August Hopefuls? [TTC August 2013 Thread]

[Nicolefunnell]

Ok I'm curious what GF juice is. Also, one day late. I took a test 2 days ago and got a BFN. However, I am taking maca pills and have heard they can throw your cycle off. Has anyone experienced this?

 

[BumptasticMTY]

Welcome Gingerwhinger! This is a great group of girls

Genna - I just figured out how to share a chart. On the FF website - you have to set up your charts home page first. When your on your chart page, there is a button underneath that says "Share". Click on that and then it will tell you that you need to set it up. Go through those steps and then when you are done it will give you a url that you can paste into your signature, or just paste it onto a post if you don't want it to be in your signature.

I'm going to give it a shot right now. I finally just today got the red crosshairs showing that I ovulated. Yay!

Thanks girl - I tried and it didn't work!

Click on the "Sharing" tab.
Then click on "Get Code"
Copy the 3rd code from the bottom that says "Chart Thumbnail"
Then paste it here.

 

[mdub19]

Hey Ladies! Thanks for posting your updates! It's interesting to hear the differences our bodies and cycles have, isn't it? Just goes to show, no two cycles are the same! It's kind of encouraging, if you ask me!!!

Anyway, update. I had my digital OPK monitor tell me PEAK on CD18 & CD19. I however got +OPK both days and also TODAY CD21 but my monitor says LOW today. My temperature also dipped yesterday! It's really weird and I don't know what to think. I am still getting EWCM though!? Thoughts???

Here is my chart. Let me know what you think!
<a href="https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/" style="font-size:smaller;" >
<img src="https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee//thumb.png" />
<br /> My Ovulation Chart</a>

Sometimes your temperature dips just before ovulation, I know mine did. So maybe you O'd today? I don't know anything about the digital monitor. Is it supposed to be more accurate than a digital OPK?
And try what bumptastic said, you have to paste the url from the "chart thumbnail" section from the sharing page.

 

[Rozzer]

Ok I'm curious what GF juice is. Also, one day late. I took a test 2 days ago and got a BFN. However, I am taking maca pills and have heard they can throw your cycle off. Has anyone experienced this?

GF = grapefruit.

No experience with Maca but am thinking of it, so it's interesting to know that. Good luck!

 

[Nicolefunnell]

Ok I'm curious what GF juice is. Also, one day late. I took a test 2 days ago and got a BFN. However, I am taking maca pills and have heard they can throw your cycle off. Has anyone experienced this?

GF = grapefruit.

No experience with Maca but am thinking of it, so it's interesting to know that. Good luck!

That's what I was thinking, but I wanted to make sure. Yes, I've heard that it is supposed to regulate your period so it can come later because it starting to make or come at the "right" time. If you have a regular period like I normally do they said it could possibly mess it up. But there were so many other positive things that put weighed it. My friend who isn't even trying to conceive take maca because it has a lot of health benefits.

 

[missgenna]

Hey girls -

I am so confused this cycle. 5 days of +OPK's in a row. What does this mean!?

Here's my chart for you to see. Thanks Bumptastic & Mdub for the help with sharing!

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

 

[missgenna]

Hey Ladies! Thanks for posting your updates! It's interesting to hear the differences our bodies and cycles have, isn't it? Just goes to show, no two cycles are the same! It's kind of encouraging, if you ask me!!!

Anyway, update. I had my digital OPK monitor tell me PEAK on CD18 & CD19. I however got +OPK both days and also TODAY CD21 but my monitor says LOW today. My temperature also dipped yesterday! It's really weird and I don't know what to think. I am still getting EWCM though!? Thoughts???

Here is my chart. Let me know what you think!
<a href="https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/" style="font-size:smaller;" >
<img src="https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee//thumb.png" />
<br /> My Ovulation Chart</a>

Sometimes your temperature dips just before ovulation, I know mine did. So maybe you O'd today? I don't know anything about the digital monitor. Is it supposed to be more accurate than a digital OPK?
And try what bumptastic said, you have to paste the url from the "chart thumbnail" section from the sharing page.

Thanks girl - I just posted my chart. Let me know what you think!

 

[missgenna]

Welcome Gingerwhinger! This is a great group of girls

Genna - I just figured out how to share a chart. On the FF website - you have to set up your charts home page first. When your on your chart page, there is a button underneath that says "Share". Click on that and then it will tell you that you need to set it up. Go through those steps and then when you are done it will give you a url that you can paste into your signature, or just paste it onto a post if you don't want it to be in your signature.

I'm going to give it a shot right now. I finally just today got the red crosshairs showing that I ovulated. Yay!

Thanks girl - I tried and it didn't work!

Click on the "Sharing" tab.
Then click on "Get Code"
Copy the 3rd code from the bottom that says "Chart Thumbnail"
Then paste it here.

Thanks girl! Just posted it - let me know what you think!

 

[Nicolefunnell]

I could help but I don't use opks

 

[Nicolefunnell]

I wish I could help*

 

[mdub19]

Hey girls -

I am so confused this cycle. 5 days of +OPK's in a row. What does this mean!?

Here's my chart for you to see. Thanks Bumptastic & Mdub for the help with sharing!

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

My initial response would be to say that you ovulated on CD18. If you look at my chart, it's similar in the sense that 2 days after I ovulated I had one temp that went down and then it went up again. But based on your first +OPK and your CP, I would say CD18.
A few more days of high temps and FF should put in their estimate on when you ovulated. Will be interesting to see.
My second guess would be CD20.....so if it's either of these days, looks like with your BD'ing you have it covered!
to you!

 

[missgenna]

Hey girls -

I am so confused this cycle. 5 days of +OPK's in a row. What does this mean!?

Here's my chart for you to see. Thanks Bumptastic & Mdub for the help with sharing!

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

My initial response would be to say that you ovulated on CD18. If you look at my chart, it's similar in the sense that 2 days after I ovulated I had one temp that went down and then it went up again. But based on your first +OPK and your CP, I would say CD18.
A few more days of high temps and FF should put in their estimate on when you ovulated. Will be interesting to see.
My second guess would be CD20.....so if it's either of these days, looks like with your BD'ing you have it covered!
to you!

Thanks love. That's what I initially thought too. But then if I already ovulated, why are my OPK's still giving me +++?!

 

[pinkpolkadot]

Hey girls -

I am so confused this cycle. 5 days of +OPK's in a row. What does this mean!?

Here's my chart for you to see. Thanks Bumptastic & Mdub for the help with sharing!

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

I can see why that is confusing! Initially thought maybe cd20 from the temps but I am a bit rusty at charting, need to brush up! Do you normally get more than 1 + opk? Where some darker than others?

I am still bored waiting to O on CD15 so probs got another 5 or 6 days, been keeping up with the BDing every other night though.

For those asking about GF juice (grapefruit juice) I have been drinking 2 glases a day to help EWCM and it seems to be working, I used this last time too. I must check whether to stop at O, I can't remeber, does anyone know?

 

[mdub19]

Hey girls -

I am so confused this cycle. 5 days of +OPK's in a row. What does this mean!?

Here's my chart for you to see. Thanks Bumptastic & Mdub for the help with sharing!

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

My initial response would be to say that you ovulated on CD18. If you look at my chart, it's similar in the sense that 2 days after I ovulated I had one temp that went down and then it went up again. But based on your first +OPK and your CP, I would say CD18.
A few more days of high temps and FF should put in their estimate on when you ovulated. Will be interesting to see.
My second guess would be CD20.....so if it's either of these days, looks like with your BD'ing you have it covered!
to you!

Thanks love. That's what I initially thought too. But then if I already ovulated, why are my OPK's still giving me +++?!

Good question. That's why I stop taking OPK's after my first +. Don't want to make myself go crazy!!

 

[BumptasticMTY]

MissGenna, I'd say CD20 but CD18 may be right since your temp on CD20 was taken on a different time of the day and that may explain the temp drop on that day.

What type of OPK's are you using? If they are dip stick kind, do you mind sharing photos?

 

[missgenna]

Hey girls -

I am so confused this cycle. 5 days of +OPK's in a row. What does this mean!?

Here's my chart for you to see. Thanks Bumptastic & Mdub for the help with sharing!

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

I can see why that is confusing! Initially thought maybe cd20 from the temps but I am a bit rusty at charting, need to brush up! Do you normally get more than 1 + opk? Where some darker than others?

I am still bored waiting to O on CD15 so probs got another 5 or 6 days, been keeping up with the BDing every other night though.

For those asking about GF juice (grapefruit juice) I have been drinking 2 glases a day to help EWCM and it seems to be working, I used this last time too. I must check whether to stop at O, I can't remeber, does anyone know?

I haven't ever had it happen this many days in a row. I just used a digital and it says "high" when just 3 days ago after I got "peak", I tested again and got "O" meaning "low".... Not tooo sure about the GF juice thing.

 

[missgenna]

MissGenna, I'd say CD20 but CD18 may be right since your temp on CD20 was taken on a different time of the day and that may explain the temp drop on that day.

What type of OPK's are you using? If they are dip stick kind, do you mind sharing photos?

I know that's what I was thinking too. But now this +OPK thing is driving me crazy. I used the digital clearblue with low, high, peak readings. I also back it up with FRER OPK's. I don't have photos of the clearblue ones since the result goes away after 2 minutes. I do have photos of the FRER's (sorry I am missing August 14 I can't find it anywhere) But you can see a clear darker TEST line...
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y457/gennakhein/photo_zpse1b1a191.jpg

 

[BumptasticMTY]

Well, no mistaking those results. Clearly looks like 4 positive OPKs. I've read quite a few topics where people have positive opks 4 days in a row. Everyone tells them to use the 1st positive when trying to determine O day. Keep on BD'ng!

 

[missgenna]

My FF app just put in the ovulation lines and it looks like the day it thinks I ovulated, we didn't BD... Now I'm worried we missed it
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

 

[mdub19]

My FF app just put in the ovulation lines and it looks like the day it thinks I ovulated, we didn't BD... Now I'm worried we missed it
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/46a0ee/thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

Well, as I'm sure you know, sperm can live for DAYS......and you BD'd for days before and the day after so hopefully you have it covered. I do, however, understand the feeling of stressing because you think you should have done something more. Try and relax (I know, easier said than done) because now all we can do is wait for our BFP's!!
Good luck!