SMEP-ing our way to a BFP 🍁🍂🐿️🍂🍁

[Aurora81]

Our SMEP plans continue.... The old thread is almost full, so I started a new thread so we can continue on SMEP-ing to a BFP ✨☺️✨

Hi all. I will read through and reply properly on my lunch break but I have just got my results and wondering what’s a good level in nmol/L?

@pomdownunder1 hiya 💕
that’s really interesting - my feet have been cold all my life 😂😂😂 will need to start wearing fluffy socks 😅
how was the rest of the consult, I wouldn’t mind doing something similar myself tbh - I would try anything.
was it expensive ?

@allgoodthings84 i read at my work that over 20 nmol/L ?

@NSx mine was 51.5nmol/L on suspected 6dpo so guessing I do ovulate and don’t have an issue with low progesterone so why do I keep spotting from 9/10dpo sakes. I was so sure it was low progesterone.

I thought I either hadn’t ovulated this cycle or I ovulated later than the opk’s suggested as I am now 11dpo and haven’t started spotting yet but I can’t have ovulated later as surely my levels wouldn’t have been that high if I was only 5dpo or even less?

my rhr cannot be trusted these days as didn’t start rising until 5dpo and actually dropped 1bpm on 1dpo and stayed at that drop until 5dpo when it then started rising. That was another reason I thought late ovulation but I can’t have ovulated later or my progesterone levels would have been lower surely?

ttc is a right mind mess

@pomdownunder1 i’ve read about gold feet somewhere too so have now started wearing socks in bed even if my feet feel a bit chilly 😂

@LucyFraser1981 definitely stay away from google. I spent literally hours and hours looking into low progesterone as thought that was a big issue of mine but my blood results suggest otherwise. I wasted all that time getting myself all stressed for no reason. I still want to find out why I spot but I’m staying off google

@NSx i hope you’ve had a great weekend?

@fsr111 your holiday sounds amazing! Hopefully this one will be the one for you

we need some bfp here ladies 🤞

@allgoodthings84 high level can be an indicator of pregnancy - could this maybe be your month 🤞💕💕💕💕
sending lots of baby dust …

im still waiting for my peak 😂😅

@NSx I don’t think it’s high high is it? Like high enough for pregnancy just a “you’ve definitely ovulated so stop constantly stressing” 😂. I keep getting on off twinges and boobs slightly tender like I always do so don’t think pregnancy. Although I do wonder where the spotting has gone but am very happy and hope this will happen every cycle as AF is due Wednesday so even if I start spotting later today that’s only 2 days or less spotting which is amazing for me. I have been so carefully scrutinising the toilet paper 😂. Annoyingly at work the new (cheap) paper has a very slight pink tinge when wetted so it’s harder to tell but would notice actual blood I’m sure. Maybe the vit c and vit b complex tablets are working more this cycle?

@NSx what day are you expecting your peak? Did you decide what strategy you’re going for in the end? We dtd day of ovulation, day before ovulation and the day before that and 4 days before ovulation. We didn’t bother day after as already done 3 days in a row so neither of us felt up to it and as my peak was in the morning felt like the night after probably not worth doing it when not really feeling it. Then we dtd 4dpo and then I haven’t dared dtd since after last cycle. It’s annoying as I love pressure free dtd in the LP but after it bringing on early spotting at 8dpo last cycle it’s put me off. It may have been coincidence but I’ve never spotted that early before and it started right after sex.

@allgoodthings84 honestly I don’t know all the different levels and what not confuse me. 😂😂
so you have 2 days until AF 🤞 fingers crossed she doesn’t come. But atleast if she does, the spotting problem seems to have resolved which is positive!

emmm I think I’m probably going to get my static tomorrow — hopefully get my peak in the morning I would imagine… which would mean ovu is cd15
so far we have DTD cd 11,12 might miss tonight if my readings are low, will see how OH is feeling.. then DTD cd14,15 - and we will see about cd16.
who knows what the right ‘strategy’ 😂

@NSx i’ve been spotting for 3-4 days before AF for so long (way way before ttc) that it’s so exciting every time I go to the toilet and there’s nothing there! God knows how I will be when I do get my bfp (and I am now thinking WHEN not IF now I know I do ovulate). I feel like such a whingy idiot for going on about it for so long now and I had a right sobbing break down to my partner about it a few days before I went for the test about how I’ve ruined his chances of a child unless he leaves me as I probably don’t ovulate properly 🤦‍♀️. So yea I feel silly. There could still be something wrong of course so I’ll do my CD3 bloods and get referred to fertility clinic etc while we carry on trying but I’m not stressing now as low progesterone was my major concern and it is only cycle 5. Just cycle 5 seems so long which I know it isn’t in the scheme of things. I’m a natural worrier though.

@allgoodthings84 i totally get it - it’s natural to feel as you do 🌸
I feel the same tbh, like why hasn’t it happened already this is cycle 4 for me - and it is worrying, nobody will take me seriously until I’ve been trying for a year so I do have a long way to go before I would be referred for anything really …. 😭

@NSx if you’re not feeling it tonight and no dark lines I would have a break. I think wearing yourselves out would make it less likely anyway. We have decided to do CD8/9 then every other until peak then at least peak and ovulation day and see how we feel for day after. I don’t want to keep stressing over when to dtd. But I still probably will lol

@NSx it’s so annoying isn’t it that we have to wait so long. I know nhs are stretched I totally get it but like you said before, it affects our mental health massively

@allgoodthings84 yea I’m going to test when I get in from work, if it’s not dark I’ll have a wee night off… and DTD tomorrow… I defo think it’s not going to happen when you’re stressed 💯…
tbh I wouldn’t mind waiting the year if they have a look at me and tell me nothings wrong - but I would be annoyed to wait a year to find out something is wrong - so I’ll see how I go after 6 months.
whole thing is so stressful.
will you test soon?

@NSx that’s what I always think too, if I know it’s going to happen I don’t mind how long it takes but I want to know it will happen. Then the pressure and stress is gone. If AF doesn’t come Wednesday I’ll test on Thursday morning but the boobs and on off twinges are telling me AF will be here

@allgoodthings84 Well that's good news about your day21 results, and your lack of spotting! Will keep my fingers crossed that you may not need any further tests... 🍀

I definitely am keeping away from Google now, although after I get my blood results that may all change again... 😬🤦🏻‍♀️😅

My temp confirmed ovulation as CD12 for me (friday) so as the fertility doctor measured a 25mm follicle at 11.30am I'm guessing I must have ovulated that afternoon/evening. I'm just hoping the egg was OK and managed to meet a waiting swimmer! 🤞

It's so hard accepting that my age may be the thing that stops this from happening, because I don't feel any different to ten tears ago, or even twenty sometimes 🤷‍♀️

@LucyFraser1981 i feel like that too. I don’t feel my age at all. I have a feeling I will start spotting very soon but 11dpo is better than 9/10dpo and at least I know it’s not because of low progesterone or lack of ovulation.

I have looked at all the different things they have tested for (still got one left to be approved by a doctor from the looks of it) and they tested for Rubella which surprised me as I thought they stopped testing for that for people ttc 6/7 years back

@LucyFraser1981 I hope everything comes back fine for you. Your temps and opk’s show ovulation so you must ovulate surely

@allgoodthings84 rubella was one of the tests they recommended at the fertility consultation, so it's good they've done that for you too 👍

I'm hoping that's the case, and also that there was a big follicle ready to pop on the scan so at least I know my body looks to be doing its damndest to ovulate, just have to hope the egg quality is still okay as I know that massively decreases at 40+

No idea how long we'll have to wait for my partner's sperm analysis, as if all my tests come back okay then that's what I'll move on to stressing about next no doubt 🤦🏻‍♀️😅

You never know, you might not get any spotting! 🤞

@LucyFraser1981 fingers crossed your egg quality is still going strong. I hope I won’t but I’ve been feeling the on off twinges and slighter tender boobs that I always have so thinking the spotting will be here soon. My partner has his sperm analysis in the next couple weeks I think he said. I don’t bring it up as I know he doesn’t really want to do it but is for us. I know he’s really hoping he won’t need to 😂

The last of my results are uploaded and it’s FSH and LH which I wasn’t expecting so this is good. I think the results are ok? FSH was 4.8iu/l and LH was 2.3iu/l. I think these are both normal for the luteal phase from doing a Google search. So yea doesn’t look like I have a hormone issue which I was so sure I do

Also oestradiol levels are 393pmol/l and nhs on google says 205-786 in luteal phase is normal. So from my day 21 (or 20 as it was) results suggest no hormonal balance in the Luteal phase. So no idea why I spot a few days before AF unless I have a cervical ectropian which I don’t think affects fertility

I'm feeling much better now and will feel even better if my day 3 tests are all ok too which is Friday. I haven’t told my manager yet that I need to go docs Friday as wasn’t sure what to say as had blood tests last week 🤦‍♀️ might have to just say they’ve asked me back for another one or something as I only told her about my general bloods I had

That's all great news! @allgoodthings84. Gives me hope, as a fellow spotter. At least now you can relax slightly knowing that low progesterone isn't a problem.

@NSx I'm also a very cold person, maybe there's something in that haha but from now on, I'm wrapping up 🤣
Tbh it was expensive (£50) but that was for the consultation as well. Not entirely convinced it will do anything but will report back any findings haha

@pomdownunder1 it’s a massive relief but I still want to find out why I spot and if it’s affecting my fertility.

I started spotting about half an hour ago on 12dpo so reckon I’m out 😢. I’m due AF tomorrow. It’s good that my spotting started a bit later this cycle and I hope it’s the case next cycle too but it’s still disappointing

@pomdownunder1 i had a wee read online and it did say to keep uterus warm with hot drinks and food, warm feet and hands so defo need to wrap up, doesn’t help that Scotland is freezing atm 😂🧊🧊

@allgoodthings84 ohhh no Im sorry the spotting has started, I was hopeful for you, however - it doesn’t mean you’re out!

CD14 for me today and got a static smiley - so bang on for ovulation CD15 and a 29 day cycle as per other months ….

has anyone ever had a fertility tarot reading ?