Ovulation/TTC continued

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@Aims1991 @CShandy01 @hoola23 @MrsRosaline @plantbasedlondoner @LittleDoveLove thought I'd best start a new thread before it stops letting us post given we're almost at 1k! 🥰 x

Have I forgotten anyone!? X

I know 😂 Every night I think 'Maybe I'll get my peak in the morning', but it's never there!! Argh. It's just a waiting game.

@MrsRosaline I wonder what's going on?! Defo nothing to worry about, it's defo just resting itself but I just wonder when it will come and what the science is!

@hoola23 I'm now cd 10! I normally get my peak around 13/14, I use opks to test then when I get my peak I use a CB just to see the smiley face for confirmation

@Aims1991 oh we're pretty much the same this month then! Mine are still very negative this morning!

@hoola23 I do mine when I get home at 6pm because I leave for work just before 7 so I feel that's too early to test

@Aims1991 yeah I do two a day. One in AM and one in PM and they both look the same at the moment! Last month I just Suddenly went to peak on CD13 so perhaps the same this month

@hoola23 @Aims1991 I ended up having to test morning and night at one point because the differences were so big and I think I ovulate quite quickly. I noticed that this time round I had EWCM Sunday morning and then by Sunday evening it was completely gone. Just crazy how the body works sometimes!!

@hoola23 @CShandy01 I sometimes do 6pm then 8pm. But I'm the same at times. I quickly get my peak and the day before can be so low

I learn so much from all of you! Honestly I'd love to try OPKs again but I drink water a lot and not sure I can hold my pee for 3 hours or reduce the amount I drink - I have read it makes it less accurate if you don't do this. But let's see how this month goes!

@MrsRosaline so sorry it's been such a weird month for you, I hope AF comes along soon and things settle x

@plantbasedlondoner I drink a lot of water too. That's why I test around 6 because I'm just home from work and that last few hours of work are crazy and fly by so I don't get the chance for the toilet. Worth trying and seeing how you get on

@MrsRosaline I had no idea LH fluctuates constantly I thought it was just low low low surge low low low!!!!! @hoola23 sounds like if you keep testing you'll go straight to peak! Remember I freaked out last cycle as I had EWCM mega early that went away but then it came back usual time! X

@newtolineofduty I hope so! Still haven't started the sex but should really get cracking tonight. I'm currently painting 4 internal doors and all the woodwork and I'm exhausted!!🤣

@hoola23 hehe that's always my job I find it very therapeutic! X

@Aims1991 that's a good tip! Just ordered some OPKs, will see if I feel like testing this month - it's still early days as am on CD 6 so far :)

@hoola23 gosh no wonder you're knackered! It is hard with the cold evenings to get into the mood - the days feel longer when it's dark!

@newtolineofduty oh you can come and finish it off then🤣 my fingers now have blisters from holding the paintbrush all bloody day! I presume that means I'm holding it wrong 🤣

Hehe @hoola23 that happened to me last month when I painted the decking! I was covered in peppa pig plasters! 😂😂😂 x

@newtolineofduty 🤣🤣 I just don't have the patience for it! Another two days and hopefully I'll be done! Ewcm has arrived so it's time to get busy!

Yey!!! What cycle day are you @hoola23? Xx

@newtolineofduty cd9 today. I don't think ovulation will be until cd14 or 15 again this month! My cycles for the last 3 months have been 3-4 days longer than normal - any guesses as to who or does that just sometimes happen?

I don't really think I get a lot of CM to know if I'm ovulating. I always just go with my OPK. Should I be tracking EWCM?

@hoola23 @Aims1991 I have to say that this month is the first month that I have known for sure when my last day of EWCM was and so when I ovulated, because for me there was literally almost like a light switch moment of going from super stretchy and very sperm friendly to suddenly incredibly thick and creamy and lotion like. I've never had such a dramatic transition before, hence why I've never really been certain when I ovulated (even with OPK's it's been plus or minus a day). Im not sure if this is down to the pregnacare or what, but it's the only thing I've changed this month minus not testing.

@newtolineofduty and @plantbasedlondoner did you say you took pregnacare?

@CShandy01 maybe that's where I'm going wrong. Because I get my peak and DTD that day and the next 2 days. Maybe I ovulate just slightly later than my peak and I've never noticed

@Aims1991 I am adamant that when I used OPK's and we DTD that say and the next day that it wasn't enough. So for example one month I got a smiley on CD11, so we DTD then and CD12. But I reckon I ovulated on CD13 because my cycle was 27 days and I don't have a 15 day luteal phase. But then last month CM wasn't like clear but still stretchy for quite a few days after I was sure I ovulated, so I was like WHAT THE HELL??!!

@CShandy01 defo something for me to think about then. We've been trying to do it every 2 nights until my peak. But maybe after my peak still DTD for about 4 days after. My Luteal phase is normally about 11/12 days

@CShandy01 @Aims1991 I'm pretty sure the pregnacare increased my EWCM alongside EPO and pink grapefruit juice! Xxx