BBTing our way to a BFP in August 🎉

[Hotmalibu94]

Hi all!
My body has begun a new cycle in its quest to torture me with cycles that are getting a day longer at a time 😅 so I thought I'd see if anyone wants to join me in BBT charting this month!

DH and I are currently TTC #1, we started in June so are on CD1 of cycle #3 now and I wanted to start doing something a bit more to track without feeling like I'm constantly peeing on some kind of stick 😂 I've previously tried charting in April and May to prevent pregnancy but I hadn't quite got the hang of it yet so the charts were a bit all over the place. My chart since restarting BBT on Sunday already seems a lot more stable than it was last time so hopefully it'll give me some more info this time!

Please feel free to say hi below and introduce yourselves 😊 looking for as many friends as possible in this crazy world of TTC 💕

Getting confused with the opks as the same test gave me a higher reading after I scanned it more than once but still low and similar values to what I have been having so we'll see whats happening, going to continue assuming O-day is tomorrow and BD today and tomorrow hopefully and see how it goes

@CatiaR mine were like this for ages then they suddenly just shot up so yours might do too! Do you know roughly what day you ovulate normally? Mine was a bit late this month.

@pinkmarshmalloww ugh that's so frustrating! It sounds like you've got a good plan going though! I'll be praying for your floof 😂🙏🏽

@thejollytrolleydolly honestly have no clue! I believe it was on CD17 last month as well thinking back to the fact I had a lot of cramps but that would be my guess. I will keep testing and see how it goes, continuing to BD as if tomorrow was it and see how we go

Just hope I'm actually ovulating but we shall see it could be later not too sure! TTC is fun isn't it 😅

Hopefully you find your peak soon guys x

Found this on tiktok for all us symptoms spotters 😂
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJpP66EQ/

And just as I’ve said that noticed more EWCM so I’m sure it will be fine! 😂 could be me being daft and missing it too. Going to try and test every 2-3 hrs holding off drinking too much and see what happens.

@ginny93yeah I hate the clock symbol, sitting there mocking me 😂 glad it's gone! I'm glad your bleeding has stopped. Keeping my fingers crossed that your next test will be negative and all the best for this next cycle 💕

@CatiaR yeah definitely get your BDing in today and tomorrow 😅 I reckon tomorrow will be your ov day 👀 I bet you'll have a quick rise on the tests! Any update?

@pinkmarshmalloww I think it'll be tomorrow for you! When are you gonna test again? Fingers crossed for good old righty 💪 haha oh no, extra BD 👀 Hope your foof holds up 😂

@Huriya oh no! I hope the heartburn clears up quickly. And fingers crossed it's a good sign!!! 💕

@Lollywhite sending you lots of love 💕

@Ncl31 fingers crossed Ovusense helps you this month! 💕

@thejollytrolleydolly can't believe you're 5dpo already! So starting testing in two days is it? 😛 sounds like a fab weekend!

3dpo - mild heartburn this morning, you know when your chest just feels warm 😅 and fairly energetic today!

@Hotmalibu94 I've felt energetic too strangely! Normally I'm fatigued literally from ov onwards and yeah I'll deffo succumb to testing really early 😂 I just love to poas hahaha!!

Yeah fab weekend but back flying today on lates too which I hate so I'm sure I'll be ☠️ all of this week 🥲

@Hotmalibu94 my test at midday was still low on 0.3s but going to test again at 4ish, feeling a bit confused but my body been giving some signs its coming? just mild cramping and the EWCM alongside the BBT drop but can see how BBT will be the next few days to help pinpoint it, its been fairly stable there with some ups and downs depending on how warm the weather has been.

Plan is to ambush DH as soon as he comes home with BD 😅 it helps that I'm WFH today and tomorrow for sure

@Hotmalibu94 the heartburn and stomach acid was so bad had to take Gaviscon for relief which has helped alot.

@pinkmarshmalloww marshmalloww My app seems to have readjusted to Wednesday. But my CM makes me think I might be on track for today/tomorrow. Just got to keep testing and see what happens. Definitely make sure to BD just incase. Won't hurt to make sure there's fresh sperm available for whenever your egg needs it!

@CatiaR my tests have been in the low 0.3s too. Trying to wait till 4pm to test again. Will keep you posted. I've also been cramping with EWCM. Sounds like we might ovulate around the same time / hours apart! Keep me posted with your 4pm test.
TTC really isn't fun! I sometimes feel annoyed that DH gets to do all the fun stuff, and me and my body have to do everything else.

@Huriya Glad to hear you're feeling better!

@Hotmalibu94 Aww, hope the heartburn goes away. Have a lovely TWW and we'll be joining you soon!

@Myna13 yup! I am about to test as well, definitely want to pee before I ambush DH when he gets home 😆

its not really, DH is just like chill it will happen it happens but then will proceed to only want to BD outside fertile window so I'm like that's not how it works 😄

@Myna13 its lower again so will hold my pee for more hours this time, still noticed more EWCM

@CatiaR I'm not sure how much stock I put in these apps after mine told me that my (clearly peak) OPK was a negative 😂
I think having them all together so you can compare is good but you need to take the results with a pinch of salt

@thejollytrolleydolly I peaked early and now I'm knackered 😂 was a crazy morning at work though so I think I just powered through and then crashed. And now admin afternoon and I'm going a bit foggy 😂 oh bless you! Sounds like a tough shift! Hope it goes ok!

@CatiaR hopefully your BBT drop is a sign, keeping my fingers crossed you're almost there now! Keep us updated. WFH is perfect for BDing 😅

@Myna13 thanks, to be fair it was only very mild. I notice these things when I'm driving as I have nothing much else to think about 😂 just felt like a warm chest, wasn't too uncomfortable, just like id eaten some spicy food 😂
Totally get how you feel with the DH doing the fun bits. It's definitely much harder being the one who symptom spots all the time 😂 it's easier for him to distance himself from it and not think about it too much!

@Hotmalibu94 yeah that’s true, as long as I’m ovulating is fine really but I’ve never really checked. That alongside BBT might give me a clue. I feel like BBT has been more stable than opks.

well my WFH hours are the same as his lab work in office is so was just about catching him earlier than usual. He was complaining the other day how its always at the same times but in the end told me he has stuff to do so later in the evening it is! 😂

Welcome @Lollywhite and @WombatBombat 👋🏻. Sorry to hear about your MC @Lollywhite 💐

Had a slight temp rise this morning, over the cover line but not 0.2 higher than the previous three days, so I’m probably 1DPO but expect I’ll have a more convincing rise tomorrow so could be ovulating today 🤔

I’m going to resist testing until day before AF or day it’s due, depending on how urgently I want answers by then! I’ve already starting symptom spotting but I was quite convinced my nausea and sore boobs were a sign last month, and that was a BFN…

@Myna13 how did you get on with your opks?

I just done my last one of the day and still super confused. Its definitely not positive but I can scan the same test twice in the app and give me different numbers every time lol 0.3 one time 0.5 one time and 0.79 another time. I must be doing something wrong 😑

either way I got EWCM some twinges and drop of bbt so imma assume that’ll be ovulating tomorrow and hope for the best

Either way its more than 10 mins by now so no point in looking at it. Gonna BD tonight and tomorrow and then join you all in the TWW 😊

if BBT doesn’t do the way expected I’ll definitely hold off testing till AF is due.

have a lovely evening all

@Ncl31 ahh is your the arm one, yeah I’ve read that outside factors can effect temperature with that, that’s good I didn’t realise they did that. So far I’ve had no problems with the vaginal one I personally feel more confident using that then relying on OPKs.

aw really I hope u manage to get confirmation soon 🤞🏼

@MorningsideMaisie thankyou 💕

can I just ask does anyone else completely obsess over this TTC malarkey it’s constantly on the back of my mind? How on earth do you detach yourself from this mindeset I’m about to go insane xx

@MorningsideMaisie see what it does tomorrow, hopefully will come up some more! Mine came up one day, back down the next to just under the cover line and then up again today. Fingers crossed yours keeps going up!

@CatiaR hopefully you're ovulating tomorrow, seems very frustrating! Hedge your bets and BD daily I guess!

@Lollywhite I think about it constantly tbh lovely. Hope you're doing ok x

@Hotmalibu94 yeah! My body is giving me signs of it so will just stop overthinking it and continue doing my things without worrying so much about not seeing the positive test in the opk. Might give different timings a go tomorrow as I tend to test alway around 12, 4, 7pm maybe it makes a difference but really annoying the app reads different values if you scan it within like a minute.

My goodness ladies i can't physically BD anymore 🫠 🫣 is it acceptable to say "I'll bend over. Fill me up" 💦
😭☠️🤣🤣
Problem is my partner has this "if you don't finish, I'm not either" as he thinks it's unfair 😅
I mean I don't want to take the fun out of it but the more I BD the less "keen" I am and it takes me forever to yano 👀
Tonight's BD has killed me off after BD twice yesterday. Ovulation was either today or tomorrow as I'm having a drawn out peak. But I think I'm going to have to miss tomorrow 😮‍💨

@pinkmarshmalloww I read it earlier in the thread but I'm still amazed that one fallopian tube can just mosey on over to the other ovary! They didn't teach us that in biology! Sounds like you've covered your bases from a BD pov anyway(!!) so fingers crossed :)

@Lollywhite thanks, yeah I find I can't really think of much else tbh. I do try to only come on MN twice a day though - I find being on here loads can make me (even more) obsessive haha