AF Arrival!! Need a few answers

[Laura246]

Hi
So i woke up to a lovely AF this morning! Pretty gutted that its came I did a EPT which confirmed i wasnt Pregnant so had a lot of tears then.
Im going to start using OVKs this month. Which ones would be a good one use? I also want to start taking my temperature. whats a good one to use for that?
Been TTC for 5months now.. and this one will be my 6th.. we havent been used anything help us get a so were going all out this time. What do you think about the pregancare that you can get? I have a regular AF (29days) so didnt want to take anything that would mess it up..
I also dont know how to find out my luteal phase It says that its normally around 14 days but will this affect whens best to conceive?
Please give the time to answers my qs pleasee
Lots of goodluck &

 

[redrachel22]

Hi Laura, i'll try and answer some questions but everyones different so i'm sure everyone else will have different input.

1. I started to use Clear Blue digital OPK's but i NEVER got a positive with them so now i use First Respose and they work every month. I do it on a morning but alot of people recommend early afternoon. On a 29 day cycle you should ovulate around CD 14-15 so i would start testing on CD 11 ish.

2. I take my temps with a digital thermometer from Amazon, just search for BBT Thermometer. Again, you need to do this as soon as you wake up, dont speak or anything and try and do it at the same time every morning, even at the weekends. It would also help to plot your temps, i use fertility friend online, it can also take you through a quick lesson. It will also confirm if you ovulated etc.

3. A good pregancare vitamin would be good, although i bought the wellwoman one and it gave me a bad stomach so now i take seperate folic acid and a few other vitamins.

4. Your luteal phase is the time between ovulation and AF, fertility friend will also confirm this for you. Your luteal phase should be 10 days or above, any less and the egg wont have time to implant. If it is less, there are loads of vitamins you can take to increase it.

5.You should aim to every other day throughout your cycle but when you get your positive on your OPK you are about to ovulate so i DTD every day. I think you are "fertile" from about 5 days before ovulation. Once you start temping you'll have a better idea when this is.

All the websites assume you ovulate on CD 14 and have a 14 day luteal phase but this is not always the case. I have 30 day cycles give or take a day or two and after 6 months of trying i started all of the above and realised i ovulated around CD 20, therefore i was "trying" at the totally wrong times so i just wasted 6 months now 3 months in of accurate ttc so fingers crossed it will happen soon.

Sorry for waffling on, hope this helps!

Good luck and i hope we all get our soon xx

 

[Jilliank2005]

Thanks rachel, thats nice and clear

I'm gearing up for AF aand BFN this cycle and its useful to see some clear info - the amount of stuff out there is so overwhelming. Just have to wait for the old witch to start!

Jill x

 

[Laura246]

Thankyou so much rachel. this has really helped. xx
Just been out and brought the first response OVK with 20 test.. going to start as soon as AF has done. best of luck xxx