TTC July 2024 ✨♥️

[LucyCL]

This is for those who are trying to conceive crossing over from the end of June to July. Sending positive vibes to all of us !💙

In theory, RHR rises when you are getting close to the ovulation day. Then it stays elevated during 2ww until AF shows up then drops. If pregnant, it will keep increasing.
A lot of people have had the same experience however not in my case. Perhaps I am not yet close to ovulate so my RHR stays low?

I’m not sure what RHR is sorry but I do track my BBT on natural cycles and the Premom app and I have been doing OPK’s.

In terms of Premom getting your ovulation date wrong it’s done the same to me- I have only just got my peak this morning (and static smiley on clear blue OPK) and I’m CD21- but Premom refuses to believe this and has kept my ovulation date as last week at CD16 😂 natural cycles seems to be better at updating depending on your LH tests and BBT!

Thanks so much :) does your apple watch give you an RHR chart? I can only seem to find today's RHR, or do you have to check it daily and chart it? Ah possibly! Is this your first month checking RHR? I charted BBT when TTC our son, which was very reliable (despite my haywire cycles). I was planning on taking a relaxed approach this time, but if I can easily see my RHR on my Apple Watch I may as well check it 😂

RHR is resting heart rate. That's so funny premom is doing that. Do you think perhaps if you ovulate past a certain date it's just like 'nope'?! Mine was predicting ovulation for CD15 for ages and ignoring my negative OPKs, but once input a positive on CD17 it switched to CD18 for ovulation. Saying that, when we were TTC #1 I ovulated CD31 (🙄), and it put that as my ovulation day in line with my OPKs and BBT. Maybe once you get your temp rise it will sort itself out? In the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter as you know when you ovulated, but it's nice to have a nice neat chart isn't it!

Yes, there is an app called Health on iPhone. You go to the app , click on "Show All Health Data" then look for Resting Heart Rate. Open it and you will see the chart under D, W, M, 6M and Y.

@MaryMax @DaisyEM Yes, that is what normally happens: when there is a sudden rise in BBT and premom immediately sets the day as the O day. Then my BBT keeps rising and premom still doesn't adjust the O day. However on the day of LH surge, I use the app to take the picture of the LH strip and it is shown as peak then the app resets the O day to the exact day.
It doesn't matter as long as I know I ovulated however I don't like the fact that I cannot change the O day on premom.

Thank you, I had a look at that earlier but it just shows me a ‘range’ for the day; so for example today it’s 55-121, instead of showing me just an acreage for RHR. I’m assuming it’s showing me the full range from sleeping to being active. Can’t figure out how to just see the RHR 🤦🏻‍♀️

It’s worked for me today- it’s picked up my peak LH test from this morning and changed ovulation to tomorrow now! 😆 I guess I’m about to enter the TTW in a day or two 🤞🏼feels like it’s been a loooong wait, ovulating late in your cycle is not fun!

I'm using natural cycles as my temps sync automatically with my fitness ring. I was terrible with forgetting thermometer before then and have short cycles between 24-28 days so really needed to pinpoint ovulation.

@Splishsplashsplosh93 everything crossed for you! You're making me want an oura ring!

Big temp drop for me this morning and AF due tomorrow so I'm out.

Hopefully some BFPs for everyone else! 🤞🏻

Ah so sorry to hear that. Sending you all the hope that next month is your month (or AF doesn't arrive!).

I'm 8dpo, another BFN! I've never tested every day before not sure what's changed. I think it's because it's been so many cycles and we're doing allll the things to make it happen I feel like it has to be us at some point

I'm not on commission I promise, it's just my shiny new toy

I convinced DH that it would be cheaper than fertility treatment and make me nicer to be around during TWW.

This is how I find RHR on my iPhone

This is the app Health

Wow! I am happy for you! Finally you are about to enter 2WW whereas I am still waiting. 😄

Try using OvuSense because it measures BBT internally. BBT (oral) fluctuates a lot so sometimes my BBT drops due to the weather or interrupted night etc.

Can I join this thread? My period arrived last night so CD2, TTC#1.

For anyone who is interested in the methods of taking daily BBT
Since the beginning of this cycle, I have been using Temdrop, OvuSense and BBT (thermometer and premom).
I find OvuSense (internal BBT) more reliable
Temdrop is a maybe
I use BBT (thermometer) as a second opinion

Today I see OvuSense and Temdrop match each other but there is a rise in BBT (oral).

Welcome! Good luck and hopefully this new cycle will be it for you!😀

@LucyCL amazing thank you. I’ve found it now 🥳 mine shows no increase, hopefully that doesn’t mean that I’m not ovulating 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ll have to read into RHR and interpreting charts more xx

@LucyCL genuinely now a bit worried I’m not ovulating 😂 my rhr shows no increase 🤦🏻‍♀️

I would like to show you mine.
I started to track RHR since CD1 of this cycle, and my RHR has been decreasing instead of increasing. My CB fertility monitor detected a rise in estrogen yesterday and that means I am very likely to get the peak by next Tuesday. My LH levels are increasing at the moment so my body is gearing up to ovulate but my RHR shows the opposite.
It'd be interesting to see if RHR increases when it is getting close to the O day.
So, at the moment, I wouldn't trust RHR if I were you. It is better to have other data sources to see what our body is doing at the moment.

@LucyCL thanks so much ☺️ mine looks similar to what yours looks like but for most of the month. Is this your first month tracking RHR? I had a positive OPK and 4 days of EWCM, plus cervix was high and soft at the time of the positive OPK, and then low/hard after predicted ovulation. So for me I think those are enough signs that I ovulated, although of course I know the only way to confirm ovulation is by charting BBT. So annoyed my Apple Watch is such an old version 😂 I don’t know why, but I’m very much getting ‘not pregnant’ vibes at the mo at 7DPO!

Yes, it is my first month to track RHR and today is CD13 for me. In theory, RHR will rise when I am close to ovulate ( if CB fertility monitor is precise like last cycle , I expect to ovulate next Wednesday). I find BBT ( OvuSense ) more reliable than BBT ( oral ). Currently I have three ways to track BBT because I don’t trust BBT ( measured by thermometer) because it fluctuates a lot.

I'm not feeling very positive about this cycle... Today is predicted ovulation day according to Flo (which was accurate last month) but I have zero EWCM or other ovulation symptoms. DTD on tues/weds/yesterday and will probably try to do today and tomorrow, but not very hopeful - wondering if the chemical last month disrupted things.