@lulu1180 We are definitely almost identical in DPO and timing. FX for you too! My temps were all over the map this month too but I just attributed to the crappy thermometer I bought at Walmart. A new one is on its way from amazon right now. FX I can return it!
@JennyV56 I just noticed that! I spent a good deal of time right after lunch googling fertility friend charts and comparing mine to ones that got a BFP. I would totally go down the rabbit hole of charts like mine on FF but I'm too cheap to pay for the VIP service haha! I'm afraid that I'm just setting myself up for a huge disappointment if this isn't my month but it's so hard not to SS when you have TTC brain!!
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Me: 38 DH: 38 Married 6/11/16 TTC Since 6/2016 12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal 3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve 8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC 7/2018 Clomid+IUI 11/2018 Letrozole+TI 12/2018 Letrozole+IUI 2/2019 NTNP 5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
I think I go here now. My thermometer hasn't arrived yet but I'm assuming I O'd mainly based on CM and O pains. I have pretty short cycles so I'm assuming AF will arrive in 2 weeks if I'm not KU.
Month/Cycle: 1/1 (got off HBC in July, so we were trying but didn't get AF until the beginning of this month)
CD/DPO: 13/1
Timing: -4 (x2), -3, -2, O (and trying again tonight just in case)
Testing: Not even close
R/R: I can't wait until I get my thermometer and some more cheap OPKs, it is really frustrating to not know when I have actually O'd so I'm thinking I'll have to continue BD EOD until AF
CS/Q: None
GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? I used to love my history classes, I even took history classes in college for fun since they didn't count for my major. I'm one of those people that makes DH stop on the side of the road to read the historical signs
Another question for everyone. Do the cheapy HPTs have to be with FMU #askingforafriend haha
@JennyV56 - OPKs do technically work as HPT but the rules of OPKs apply: the test line needs to be as dark as the control line. It's not like an HPT where any line is cause for celebration. If you have a faint line then it is meaningless.
Me: 33 DH: 31 DS: 5 years old TTC #2 since August 2015 July 2016: Testing cycle with 100 mg Clomid = BFN August 2016: 50 mg Clomid + IUI = BFN October 2016: IVF#1 - 13 retrieved / 12 mature / 9 fertilized / 2 blasts November 2016: FET#1 = chemical January 2017: FET#2 = chemical March 2017: IVF#2 - 18 retrieved / 18 mature / 16 fertilized / 5 blasts
April 24, 2017: FET#3 - BFN May 24, 2017: FET#4 - BFP! - Beta #1 151 - Beta #2 503 - Due date 2/9/18
@mrsdaddario DH will be here just in time for the next FW
@hartmich and @Saralee797 I agree that CD14 or 15 is most likely. I was hot and then cold all night so I'm not surprised I had a weird temp this morning.
Thanks for the drinking ideas ladies! I am quite sure no one will even notice but as we all know, I feel like there will be a giant sign over my head flashing "TTGP!!!"
OPKs can be used as a substitute pregnancy indicator if you're in a pinch, but their answer cannot be trusted until confirmed with an HCG test.
With LH surges for ovulation, some women may never fully turn the OPK (or just miss the window of when the OPK would be fully positive) but still be able to be like, "Eh, this is when it was the darkest so I'm most likely to be ovulating on w night and confirm by temping on x, y, z". THIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR OPKs AS PREGNANCY TESTS.
The only way the OPK test can be considered a positive pregnancy indicator is if it is a 100% clear positive with the test line as dark or darker than the control. Even then, it must be confirmed with an actual HCG test (hence my usage of pregnancy indicator vs test).
Women have LH in their system at all times, so most women will have a faint line on the OPK that might darken/fade slightly at any given time. It's not unusual for a woman to have multiple LH surges in one cycle. It's not unusual for OPK tests to have varying levels of dye in a strip even in the same lot/batch (which is why you have to look at the general trend of darkening/lightening) or varying levels due to your hydration. Until you have a 100% clear positive on the OPK backed up by a positive HCG test, you are not pregnant at this time.
Additionally, you mentioned your symptom spotting. Get this tattooed on yourself Memento style: Luteal phase is governed by progesterone, which is the same hormone that causes a lot of pregnancy symptoms. Anything you are feeling right now is because of your luteal phase, not pregnancy. Even if you were pregnant at this time via a pregnancy test, the "symptoms" would still be due to your luteal phase, not pregnancy. Actual pregnancy symptoms do not start until your HCG and progesterone has hit even higher levels a week or two after the positive test, if not even later than that. End tattoo.
(TW: BFPs)
Now, all that being said, I got my first positive indicator on an OPK because I had 3 OPK left and no HCG tests besides a FRER and I wasn't going to pee on literal money. Both lines were equally dark on the OPK. I was immediately able to turn an FRER with that same batch of FMU. That evening I was still able to turn an OPK and a ClearBlue Plus with a 3 hour hold. I had ZERO symptoms beyond normal luteal bloat/sore boobs/mild food aversion (which is not unusual in the luteal phase, just not often talked about). Oh, and I went from a negative OPK (near my baseline shade) on CD8 to a positive on CD10.
Since HCG should double roughly every 48-72 hours, two days between OPKs should be enough to see a clear jump in levels, not a gradual increase. I'm all for thinking positive, but I'm letting you know that it sounds like you are not pregnant at this time (but will gladly offer my high fives if you do end up turning a test in a few days).
Re: TWW Thursday
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
R/R: I can't wait until I get my thermometer and some more cheap OPKs, it is really frustrating to not know when I have actually O'd so I'm thinking I'll have to continue BD EOD until AF
I used to love my history classes, I even took history classes in college for fun since they didn't count for my major. I'm one of those people that makes DH stop on the side of the road to read the historical signs
DS: 5 years old
TTC #2 since August 2015
July 2016: Testing cycle with 100 mg Clomid = BFN
August 2016: 50 mg Clomid + IUI = BFN
October 2016: IVF#1 - 13 retrieved / 12 mature / 9 fertilized / 2 blasts
November 2016: FET#1 = chemical
January 2017: FET#2 = chemical
March 2017: IVF#2 - 18 retrieved / 18 mature / 16 fertilized / 5 blasts
May 24, 2017: FET#4 - BFP! - Beta #1 151 - Beta #2 503 - Due date 2/9/18
@hartmich and @Saralee797 I agree that CD14 or 15 is most likely. I was hot and then cold all night so I'm not surprised I had a weird temp this morning.
@berg I read that as.. dinner with my H's girlfriends last night. Not HS girlfriends. Hahaha wow I was confused for a second.
R/R: No, just trying not to get discouraged. I think next month I will try Pre-seed.
@JennyV56
OPKs can be used as a substitute pregnancy indicator if you're in a pinch, but their answer cannot be trusted until confirmed with an HCG test.
With LH surges for ovulation, some women may never fully turn the OPK (or just miss the window of when the OPK would be fully positive) but still be able to be like, "Eh, this is when it was the darkest so I'm most likely to be ovulating on w night and confirm by temping on x, y, z". THIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR OPKs AS PREGNANCY TESTS.
The only way the OPK test can be considered a positive pregnancy indicator is if it is a 100% clear positive with the test line as dark or darker than the control. Even then, it must be confirmed with an actual HCG test (hence my usage of pregnancy indicator vs test).
Women have LH in their system at all times, so most women will have a faint line on the OPK that might darken/fade slightly at any given time. It's not unusual for a woman to have multiple LH surges in one cycle. It's not unusual for OPK tests to have varying levels of dye in a strip even in the same lot/batch (which is why you have to look at the general trend of darkening/lightening) or varying levels due to your hydration. Until you have a 100% clear positive on the OPK backed up by a positive HCG test, you are not pregnant at this time.
Additionally, you mentioned your symptom spotting. Get this tattooed on yourself Memento style: Luteal phase is governed by progesterone, which is the same hormone that causes a lot of pregnancy symptoms. Anything you are feeling right now is because of your luteal phase, not pregnancy. Even if you were pregnant at this time via a pregnancy test, the "symptoms" would still be due to your luteal phase, not pregnancy. Actual pregnancy symptoms do not start until your HCG and progesterone has hit even higher levels a week or two after the positive test, if not even later than that. End tattoo.
(TW: BFPs)
Since HCG should double roughly every 48-72 hours, two days between OPKs should be enough to see a clear jump in levels, not a gradual increase. I'm all for thinking positive, but I'm letting you know that it sounds like you are not pregnant at this time (but will gladly offer my high fives if you do end up turning a test in a few days).
Me: 28 & Partner: 32 | Married 2014
BFP 7/29 EDD 4/11