When did I ovulate - help!! :’(

[Dan521]

I have no idea when I ovulated and therefore do not know what DPO I am on…

I tend to have 28 day cycles but sometimes up to 31 days. My last cycle was 31 days, the cycle before was 28.

My LMP was 9th July, Flo app has put my ovulation day as 23rd July (the typical 14 days) I have only logged 2 cycles.

I tried ovulation testing for the first time this month, I kept getting fairly dark lines but none appeared to be fully positive. Some days I only tested once per day, i am aware I may have missed the peak.

I don’t get a lot of EGCM or ovulation symptoms but I did notice a small amount of EWCM on 20th July, I also had a chin spot on this day and a really high sex drive. (I don’t tend to get ovulation cramps or any other symptoms) this date obviously doesn’t coincide with the ovulation day of the Flo app or OPK tests.

The photo attached is probably the darkest the OPK I ever got (I didn’t do any more id given up by this point because I thought I’d already ovulated) this test was on 25th July which again doesn’t coincide with symptoms or Flo app prediction. But it would be 15 days before AF if I was to have a 31 day cycle, which would mean if I ovulated 24 hours later it would be a 14 day luteal phase. Does the test look positive?

I feel like I have multiple pregnancy symptoms and feel exactly as I did with previous pregnancies.. bloated, vivid dreams, sore breasts (I don’t get sore breasts with AF), exhaustion where I’m taking naps in the day, frequent urination, agitation and mood swings, and popcorn smelling wee which was a tell tale sign in previous pregnancies.

I have done an early result pregnancy test today but it was BFN. Is any one able to tell me when I am most likely to have ovulated?

Also, it appears FRER tests are no longer available. I’ve always considered these most reliable. Is there another test someone can recommend.

The TWW has got me pulling my hair out 😭

You need to relax OP. Strangers on the internet cannot tell you what you do not know about your own body. Relax and enjoy the journey.

It’s just driving me mad not knowing how many dpo I am. I was hoping that someone who has been tracking their cycles for a while might be able to shed some light on which day would have been most likely.

You can't really know for sure, for sure, how many DPO you are anyway without scans and blood tests! It's all a guess even with BBT and OPK (albeit a very educated guess)

All you do know for sure is that you are on CD 25 and roughly 14 days past a positive OPK.

Only a few more days until you'll miss a period, and a sensible person would say to wait to test then but I absolutely would have been testing by now.

The lack of FRER is also driving me absolutely bonkers! All of my other pregnancies I've used them and it's in my head that they are the "luck" I need.

I currently have easy@home tests but can't tell you how accurate they are other than I've not had any evaps or false positives yet as they've all been complete stark negatives.

@HopefullMumto4 i could be ranging from 13dpo to 7dpo 😭 one end of that scale tells me im pretty much out this month, the other end tells me I might still be in with a chance. It’s driving me mad!

I seen some threads that FRER have been discontinued, they were always my go to tests. I work up and down the country and travel to different cities multiple times per week, I have been looking for them but haven’t found any so far. I feel like boots early tests are the next best. Clear blue early seem to give false positives, I have had two evap lines that could have been mistaken for a positive on clear blues.

@Dan521 I scrolled through a post today where someone had gotten a BFP at cd54! So definitely not out just yet. I have everything crossed for you.

If you happen to find any frer - buy them all 🤣

Hi I am currently 11 dpo and actively trying for baba number 2, I wanted some opinion whether anyone can see anything from my test I am currently 4 days away from a period

@Natsya I have two like this and been negative on every other test. I don’t think I would believe unless it was confirmed on another test or a strong positive on the same test. Its awful that this happens on clear blue, I’ve seen so many posts of people getting their hopes up :(

@HopefullMumto4 I’m guessing by your name you’re hoping for baby number 4 :) me too!

Hey Hun, my last period started on 8th July and I ovulated on 20th July, I've been testing positive for pregnancy since Sunday. Just thought I'd give insight to timings considering our dates for our cycle are very close. I usually have 31 day cycles but last two were only 27 days x

Yes I am :) ah cool! How old are you children?

@HopefullMumto4 mine are 15, 14 and 10. I’ve had some miscarriages since them. I had what I was told was a molar a few months ago but it turns out it wasn’t a molar. The only time I’ve had no symptoms was the suspected molar, I was gob smacked when I seen the BFP because I didn’t expect it at all. How old are yours?

@Ttcmumma that measures very closely with the day I had ovulation symptoms. If that is the case for me then I am likely to be out for this month. It is only my first month of me ttc though.

Congratulations on your BFP I hope everything runs smoothly for you xx

@Ttcmumma what test did you use to get your BFP?

@Dan521 thank you!
I used boots tests first, then triple check clear blue (got digital result on Monday 1-2 weeks) x

Complete opposite end of childhood! Mine are 7,8 and 5! They are all 18 months apart so another baby will definitely be a shock for them as none of them can remember the others being a baby.

Sorry to hear about your miscarriages. I dont totally understand what a molar pregnancy is - I'll have a Google later, but I imagine to not expect a BFP and then have it end early would be triple devastating.

@Ttcmumma thank you, would you say the pic I posted is a positive opk? That was on the 25th July which would make me 9dpo today.

the two photos I’ve attached here where taken on 19th and 21st and are a lot lighter. I think I may have ovulated later and this could be another 31 day cycle.

if it is a 28 day cycle that would mean I am 4 days away from AF and still testing BFP with an early test.

I am just trying to figure out if I am likely to be out this month or if there is still hope.

@HopefullMumto4 my two older ones have 10 months between them it was hard work when they were babies 🙈 theyve grown up to be really close though.

surprisingly none of my pregnancies have been planned, they’ve all been a result of failed contraception etc but I’ve always known I was pregnant before it was confirmed. The suspected molar pregnancy was a result of not dtd for over a week to avoid the fertile period. I had no symptoms and only tested because my period was a week late. I was so surprised that I didn’t feel pregnant at all so I paid for an early scan because I just knew something wasn’t right. The scan confirmed my suspicions and I went to epu. The whole ordeal went on for months I had a coil fitted to avoid going through the same process again but have now had it taken back out.

so this is the first time in my life that I am actively trying to conceive and I can’t believe how agonising the tww is. I really feel for all the couples who have done this month after month for a long period of time. I am beginning to worry that my age is now against me.

@Dan521 honestly no I wouldn't say that's a positive, I use natural cycle app which helps as if you put the picture on there it tells you if positive or negative. It needs to be as dark as the control line or darker, however I would say you wasn't far off in that picture. I got a positive on the 18th as dark as control and then one darker than control on the 19th and then should have ovulated on 20th x

@Ttcmumma thank you, I guess I’ll just have to wait this one out. It was my first time using opk tests so I was only just discovering how it all works. I have got a better idea now for next month if I am out this month. Hopefully I will be able to determine the right day next time.

i dtd covering all potential days so it is just a case of waiting for af. So far any tests I have done have been BFNs.

I will keep this post updated incase anyone else is in the same position as me in the future.

@Dan521 fingers crossed you still caught it but if not there's always next month! I've been trying since march last year with a 14 week loss in the middle of that so I guess it was about time 😅 x

@Ttcmumma aw I don’t know how you have coped. This is my first tww and it’s consuming me, I couldnt imagine going through this cycle for that long. At least you have your BFP now, that must have been a relief. Congratulations to you and I hope all goes well for you!

I am planning to do what I can to predict ovulation next month and if it still hasn’t happened I’ll just go with the flow and what will be will be. This would be my partners first, he’s desperate for a baby so I haven’t mentioned any potential symptoms to him because I don’t want to get his hopes up. He thinks he may have a problem with his swimmers and I am worrying that I’m on a downward hill with my fertility because of my age.

I just thought @Dan521 have you tried the clearblue smiley face ones? That's a pretty clear yes or no for LH peak. O for negative, flashing smiley for about to ovulate and solid smiley for peak ovulation

They are on off for £27 (I know!) at Tesco at the mo. It's a month supply so if this month isn't the one for you hopefully you'd only need the one month 🤞🤞

This is our first full month TTC this baby and I'm stupidly hoping I only need to buy the one box, but I used them for MONTHS when tracking my cycles before TTC my 2nd.

@HopefullMumto4 i just used cheap ones from home bargains. I naively thought it would be plain sailing to check for ovulation 🙈 I’ll get better ones next month and think I’m going to try temping as well. AF could be due any time from next Sunday - Wednesday I don’t want to be guessing like this again next month. I’ve had another BFN today, got some vey mild cramps right now which I probably wouldn’t have noticed if I was symptom spotting. I don’t usually get AF symptoms before due day, everything just usually hits me like a train on the day.

the weirdest thing that’s been happening is really weird vivid dreams. I dreamt last night I was hiding in a bush from my Nan 🙈 the night before I was in a lift that was going really fast but the doors wasn’t shut so I could see all the levels as it past then and I was planning to jump out but was scared that I’d get chopped in half. That’s just some examples it’s been happening every night, feel like I haven’t been to bed when I wake up because my dreams are chaos.

Still a bfn for me. Pain in my nipples and nausea on and off through out the day, in addition to some other symptoms. The cramps have gotten worse to the point that I’ve taken pain killers.

i usually have awful cramps on the day of my period, never before. AF has never arrived early either.

just keeping the post updated, it drives me mad reading through pages and pages on a thread and then getting to the end and there being no update 🙈

Cramps seem to have gone now. I’ve had a shadow of a line this morning, not getting my hopes up though as it’s so faint. I will re-test tomorrow if AF doesn’t show up.

If this is a 31 day cycle I would likely be around 10 dpo today. If it is a 28 day AF would be due tomorrow.