Keeping each other company (thread 2)

[Cruz86]

@Ladylou17 @Mama500 @FlyOnTheWall89 @Lucyasc @FlipperyGibbet

Just started this new thread because ours is full. Hope the name change isn't confusing 😂 Tagging you too @rita83 if you ever pop back in to say hi! Have I missed anyone? I'm so rubbish with my memory 🤦🏼‍♀️ x

@FlyOnTheWall89 thank you. I was 13 weeks too I think as long as it’s before 14 weeks if you’re having the NT test is fine. I definitely know how you feel I have to rest my body or I feel awful bed is my main residence at home 😂😂 Hope you’re having a better day today. I managed to pull my intercostal muscle being sick so much and it’s so sore at night time. Hoping it goes soon xx

How are your temps looking now @Lucyasc? It could be that your body geared up to ovulate but then didn't. I'd question (depending on how the temps are now) whether you ovulated more around the 29th/30th?

@FlyOnTheWall89 some of my symptoms eased off around the 9 week mark and then my nausea was on and off from about the 11-16 week mark. So it sounds like you're going through similar!

Glad your scan went well @Ladylou17

Oops posted too soon!! @Ladylou17 sorry you're struggling with sickness so much, what a nightmare 😩 I spent the majority of the first trimester in bed but it's so much better now!

And @FlyOnTheWall89 hope you're having a lovely time away.

Xx

@Cruz86 my chart confirmed now I've ovulated on 29th if I remember right lol I'm ill at the moment so my temps for the last 2 days could be a bit off but I havent got a temperature. I've put my chart below if you can make any sense of it I'm still learning haha. Hope you're doing ok xx

Just had doctors contact me saying my scan results were normal and nothing to be investigated from that so I guess thats good?! I'm not sure what that rules out but I think I can eliminate worries of PCOS? Hope everyone is having a good Friday! X

@Lucyasc it was an internal one wasn't it? If so I think they check for fibroids / polys, look at your ovaries and their shape and your uterus. All normal sounds good to me! X

@FlyOnTheWall89 Yeah it was internal but they did some external too, thanks for your help! Feeling so relieved 😌 xx

Morning all, my cycle seems to be going on forever I'm usually very regular 28 or 29 days but I'm on CD 33 no sign of period and 2 negative tests on 8 and 9 DPO.

FF has changed my estimated Ov day a few times when I put my temps in so I'm not sure whats happening! Any ideas or advice? Thanks ladies xx

@Lucyasc hmmmm tricky one because that very low temperature is a bit of a odd one. I think you've covered your days dtd wise combined with your CM input, but hard to know exactly when you ovulated. How long is your luteal phase normally? Maybe you should test again? I think if the current chart is accurate, you'd get a fairly conclusive -/+ result. You may just be having a blip cycle in terms of length, I understand that is soooo annoying when you so badly want to be pregnant. I would really stay away from testing as early as 8/9DPO. I found those early weeks excruciating - time slowed down so much and ultimately, you're quite likely to get a negative / a real squinted at that point, even if you are pregnant so I feel it just plays with your head and emotions. Let me know how you get on.

@Lucyasc i think you likely did ovulate when ff is saying you had a temp dip before ovulation too which is common I always got that. 14dpo now your temp is a bit lower today so might mean AF is on the way maybe tomorrow. 14 day luteal phase is nice and normal so that’s good.
@Cruz86 im slowly starting to feel better now week 14 has come around 😊 then the panic sets in is everything ok cause you’re feeling better I don’t think the worry ever ends does it xx

@Lucyasc have you looked into having a hycosy?xx

@FlyOnTheWall89 usually I have a 10 day luteal phase don't think it's ever been longer than that I thought the chart was right as you say I had a big temp dip before ovulation. The temp dip I had today was only slight and not below luteal line I've had dips that have been lower so not too sure I guess I'll just wait and see. Keep feeling like I've started AF a few times today but nothing! Don't wanna get my hopes up!

@Lucyasc any chance you could have ovulated on the 29th when you got nearly a 0.4 rise? That would make you 10 days today in this phase. Keeping everything crossed for you. Longer cycles are a head fuck.

@FlyOnTheWall89 before today FF said I ov'd on CD23 which would be that date but some days I put my temp in and it switches back to CD19 so no idea what dpo I am tbh lol. It is a head fuck I agree!

Think I'm giving up hope for this month now my temp has dropped again today and another BFN 😔 still no signs of AF and I'm about 2 or 3 days late. What a weird month this has been!

How you getting on @Lucyasc x

Period arrived yesterday felt a bit deflated to be honest but I'm ok now, onto the next cycle! How are you? X

Ah sorry @Lucyasc I know how rubbish it is. Looks like your chart was pretty accurate though which is good for this next cycle. It will happen for you soon I know it 😘 I’m good thank you x

Sorry @Lucyasc . Glad you're feeling okay today. New cycle, new chance x

Good morning all, hope everyone is doing ok? How's everything going? Xx

My BBT chart this month is all over the show, I've not done any OPKs after I had my first positive one not intentionally just didn't have time. I've had a really bad back so my sleep has affected some of the results, just wondered if anyone can make any sense of it please? Thanks xx

Hi @Lucyasc I would think your sleep has effected your chart. I stopped temping after 3/4 months because I just got so obsessed with trying to work it all out and then the build up 2/3 days before my period. Do you seem to have a regular ovulation day? How long is your LP of you don't ovulate till day 21? X

@FlyOnTheWall89 yeah I think it has affected the results too some mornings I'd wake up at 4am go back off to sleep and I take my temp at 6am so it's defo been up and down. Tbh I'm not even sure anymore I did the whole BBT thing just to give myself a bit of relief that I am actually ovulating so perhaps I should stop now cause its causing me stress worrying every month we missed our day or we tried too early etc. Usually my LP is 10 days at least I know it should be longer but I think that's the minimum. I keep putting off my blood tests as I'm a fainter and keep telling myself that my scans were clear, my periods are regular and all my tests show I'm ovulating 🤷🏼‍♀️ my husband is still yet to get his appointment for his test.
I think we need to DTD more often as soon as I've had my positive opk we try a few times and then stop until next month I've tried to tell him we should try more but don't think he gets it! Sorry this has turned into a right rant haha xx

@Lucyasc oh I'm a fainter too and I've managed to do loads of bloods now. I'm so bad I can pretty much pass out over the phone (when my baby sister broke her wrist and needed surgery for eg) or watching something too graphic. When you're pregnant you'll have bloods taken so it's better to begin to build a strategy now. Always tell the nurse, lie down and squeeze your hand so they can easily find a vein. Don't look and if they are good, they'll just talk and talk and talk at you. It really is mind over matter. Tapping is supposed to be amazing too but I haven't needed to go down that route yet.

I'm sure they are fine, but I think it's a good tick on the box. I do really think you've got to be dtd more - maybe just over a ten day window around ovulation. I wouldn't rely on OPKs. I totally understand sometimes it just feels like such a transaction when you really cba.

I did exactly that - once I got confirmation I was regularly ovulating around CD 17/18, combined with how I got too involved with studying my chart, I stopped doing it.

I'm sorry it's taking a while. I really do empathise. Once you've got your bloods done and they're deemed fine, I think then your OH should get a sample tested. How long has it been now?

@FlyOnTheWall89 thanks so much! I've just sent my husband a message pitching this 10 day idea from cycle day 16 onwards each month as I usually get my peak on day 17 and then we try every 3 days. We've tried DTD every other day but it's too much for him and we end up either arguing about it or just not doing it at all so perhaps 3 days will be best. I do want to stop all my tests its causing a lot of stress I think subconsciously. I will wait for my period to come this month and then book my blood tests cause I need to just get them done. We've been trying since January I know its not that long but it feels like forever, a few people on my team at work have just announced their pregnancies and it's so upsetting everything is just a lot at the moment! X

@Lucyasc absolutely that amount of time felt like a lifetime to me. I totally get it. I think every 3 days is perfect. Arguing isn't fun and it doesn't exactly put you in the mood. The month I got pregnant I think we dtd on the Saturday or Sunday and the Tuesday and I thinkkkk but can't be sure I ovulated on the Wednesday or Thursday. I wasn't tracking using anything just roughly knew I usually ovulated in CD17/18 ish. Sending you so much luck. Months 6-11 were the worst for me and all the looking tests felt overwhelming but with each one ticked off, I felt closer to the month I would eventually fall pregnant (which I think was month 15) xx