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SMEP-ing our way to a BFP 🍁🍂🐿️🍂🍁 Part 2
NSx · 15/02/2023 09:01
Made a new thread as the old one was full
NatGee · 15/02/2023 09:19
@nsx brilliant thanks!
Tagging a few more ladies who may want to join when they so wish
@aurora81
@honeypea
@lucyfraser1981
@thedust
@MrsU2022
@fsr111
@matildahoney
@tunnocksTcake
@pomdownunder1
NSx · 15/02/2023 09:20
@NatGee you beat me to it, was about to do just that when my phone rang and I was interrupted 😂💕
NatGee · 15/02/2023 09:25
@NSx oh i'm sorry ! haha clearly too eager here :D
Congratulations again on your bfp, i am so glad for you, brings hope to the rest of us :D
Matildahoney · 15/02/2023 09:27
Thanks @NatGee I'm definitely in. Final day of smep today, then the dreaded tww! 🤞
Congratulations @NSx xx
NSx · 15/02/2023 09:37
@NatGee no u did me a favour, so thank you! ❤️
listen I honestly had given up hope! My fiancé said this is our month I feel it in my bones and I was like ok whatever 😂 then it happened … we have been trying for like 8/9ish cycles so it hasn’t happened fast & I already had the conversations planned with my GP on demanding fertility investigations! what I will say is, I had a smear a couple of days before ovulation so not sure if that has anything to do with it or I’m clutching at straws, my partner also started taking new supplements this month & I started on vitamin b complex 4 weeks ago. Again could be nothing but it’s worth noting ! Also how ironic we did my partners sperm analysis on 09/02 and the results are due on Friday 😂😂😄
@Matildahoney thank u and welcome, it’s a tough road. We DTD 6 days in a row this month as I had had enough 😂 and wanted to throw everything at it 😇
Matildahoney · 15/02/2023 09:47
@NSx it's frustrating, I fell in July without really trying, I came off the pill last Jan, then had an MC in Sept, been trying ever since! Not really stressing about it, just getting to know my cycle & temping. Yeah my OH is worn out 🤣 he was glad to have a night off last night. I'm not getting any younger either so need to get a move on!
NatGee · 15/02/2023 09:48
@nsx funny how gut instinct works, male intuition might be a thing after all :D We're on our 10th cycle now, including one in which I didn't ovulate so not sure if I should count that? i'd probably be feeling a little more desperate if we hadn't gotten a puppy a few months back. It's a long while particularly when it's such a basic function of our bodies, makes you wonder what's going on?
Itll be worth seeing what your DP's SA is like? I am sure that all that dtd had something to do with it, I am firmly of the opinion that more is more!
@Matildahoney I am too about to enter my tww. We're always waiting eh? Hope this is your month xx
NSx · 15/02/2023 09:56
@Matildahoney its very frustrating because everyone kept saying ‘oh you’ve just been pregnant you will be more fertile it will happen quickly’ and it didn’t. While 8/9 and upto a year is classes as absolutely normal, it doesn’t feel that way month after month of BFN you know? … I also temp. That was a thing that caught my attention this month, my temps started dropping way before AF was due, almost as if the pattern was going backwards, as normally it rises and rises until just before AF. I will post my charts for your reference.
@NatGee yes I will be interested to what the SA says. Tbh I was worried I had Lowish progesterone because when I did my day 21 bloods in August it came back as 30.8 now whilst anything over 30 says strong ovulation I felt it was on the lower side, therefore I decided to start vitamin b complex on the back of something I read on here to increase it and I don’t know if that has anything to do with it
NSx · 15/02/2023 11:38
Forgot to attach the charts didn’t I 😂😂😂 @Matildahoney
allgoodthings84 · 15/02/2023 12:45
@NSx I got the sticky baby the cycle after I stopped taking vit b complex 😂 I was taking it up until then as meant to help with spotting but it didn’t help and my bloods showed my b vit levels were fine.
NSx · 15/02/2023 12:48
@allgoodthings84 honestly I have no clue 😂 ttc and pregnancy is a fickle thing isn’t it 😫❤️
allgoodthings84 · 15/02/2023 12:48
My scan went really well. Just waiting on my downs, Edwards, Patau risk results to come through (which is 3-5 working days if anything wrong and up to 10 if low risk)! So not telling my daughter u too after that but the NT measurements were great and the nasal bone was looking good so hopefully all ok
NSx · 15/02/2023 12:50
@allgoodthings84 fingers crossed for you 🤞❤️ im confident all is well. That’s where things started to go wrong for me the last time so I’m terrified of getting to that stage! But if things look good in the scan then I’m sure it’s all perfect, sending you lots of positive vibes x
allgoodthings84 · 15/02/2023 12:59
@NSx the sonographer at the end said “congratulations on your baby it looks like a very healthy baby from what a scan can tell us at this stage” so I’m going to start feeling more positive now.
NSx · 15/02/2023 13:03
@allgoodthings84 thats all u need to hear ❤️❤️❤️ I’m so happy for u x
Matildahoney · 15/02/2023 13:08
@NSx ooh that's a good chart, better than the one I have! I'll look at that app, might move all my data over to it & see how it looks. I'll keep temping then! See what happens. Thank you!
I completely agree about everyone's bloody comments! So annoying.
NSx · 15/02/2023 13:21
@Matildahoney yes fertility friend is great for temping it’s really good for the charts you start to be able to compare and see patterns. My charts were always following the same pattern as the right one. Rising and rising where as this month it was the opposite so I had a sneaking suspicion something may be happening!
people talk rubbish, I don’t think it’s the same for everyone maybe some people are more fertile for me it wasn’t the case, it took me 3 months the first time around and like 8/9 months second time! X
Matildahoney · 16/02/2023 11:27
@NSx this is mine so far, I have no idea what's normal 🤣
TunnocksTCake · 16/02/2023 11:31
Thanks for the tag, and thank you all for your advice on the last thread. DH fell asleep on the sofa on Tuesday night anyway so the decision was out of my hands 😂 poor bloke, obviously needed a rest! Now 3DPO and hating the tww already 😣
I have been half temping but I keep forgetting and my sleep is so bad at the moment I'm not sure it will be of any use. I found it really useful when TTC my first and had a similar thing as you @NSx so I just knew!
@allgoodthings84 glad the scan went well, fingers crossed the results take their sweet time :)
TunnocksTCake · 16/02/2023 11:45
@Matildahoney As I said I am a little out of practice but I would say you ovulated CD16 - after the peak OPK, and your dotted line should be just above that temp? So dont be surprised if you arent as many DPO as FF is saying...
Does anyone know why all the apps assume you Ovulate the day after peak when it can happen up to 3 days after?
Matildahoney · 16/02/2023 12:02
@TunnocksTCake thank you, my peak was 100% Saturday, barely had a line any other day! I thought you ovulated 24-36 hours after peak, that's what someone on another thread said, I really should read up on it all myself! I'll just keep an eye and see what happens! But DP was pleased to have Tuesday and today off 🤣 he also feel asleep on the sofa last night!
TunnocksTCake · 16/02/2023 12:36
@Matildahoney yes, that was what made me think FF is wrong - it has you ovulating the day before your peak at the moment!
@NatGee that's what I thought! Probably should have carried on another night but oh well!
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