CD14 today, expected O on CD17. I started OPK today, negative so far as expected. The plan is to BD every day through O-day starting tomorrow, thank goodness most of the BD days fall on a weekend!
CD1. Here we go. Again. I know our timing was great so it just wasn't a good mix. Guess I'm going to have a shorter LP now too. 10 days again this month. Now DHs trip falls on the very first day of FW so he won't have to back out and i won't look like a selfish bish. And Niece will be with her mom that weekend so frustration and arguing won't kill my drive.
Well now I'm finding out his trip involves an over night. He didn't set it up that way on the calender invite so now I'm harassing him for more details. If he's going to be home at a decent time, then we should be fine.
Okay, now I’m confused. I had a tiny bit of blood in my ewcm today, but all of my opk’s have been negative. I’m not supposed to o until tomorrow. I guess it could have already happened and I might have missed my positive opk window since I only do it once a day (although my lh surge usually lasts a couple days). We did bd yesterday so if it did already happen there’s nothing to worry about timing-wise, but I hate not knowing what’s going on! Why does my body keep throwing me curveballs?
Kind of hope I didn’t o already since I’d like to get a couple more bd’s in. I guess we’ll see if my opk is positive today, maybe the spotting is nothing.
@grebretso forgive me if it's been mentioned, but do you temp?
And I'll join you in the confusion. I marked today as cd1 but (tmi warning) when I changed my tampon on lunch it was basically a complete waste of one... I've swiched to a pad (ugh) so that I can actually know whats going on.
I don’t temp, but if this cycle is unsuccessful I will start temping next cycle for sure. I didn’t feel like paying for a bunch of equipment when starting TTC in case I was successful immediately, but in retrospect it would have probably made things less confusing. Thermometers are pretty cheap anyway!
Also @prpl11butterfly, my AF is almost always like you described in the beginning. A burst of heavy flow, enough to fill a tampon/pad for sure, and then nothing for hours or until the next day. It’s annoying but I’d definitely count today as CD1 if that’s what you’re experiencing!
I got mine on Amazon for less then 10. Working wonderfully.
It wasn't actually that bad this morning. But yesterday I had spotting (which basically stopped after lunch). My temp dropped to coverline this morning and then on my last "quick pee" before leaving, there was blood when I wipe (tmi again ) I figured that's it. Grabbed a tampon and off I went. Now it's still barely anything. I'm leaving it as CD1 until I see what tomorrow looks like temp wise. I always have an even bigger drop on CD 2.
I go here now.. CD1 and a tummy bug to boot. Was up all night sticking my face in the toilet. And in the middle of one of those sessions, AF decided to really get going. Probably just was using pelvic floor muscles while puking but it got extra messy in there. Sorry if TMI but it was quite the AF entrance.
Ah well I was helping to change my friend's pad on her wedding day Saturday so my tolerance for cleaning that up was high this week LOL
@prpl11butterfly I mean, someone had to help her out with it and I guess the matron of honor is a role of love. Her dress was heavy and huge so it was a challenge just to pee but of course her CD1 was her wedding day!
@char245 I am a little better. Sore and tired but not hanging out in bathroom. I can't tell what is from wedding and what is from tummy bug. Sorry you're joining me here too this month but FX for better luck this time. You too @prpl11butterfly!
Okay ladies. My body is messing with me. CD 13 here. Haven't ovulated the last 2 months. Today i got a "high" reading, but not peak on opk .(which i got the last 2 months but never got peak and bbt confirmed no O). So tonight I started spotting.... I'm wondering/hoping that it's because I'm finally ovulating after not ovulating the last 2 months? Anyone else experience spotting during ovulaton? (I never have!)
I never have spotted at ovulation but feel like I recently read that it can happen if when an overripe follicle releases. For sure something to research a bit!
AFM .. we start SMEP on Monday. Resting up this weekend mostly except we decided to have a fire and grill out tonight and after we invited everyone and got food responsibilities doled out I realized we had some cleaning to do haha.
Sorry you're back in this thread @Mack2342 . AFM Still lightly spotting still getting high readings on opk. Bbt showing no ovulation. CD 17. Starting to wonder if it'll be another o-less this cycle. Ugh
@Kath525 how frustrating. Maybe since this is the first cycle after the steroids it will be a longer one and O will come later then "normal". You do have a next step just in case right?
@mack2342 sorry to see you here this month @kath525 that IS frustrating... FX it happens this month! Hopefully it is just the steroids wearing off and things go back to normal ASAP
Thanks ladies, I'll be doing clomid next month if no ovulation this month. I'm just hoping there's not some lurking problem causing all of this. Testing has all come back pretty clear thus far though.
Joining you ladies over here, CD1 today. Last cycle was all over the place. I wasn’t expecting AF until Friday, which makes my LP 10 days compared to my usual 12-13. Maybe I never O’d? I guess I could have O’d a day earlier, but that’s still not right. I’m just going to write off that cycle and start fresh.
Right?? Spotting for 8 days straight was a new one for sure, and I’ve never had a cycle shorter than 29 days (last was 27). I might remove the cycle from the FF equation entirely, something was not right at all.
If the spotting hadn’t started so early (3dpo) I would have assumed it was another cp honestly. The only time I’ve ever spotted for that long was during my cp. Implantation wouldn’t even had time to happen that early though, so who knows what was going on.
@Mack2342 I don’t have an RE, I haven’t been ttc long enough yet. I do have an OB appointment Monday next week though, I booked it while the spotting was going on, but now I’ll ask them about the varying LP length as well.
I also haven’t been temping until now, so hopefully that’ll help shed some light on what’s going on in the future too. Previously I only did OPK’s and CM monitoring.
Over here now. A friend just made a pg announcement on fb (but did it very tactfully, she's quite far along already) She's one year older than me so I'm holding onto hope.
It’s nice when people are tactful about their preg announcements in social media. I have a few friends who I’m pretty sure either had losses or spent a long time ttc because of the way they worded things. One even asked for people on FB to comment on her post if they wanted to see updates on her pregnancy (and eventually baby), so she could add them to a separate group and spare others for stuff they don’t want to see. If I get pregnant I’ll probably do the same.
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CD 5 here just hoping to make it to the TWW this month. Come on body... OVULATE!
Kind of hope I didn’t o already since I’d like to get a couple more bd’s in. I guess we’ll see if my opk is positive today, maybe the spotting is nothing.
And I'll join you in the confusion. I marked today as cd1 but (tmi warning) when I changed my tampon on lunch it was basically a complete waste of one... I've swiched to a pad (ugh) so that I can actually know whats going on.
It wasn't actually that bad this morning. But yesterday I had spotting (which basically stopped after lunch). My temp dropped to coverline this morning and then on my last "quick pee" before leaving, there was blood when I wipe (tmi again ) I figured that's it. Grabbed a tampon and off I went. Now it's still barely anything. I'm leaving it as CD1 until I see what tomorrow looks like temp wise. I always have an even bigger drop on CD 2.
Ah well I was helping to change my friend's pad on her wedding day Saturday so my tolerance for cleaning that up was high this week LOL
@bethica83 that’s a horrible way to start AF! Hope you are feeling better today!
@char245 I am a little better. Sore and tired but not hanging out in bathroom. I can't tell what is from wedding and what is from tummy bug. Sorry you're joining me here too this month but FX for better luck this time. You too @prpl11butterfly!
AFM .. we start SMEP on Monday. Resting up this weekend mostly except we decided to have a fire and grill out tonight and after we invited everyone and got food responsibilities doled out I realized we had some cleaning to do haha.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
I go here now. CD1...Happy Mother's Day
AFM
Still lightly spotting still getting high readings on opk. Bbt showing no ovulation. CD 17. Starting to wonder if it'll be another o-less this cycle. Ugh
@kath525 that IS frustrating... FX it happens this month! Hopefully it is just the steroids wearing off and things go back to normal ASAP
If the spotting hadn’t started so early (3dpo) I would have assumed it was another cp honestly. The only time I’ve ever spotted for that long was during my cp. Implantation wouldn’t even had time to happen that early though, so who knows what was going on.
I also haven’t been temping until now, so hopefully that’ll help shed some light on what’s going on in the future too. Previously I only did OPK’s and CM monitoring.
It’s nice when people are tactful about their preg announcements in social media. I have a few friends who I’m pretty sure either had losses or spent a long time ttc because of the way they worded things. One even asked for people on FB to comment on her post if they wanted to see updates on her pregnancy (and eventually baby), so she could add them to a separate group and spare others for stuff they don’t want to see. If I get pregnant I’ll probably do the same.