Official Trying to Conceive - Thread 12

devildolly5

Thanks you ladies for all your comments. It means a lot. No more spotting and cramps have eased a little. I will feel better once the weekend comes and goes I think.

I OV early this month (luckily I was doing OPKS from CD10) around CD11-12, so I think I am somewhere like 14-15DPO now. This means we BD O-3 and O+1 and got a low score for timing on FF...but it seems to have worked....so don't count yourself out if you think you didn't time DTD.

On the numbers...it took me ages to learn what all the abbreviations meant....but think of it all as a sort of second language now

Good luck black ribboner and everyone else, fingers crossed.

I was thinking about you ladies last night and then thought to myself how strange it would be to have to explain to someone that I am hoping that women who I only know by username are having lots of sex and getting positive OPKs....:):):)

aileth

Hi ladies, can someone help me with BBT? I bought a thermometer, but I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to be looking out for. I have no idea if I've ovulated yet this month as we've been taking it pretty laid back and I was doing the cheapie opks wrong for the first half of the month anyway. I've only recorded today's and yesterday's. I'm not overly confident this month, but can someone tell me for next cycle (a) what I'm supposed to be looking for, (b) whether I start tempting at CD1 or in the 2WW?

Thanks ladies, hope you're all well.

kellykins

Black_Ribboner wrote: »

I've driving myself mad today trying to spot ovulation - ridiculously early at CD11, but it's 5 days since taking the last Clomid and ewcm on Monday left me all giddy and unsettled Have had the tiniest bit of ewcm again today and nagging backache all afternoon - which is probably just backache, but my gosh it's hard not to overthink these things!

Hi Black ribboner, are you not being monitored for ovulation with ultra sound scans, if you are taking clomid?I find it so annoying that depending on where you live in the country, depends on what sort of treatment you receive. I had scans on CD11, CD13 and CD16 last month, ended up having the HCG trigger injection on CD16 then bloods a week later. This month i didnt have my scan until CD16 (yesterday) and received the trigger shot injection. I have one follicle this month measuring 19mm yesterday, so hopefully its grown a little over night and become a little more juicy and a bit of a bigger target! :rotfl: going for 5 nights of BD now - lets see how that pans out!

Congratulations devildolly! wishing you a very sticky bean!

right onto the lists! xx

kellykins

Winner of April BFP -(4) Lulu

May BFP!

lulu 92 - BFP 3/5/15 :j:j
Rambosmum- BFP 11/5/15 :j:j
devildolly5 - BFP 13/5/15 :j:j

May BFP predictions

Black Ribboner : 4
Kellykins: 4
lulu 92: 3
Cuilean: 3
snapping_crocodile:

Thread Graduates
keza - 4/1/15
oscarsmummy-14/1/15
Marmite 27: 7/2/15
sunshine81:11/2/15
Cath_Ster:15/2/15
dottymrsp: 21/2/15
AmyTurtle 8/3/15
Mrshaworth2b 10/3/15
Bluegreen143 23/3/15
ScienceGrrl -10/4/15
Diamond Orchid-13/4/15
LittleMoog -17/4/15
snow_ball-25/4/15

kellykins

Two Week Wait (BFP Hopefuls)
CD?? T-Sil -37DPO :cool:
CD41 Mortgage Reduction Novice-26DPO :cool:
CD24 ellesbellesxxx- 10DPO :cool:
CD24 Lemon Tree-7DPO :cool:


"If in doubt - BD" Zone
CD96 sunnydayz-Awaiting ov
CD85 Vince Vaughn-Awaiting ov
CD85 Bluegreen143-Awaiting ov
CD74 flower10-Awaiting ov
CD58 hbex-Awaiting ov
CD28 babyb06- Awaiting ov
CD28 MovingUp- Awaiting ov
CD26 pinkshoes -Awaiting ov
CD25 aileth- Awaiting ov
CD21 cyantist-Awaiting ov
CD23 chickp-Awaiting ov
CD21 Cuilean-Awaiting ov
CD21 ThinkPink- Awaiting ov
CD20 Snapping_crocodile-Awaiting ov
CD17 Kellykins - Awaiting ov
CD15 HighlandLass - Awaiting ov
CD13 Skaps- Awaiting ov
CD13 Black Ribboner-Awaiting ov
CD10 me-charlotte-Awaiting ov

"Wine and Chocolate" zone
CD6 maire1-Awaiting ov


Those we haven't heard from in a while
4nnabella
Crystal85
Hollydog
Battlestarcat
xnatillyx
air cooled75
Lindsey
wegle
acesx
cottage_retreatist
cwtw
lilian1977
Keepergirl
2ba3c
Frankieloo
VickyV
Mogwai
Bobley
ttc39
WizzyPop
cherrylips30


Those with * sometimes uses conceive plus/preseed.
The names in blue has a link to their Fertility Friend chart.
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Cuilean

aileth wrote: »

Hi ladies, can someone help me with BBT? I bought a thermometer, but I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to be looking out for. I have no idea if I've ovulated yet this month as we've been taking it pretty laid back and I was doing the cheapie opks wrong for the first half of the month anyway. I've only recorded today's and yesterday's. I'm not overly confident this month, but can someone tell me for next cycle (a) what I'm supposed to be looking for, (b) whether I start tempting at CD1 or in the 2WW?

Aileth, have you got a FF account? You can log your temp readings on there and it'll tell you when the temperature spike indicates ovulation. There's also a little training "game" where they show you random charts of other people's temperatures, and which day they ovulated on, based on temp data.


Devildolly, I have thought the same thing. I will randomly tell my husband that "someone I know" has got a BFP, and how pleased I am for them. This probably seems very odd to him, as we've not long lived here and I haven't really made any friends yet, yet alone ones who are also TTC. He probably thinks I'm making up imaginary friends :laugh:

aileth

Cuilean wrote: »

Aileth, have you got a FF account? You can log your temp readings on there and it'll tell you when the temperature spike indicates ovulation. There's also a little training "game" where they show you random charts of other people's temperatures, and which day they ovulated on, based on temp data.

No, I don't Is it like Ovia?

Cuilean

aileth wrote: »

No, I don't Is it like Ovia?

Not sure TBH as I've never had Ovia, but you can log your data on it. It's quite scientific and data driven, but you just give it the data you want and it still makes a prediction. I don't temp, but I log my fertility monitor data on it, and it's been pretty accurate so far. Here's an example of someone else's chart with their temp data. The red vertical line indicates when FF says ovulation occurred, based on temp data.

aileth

Thanks a lot, Cuilean. I've downloaded it. Looks pretty intimidating but a lot more indepth!

Edit: I've put all my data in and it seems to think I ovulated two days ago. I've had lots of EWCM over the past few days, but my opks haven't shown anything, so who knows at this point!

Black_Ribboner

Kellykins, I'm not having any scans or secondary medication - despite the positive diagnosis of PCOS and anovulatory cycles, my GP didn't want to know and said we wouldn't get any tests or support until 2 years after my miscarriage - because although I miscarried within a few days, I did conceive, so everything's fine, right? I went to a private doctor for the Clomid and unfortunately they don't offer the extra support, but have told me to use opks to track. Because I do ovulate sometimes, I'm hoping this will be the extra little push to get a guaranteed egg at earlier than CD26, because I do think there might be something to later ovulation making miscarriage more likely.

Hoping it works out for both of us, everything crossed for you this cycle

Aileth, I've found fertility friend to be pretty accurate. I had ewcm after my possible ovulation date last cycle, it can happen if estrogen surges when building up uterus lining. Some people reckon it's a sign of pregnancy, but I'd take that with a pinch of salt :cool:

Devildolly, all sounds good Hope you have a lovely weekend and can relax a bit next week.