chart stalkers.. do you see a clear thermal shift?

[Nicole R.]

Hello ladies! My name is nicole, I am 27 years old and have PCOS. First son was conceived with 1 month of clomid. Second son was conceived naturally, and here is my lost shot for a girl. Both pregnancies, my BBT was always a slow rise, never had a clear dramatic thermal shift.
I had my Mirena taken out May of 2013. Since then, I can only confirm ovulating once. It seemed my body was trying to ovulate, FF would give me crosshairs, but they would always get taken away. It was always devastating for my cross hairs to be taken. So here I am, supposedly at 7dpo. I feel I may have actually ovulated this month, cervix was HSO. I never get ewcm, but I do get watery cm. If you look at the chart, I did have some spotting (brown) mixed with the watery cm. Also, I had really promising cramps or more like pinching on my right ovary. I'm hoping I ovulated. Today, I had a thermal dip in bbt. Do you think it could be a Implantation dip? Or maybe I didn't O? All thoughts and comments are welcome. Baby dust to all!!

 

[Nicole R.]

Anyone?

 

[live_in_hope]

hey hunny! Xx

I would say that you did have a clear thermal shift It looks very mich like an implantation dip too! Hopefully itl spring back up again tomorrow morning! i dont have pcos but i have similar problems with my cycles...usually long, short lps that rarely get much above the coverline....this month is a good example...i dont even know if i ovulated, although FF thinks I did...my temps havnt risen that much

Fingers crossed for a spike in temp tomorrow! il be checking! xx

 

[Nicole R.]

Thanks for your reply! Your charts do share some similarity. I think your chart looks pretty good this month! You could be a slow riser, such as myself. Did you have any symptoms of ovulation? I am trying to focus on the symptoms I felt around ovulation and not so much the temping. If I allow myself to, I will be obsessive. Lol I can't help it

 

[live_in_hope]

hehe we sound very alike!

Thank you, well usually (like every other month except this one...) i get loads of ewcm, like loads and ov pains leading up to ov.....this cycle i had one day of ewcm, a day of excruciating pain, no +opk, then all of a Sudden i was 3 dpo?? ive been taking progesterone cream during my tww to lengthen my lp (as theyre usually short too due to low progesterone) but i cant take it if i dont know if iv ovd or not fingers crossed for us both this cycle xxx

 

[Nicole R.]

I have read about the cream.. does it work for you? I never ever get ewcm. You can miss your LH surge and not get a positive opk. When I was on clomid, I missed mine. They say to take an opk every 12 hours during your fertile period but they were a little expensive for me! I will keep up with your chart!! FX!!

 

[live_in_hope]

hey xx thats interesting that you missed your surge on clomid as i took soy iso this cycle (natural clomid).... The progesterone cream i used last month and yes it extended my lp....i had an 11 day lp but it may have been longer. I stopped it at 10dpo as i knew i wasnt pregnant and just wanted to start my next cycle. I am debating whether to start it tomorrow or not...if i am pregnant, i will need it to extend my lp or little eggy wont stand a chance! xx

 

[Nicole R.]

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[Nicole R.]

What a morning! I just typed out a very long reply.. and when I hit the post button it said my token was expired and to reload the page. Figures.

My temp rose a little.. After 15 months of consecutively charting, I have realized that I do not need to adjust my bbt. I woke up at 6am, took my temperature and slept until 7pm. This cycle, I have have been temping at 730-830 and do not see a real difference. I would love nothing more then to adjust it a few degrees I'm fighting the urge!!!
So! Do you have any symptoms you would like to share? I have been dying for a TTC buddy!! With my first son, the only early symptoms I had was heartburn and a great sense of smell around 8dpo. I knew when both of my boys implanted because I had horrible horrible back pain that lasted a few hours. My oldest implanted around 5 dpo and by 9dpo I had the faintest bfp. My youngest was a complete surprise, but I do remember being at work and doubled over with back pain. I tested two weeks later. I love symptom spotting!!! For me, it's a ton of fun!! Here's my symptoms so far:

0dpo- spotting, back pain and a pinching pain in my right ovary, that evening my legs and tops of my thighs were throbbing. It could have been related to ovulation. Maybe not.
1 dpo - headache
2 dpo - headache
3dpo- headache
4dpo- increase of creamy cm (normal for me) gassy, frequent bowel movements (tmi, sorry)hot flashes
5 dpo - dull mild back pain, BBs sore, gassy, frequent bowel movements, fatigued, hot flashes
6 dpo - headache, gassy, fbm, fatigued, hot flashes
7dpo- headache, gassy, fbm
8dpo- to be continued

So there it is, just for fun. What about you?

 

[live_in_hope]

ah coool! loads of symptoms,

Well, i had excruciating pains last tues, backache, the lot, soft Bms (i usually get ov pains, and backache around ov, but the pain this time was a lot more painful...i put it down to the soy) that day i had ewcm...no +opk though....that was all the symptoms i had....then all of a sudden i was 3dpo
If i did ov when they say i did then i was 2dpo when i got extremely drunk at my friends wedding ...

So yesterday at 5dpo in the evening I thought my boobs felt hot and afew tines had a shooting pain in my left nipple (but thats normal in preg and non preg cycles)...

Today (6dpo) i felt heavy/af-y down below... Ive not been for a poo for a while either... I also think i have thrush...ive got some stuff to put in tonight, although after a few days of irritation and then spending £11.50 on some stuff today, it feels better now typical lol....
I feel quite tired today, but not pregnancy tired. Ive been really busy, just non stop then when i want to sit down and chill, emily decides to want to jump all over me...


I am hoping my temp goes up tomorrow. If it does then I will take my progesterone cream....if it hangs around the same temp then i will cry....

When will you test? I would normally start doing ics at 8/9dpo, then frers at 11dpo but this cycle is anybodys guess....just have to see what each day brings... Im having acupuncture too, started it afew weeks ago, im there again friday. She is confident she can help with my cycle...time will tell

Yay for tww buddies, and fingers crossed for bump buddies!
Ps..My name is Vickie but people call me V. Im 29, the big 3.0. next month hubby is 47 and we have a nearly 3 year old after hubbys vasectomy reversal (he has 4 from previous marriage). Xx

 

[live_in_hope]

i take it back....iv just sat down and i could sleep.....for a very long time xxx

 

[Nicole R.]

So, do you trust your memory temps on your BBT? I have been house sitting for my mother and in the spare bedroom, there is not a lot of lighting. I *thought* read 97.35 this morning, But when lookinat at my memory temps it says 97.70
I literally just bought this thermometer a week ago, do you think I could have misread the temp?? Maybe I want to believe so, Because a 97.70 temp looked great for 8dpo!!! hehe

I will be turning 28 in September and my husband is 31. He does a lot of traveling and is gone for weeks at a time. He is currently in Miami, Florida for another two weeks. I "ovulated" a few days before he left. Next month will be very hard considering him getting home and leaving for his next job!!
I have a three and a half year old son, Ayden, Who was born at 29 weeks (3lbs 8oz) spent 8 weeks in NICU and is perfectly healthy and caught up to his gestastional age at 10 months old. Gabryl is 2.5 years old, and went full term. I found out with him that I have a condition called ABO incompatability where my body attacks my baby with my husband's blood type. Its much different than RH negative, and I cant exactly say why. The neonatalontologist said he had only seen 1 case in his 15 year career. Gabryl was born with a bilirubin level of 17 (19 is when brain damage occurs) and had two blood exchange transfusions and triple phototherapy and spent 7 days in NICU. We didn't know I suffered from the condition until he was born, and if he would have spent 2 more days in the womb he wouldn't have made it.
I was already seeing a high risk OBGYN for Incompetent Cervix, Obstetric Cholestasis, and now ABO incompatability. I will be seeing a Fetal Medicine Specialist if I ever get pregnant again. I do not want to do anymore fertility measures, as I want it to be God's choice if I get pregnant again. I want to get pregnant because I was meant to, therefore it helps justify wanting another baby with all of my complications.
Enough with the heavy!! My heart aches for a little girl. I LOVE my boys, and they are the best thing that has ever happened to me. But I want to try one last time for a girl. I am looking 25 years down the road, I want to help her get ready for her wedding. I want to be there when she has a baby. If I have to rely on my son's future wife for these things, I don't know.. it would be different for me. She will already have a mom to help her with these things. I would like to adopt, but my husband isn't comfortable with the idea. Maybe he needs more time.
V, Are you hoping for a little boy? Boys and girls are sooo different!! My friend has a little girl the same age as Ayden and WHOA!! She is so whiny and every little thing makes her cry!!! Hehehe. My boys are so tough and only cry when theyre bleeding!! They are like little monsters!!

 

[live_in_hope]

firstly yay thats a great temp for 8dpo! i would trust mine i guess, but a way to test it would be to take your temp now, then let it go off then turn it on and see whether the memory is the same as what you read it before it turned off?

Oh wow, ive not heard of that before, the ABO thing! Ive heard of the rh negative thing although dont know a lot about it if im honest. Wow, so 2 days later and your little man wouldnt be here, a true miracle!

Dya know, i would love another girl and not having a boy doesnt bother me ( at the minute). My little girl is so much of an all rounder. She is very much a tomboy. She loves the colour blue, spiderman, motorbikes, fire engines etc. loves being outdoors and loves playing with boys. She is a daredevil and much more tough and rough than all my friends boys, but when shes with her friends who are girls she plays lovely with them with their dolls and princess things so as emily is a bit of both id be happy with either really. But in my experience, like yours, the girls i know are also quite wingey and moany too. Hubby had 3 boys then a daughter with his ex (the eldest boy now has a 5month old so at 29, im a nanny!) but its fine, we all get on great

Really hope you get that bfp this cycle! So frustrating when hubbys away! My hubby missed afew cycles this year and as my cycles are so long, its sooo frustrating xx

 

[live_in_hope]

my temp went up! Im happy! and! last night I was just about to go to bed and i felt really crampy, my back and legs ached and thighs were hot...it took me ages to get to sleep coz the waistband on my pjs was digging in (so i must have been bloated too!) next couple of days are going to be interesting! i wont take my prog cream this time, but if i do get a bfp il go straight to the docs to have it checked...it was only borderline when i was last tested anyway.. xx

 

[Nicole R.]

Well! My temp was extremely low today. 97.05
I did sleep without the covers but deep down inside I know it was an accurate temp.
I don't think I ovulated. This always always happens..my crosshairs always getting taken away from me!! Im crushed!!

Your chart looks great! I can't wait to see how this cycle ends up for you FX!!

 

[Nicole R.]

As for the 97.70 temp, I tested it like you said.. and yeah.. the 97.70 was like a pre-programmed temp. so Yesterdays temp was 97.35

 

[live_in_hope]

ah no thats a bummer but dont rule out this cycle yet, i think your temp shift is good and looks better than mine! It could be implantation and that could result in a low temp for 1-2 days...see what tomorrow brings xx

 

[live_in_hope]

hey, nothing exciting with my temp today and i woke feeling heavy and af-y....just want to have a 10day lp by myself and il be happy with that...
Cant wait to see what your temp does today! xx

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[Nicole R.]

check out my temp. I'm so confused. .what do you think k?

 

[live_in_hope]

wow! there you go! Looks like implantation to me! Wheres yesterdays temp? Thats a great sign! Oooh fingers crossed! was hoping the same for mine today but no such luck...maybe tomorrrow lol xx how are you feeling? Ny symptoms the past few days.

When are you going to test?. X