OVUSENSE (ovucore) thread 2

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@MO22 ah no!! So typical isn't it. The amount of FRERs I have taken only to start AF moments later...
Hope you are doing okay.

I'm CD14 with nothing to report. Every cycle I hope I might ovulate earlier, but looks like this one is going the same way as others. They are quite high for me as well, so no idea what's going on. I'm hoping my temps will start trending down from tomorrow, which is generally what they do before ovulation. Starting to get so bored and fed up by it all to be honest!

@theblueflowers well the spotting seems to have disappeared so I'm still feeling a bit manic. Keeping checking every time I go to the loo, I feel sorry for my poor bits lol, constantly up there checking for CM (tmi!).

Still very crampy, like AF is imminent. Just a waiting game I suppose, might as well test again on a cheapie tomorrow if it hasn't appeared and interested to see what Ovusense does tonight.

Your temps do seem high! Mine tend to start at 36.4 when I ovulate but I guess everyone is different? I noticed @Loz365 had much higher temps wise than me in the last chart... Maybe it's to do with progesterone levels? I'm estrogen dominant so think I generally am a bit cooler but I am also no doctor and may have just made that up ha! Is your ovusense fertile window usually right?

@MO22 I'm CD13 today with no sign of peak OPKs yet. My temp chart is also a mess 🤣 the peak was day 1 of my stomach bug then I stopped using it for a couple of days.
Interestingly I've noticed I've had a lot of EWCM today which is unusual for me. Normally it's only a small amount, doubt it means much atm though

Also my temps in previous cycles have been variable - looking back they are usually around 36.3/36.4 pre-O then around 36.8 post-O but lots of peaks and dips!!

I'm actually hoping I don't ovulate in the next few days because I've not managed to DTD with feeling so unwell. Typical if I have my shortest natural cycle ever and miss it because I've been ill!

@LuckyMoonstone oh no, sorry AF showed up but glad you're onto the next cycle already!

@Loz365 I did a bit of reading and apparently if you have a thyroid problem it can show lower temps - I have a small issue so that might be why i'm lower - around 36.1-.4 pre O and more like 36.5-7 after!
Are you still taking letrozole was it? When do you think you might peak?

I'm a bit confused to be honest - I'm either 11 or 12 DPO (the latter according to Ovusense) so officially one day late and temps are very slowly heading up - but BFN on cheapie and FRER. Last time I got a faint positive on a Tesco test at 13 DPO but surely I should be seeing something by now if I implanted 10 DPO. I have been cramping on and off for three days which was the same as last time, but maybe I'm clutching at straws and it's just a weird late AF. It's driving me a bit mad!

@MO22 interesting about the thyroid issues, I isn't know that. I guess if you start a bit lower then it makes sense that it does rise as high..?

I haven't taken letrozole for this cycle because of the MC. They said I have to wait until my next cycle to take it again which is annoying. Means I have no idea when I'll ovulate. Still getting really low OPK readings so don't think it'll be any time soon.

Your chart looks great! I've got everything crossed for you! 11/12dpo is still really early and you're not out until AF arrives 🤞

@MO22 frustrating that you don't have an answer yet, but you are definitely not out! Doesn't it take at least 48 hours for HCG to produce enough to see on a pregnancy test? That could be a reason why. Really positive that your LP is a good length.

I normally hang around 36.2 pre O and then jump to .8 post O, with lots of spikes in between as well! This time it's a lot more steadier, which I guess is a good thing.

Ovusense has no idea when to give me a fertile window because I'm so irregular. It was two days out though last cycle, so not bad! I'm hoping that it will happen before that.

@Loz365 of course, makes sense why you wouldn't be on it. To be honest with you, it's probably not a bad thing, cycles can be a bit haywire post so better to get a period and then go from there back on it. I have everything crossed for you that ovulate soon!

@theblueflowers to be fair my ovulation window was so off last month, but my fault because I didn't wear it after my operation so it got confused i think! Are you using OPKs?

I'm glad I'm at office guys, all I can do here is check if I've started my period whenever I go to the loo ha. Still all quiet on that front 👀
If HCG rises over 48 hours and I had implantation cramps 9/10 DPO (Sunday) then surely I should have seen something on the tests this morning? I have just bought some more FRERs from Boots but I can see this being some nightmare situation where I keep getting BFNs and no period... I almost want my AF to start now just so I'm put out of my misery as I am definitely (against my better judgement) feeling hopeful which means I will be very sad when it's a false alarm. 😔

@MO22 any updates?

How's this for a ridiculous chart 🤣🤣🤣
Hope it levels out at some point so I can work out what's going on!
Have to say it means I can't interpret anything at the moment so feeling quite relaxed which is nice

Hi @Loz365 ... Obviously AF showed up this morning. I'm devastated, was so sure I was pregnant but another fun trick.
AF was two days late so either accupuncture or B6 has finally got my LP back to the 13 days it was before my MC, will see if that lasts. I should definitely take the positives but instead I'm just sitting here in tears because it just all feels never ending with no light at the end of the tunnel. I've also got no one to talk to bar DH and don't want to make him feel miserable too. Sorry, not feeling too good over here!

I'm glad you are feeling relaxed, long may it last. I suppose that's the good thing about AF, can't POAS, cant wear the ovusense to obsess. Small mercies I suppose!

Hope everyone else is doing better x

@MO22 oh I'm so sorry, I really thought it was looking good for you 😞
Don't be too harsh on yourself, this is incredibly tough and we are allowed to be upset. Yea looking for positives is helpful but you still need time to get upset and feel angry about it. I think it's only by allowing myself to cry and feel sad that I've then been able to start to see positives and feel a bit better. But don't get me wrong, this whole thing occupies my mind most of the time. I think I've dreamt about babies/pregnancy/MC every night since my MC. It's taken over and some days I really resent it.
You can always talk to us! That's what we're here for, sharing the pain 💐

@MO22 so sorry that AF turned up after such uncertainty. Rant away as much as you want to all of us! This whole TTC period is so much more difficult than I could ever imagine. I don't recognise myself at times- I was such a different person before this began. It was our wedding anniversary last month, and it actually made me sad looking at the photos and just seeing how naïve we were.

I hope you're doing okay x

@Loz365 @theblueflowers thanks both for the kind words - it helps!

I know exactly what you both mean - it's all consuming, and I also feel like a different person, it's hard to get my head around how I used to be and my reality now, living life in two weeks (ish!) cycles of waiting for ovulation and waiting for AF.

I feel like my hope is erroding cycle by cycle, and still constantly obsess. I know stress is a massive thing, particularly with PCOS and hormonal imbalance, but how can one not stress about it honestly... Thanks for letting me rant a bit.

Hope you both are doing ok and heading towards O day! Any movements in that regard?

@MO22 it's such a vicious cycle isn't it! I totally agree- I actually don't know how I cannot NOT think about it, especially with having to take vitamins and meds every day. It's that little daily reminder.

Nothing for me with regards to ovulation 😫 temps have gone right down, but I have zero fertile signs, very light OPKs, and of course another day of the flashing smiley. I'm CD17, and ovulated CD22 last cycle, but by now my OKPs were rising, which is annoying, so who knows when it will happen.

Despite never having a normal cycle, I resent every day past CD14 that I don't ovulate 😆. I want the same number of chances as everyone else!

Well I’m CD10 and starting to use ovusense again. I am soooooo fed up with TTC

@theblueflowers I would pay so much money for some sort of magic to make me ovulate on CD14 and have a lovely average cycle 🤣

@MO22 I really hate having PCOS, everyone keeps saying how great it is that I can take medications and it makes me ovulate but the whole process is a constant waiting game followed by disappointments 😒

CD16 and my chart looks like I've picked random temps every day 🫠 I did get a flashing smiley on CB today but I've had those in previous cycles for 10+ days before I actually ovulated, but I'll take the small (forced) positive

Also, to add to my downpour of MC followed by a stomach bug, I've now broken my finger playing netball. Couldn't make it up!! 🤣 hoping that's my 3 bad things, it can only get better now, right?!

@Loz365 things have to get better from here on out! That's ridiculous, hope you're not in too much pain with the finger!

Update - static smiley a peak OPK today! CD16 so hopefully ovulation will be tomorrow, my earliest natural ovulation since stopping contraception
Apparently b*tching about my body being a mess has made it take action 🤣

@Loz365 brilliant! Hope you have a busy weekend 😆

@Loz365 agreed, well done on the static, nice to have some good news and earlier ovulation!

How you doing @theblueflowers ?

Not confirmed yet but think I'm 2DPO. Only managed to DTD day before ovulation (DP went to watch the boxing on Saturday and didn't tell me so missed our chance to do it on ovulation day 🙄)
Praying it'll be enough 🤞🤞 we joked about women who have sex once, use a condom that splits and manage to get pregnant and how I wish I could be as fertile as them 😂

How's everyone else doing? Anyone else in TWW? X

Ffs ovusense has done that stupid thing again where my temp goes up slightly twice and it puts me in my ovulation window 🤦‍♀️ But then when I actually ovulate it’s like hmmm 4 increasing temps in a row? Not convinced yet sorry

@LuckyMoonstone that's so annoying!! I guess at least you can still see when you ovulated even if it can't make up its mind?

I'll be interested to see if OvuSense confirms properly for this cycle. Normally I have a much big rise in temp. 3DPO and already struggling to distract myself in this TWW 😅

@Loz365 it only takes one! Hopefully you will get confirmation soon and you are just having a steady rise. Did you use OPKs?

I got my peak earlier today, so will hopefully be ovulating tomorrow. Had a nice dip on my chart this morning which is in line with what normally happens with me. It's nice when everything lines up!

@Loz365 I've just read back and saw your message about clear blue static 🤦🏻‍♀️ I struggle to keep up!