**December SnowFlakes Testing Group**(praying for Christmas BFPs)

[elmum]

@jellybeanxx good luck catching the egg!

 

[ehjmorris]

Thanks everyone! OPKs are very close to matching now and I don’t often get darker than that even when I ovulate so will see what my temps do. Had a bit of a rise this morning! We’ve got inspections from the regulator happening at work this week which is stressful. Trying to stay as calm as I can about it so it doesn’t harm my chances. My body seems to need very specific conditions to ovulate! My ovaries are easily spooked

@NightFlower good luck with the testing!

@elmum that’s so exciting and sounds like it went really well! Hope the TWW goes fast for you. What’s your plan for testing?

@ehjmorris I wish OPKs were less confusing sometimes! I quite like the digital ones as it takes away the ambiguity but they’re so expensive! Sounds like you’re in the TWW now though, good luck!

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Yes they can be confusing, I just kept testing till my line came up instantly so I knew it was a for sure peak test which was this morning I’ll either ovulate today at some point or tomorrow.
Goodluck this cycle

 

[mbrew180]

Yes good luck @jellybeanxx and @ehjmorris !!!

 

[jellybeanxx]

@elmum I don’t think I could wait that long either, 10 days sounds sensible though!

@ehjmorris I’ve spent around 10 years of my life on TTC at this point (for each baby combined) and I still struggle with OPKs I think it’s because I hardly ever get a positive!

I feel like this is looking pretty good though, very rare for me to get one this dark! I’ve had some spotting as well which I got last month around ovulation too, that’s a new one for me. Not sure why I’m suddenly getting ovulation spotting, maybe it’s the soy isoflavones?

 

[jellybeanxx]

I’m so excited about this, an actual positive OPK

 

[MrsKatie]

Woohoooo @jellybeanxx that’s a beauty!

 

[NDH]

Go catch that egg!

 

[NightFlower]

@jellybeanxx good luck!

 

[elmum]

I’m so excited about this, an actual positive OPK

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Woohoo! Good luck!

 

[thencomesbebe]

@jellybeanxx FX!!! Get that egg!!

@NightFlower good luck with the testing!!!

@elmum thinking of you and sending baby dust for a sticky little bean! I had amazing luck with our IUI with DS! Can't wait to see your tests!!!

 

[AlwaysTheAunt]

@elmum everything crossed the IUI is just what you need

@jellybeanxx woohoo! Amazing opk peak!

 

[AlwaysTheAunt]

@Suggerhoney yes amazing how fast time is going now! Everything crossed for you to get a blazing bfp within the next 2 weeks!

 

[S_Dowd]

@Suggerhoney YAY!!!! I'm so glad you got a peak and ovulated this month woohoo! And I'm also glad you had some downtime to relax and rest. I am sending you tons of baby dust and I hope this is your month!

@jellybeanxx That OPK looks awesome! I hope you catch that egg!!!

@elmum I hope the IUI worked! It's great that you had 2 follicles! Double the chances, right? I hope this is your month!

@ehjmorris Good luck!!!!! I'm glad you kept testing, so you found out when your true peak was! Fingers crossed

@NightFlower Oh good luck my friend! I am so hopeful for you

I am almost positive I ovulated yesterday, but ever since the chemical in September, my body has been doing this weird fake out thing where I get EWCM for a couple of days and think I'm ovulating only for it to dry up and then it happens again. My temp did go up today, but it wasn't way up, so it's sort of an ambiguous temp. But I dried out.... so we'll see. If my temp is up tomorrow and I don't get any more EWCM, I'll know for sure lol. But I'd say I'm a good 85% sure I ovulated yesterday lol. And we BDed yesterday and Saturday and I propped my hips up for a good half hour afterwards both times for good measure. I'm not sure if it actually does anything or not, but it can't hurt.

I have to say, I'm glad about how my cycle is working out this month. AF is due December 11th. I'm glad it's not right before Christmas just in case this isn't our month, so I have some time to get over the disappointment. And if by some miracle I do get a positive it will make the rest of the Christmas season extra special and I can announce it to my family on Christmas which would be so fun. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, though. The CP in September may have just been a weird fluke never to be repeated again. I mean nearly 12 years TTC and only 1 light BFP to show for it.... I'm hoping something has changed and it was a good sign that maybe a healthy pregnancy is possible, but I'm trying to prepare myself for the possibility that it was just a total fluke.

I truly hope all of you wonderful ladies get Christmas BFPs. It would make my heart so happy

 

[elmum]

@S_Dowd oh those sound like great signs. Definitely not a fluke. It means your body can get pregnant. I believe for you! I’m also 1 dpo today. It’s already the slowest TWW lol

We conceived on our own in July. I turned 45 that month. MC in late august at 8.5 weeks. In September I had a chemical- tested late and had two days of clear positives that faded away. I have to think this is going to happen. I was just pregnant twice at my age. Hoping the next one takes. Wishing the same for you!

 

[elmum]

@elmum everything crossed the IUI is just what you need

@jellybeanxx woohoo! Amazing opk peak!

Thank you! I’m feeling like we are in with a pretty good chance.

 

[elmum]

@jellybeanxx FX!!! Get that egg!!

@NightFlower good luck with the testing!!!

@elmum thinking of you and sending baby dust for a sticky little bean! I had amazing luck with our IUI with DS! Can't wait to see your tests!!!

Oh thank you! It would be so amazing.

 

[Bevziibubble]

@S_Dowd fingers crossed for you!

 

[S_Dowd]

@S_Dowd oh those sound like great signs. Definitely not a fluke. It means your body can get pregnant. I believe for you! I’m also 1 dpo today. It’s already the slowest TWW lol

We conceived on our own in July. I turned 45 that month. MC in late august at 8.5 weeks. In September I had a chemical- tested late and had two days of clear positives that faded away. I have to think this is going to happen. I was just pregnant twice at my age. Hoping the next one takes. Wishing the same for you!

You are so sweet, and I hope you're right. Some days I feel really optimistic and tell myself it was a sign, and it's really going to happen even after all this time. And sometimes I'm filled with doubt and feel like I'd have better chances at winning the lottery. I honestly had accepted that it was most likely never going to happen. I packed up all the baby stuff I had been given over the years and put it in my attic. I stopped thinking of possible baby names. I quit OPKs/temping/early testing. All I did was try to BD whenever I saw fertile CM, but DH and I both have pretty high drives, so it wasn't like it was extra work or anything lol.

So with me being very much in acceptance mode, getting pregnant a few months ago kind of threw me for a loop. My husband declared at the beginning of this year that he was going to get me pregnant this year and I laughed at him. He started taking those vitamins, but I didn't actually think they would do anything lol. But apparently they did??? Either that or it was a weirdly timed fluke that happened to coincide with when he started taking those vitamins.... (We have MFI issues).

My mother in law had 3 children in her 40's, so I hope that gives you some encouragement! I am so so sorry about your losses. I think the only silver lining in going through it is the hope it gives. That as awful and sad and devastating as it is, perhaps it means we can get pregnant. I hope this is your month!!! And I hope preparing for Christmas can help this TWW go by faster

 

[ehjmorris]

I’m so excited about this, an actual positive OPK

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Yay! Goodluck

 

[tdog]

Good luck to you lovely ladies sending loads of xx

@jellybeanxx finally someone got a peak with them boots ones I never got a peak with them lol catch the eggy xx