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punkrockabye
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Suspicions confirmed! I think? Do my temps defy logic?
punkrockabye
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I've used OPK's since July and for all three (now 4?) cycles, I noticed a fade in pattern before getting a day or two of +OPK. This cycle, my temps went haywire and FF thinks I O'd 3 days ago. I don't blame it--it clearly looks like I did. However, 3 days ago, My OPKs were next to invisible.
Since then, I've had plenty of EWCM every day, and yesterday I noticed my pee sticks getting darker. We of course humped it out for the past 2 days (and we're definitely not too tired for sexin' tonight). And just about 20 minutes ago, I get this:
...looking good? Looks pretty positive to me, but then again, I really want it to be! ha. Also, I now acknowledge how gross it is that I laid the pee stick down on a pillow... however, this pillow has been covered with so much dog and cat butt that I really don't think it matters anymore.
But now I'm left wondering what's going on. I'm really not sure what happened to my temps. That open circle is only there because I was honest about my wakeup time--it was taken 10 minutes before normal time, but after only about 2 hours and 50 minutes of sleep. So it's not far off. My mind is boggled. I haven't been feeling sick or anything. All I can think of is that I got a tattoo Thursday evening, CD12, and maybe... it has caused a bit of an immune response that raised my temp a bit? It shows no signs of infection and I'm taking care of it religiously, and it seems to be healing just fine. I also have also not felt feverish or "off" since then.
I'm changing today's OPK to + unless someone tells me it's really not and I need to sit down and cool it. *lol* FF takes away my CH and tells me it's confused and can't decide, and frankly, I'm in the same boat at the moment!
Since then, I've had plenty of EWCM every day, and yesterday I noticed my pee sticks getting darker. We of course humped it out for the past 2 days (and we're definitely not too tired for sexin' tonight). And just about 20 minutes ago, I get this:
...looking good? Looks pretty positive to me, but then again, I really want it to be! ha. Also, I now acknowledge how gross it is that I laid the pee stick down on a pillow... however, this pillow has been covered with so much dog and cat butt that I really don't think it matters anymore.
But now I'm left wondering what's going on. I'm really not sure what happened to my temps. That open circle is only there because I was honest about my wakeup time--it was taken 10 minutes before normal time, but after only about 2 hours and 50 minutes of sleep. So it's not far off. My mind is boggled. I haven't been feeling sick or anything. All I can think of is that I got a tattoo Thursday evening, CD12, and maybe... it has caused a bit of an immune response that raised my temp a bit? It shows no signs of infection and I'm taking care of it religiously, and it seems to be healing just fine. I also have also not felt feverish or "off" since then.
I'm changing today's OPK to + unless someone tells me it's really not and I need to sit down and cool it. *lol* FF takes away my CH and tells me it's confused and can't decide, and frankly, I'm in the same boat at the moment!
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Re: Suspicions confirmed! I think? Do my temps defy logic?
It looks positive to me!
But yuck on the charting thing! It clearly looks like you O'ed previously, maybe your body geared up and then didn't O the first time, and you have caught the 2nd surge?
I don't know, but I am sure some of the charting pros will weigh in and help out more!
Good luck either way!
But if I geared up to O, wouldn't that affect the OPK results rather than temps, since the "O hormone" is needed to raise temps and therefore temps wouldn't raise without having actually O'd?
bah! I'm lost. Usually I see a lot of ladies with a couple +OPK and then no temp shift, only to get more +OPK and a temp shift later on, suggesting that O almost happened but didn't the first time around.
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hmmm, you do seem to be right... my post-O temps have tended to be a bit higher than these past few days. I'm still boggled.
LOL, I told DH about the predicament, and he just got this shocked look on his face when I said "I'm only talking about a difference between 96 something and 97 something"... he was like "OH MY GOD, YOU'RE FREEZING! What happened to 98.6?!"
...this is also the man who almost wet himself when I held up my OPK and told him it's positive. Dude thought I was talking about a HPT. The look on his face was PRICELESS.
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Yeah, he just about had a heart attack! Hopefully I get a shift soon. If not, my brain will hurt even more. Might just have to have sex until AF shows. DH will not complain.
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DS born via unplanned C-section at 40w6d
TTC since 2010
lots of IUIs and 1 IVF all BFNs
FET currently on hold
This was MH the first time I got a +OPK. I was all excited and he was like, "so it worked?!" "what worked?" "when we had sex yesterday!" "no, sweetie, this is an ovulation test" "....I don't get it"
Ditto - maybe a big spike will come tomorrow!