****september two week wait***

Aera11

I'm so sorry @szwill86 @SoonToBeMommaHowe @MimoCa & @fivetimesnoluck

MimoCa

@fivetimesnoluck

RiverSong15

So sorry @szwill86 @mimoca @soontobemommahowe and @fivetimesnoluck!

brooklyngirl18

I'm sorry for all the BFN this month, ugh this sucks so bad.

Cmckenzie

Well I caved a took a test this morning at 12dpo....I'm so weak. I did the whole, well this % of people have a positive by 12dpo. Needless to say it was a BFN. I am okay right now though, can't say I will be able to say the same if AF comes.

Cmckenzie

yippee I just saw that congrads are in order for @waitingforblueskies! So happy for you and your BFP

MimoCa

@Cmckenzie I'm 12dpo as well lol!! I've been testing day and night haha

NewMommyCoop

Lurking from benched - congrats on the BFP @waitingforblueskies

NewMommyCoop

I'm so sorry @fivetimesnoluck   and all the others who had BFNs this cycle.

yolandamunoz

Sorry for the BFN @fivetimesnoluck @szwill86 @mimoca and others that I'm forgetting. I hope next cycle is your cycle!

As for me, this cycle I ovulated early.. I usually O around CD18-19 and this time it was around CD14-15 according to the OPK (that i'm using for the first time). i also had ovulatory pain and EWCM to confirm this. 

So now it's officially TWW for me.. ahhh patience!!!

MimoCa

@yolandamunoz good luck in your TWW. I'm not out yet tho although I'm not putting my hopes up. And honestly I've been so exhausted these days in work that I'm almost hoping AF comes because I can't even imagine being extremely exhausted from work and pregnancy

CTRMommyof4

Congrats
@waitingforblueskies!!! I am 6 DPO and just trying my hardest to stay busy until I can justify testing. I have one Clearblue pregnancy test and I was going to wait until the day of my missed period, but I will probably break down and buy the 88 cent Wal Mart ones a few days early just so I don't go totally crazy LOL. 

MimoCa

@CTRMommyof4 those Walmart ones are killing me! I live right across the street and I know I will get a BFN but I go oh just .88 cents... 

yolandamunoz

Ohhhh! here we don't have the cheap ones!!! they are all expensive, I don't know if that's bad or good...

MimoCa

 @yolandamunoz  Probably good so you don't keep testing frivolously like me lol

szwill86

Officially CD 1 this morning for me. I'll see you ladies in 15-18 days in the October TWW thread when it's made. Thanks for all the support this month!!  

SoonToBeMommaHowe

Sorry about CD1 @szwill86. I had another temp drop this morning, didn't bother testing, so I should be joining you back in WTO tomorrow

MimoCa

@szwill86 @SoonToBeMommaHowe Awe sorry! Might see yall in a few days in WTO too

AnonymousMom

Congratulations @waitingforblueskies!

I'm now at CD14 and 3DPO. I probably won't test until after an actual missed period so I guess we'll see if I get that far. 

chloe97

Sorry @szwill86 @SoonToBeMommaHowe I'm 14 DPO and no temp drop, so I took another cheapie- BFN. Hopefully, AF shows up tomorrow. Stupid question- if tomorrow is CD 1, then I have a14 day LP or a 15 day LP? I know it's good to have a longer LP in general, but after 4 days of BFNs I just want to get on with it!

MimoCa

@chloe97 maybe FX you'll tomorrow instead of AF! 

stephann85

Lurking from benched thread

Sorry about all the BFNs this month. FX for next month.
@chloe97 if today is dpo 14 and AF shows tomorrow then LP is 14 days.

SoonToBeMommaHowe

@chloe97 AF tomorrow means 14 day LP which my doctors say is perfect! 

szwill86

Sorry for another BFN @chloe97. If today is 14 DPO and you get AF tmrw, then you have a 14 day LP. The last DPO before your CD 1 is how long your LP is. This is how FF does it for me so if someone else has a different answer, please share your thoughts! If you use FF, you could always look at the previous month once you hit CD 1 to see what it charted for the length of your LP. 

chloe97

Thanks @stephann85 @szwill86 @SoonToBeMommaHowe The 2 other cycles that I temped and was not pregnant, I've never been positive about ovulation. I actually think I've been having 15 or even 16 day luteal phases, which is incredibly annoying! Hopefully AF comes tomorrow, but I have a feeling it will be Saturday. 

roxgibbons

Sorry for the BFN @chloe97. I do agree with the others on the LP calculation. My LP usually goes to 15 days and it's super annoying. 

bktosf78

14dpo, AF due tomorrow. BFN just now, although that's what happened this summer when BFPd a week later. So not officially out quite yet, but you know...

Will be lurking in the TWW threads for the rest of the year, getting hopeful and excited for everyone. As a kid, I did always enjoy cheering from the bench as much as being on the court. 

BitterBetty12

@chloe97 Sorry for the BFN 

@yolandamunoz I'm happy to hear the OPKs worked for you and you were able to pinpoint O!!

Aera11

Can someone chart stalk me?? Haha, no but for real.  My charts have never meant much to me because all they usually do is confirm ovulation. My temp dropped when I got my second bfp so I don't usually stress much over temping over than O, especially this cycle since I skipped opk's because I had an u/s every other day. 
What do these crazy dips/jumps mean? I take my temp within the same 30 minute window each morning.

yolandamunoz

Could it be a triphasic temp pattern?

chloe97

yolandamunoz said:

Could it be a triphasic temp pattern?

Looks like it to me- with a nice 7 DPO implantation dip. Fx for you!

Aera11

thanks @yolandamunoz & @chloe97! I am going to try to hold off testing until next Thursday unless AF arrives.  DH and I are going out of town for two nights Sat-Mon and originally I wanted to test so I could enjoy a drink here or there since there are a ton of wineries and breweries where we're headed.  But, I think I can still enjoy it and have sips of DH's and maybe a taste of something if I really feel the need.  

yolandamunoz

FX @Aera11 !!!!! We are sending you all the good energies!!!!

RiverSong15

@Aera11 It's a little hard to tell what's going on since you only have BBT for the most part. Was that one day the only day you noticed any CM? Did you have any fertile CM after CD18?  

It's possible you have slow-rise pattern after O here, which makes it difficult to interpret. With your open circles around O, it's also possible you O'd a little later (CD23 or 24 at the latest). But I definitely think you did O! If you wanted to see what FF did with BBT alone, you could try taking out the CM note and see what it does with your O date. 

Fingers crossed for you!!!

SoonToBeMommaHowe

Oh @Aera11 FXd for you!!

I had a big temp spike today, 14 DPO, from 97.5 to 98.04 but again BFN. 

Question/advice needed: so today is 14dpo and with a BFN I'm 99% out. (There's a slight chance I'm only 13dpo because I had great EWCM cd19 am and originally thought I may have O'd that morning). The temp rise this morning has kinda messed with my emotions, I never get temps up to 98* esp not this late in my cycle. Anyway I'm leaving in two hours to head up to my 10 year college reunion and today and tomorrow are supposed to be complete drunk fests.I gave up drinking for the most part when we got really serious about TTC in Dec '14 but will now indulge occasionally because giving it up completely hasn't made much of a difference. Sorry long explanation....would you drink tonight or no??? 

chloe97

@SoonToBeMommaHowe Can you post your chart so we can see just to double check you got the O-day right? Ive had temp drops and then a spike the day AF showed up before. As for drinking- remember that if you are pregnant until you are sharing a blood supply with the baby, you aren't putting the baby at risk by drinking. If you go to TTGP you will see a lot of people don't drink during the TWW, but drink their faces off during WTO. From what I've read while TTC, drinking heavily is actually worse during WTO bc that is when the egg is forming. Alcohol can mess with meiosis (see #2/3) https://expectingscience.com/2016/02/10/light-drinking-during-pregnancy-7-things-you-need-to-know/

I don't think one weekend of drinking here and there is going to hurt either you or @Aera11 if you are still in the TWW. I'd probably try to keep it minimized. My RE says 4 glasses a week. I'm not going to lie- in the average week, I drink more like 7, but I definitely try not to have more than 3 in a single day. I wish the effect that alcohol had on developing eggs was more public knowledge because I drank heavily the month of my wedding, on my honeymoon and got pregnant the week after we got back. After my first MC, I drank a ton at the holidays and then got knocked up a month later. 

SoonToBeMommaHowe

Hmm ok maybe it is a spike before AF and I'll get that tomorrow. Here is my chart 
And I know you're right about not sharing the blood supply I just feel like if it did happen and then it ended poorly I might blame myself knowing that I'd drank. But I don't want to keep putting everything on hold bc I "might" be pregnant when I'm not. 

I also wish wish there was more info out there about exactly how alcohol can affect the baby besides hey is you drink like crazy your whole pregnancy it's not good

Aera11

thanks @SoonToBeMommaHowe & @RiverSong15!  I did have another day of EWCM but it's recorded in my paper temp chart.  I don't always think FF is accurate because my RE and FF don't always agree on my O date.  I did remove the one day of it on FF to see like you said @RiverSong15 and it pushes my O date way back to the CD24.  The only reason I think that probably isn't right is because I had my follicles monitored super closely and triggered. That isn't saying the trigger did or didn't work or make the egg(s) release, so I have no clue.  If I did O late, then I am probably out because I didn't BD anywhere near that.  We actually can't during my TWW because I am on (vaginal) progesterone injections and they are gross.

Cmckenzie

Well I am out. AF came bright and early this morning. On the plus my cycle is regulating itself again. Cd1 and already thinking about ovulation and tww. fx for the rest of you!

RiverSong15

@Aera11 If you are on medicated cycles, that can totally mess with your temps. If you're getting ultrasounds and meeting with your RE, that's absolutely the better information to follow. When does your RE think you ovulated?

ETA: You also have some open circles around O, so I'd trust your RE over FF at this point.