Ugh, another Two Week Wait! I feel so completely useless during the 2WW that I'm almost glad my cycles are on the longer side, because that means I have more of a break between each 2WW. I can't focus on anything for more than a few minutes before I'm distracted by symptom spotting and baby hopes. I'm only on 5 DPO and I'm dying to test. I'm sure many of y'all can relate.
I was sick for a while this Cycle and then batteries in both my thermometers died and I took my time replacing them, but I think I was just able to catch ovulation and my thermal shift. The good news for me this cycle is that my Post-O temps are the most stable, consistent temps I've had since the cycle I conceived my now five-year-old daughter, who was conceived through IUI and injectables. I also likely ovulated on CD18, which is a big improvement over my usual ovulation day of CD24.
I know that doesn't mean that this will necessarily be my lucky month, but it does make me feel that my fertility regimen of Fertilaid, evening primrose oil from menstruation to ovulation, optimized Folate, and natural progesterone cream seems to be working. I'm also taking metformin for my PCOS and my lupus drugs, but I didn't see any real improvement in my cycles until I added all those supplements; even losing thirty pounds didn't seem to help.
I'm hopeful that even if I don't conceive this month, that I'll continue to see more positive changes in my next Cycle; the closer my irregular Cycles get to normal, the happier I am with them.
I hope everyone else is having a good month, too, and I'm so happy to see that Tori has had a BFP! My fingers are crossed that we'll get a lot more of those this month.