Official Trying to Conceive - Thread 13

PrettyKittyKat

2 Week Wait (BFP Hopefuls)
CD55 Missmoose
CD39 Thrift260
CD33 Buttermint

"If in doubt - BD" Zone
CD17 Aunty-Pickle
CD16 Creditcardjunkie
CD13 Skimper
CD10 PrettyKittyKat

"Wine and Chocolate" zone
CD9 Ariel85

Those we haven't heard from in a while:
Nanyco, CamelLady, athensgeorgia, SlothSocks, wifeforlife, LKRDN_Morgan, Zeni, KatieBee123, April87

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Please let me know if anything needs editing (including the zone you are in) and I will try to keep up. If you would like adding to the lists just let me know what CD day you are (the first day of your period is CD1).

2018 Thread Graduates:
Afoolandhermoney 23/01/2018
Selement 9/3/2018
Toots14 13/3/2018
T4Taylor 29/3/2018
NelliePie 13/4/2018
HappyLassie13 20/5/2018
Rambosmum 24/5/2018
Celepie 30/5/2018
HopHop 28/5/2018
Gemini90 31/5/2018
Sakurah 22/6/2018
BapBap 1/7/2018
KatieBee123 5/7/2018
Lola25 11/7/2018
HappyLassie13 1/9/2018
BusyBargainz 5/10/2018
WJN222 18/10/2018
Tryingin2018 24/10/2018
Faith177 25/10/2018
GingerSaurus 6/11/2018

PrettyKittyKat

Thanks Aunty-Pickle. I got a thermometer in degree Celsius, but I am wondering if I should have got it in Fahrenheit?

My temps so far have been 36.06, 36.11, 36.11, 36.11, didn’t temp as hungover, 35.98, 36.27, 36.29 and 36.27 so pretty consistent with a small dip. But I’m thinking this isn’t anything?

Tryingin2018, I am sorry that your BFP hasn’t brought the enjoyment you hoped. It must be a worrying time for you. I have a cervical erosion too, it was found a few months ago, and the gynae said it is caused by a change in hormones so a lot of pregnant women can get it and it causes bleeding in early pregnancy. Fingers crossed that is all it is and your little bean is growing nicely in there! Sending you lots of love, make sure you pop back to update us all as we will be thinking of you.

Just plodding on over here. I am hoping that the temping will back up my suspicious that I ovulated earlier in the cycle now (which means my fertile period on Ovia is wrong). We have started bding every other day already this cycle even though ovia says the fertile week isn’t for another 4 days.

Celepie

You need three days of temps above the coverline to confirm ovulation - if you're using an app like Fertility Friend to add your temps, then it should tell you when you have three temps above coverline and give you the day of ovulation.

I always temped in celsius –!the trick is not to look at individual fluctuations day to day, you need to look at the whole pattern over the month on a graph. Temps will go up and down slightly day to day, and you'll have the odd day where you get a weird temp but on its own it doesn't really mean anything.

You should also make sure you're temping from CD1 as that will help establish the baseline for what temp range is normal for you - if you start too close to ovulation you don't get an accurate coverline.

After the first few months, I got to know my pattern and could just temp in the days before I thought I was going to ovulate and three days after to confirm as my temp was always below 36 degrees pre-ovulation, and consistently 36.1 or above after (I run cold!).

A lot of people think it's a hassle but for me, it was always way more of a hassle not knowing if I'd ovulated or when to expect my period (and thinking I was pregnant when in reality I just ovulated a few days later than I thought). It really only takes about 30 seconds in the morning and adding the temps to your app and that's it.

I know I bang on about it a lot, but the book Taking Charge of your Fertility is SO GOOD for understanding your cycle, temping, cervical mucus, etc. There was so much stuff about my body I was oblivious to before reading it, and it was really enlightening. I got a second-hand copy cheap off Amazon and it was worth every penny.

Aunty-Pickle

CreditCard- could it be ovulation pain?

PrettyKittyKat - I chart BBT every day - it just means it's part of a routine. My alarm goes off for that, I enter the data into FF (App on my phone which serves as my alarm clock) and then I have 15 minutes before my "proper" alarm goes off.
My BBT thermometer happens to be in Fahrenheit but it really doesn't matter - as Celepie says, it's more important to get a feel for the pattern of your charts over a month.

Hope the scan is reassuring for you Trying

As ever, hugs for anyone who needs one

Ariel85

So I took a digital test which was positive with 2-3 weeks which ties in with my dates. The bleeding that I had must have been implantation, it was just much heavier than I thought it should have been - haven't had any since though which is good.

PrettyKitKat, can you my graduate date as 03/11? That was the date of my first bfp, just didn't believe it at the time!

Thanks ladies for all your support, I know i haven't been here long but it's been good to talk to others going through similar things and baby dust to you all

PrettyKittyKat

2 Week Wait (BFP Hopefuls)
CD56 Missmoose
CD40 Thrift260
CD34 Buttermint

"If in doubt - BD" Zone
CD18 Aunty-Pickle
CD17 Creditcardjunkie
CD14 Skimper
CD11 PrettyKittyKat

"Wine and Chocolate" zone


Those we haven't heard from in a while:
Nanyco, CamelLady, athensgeorgia, SlothSocks, wifeforlife, LKRDN_Morgan, Zeni, KatieBee123, April87

When posting updates, can you please do them in Magenta so it's easy to spot. This thread is all about support, so remember to click thanks on as many posts as you can! It makes us all feel loved.

For those posting on smartphones or tablets the code for magenta is
([ )COLOR="magenta"( ] )your text ( [ )/COLOR ( ] ) (lose the round bracket)

Please let me know if anything needs editing (including the zone you are in) and I will try to keep up. If you would like adding to the lists just let me know what CD day you are (the first day of your period is CD1).

2018 Thread Graduates:
Afoolandhermoney 23/01/2018
Selement 9/3/2018
Toots14 13/3/2018
T4Taylor 29/3/2018
NelliePie 13/4/2018
HappyLassie13 20/5/2018
Rambosmum 24/5/2018
Celepie 30/5/2018
HopHop 28/5/2018
Gemini90 31/5/2018
Sakurah 22/6/2018
BapBap 1/7/2018
KatieBee123 5/7/2018
Lola25 11/7/2018
HappyLassie13 1/9/2018
BusyBargainz 5/10/2018
WJN222 18/10/2018
Tryingin2018 24/10/2018
Faith177 25/10/2018
Ariel85 3/11/2018
GingerSaurus 6/11/2018

PrettyKittyKat

Celepie and Aunty-Pickle. Thanks for your help on temping. I have been doing it since CD1 this cycle and I do it at 5.50am when my husbands alarm goes off, and even set an alarm for this same time at the weekend to make sure it is consistent! I haven’t found it as much of a chore as I thought it would be. I downloaded FF but need to sign up and log the temps. Will get that sorted this weekend.

Ariel85, I have added you to the graduates list. I hope you have a wonderful 9 (ish) months ahead of you!

CreditCardJunkie

Congratulations Ariel!!! Happy and healthy 9 months!

Aunty pickle I was hoping that, so I googled and it said it should be very light pain, however yesterday I had ewcm (which I've only ever had when I had those pains before) so I'm wondering if maybe those were the only times I've actually ovulated??

How's everyone else getting on??

PrettyKittyKat

2 Week Wait (BFP Hopefuls)
CD57 Missmoose
CD41 Thrift260
CD35 Buttermint

"If in doubt - BD" Zone
CD19 Aunty-Pickle
CD18 Creditcardjunkie
CD15 Skimper
CD12 PrettyKittyKat

"Wine and Chocolate" zone


Those we haven't heard from in a while:
Nanyco, CamelLady, athensgeorgia, SlothSocks, wifeforlife, LKRDN_Morgan, Zeni, KatieBee123, April87

When posting updates, can you please do them in Magenta so it's easy to spot. This thread is all about support, so remember to click thanks on as many posts as you can! It makes us all feel loved.

For those posting on smartphones or tablets the code for magenta is
([ )COLOR="magenta"( ] )your text ( [ )/COLOR ( ] ) (lose the round bracket)

Please let me know if anything needs editing (including the zone you are in) and I will try to keep up. If you would like adding to the lists just let me know what CD day you are (the first day of your period is CD1).

2018 Thread Graduates:
Afoolandhermoney 23/01/2018
Selement 9/3/2018
Toots14 13/3/2018
T4Taylor 29/3/2018
NelliePie 13/4/2018
HappyLassie13 20/5/2018
Rambosmum 24/5/2018
Celepie 30/5/2018
HopHop 28/5/2018
Gemini90 31/5/2018
Sakurah 22/6/2018
BapBap 1/7/2018
KatieBee123 5/7/2018
Lola25 11/7/2018
HappyLassie13 1/9/2018
BusyBargainz 5/10/2018
WJN222 18/10/2018
Tryingin2018 24/10/2018
Faith177 25/10/2018
Ariel85 3/11/2018
GingerSaurus 6/11/2018

PrettyKittyKat

We are doing well so far this month, and we are really enjoying it too! I like that we are in a positive mindframe this month. Although I have my down moments as it seems every man and his dog is pregnant at the moment, they are not consuming me. OH has started giving me a cheeky look and saying ‘want to go make babies’ at bedtime hahaha. We have BD on CD 7, CD9, CD11 and CD12 (today) so far. Fertile week starts in 2 days so hopefully we are able to continue this and my temping shows that I have ovulated!

CCJ I’ve had pains on some months which I have think are ovulation pains, but not always. However they are never bad enough to need to take medication. It’s like a dull ache in my pelvis.