm dismissing any symptom meaning I feel so much more chilled! X

QueenLagertha · 12/07/2021 11:38

@newtolineofduty that's a sensible approach. I usually get sore boobs within a day or two of ovulation. Nothing yet this month at 4dpo. Trying not to read too much in to it and telling myself my progesterone levels must be a bit lower this month just.
I did buy FRER last night on Amazon as they're £6 for pack of 2 Blush couldn't help myself

newtolineofduty · 12/07/2021 11:44

@QueenLagertha bargain! 😂 x I've just got one at home so it'll stop me testing early!

I was like it when TTC last time-the first month was all about the symptom spotting etc but in the end I just found it exhausting (and disappointing!) so something shifted in month 2 and that's when we conceived! Xxx

LeeTTCRainbow · 12/07/2021 12:10

im not in tww 2po had my peak saturday morning by sunday was negative again so was quick luckily been bd all week and on and after ovulation so heres hoping done enough.

Symptoms wise, i had pressure on bladder (like weeing more) sharp pinching right side of pelvis, more wet, watery and stretchy cm and fuller boobs and super sensitive nipples even now still sore to touch. x

LeeTTCRainbow · 12/07/2021 12:43

Also had light spotting day before my peak which is apparently ovulation bleeding as had to look it up last month when got it and same this month.

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MrsRosaline · 12/07/2021 12:50

It's funny you say that @newtolineofduty because I am too! Last cycle I was waking up early morning feeling really anxious and symptoms spotting every 2 mins. Also started testing a few times a day from 9DPO with tests that I'd bought as soon as I knew i'd ovulated.

I'm currently 6DPO and feeling pretty chill about it all. I've been so so busy, which helps.

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newtolineofduty · 12/07/2021 12:57

That's brill @MrsRosaline! So freeing xxx

QueenLagertha · 14/07/2021 08:14

How's everyone holding up now?
I am 6dpo ovulation today. Very vivid weird dreams the past two nights. Woke myself up heaving at something that happened in my dream. I could actually smell it when I was still sleeping.
Symptom spotting like crazy as you can see 🙄

newtolineofduty · 14/07/2021 08:40

Ooh exciting (but scary!) @QueenLagertha!

I'm 8dpo and was just thinking this time last month I was starting to get really impatient wanting to test (and think I eventually did at 10dpo!) x I'm not feeling the same this month though so going to hold out until period is late! Period due next weds!

Are other people starting to get tempted!? Xx

QueenLagertha · 14/07/2021 09:48

@newtolineofduty the night before I was running about after my dad with a gun 🤯 it was awful.
I'm due next Thursday. Not tempting to test yet but I don't usually test. Have a box of cheapies I think he cupboard for months I haven't touched. I think I usual have a good idea by the time AF is due. Plus following my RHR on Fitbit. Steep drop means AF on the way

QueenLagertha · 14/07/2021 09:49

Sorry for all the typos. New phone

newtolineofduty · 14/07/2021 09:51

Yes I think I'll know by Sunday whether AF on her way!!!!! Xxx

LittleDoveLove · 14/07/2021 10:07

Hi all,,Yes I'm 8 days DPO, I've had a few cramps and twinges and also a dream too where I was pregnant with two friends and it was a boy. Very vivid 😂😱. I feel like I might come on my period though so not sure that's a good sign! I nearly always have a dream with blood in it just before my period - weird I know so I expect that will come in a few days. Going to prob test DPO 12 as have a first response x

QueenLagertha · 14/07/2021 13:41

Fingers crossed for you @LittleDoveLove 🤞🏼

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MrsRosaline · 14/07/2021 13:47

I must admit that yesterday as I was going for a bath I thought "Oh my boobs are a bit sore"... and then tested 🤦🏻‍♀️ Negative - as you'd expect. Period is due on Sunday according to FF.

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LittleDoveLove · 14/07/2021 14:06

And you @QueenLagertha 🤞

Good luck @MrsRosaline 🤞

newtolineofduty · 14/07/2021 14:08

Will you try and hold out @MrsRosaline !? Xx

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MrsRosaline · 14/07/2021 15:04

Yes hopefully @newtolineofduty !

I suspect I won't get a positive. Read on to find out why...

I had a peak OPK on Sunday 4th; my LH surged between 4th-5th July. That's why I think I ovulated on Monday or Tuesday 5th-6th July. I DTD a lot around then and stopped on Tuesday 6th. However, according to OvuSense I actually ovulated on Friday 9th. Not sure how this adds up ... it would mean that I ovulated 5 days after my LH surge. Is that even possible!? OvuSense claim 99% accuracy. 🤷🏻‍♀️ So if I do go by OvuSense then I'm totally out because I stopped way too early...

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newtolineofduty · 14/07/2021 15:11

How tricky that they're saying different things!? I think it just shows it's best to just do it every couple of days for a couple of weeks! I'm putting all my trust in the clear blue monitor being accurate (stopped DTD after second peak day!!!) but maybe I shouldn't! Xxx

LittleDoveLove · 14/07/2021 16:08

@MrsRosaline I wonder if this is what happened to me last month, you can get two peaks because your body has tried to release an egg but hasn't and will try again, apparently it's pretty common in everyone's cycle to occasionally happen - unless it's PCOS which it's really common.
Or perhaps with your temp you might have been fighting something off x