Trying for a Baby Part 7

abis21

Yeah, thats a definate positive JoJoB!!! Congraulations :j:j

TTC40

Congrats Jojo

tattoo-

congratulations JoJo x

Elsie37

Congrats jojo! Just did my opk again today and its negative! Does this mean Ive missed my chance to catch the egg or is today still ok after a positive yesterday?

JoJoB

Phew! Thanks ladies - and sorry for queue jumping. Good luck to you all on your ttc journies xx

Elsie - getting the negative means the egg was released somewhere between today's neg and yesterday's positive. Basically the LH level drops straight away once the egg is released and you've got 12-24 hours to catch it. So you could still have a fair bit of time today to get fertilising.

maire1

Thank you so much got the congratulations!

Yep it's been two lOng, difficult years. I'd resigned myself to the fact we'd probably need help concieving so it's really taken me by surprise!

I KNOW you'll all join me soon! You all deserve your babies so much! Xxx

Elsie37

Are the clearblue digitals accurate as i was surprised it happened yesterday? Just wondering if it was a mistake as Ive had no ovulation pain?

mogwai

Congrats Jojo u lucky thing, im greeeen with envy!

Elsie do you always get ov pain? ive discovered since starting ttc that every cycle is different for me, last cycle I had zero boob pain, first time in my life!

I think the clearblues are pretty accurate, are you temping too, as the rise will tell you for sure.

Creamy CM! another first for me, got some today, lol...

tinkwings

JojoB - Huge Congrats xxxxxx

RazWaz

JoJoB Congratulations!

QQ I'm 22

Can anyone help me understand OPKs a bit better? I should probably explain why or my questions wont really make sense. OH is sort of, wired up backwards, so nothing ever comes out, it goes backwards into his bladder, meaning natural conception is pretty much impossible, we've used no protection for 3 years now and nothing. We looked into IUI/IVF but can't afford it, and because of the age gap between us, I'm too young for NHS funding, and he's too old.

Since we can't go down the IUI/IVF route, and because of some pretty nasty genetic heart problems on his side, we've decided to go with a donor, and are using the DIY method. Obviously this means I can't really just BD lots and hope for the best so I need to be able to pinpoint things quite well. We have a donor but he lives an hours drive away so it's one shot a month really.

I know that you should use OPKs in the afternoon, after not drinking for a few hours, but how soon after a positive should I visit my donor? And is there anything else I need to know to give me the best chances?