33yr ttc#2 - buddies needed!!!

[JessyG]

I tried the cb digi this morning and an error came up so need to try again this avo! How can i have done it wrong surely there is only one way to pee on a stick 🙈.

Didnt bd last night but plan to tonight even though my oh is at football until 8:30pm boo! Will have him rush home haha.

Hope you are all ok?

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Lol, Jessy! I've done that before with a digi hpt. I think it's the test itself though and not you. There could have been something wrong with that stick?

Cd11 here. Still have about 8 days or so to O so just waiting, taking vitamins and bd just for fun right now. Hopefully my new opk's and soft cup come in sometime this week. Supposed to be Friday but I'm hoping sooner so I can learn how to use the soft cup before its important so I don't lose any of the goods when it's fw.

Dh was an ass before leaving for work this morning. He's already text to apologize but I'll make him sweat it out and think about it before I reply to him.

 

[JessyG]

I am cd9 and i tried another digi and it came back low fertility today so not sure i will bother with bding tonight since OH wont be back until closer to 9 and it may make it seem like a chore tomorrow night.

I have a horrible feeling i am gonna spend a fortune on these digs 🙈🙈🙈 and find out I dont o until like cd18/19! Ugh.

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

How long are your cycles, Jessy? I'm sorry if you've said before. I can't remember everyone's cycles lol

 

[ladders]

Jessy that's exactly what I did! Started testing cd8 and wasn't positive till cd 17! I used 2 boxes of 20!!!

Kim sorry for your dh was an arse this morning seems they are all at it at the moment!! Good plan to make him swear it out, especially as not fw yet lol

 

[JessyG]

I only have a box of 10 and used 2 today booo!

I have only had one cycle off bc and it was 29 days long so going by the chart prediction thing on the box i should have testing today just wish i hadnt wasted a test this morning for it to be dud.

 

[happycupcake]

Ladders - I know! They say women who spend lots of time together sync, so perhaps somehow this has happened here too.
I have tested today and they are still positive, although I *think* they are the same in strength. Will test this evening as well anyway though. I had a dip in temp yesterday followed by it going up significantly today, so it may be acupuncture encouraged ov a day earlier? I seem to usually ov CD12 and usually the day of my positive OPK (or the day of the darkest where this has happened before), but I'm CD11 today. I had ov pain yesterday too and on the day of acupuncture but I didn't ov then, that would have been far too early anyway.

Jessy, I don't think you can poas wrong lol although this did make me laugh. It's the test, don't worry! I don't think they mind the angle or speed you pee on them or anything
Can't you buy some IC OPKs as well? Saves the pennies.

Kim, you make such a valid point with the soft cup idea. I ought to have done the same because it does seem to come out. Having said this, I have read that it doesn't matter and shouldn't be a worry because although it seems like a lot, you still have plenty heading in the right direction anyway.
Lol I do the same with my husband, sometimes I won't reply and give the silent treatment for a while. But only when it's him in the wrong. Otherwise I attempt to apologise, which can take me some time, because I like to think I'm always right...
I hope you are both ok though

Will add my chart, I think it's heading in the right direction for ov. Will see tomorrow I guess

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Happycupcake, I usually am the one to apologize too if I'm the one in the wrong but also like to think I'm always right haha!
I think I let him think about it long enough. He called and text about 20 times by lunch time and I finally text him back
I've learned over the years that silence is the best revenge for him because he'll think about it more then we won't argue for another few months.

Jessy, I hope it wasn't just a one off and your cycles are back to normal and you get your positive opk soon.


I need you ladies to rub some of the O juju off on me so I can O sooner and be in the tww with all of you too haha!

How is everyone else doing today? Citrus, daisies, Bassit Anni? I hope you're all well

 

[citrusfruit]

Glad we are all seeming to be o-ing at the same time. I'm a bit annoyed, I'm still getting positive opks. I have taken two today morning and evening and both positive. What does that mean! I'm finding it tricky to decipher which is darkest if any as they all sort of look the same when dried. I guess we should really dtd tonight to be sure but just not sure it's gonna happen. All this ttc is so stressful when you're a control freak like me!!!

Hope you o sooner than usual Kim so you can wait it out with us!

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Thanks citrus I'm taking some new vitamins so I kinda hope I do O sooner but then again I kinda want to wait till Friday so I can use my soft cups lol! But if I do end up O'ing sooner I'll be happy with that too. I had two days of blazing positives last month on the opk's so maybe you're doing the same thing? I hope tomorrows test will start to fade out

 

[citrusfruit]

Actually I just went and took another look and although this evenings opk does look positive it's lighter than the other three tests so hoping I will see a temp rise tomorrow morning. Dtd not going to happen tonight, I'm just too tired so if no temp rise tomorrow then maybe I'll try one last attempt tomorrow but really I'm hoping I see the temp rise so I can be done with it for this month!

Oh and edit to add - CM not EW today. More creamy/sticky. So hoping he o has taken place!

 

[citrusfruit]

Dark pic but you get the idea. Earliest at the top and most recent at the bottom.

 

[citrusfruit]

Urgh, it's flipped it! So earliest on the left and most recent on the right!

 

[happycupcake]

Kim, good things are ok with you and OH! Sometimes letting things calm down is the best way forward. I'm quite argumentative when I'm cross so it is usually best I don't speak until I have calmed down lol

Citrus, your most recent test looks like your surge is starting to wear off, so hopefully you will see your temp go up tomorrow!

We dtd today as well, and I have had my darkest OPK this evening so have marked yesterday and today as positives but today's cm was creamy/lotiony rather than ewcm and my temp went up today so I'm thinking it's possible I ovulated today. Cm changes and becomes less ewcm on ov day so I read, so wouldn't then be unusual for more creamy cm if I ovulated today.
Today's OPKs were all positive but same as control line, like yesterday evening. This OPK is from this evening, and is clearly darker than the control line

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Citrus, Yeah I would say your highest surge was yesterday mornings test? The second from the left looks like the most positive to me then a little less on the third from the left and the last one less positive than the previous one. I hope you see it on your temps in the morning! I'm no expert so could be wrong lol

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Happycupcake, yeah that line is defiantly darker than the control line!

I'm also glad he decided to be in a better mood because if he comes home in a bad mood then I won't be able to keep quiet and we'll end up arguing again. It's easy for me to ignore texts but not so easy to keep quiet when he's standing in front of me lol but it seems like he's in a better mood so we'll see when he gets home in about an hour.

So, I checked cp and cm when I went to the bathroom a few minutes ago and my cervix is soft and still closed so must be starting to get close to O in a few days. The weird thing though is there was some (tmi) pink blood mixed with my cm. IDK what that's about but it seems like every time I take any vitamins other than the prenatal vitamins I seem to get one spot of pink cm a few days before O. This happened two cycles ago when I was taking the EPO. Has anyone else had this happen before?

 

[happycupcake]

It isn't a worry if temps don't go up immediately after a positive OPK, as it can take a few days to ov from then but hopefully for Citrus ov will have happened or be soon and temps reflect this
Sometimes mine go up for a day then back down, then up. Or, to be super confusing they go up for two days then dip then go up... I had crazy temps in March

 

[happycupcake]

Happycupcake, yeah that line is defiantly darker than the control line!

I'm also glad he decided to be in a better mood because if he comes home in a bad mood then I won't be able to keep quiet and we'll end up arguing again. It's easy for me to ignore texts but not so easy to keep quiet when he's standing in front of me lol but it seems like he's in a better mood so we'll see when he gets home in about an hour.

So, I checked cp and cm when I went to the bathroom a few minutes ago and my cervix is soft and still closed so must be starting to get close to O in a few days. The weird thing though is there was some (tmi) pink blood mixed with my cm. IDK what that's about but it seems like every time I take any vitamins other than the prenatal vitamins I seem to get one spot of pink cm a few days before O. This happened two cycles ago when I was taking the EPO. Has anyone else had this happen before?

I know that when used vaginally, epo can sometimes cause the cervix to bleed a little (or at least, I'm sure this is what I read!).
Some women spot around ov as a result of ovulation, and sometimes it's possible sex has irritated the cervix, or could be slight erosion, this can cause spotting too. I don't tend to see spotting between periods unless I'm pregnant, although in March I had a tiny spot of pink on a couple of occasions on wiping which I thought was possible IB since it was about a week after ov but I wasn't pregnant so I don't know what it was. It's also possible it's leftover from af too, it can happen for a number of reasons but it's interesting you have seen a possible link between this and taking epo

 

[dustergrl]

Citrus, I would say the second from the right looks the darkest.

Fx for you ladies- I'm just hanging out in the tww! My cycles are about 28-30 days, starting around the first of the month.

 

[Hopfl4bbynbr4]

Duster, good luck! Will you be testing early?

Happycupcake, I've never seen the epo that could be done vaginally. I had the pill form. I'm sure I haven't O'd yet so IDK what it could have been. We haven't dtd since Saturday night/sunday morning but I guess that could have been it? IDK it's weird to me lol I haven't taken the epo this month though. I've been taking CoQ10, Macca, and Iron with my prenatal vitamins.
I have always had low iron so I've been taking those for a while. But the Macca and CoQ10 are new things this month.