February 2016 BFPs - calling all love bugs

[mitchnorm]

Yippee! 2 already is a great start!
Mitchnorm, thanks for the yay, but I'm not there yet... Hope your premature response is psychic ability!!! I'll not know until Wednesday/Thursday now, as I'm not testing until she's late now (can't face any more bfns, Friday was bad enough but being 9dpo left me some hope!).

Had an email from my consultant, saying my blood results (mainly my obscenely high progesterone of 97.5 ) were very promising!

& to our 2 new mummies

& to those of us still waiting

Sorry got a bit over excited by signs and symptoms....not long to wait I hope x x x

 

[mitchnorm]

Just read something very interesting about opks and lh surge.....I have always been curious about my ovulation pains, CM, opks etc and the order ring which they happen. We were often ttc after opks positive as I believed that the egg would typically be released in the next 24-48 hours....but three last two times I fell pregnant we dtd very much before opks were positive. I got ov pains and increased ewcm before the positive opks....Apparently over the age of 35 the lh surge on opks can happen almost simultaneously with egg being released and certainly with in a few hours. Over the age of 40 lh surge may not actually be high enough to give a positive opks until after egg released. I am 42. This makes perfect sense.

Just thought I'd share in case anyone relying 100% on opks x x

 

[Xokittycatxo]

Just read something very interesting about opks and lh surge.....I have always been curious about my ovulation pains, CM, opks etc and the order ring which they happen. We were often ttc after opks positive as I believed that the egg would typically be released in the next 24-48 hours....but three last two times I fell pregnant we dtd very much before opks were positive. I got ov pains and increased ewcm before the positive opks....Apparently over the age of 35 the lh surge on opks can happen almost simultaneously with egg being released and certainly with in a few hours. Over the age of 40 lh surge may not actually be high enough to give a positive opks until after egg released. I am 42. This makes perfect sense.

Just thought I'd share in case anyone relying 100% on opks x x

Thank you for this! I'm 33 and I am almost certain that I O within 12 hours or less of a positive opk based on cp and temps.
Going along with this I was reading that the even though the surge is over the lh can still be in your urine. So even though you may still be testing positive the surge has long since been over and you are just picking up what's still moving through your system.

 

[elliecain]

That's really interesting and, at 38, I definitely ovulate very soon after the surge. This month I caught the end of the surge in the early morning and ovulated later that day. I know because of the ovulation pain caused by having used Clomid and having 2 big follies.

 

[Xokittycatxo]

That's really interesting and, at 38, I definitely ovulate very soon after the surge. This month I caught the end of the surge in the early morning and ovulated later that day. I know because of the ovulation pain caused by having used Clomid and having 2 big follies.

Your chart looks great!! Are you testing today or holding out until tomorrow??

 

[elliecain]

Thanks. AF was due today and no sign, but I'm terrified to test. I wonder if the Clomid has lengthened my lp by a day or so and I am sure the witch is going to show. I may wait until Sunday and Valentine's Day to test!

Iris, aren't you due today too? Are you testing yet?

 

[BabyForIris]

Thanks. AF was due today and no sign, but I'm terrified to test. I wonder if the Clomid has lengthened my lp by a day or so and I am sure the witch is going to show. I may wait until Sunday and Valentine's Day to test!

Iris, aren't you due today too? Are you testing yet?

Indeed i am. I did test this morning and BFN. But AF hasn't shown up yet

I'm never more than 1 or 2 days late. So I guess I'll wait for her to show up and if she doesn't I'll test again Friday or Saturday.

Very annoying process. Not at all what I thought TTC would be to be honest. I admire and respect the women who try for years. I have no idea how they do it.

FX for you!!!! Keep me posted.

 

[Mdc]

Mitch, that is interesting because I also think I O pretty quickly after my surge.

Babyfor, sorry about the bfn, but no AF is a great sign.

Ellie, fingers crossed.

I am patiently...ok maybe not so patiently waiting for O I would guess in the next 5 days and then back on the IUI train!

 

[Xokittycatxo]

Mitch, that is interesting because I also think I O pretty quickly after my surge.

Babyfor, sorry about the bfn, but no AF is a great sign.

Ellie, fingers crossed.

I am patiently...ok maybe not so patiently waiting for O I would guess in the next 5 days and then back on the IUI train!

Hehe not so patiently waiting here too! Hoping I'll O feb 15-16 with OH schedule and mine are BD will have to be the weekend. If I conceive it would truly be a Valentine's Day baby.

Bought a new pack of cbd...got advanced this time by mistake but..cool!

Anyone have any news????

 

[BabyForIris]

AF showed up yesterday afternoon. So moving onto cycle 2 of me! Taking it in stride. Decided to start charting my temps and got a wack of OPK sticks off amazon.
Onwards and upwards right?!?

 

[elliecain]

So our thread had a good couple of positives but I'm afraid I'm adding to the es as mine turned up yesterday. Good luck to the rest of you. Onwards to March I go... Anyone wanting to do a thread or shall I get one started?

 

[c beary83]

Sorry Ellie. Fingers crossed for next month x

 

[Xokittycatxo]

So our thread had a good couple of positives but I'm afraid I'm adding to the es as mine turned up yesterday. Good luck to the rest of you. Onwards to March I go... Anyone wanting to do a thread or shall I get one started?

Oh bummer Ellie. But march may be your month! If I end up with a March cycle I'll be in your new thread! Can you leave a link if you make a new one?? Thanks

 

[elliecain]

Done. March Testers... Hope no-one minds me doing 2 in a row, but I needed to look forward with hope!

 

[mitchnorm]

So sorry Elliecain. ...

Waiting not so patiently for O here. Last few cycles it came around day 13-14 but opks is nowhere near positive yet. I think taking soy isoflavones brought it forward....I am not taking this time

Come on O!!!!!

 

[Xokittycatxo]

Well I O today as I got my peak and positive opk and usually O the same day.
We dtd yesterday but I'm not hopeful as he came mid switching positions and even though we salvaged some and put it in a soft up with some egg whites, I think I spilled most of it while inserting

Really sad because the timing would have been perfect and OH is now away.

Ah well, hopefully I will have at least lengthened lp this cycle and on to march! I'll still be hanging out seeing how the rest of you feb ladies do.

 

[elliecain]

Hopefully you got that one little that is needed!

 

[mitchnorm]

Well I O today as I got my peak and positive opk and usually O the same day.
We dtd yesterday but I'm not hopeful as he came mid switching positions and even though we salvaged some and put it in a soft up with some egg whites, I think I spilled most of it while inserting

Really sad because the timing would have been perfect and OH is now away.

Ah well, hopefully I will have at least lengthened lp this cycle and on to march! I'll still be hanging out seeing how the rest of you feb ladies do.

Sounds messy! Hope you've caught the sperm x x

I got my positive opks yesterday. ..had dtd Wednesday, Friday, Sunday and last night....surely that's enough. I think I also ovulate/release egg on the same day as positive opks. ..certainly I got ewcm and pains yesterday. Giving tonight a miss....knackered.

Or should I? Xx

 

[elliecain]

Mitchnorm, fingers crossed you caught the eggy!

Mdc, are you still on for 29th Feb or shall I add you to the March testers? Fingers crossed xxx

 

[praying4no2]

Just read something very interesting about opks and lh surge.....I have always been curious about my ovulation pains, CM, opks etc and the order ring which they happen. We were often ttc after opks positive as I believed that the egg would typically be released in the next 24-48 hours....but three last two times I fell pregnant we dtd very much before opks were positive. I got ov pains and increased ewcm before the positive opks....Apparently over the age of 35 the lh surge on opks can happen almost simultaneously with egg being released and certainly with in a few hours. Over the age of 40 lh surge may not actually be high enough to give a positive opks until after egg released. I am 42. This makes perfect sense.

Just thought I'd share in case anyone relying 100% on opks x x

Thanks for this info. I Think my lh surge is extremely short. And even though I can feel ovulation pains, it still takes another day for the opk to be positive.