Anyone else 1dpo? Keep me company!

[secondtimelucky87]

Hello! I'm 36 and TTC no. 2. This is cycle 6 but I only weaned from breastfeeding a couple of weeks ago so feeling cautiously optimistic as I think it was wreaking havoc with my hormones. Know it may well take a few months for hormones to regulate but remain hopeful!

Premom has me down as 1dpo. Anyone want to keep me company during what I suspect will be a painfully slow two weeks?! DTD 6 times in the last 8 days so i don't think I could've given it anymore if I'd tried - especially with a 2yo to look after! 😴

Hi @secondtimelucky87 , how are you doing? Any sign of ovulation yet? Premom is predicting my peak tomorrow and Fitbit is saying Sunday so who knows 😂 No sign of peaking on my OPKs and I've only got 3 left!! Might have to wing it.

@Daniki how is the letrozole going?

@etaketak1991 went well! I had my HSG this morn aswell and tubes looked clear he couldn't see any blockages so delighted with that. Can't have sex for 48 hours, which will bring me up to day 11 so just in time for the fertile window 😂🤞🏻

Hello! All good here, thank you! I'm hoping I'll get my bloods results tomorrow. GP surgery said they actually arrived on Tuesday but maybe it takes a while for doctors to get around to looking at them and phoning back. No peaks here yet but I'm only CD12 and it seems to happen day 13/14 here. Still only highs on the CBFM so far too. May well not get any peaks first month using it though! Otherwise all OK. Nothing from doctors yet about an SA for my husband though which tbh is annoying me a bit. I'm having regular cycles, seem to be ovulating and I know there's only ever the teeniest chance of conception each month but I just want to know if there's anything we can optimise! He's going to chase up again tomorrow..

@Daniki You couldn't have timed that better haha!

@secondtimelucky87 Oh fingers crossed for good news, let us know how you get on. I hope your DH hears back from the doctors soon too. Interesting that your cbfm has only given high readings, is that just off your estrogen?

Yeah it's detected estrogen rise but still no LH surge...which in fairness tallies up with my OPKs too! Thank you - will be really useful to have those results so hopefully back by tomorrow. Only managed to BD once this fertile period so far so need to make up for it this weekend I think. 🤣

So I got these but no other info or insight into what these numbers mean so will have to do my own research until the GP calls me! 🤷‍♀️

Oh how annoying @secondtimelucky87 🙈 I have gab clue either 😂

Haven't a clue* 🥴

Got through to doctors. Only spoke to receptionist but all normal apparently so that's good. I hope they fast track my husband's sperm analysis though as otherwise just feel like we're in annoying limbo of not knowing whether there's anything wrong there!

@secondtimelucky87 That's good that it's all in the normal range! Hopefully that can give reason for your DH's test being fast tracked.

I've been written off work by the doctors for next week and they want to take some x-rays in case I have pneumonia, so going to take a step back from TTC this month now. Onto cycle 6 when I'm hopefully feeling better 😂 Keep me up to date though, I want to know how everyone is getting on!

Oh my goodness you poor thing! I hope you're OK and that it's not anything serious. Sounds like a good idea to let your body heal first so just focus on that for now 🙏

Not sure what's happening with my body this month. I had a lowish 'peak' of 0.84 yesterday on OPK and back to negative today as of 630 this morning. Didn't DTD yesterday as my toddler is going through such a tricky phase with tantrums atm we both just needed to chill out with some crap telly after bedtime. Will try for a few days but I'm not feeling hopeful tbh. I wonder if stress is wreaking havoc as it has been a WEEK between work and the toddler meltdowns.

@secondtimelucky87 good to hear all normal but defo understand that limbo feeling 🥴

@etaketak1991 oh no! Hope it's not that, rest up plenty hot honey and lemon! Xx

@secondtimelucky87 Ah I guess you're in the TWW now then, yes? Good luck 🤞

Thank you both ❤️ Whatever this illness is, it's kicking my bum, and my DD is only occasionally sympathetic 😂 I'll be glad to see the last of it.

That sounds so horrible sorry! Hope you're not unwell for too much longer! 😊

Ended up getting a higher peak over 1 on LH strip yesterday and today I got my first peak on the CBFM, which tallies up with Premom saying I ovulated today. Temp was still only 36.53 today though so no coverline on my BBT chart. Last month we stopped on ovulation day so I guess we'll see if carrying on for one more day makes a difference!

I feel a bit more chilled out about it all this month though. Maybe just because the toddler meltdowns have been so tricky I haven't really had a chance to fixate on TTC. Probably a good thing anyway as it can become a bit all-consuming otherwise.

@secondtimelucky87 Oh that's good that the cbfm confirmed the peak! Good luck for the last stretch of BD, hope it makes a difference.

What OPK strips have you been using? I've been using the cheap one step ones and I've never gotten a positive higher than 0.8. I've always wondered whether its the strips or me, and I need to get some more for next cycle so might dig a little deeper in my pockets this time!

Thank you! Fingers crossed.

These are the ones I use as I like that the Premom app reads them. Had the darkest one I've ever had this morning I think, so hopefully the weaning has helped 🙏 Still thrown by my low temps but we'll say if they go up after ovulation.

@etaketak1991 I'm using the one step ones too! CD 12 and got a high reading of 1.37 so far!

Wondering if it's false readings due to letrozole? DTD last night and may aswell go again tonight 😂

@secondtimelucky87 Ooh thank you, I've been considering those as I use premom to track everything. Fingers crossed the high result is a good sign! 🤞

@Daniki Hmm, maybe it is just me then! I did my last one out of curiosity just now and it rated it as 0.57, so I'm guessing I'm either just before or after peak. Either way, I'm glad it looks like my cycle might be a bit longer this time round, 24 days last time was super short for me!

They're great and really good value I think!

I'm ill too now but at least now I've stopped breastfeeding I can take the proper medicine!

Waiting game now. Still not a great chart but I guess I could still get a coverline in next few days. Hopefully i did ovulate. Interesting though how many days of highs I've had on my LH tests this month. Never had so many in a row so I'm taking that as a good sign my hormones at least are balancing out.

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@secondtimelucky87 Oh wow, I forgot how you could take proper medicine while breastfeeding! That must be a relief. Hope you're feeling better soon.

That chart is looking good to me! And it's really positive news about all those highs on your OPKs, fingers crossed it helps 🤞

@secondtimelucky87 oh wow! Hopefully levelling out for ya! Looks like i ovulated yest I peaked on Sunday! Which is great cuz my toddler is really pushing the boundaries this month and I'm too tired to dtd but we done the last 3 nights and will go tonight and tomorrow to be safe 😖😂

@Daniki Sounds like a plan 👍 Can't wait until my preschooler turns 5 in two years, I'm so done with this threenager 🤪

Best of luck to the two of you in the TWW! I've started tracking my temps again just for consistency's sake. Technically I'm in with a chance, but I think we had to stop too far from ovulation to be counting myself properly in. You never know though 🙃

@etaketak1991 you never know! Last year I fell pregnant in July on the first cycle we started trying again as I had major surgery in April and we only dtd 4 times in that cycle, I had no clue when I was ovulating but if it was going by when I used to ovulate it was around 2 days after! Unfortunately lost it but shows anything can happen 😁 there was another thread on here that a woman fell pregnant the month she was sick and really wasn't expecting it!

Aw stop, my patience is wearing thin my 2.5 year old started sleeping through the night finally a few weeks ago and in the last 2 weeks we're back to multiple wake ups. I was up with him 4 times last night and now I have a creak in my neck, I could cry!! And him happy as Larry here 😂

@Daniki Aw I'm sorry to hear about your loss. That's given me a little hope though!

Yikes, that sounds tough. You think you're out of the woods and then they're very quick to humble you! I just keep telling myself DD isn't going to be crawling into our bed and kicking us for hours at 18 years old 🤪