Af due around 26th July..anyone want to buddy up x

[Hopeful H]

How long are your cycles usually? Mine are usually 30 and I didn't get a high until cbfm CD 13. Got another high this morning then it completely packed up, won't even turn on! Will ring the careline but sure there isn't a lot they can do if I got it off eBay

Hey Hopeful, take it you have tried new batteries

Yep. Don't think it can be that, its supposed to tell you if the batteries are low isn't it? Bit weird that it was fine and then just stopped working. It was on the bathroom whilst I was in the shower, maybe the steam has got in?! What a rubbish Monday!

 

[Hopeful H]

So I decided to take a smiley face cb opk with me to work just to double check after my monitor stopped working this morning. Just done the test and got a smiley face, which means my surge is up. So surely the monitor should have read 'peak' this morning and not 'high'?? I'm glad I did it because following SMEP with the monitor meant that we wouldnt have bd'd tonight and I might have missed my chance!

Monitor still isnt working so going to carry on using the smiley face opks.

 

[ilovepiano]

Yesterday i did the usual test on the CBFM, still low!! and i thought i O'd on the 10 / 11 day!!!!!!!!!! i hope the tests i'm doing are correct, maybe the morning urine being used for testing in the afternoon is messing the machine up??

How long are your cycles usually? Mine are usually 30 and I didn't get a high until cbfm CD 13. Got another high this morning then it completely packed up, won't even turn on! Will ring the careline but sure there isn't a lot they can do if I got it off eBay

Usually my cycles are about 28 days long, but they can be 26 or even 30 or 36 (very rarely though). The normal ones are always 28 days long.


May i suggest stronger batteries? it says in the instruction that the batteries have to be alkaline. Did you check if yours are alkaline? maybe they got week and this did not give it time to show the warning to replace batteries? - trying to understand. and i know that it might not give the best reading during the 1st cycle using it but i don't want to miss any chances! - i think you all understand me

Another suggestion - try googling if there were others that had your same problem and if/how they solved it.

 

[weeyin09]

So I decided to take a smiley face cb opk with me to work just to double check after my monitor stopped working this morning. Just done the test and got a smiley face, which means my surge is up. So surely the monitor should have read 'peak' this morning and not 'high'?? I'm glad I did it because following SMEP with the monitor meant that we wouldnt have bd'd tonight and I might have missed my chance!

Monitor still isnt working so going to carry on using the smiley face opks.

hmmm think I will try a smiley face when I get home too because the cbfm doesn't always give you your peak first month so maybe that's why... I am doing smep aswell and tonight is a night off so would hate to miss it !

 

[Hopeful H]

The monitor is working again now! Brought it to work so had all the info for when I called up and just tried it again. Still going to use the smiley faces though, for this cycle and the next one. When they're both supposed to be 99% accurate though, I dont really understand it!

Ilovepiano, would you usually ovulate on day 14 of a 28 day cycle?

 

[weeyin09]

Did you notice the lines on your stick this morning & if they had changed ?
Mine had the dark one is alot lighter now but no change to the other one

 

[Hopeful H]

Did you notice the lines on your stick this morning & if they had changed ?
Mine had the dark one is alot lighter now but no change to the other one

The dark line was a bit lighter, but the other line was still quite faint. I got 2 really clear lines on the smiley face test though, not sure if they're looking for the same thing. Maybe not because the monitor measures estrogen and LH and the smileys only measure LH. Read a few opinions online and nobodys cbfm lines seem to have been the same. Some people had 2 really dark lines, some had one dark line and some had one dark line but it was the opposite one!

 

[Apple111]

Hi girls hope ur all well n sure it's near time for u all to betting busy...
I got my first blood test hcg back today and they were 8000 .. They were taken at 5+3 , im no sure what normal for that time is..I had some more done today so waiting for those results later today.. I hope they are going up

Good luck to u all in next few days

Apple xx

 

[ilovepiano]

The monitor is working again now! Brought it to work so had all the info for when I called up and just tried it again. Still going to use the smiley faces though, for this cycle and the next one. When they're both supposed to be 99% accurate though, I dont really understand it!

Ilovepiano, would you usually ovulate on day 14 of a 28 day cycle?

Not necessarily! 2 cycles ago i ovulated on day 10 or 11, but had a 28 day cycle just the same!! no wonder i never succeeded in getting a BFP if it's constantly moving around!!!!!!!!!!! i've seen also some past charts (about 2006), i used to have O on day 10 or even 16!



*Hopeful* maybe your CBFM needed to sleep-in lol

 

[Hopeful H]

So I decided to take a smiley face cb opk with me to work just to double check after my monitor stopped working this morning. Just done the test and got a smiley face, which means my surge is up. So surely the monitor should have read 'peak' this morning and not 'high'?? I'm glad I did it because following SMEP with the monitor meant that we wouldnt have bd'd tonight and I might have missed my chance!

Monitor still isnt working so going to carry on using the smiley face opks.

hmmm think I will try a smiley face when I get home too because the cbfm doesn't always give you your peak first month so maybe that's why... I am doing smep aswell and tonight is a night off so would hate to miss it !

Did you end up doing a smiley face?

 

[Hopeful H]

The monitor is working again now! Brought it to work so had all the info for when I called up and just tried it again. Still going to use the smiley faces though, for this cycle and the next one. When they're both supposed to be 99% accurate though, I dont really understand it!

Ilovepiano, would you usually ovulate on day 14 of a 28 day cycle?

Not necessarily! 2 cycles ago i ovulated on day 10 or 11, but had a 28 day cycle just the same!! no wonder i never succeeded in getting a BFP if it's constantly moving around!!!!!!!!!!! i've seen also some past charts (about 2006), i used to have O on day 10 or even 16!



*Hopeful* maybe your CBFM needed to sleep-in lol

Wish I could sleep in like my cbfm! Was just shocked to see a smiley face when I'd not had my peak! Got tummy ache and the oh is working in the other room. Anyone else feel like bding is a chore sometimes?!

 

[weeyin09]

yeah but no smiley face yet
thinking either I have missed it or just not happened yet, will do smiley face in the morning along with cbfm & see what happens !

 

[weeyin09]

defo think bding sometimes gets like a chore..
can't imagine still ttc in like a years time

 

[babymabey]

So do you guys think that the smiley face ovulation kits are better than the ones that you have to read the lines? Last month I used the CB Ovulation kit where you had to read the lines and it seemed really hard to read. I want to make sure I get the days right, and since I started taking Metformin I have been exhausted in the morning so it is hard to chart my temp because I don't want to wake up. I bought the thermometer and everything, now I just need to get my energy back so I can use it at the same time everyday.

 

[ilovepiano]

as for sleeping in, i'm with you Hopeful!!! very much with you! Zzzzzzz

 

[Apple111]

I used the smiley faces cb and we dtd day before during and after xx

 

[Hopeful H]

My monitor is stuck on yesterday so don't know whether being off for a bit has reset the testing times or if its completely broken! Did a smiley face and got another + which is weird as I've only ever had one per cycle before. I guess that means I should ovulate tomorrow which is bang on for me. Got a bit of cramping and some pain when bding which is usually what happens.

Babymabey, the lines on the inside of my smiley face are really clear, but it takes the guessing out of it.

After last cycle decided I'm not going to test unless I'm late. AF should show her full face on the 22nd so if anyone sees me go near a test before then, slap me!

 

[ilovepiano]

AF should show her full face on the 22nd so if anyone sees me go near a test before then, slap me!

Lol! so if i get a hint from a little birdy, i'll just pass my hand through the internet connectivity and what-not and slap you! i hope i won't get stuck though

Good luck ladies, have a good day. I'm fighting a stomach problem as well, can't eat or i go to the loo super-excessive-speeding-ly!

 

[Apple111]

My monitor is stuck on yesterday so don't know whether being off for a bit has reset the testing times or if its completely broken! Did a smiley face and got another + which is weird as I've only ever had one per cycle before. I guess that means I should ovulate tomorrow which is bang on for me. Got a bit of cramping and some pain when bding which is usually what happens.

Babymabey, the lines on the inside of my smiley face are really clear, but it takes the guessing out of it.

After last cycle decided I'm not going to test unless I'm late. AF should show her full face on the 22nd so if anyone sees me go near a test before then, slap me!

Lol.. I'll encourage u .. Maybe not slap ha x Im terrible I did about 6 tests before af was due and I've done about 10 since to see if lines are getting darker. I even went out and bought another cb digi a few days ago to see if weeks were going up.

Good luck this month hon

 

[Hopeful H]

AF should show her full face on the 22nd so if anyone sees me go near a test before then, slap me!

Lol! so if i get a hint from a little birdy, i'll just pass my hand through the internet connectivity and what-not and slap you! i hope i won't get stuck though

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Lol.. I'll encourage u .. Maybe not slap ha x Im terrible I did about 6 tests before af was due and I've done about 10 since to see if lines are getting darker. I even went out and bought another cb digi a few days ago to see if weeks were going up.

Good luck this month hon

Thanks ladies!!

My monitor is now working again (I had to bring it to work!) and I got my peak reading. The line on the left is now really dark, and the one on the right which has been dark all week is now quite faint. I don't know why I bother looking at the lines when the whole point of the monitor and the smiley faces is so we don't have to!

Fx for all of us this month