So, DH and I have been having sinus ick the past 5 days. Allergies + icky weather = poopy feeling and ick. We finally managed to scratch out some BD, tonight, though (our first this cycle). We felt better after some BD, but still sickly feeling in most of the body (we are similarly effected by the weather and allergies, but I get it worse than DH). My LH levels are on the rise, but no bfp opk, yet.
@ group - Hope everyone who is sickly feels better, and for anyone with sick family, I hope they feel better too!
Sinus ick, colds and whatnot seem to be hitting so many of us and our families - boo hiss.
Congrats to those who got bfp opks! Good luck BDing!
FX'd for those who haven't got bfp opk yet.
FX'd for
for those still in the TWW!
For those having tiffs or not getting along with DH, FX'd for happier times and getting back to even keel!
Congrats to those who's DH's have stopped being butts
@ MrsMurphy - Contrats on your OH's new job!
And boo on those Tesco opk's! Glad you found out they were causing the constant + opks so you could ditch them.
Glad your bloods came back normal
and I read that LH has to be much higher than FSH for it to be a possible indicator of PCOS, so you are probably ok there (1.6 points of difference is a pretty small difference, I think - that's almost 1:1 and no one is perfectly 1:1, I bet).
Re your CM question: if you aren't having any itching or burning or funky smell, I'd say that the CM is a mix of a lot of creamy CM with some wet CM (the kind that stretches some but not as much as EWCM). I had the same stuff yesterday, and I erred on the side of fertility and called it watery for my chart, since I'm pre-O. Post-O, I'd call it creamy. Tie goes to fertile pre-O, and non-fertile post-O, in my book
@ NDTaber - OMG, I'm so happy for you guys that it wasn't cancer!!!
Hallelujah!
@ BB - Aw, try not to worry about O-ing later than usual, but I know it's hard not to!
Take comfort that most of the time when O is late, then your AF is usually later/your cycle is usually longer, too (your luteal phase - the time between O and AF, should stay the same, even if you O late, and it's a short luteal phase that's causes problems with implantation and mc, not merely late O, so you are probably going to be fine - it's probably just stress making you O later than usual).
@ Tizy - FF advises to err on the side of fertility and put the most fertile fluid you find. So if you have some EWCM at any point during the day, put E. The only time I did different is after I got my crosshairs (after getting bfp opk) and I got that stretchy snot white CM all the time (I called that creamy). Before I get crosshairs, I call any very stetchy CM "E" whether it is snot white or properly raw egg white colored, to err on the side of caution.
Regarding opk piccy: I'd say it's almost a + opk, but not quite. Probably you'll get + opk soon - FX'd!
@ LJ - Congrats on getting crosshairs!
FX'd that dpo list shows up on your chart soon (I guess that happens automatically after enough high temps?)
@ JellyBean - OMG, congrats on the
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Whooo!
@ Jessica - Congrats on getting officially accepted into IVF trial!
Yeah, good idea to talk to your fiance before signing the papers, though, just to be safe.
@ Nic - Try not to totally lose hope! Plenty of ladies don't get any symptoms and wind up PG. You never know. Hang in there!
FX'd!
@ IsaacRalph - Glad all is looking well wrt you fertility check-up, and that the US confirmed O!
@ dcm_mw12 - Aw, sorry to hear that AF got you! And after all that waiting/late AF!