Lovely Ladies TTC

[PurpleIvy44]

I'm sorry if this is TMI but I need your help figuring this out. Regarding CM... previously when I've felt extra moist and check it's been white and watery and categorized it as creamy cm. Today I check and it was like lotion so now I think I've been wrong all along. Today would truly be creamy cm, right? What would the white watery kind be? If I put watery on FF it says it's fertile cm but I know it's not b/c I had it the whole time after O'ing last cycle up until AF. Is it everyday cm and I just don't label it unless it's the typical creamy, ewcm or sticky? I did have sticky last night & this morning which was kinda weird for me. Again, sorry tmi but any input would be appreciate. Oh and I could see the cm on my undies so I would again assume that is the true creamy cm, right? Thanks!

It's possible the white and watery is just your normal "moisturizing' fluid.

I think it's also very possible that they are both just different ' types' of creamy. Have you looked at pictures of creamy? It does have a range that is considered normal creamy, so it doesn't just have to be lotion.

If you had watery you'd know it, because it looks and acts just like real water.

Thank you. I went back to the book-Taking Charge of your Fertility and I found that what I considered real creamy cm is actually sticky since it forms peaks when separated. What I think is creamy is probably creamy since it could be milky, wet, watery, or thin. I have seen pictures of creamy and they look like thick lotion which caused my confusion.

 

[PurpleIvy44]

Yay, I'm 1 dpo too! My temp only increased 3/10 so hopefully I did O. I have my annual exam on 11/12 so I'm going to hold out until then. I'll be 13 dpo so I'll have her test me at the office unless I'm getting some solid symptoms. I don't want to over analyze symptoms this 2ww b/c I thought for sure I was prego last time. I'm learning more things each month about what's normal & what's not. Good luck to you and the other ladies!

Make sure you keep using opks, and I'd still be BD until you see 3 days of high temps.
Your temp is still in the same range it has been this whole cycle, and you haven't had a positive OPK in the past couple days, so it is still possible you have yet to O.
You can have an LH surge without actually O'ing, so don't stop BD yet! Wouldn't want you to miss the egg!

I hope that you really did O already though and we just keep seeing that temp go higher.

Hi- I'm not quite sure what's going on with my temps. I slept bad for Friday's temp. 2 hrs before my normal time it was 97.3 and the temp at normal time was 97.9. I don't usually vary that much so if I wake up and hr. before it's pretty close if not the same as my normal time temp but it wasn't this time. This morning it was 97.3 again, which has pretty much been my baseline. I'm now thinking I didn't O. I've done opk since and they're all negative, they've been very very faint. I've been having an uncomfortable feeling on my lower left side since Wed and I've never had O pains. I'm really confused now. I'm just going to keep doing opk's just in case I didn't O b/c my temp is staying low. Such a bummer, I think bbt is adding more stress to my ttc.
Hope all is well with you ladies.

I wouldn't worry too much hun...and I think you have ovulated...I have included a link to my cycle - scroll down to March (when I conceived)...I wasn't sure if I did ovulate - then ff gave me crosshairs...but my temps were low...then I got my BFP at 9dpo. Stay positive and FX for you

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3a476d//thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

Hi- I'm not quite sure what's going on with my temps. I slept bad for Friday's temp. 2 hrs before my normal time it was 97.3 and the temp at normal time was 97.9. I don't usually vary that much so if I wake up and hr. before it's pretty close if not the same as my normal time temp but it wasn't this time. This morning it was 97.3 again, which has pretty much been my baseline. I'm now thinking I didn't O. I've done opk since and they're all negative, they've been very very faint. I've been having an uncomfortable feeling on my lower left side since Wed and I've never had O pains. I'm really confused now. I'm just going to keep doing opk's just in case I didn't O b/c my temp is staying low. Such a bummer, I think bbt is adding more stress to my ttc.
Hope all is well with you ladies.

I think I would agree with carlywarly. Your OPKs were positive, so personally I would trust that. So many things influence those stupid temperatures.....
I also see that you kept doing OPKs and they were all negative, despite your pain. I always (well, almost always) get ovulation pains, and they are not just an "uncomfortable feeling", they are a very specific type of quite intense stabbing pain (that get worse when I move around; sometimes I can hardly get up). And when I do have those pains my OPKs so far were super positive. So if you had that pain but no positive OPK I am almost 100% certain it wasn't ovulation.

I've had some crappy temps the last 2 days as well Yesterday my temp dropped by an entire degree all of the sudden, but when I took it again 2 hours later (slept in....) it was back to normal. So I just discarded the first one...not sure if that was the right thing to do....And today my temp increased by 0.2, but I am blaming that on the stupid daylight savings time change. So confusing

Thank you ladies I agree, I think I did O. I changed my temp for Fri back to 97.9 since I'm think that was closer to my true waking temp. It shows the huge dip for yesterday but oh well. I set my alarm for 5:30 due to DST and didn't wake up before hand so I know the temp of 98 was real and true. I woke up 6 hrs later and temped and it was 98.2.

If O pains are actually painful then I defiantly didn't have them. Maybe it's in my head, could very well be. Thanks for making me feel better ladies. I just have to wait and see now....

 

[carlywarly]

Yay, I'm 1 dpo too! My temp only increased 3/10 so hopefully I did O. I have my annual exam on 11/12 so I'm going to hold out until then. I'll be 13 dpo so I'll have her test me at the office unless I'm getting some solid symptoms. I don't want to over analyze symptoms this 2ww b/c I thought for sure I was prego last time. I'm learning more things each month about what's normal & what's not. Good luck to you and the other ladies!

Make sure you keep using opks, and I'd still be BD until you see 3 days of high temps.
Your temp is still in the same range it has been this whole cycle, and you haven't had a positive OPK in the past couple days, so it is still possible you have yet to O.
You can have an LH surge without actually O'ing, so don't stop BD yet! Wouldn't want you to miss the egg!

I hope that you really did O already though and we just keep seeing that temp go higher.

Hi- I'm not quite sure what's going on with my temps. I slept bad for Friday's temp. 2 hrs before my normal time it was 97.3 and the temp at normal time was 97.9. I don't usually vary that much so if I wake up and hr. before it's pretty close if not the same as my normal time temp but it wasn't this time. This morning it was 97.3 again, which has pretty much been my baseline. I'm now thinking I didn't O. I've done opk since and they're all negative, they've been very very faint. I've been having an uncomfortable feeling on my lower left side since Wed and I've never had O pains. I'm really confused now. I'm just going to keep doing opk's just in case I didn't O b/c my temp is staying low. Such a bummer, I think bbt is adding more stress to my ttc.
Hope all is well with you ladies.

I wouldn't worry too much hun...and I think you have ovulated...I have included a link to my cycle - scroll down to March (when I conceived)...I wasn't sure if I did ovulate - then ff gave me crosshairs...but my temps were low...then I got my BFP at 9dpo. Stay positive and FX for you

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3a476d//thumb.png
My Ovulation Chart

Hi- I'm not quite sure what's going on with my temps. I slept bad for Friday's temp. 2 hrs before my normal time it was 97.3 and the temp at normal time was 97.9. I don't usually vary that much so if I wake up and hr. before it's pretty close if not the same as my normal time temp but it wasn't this time. This morning it was 97.3 again, which has pretty much been my baseline. I'm now thinking I didn't O. I've done opk since and they're all negative, they've been very very faint. I've been having an uncomfortable feeling on my lower left side since Wed and I've never had O pains. I'm really confused now. I'm just going to keep doing opk's just in case I didn't O b/c my temp is staying low. Such a bummer, I think bbt is adding more stress to my ttc.
Hope all is well with you ladies.

I think I would agree with carlywarly. Your OPKs were positive, so personally I would trust that. So many things influence those stupid temperatures.....
I also see that you kept doing OPKs and they were all negative, despite your pain. I always (well, almost always) get ovulation pains, and they are not just an "uncomfortable feeling", they are a very specific type of quite intense stabbing pain (that get worse when I move around; sometimes I can hardly get up). And when I do have those pains my OPKs so far were super positive. So if you had that pain but no positive OPK I am almost 100% certain it wasn't ovulation.

I've had some crappy temps the last 2 days as well Yesterday my temp dropped by an entire degree all of the sudden, but when I took it again 2 hours later (slept in....) it was back to normal. So I just discarded the first one...not sure if that was the right thing to do....And today my temp increased by 0.2, but I am blaming that on the stupid daylight savings time change. So confusing

Thank you ladies I agree, I think I did O. I changed my temp for Fri back to 97.9 since I'm think that was closer to my true waking temp. It shows the huge dip for yesterday but oh well. I set my alarm for 5:30 due to DST and didn't wake up before hand so I know the temp of 98 was real and true. I woke up 6 hrs later and temped and it was 98.2.

If O pains are actually painful then I defiantly didn't have them. Maybe it's in my head, could very well be. Thanks for making me feel better ladies. I just have to wait and see now....

Oooh goody about the temps!!

I get ov pains too...some cycles they are painful, and some cycles they are just niggles in my ovary area...and only last a few minutes.

I wish you tons of luck!!

 

[AuCa]

I think I'm finally getting close to my ovulation date, phew. The 2nd line on my OPK got much darker today (not quite like control but getting there). HOpefully the temps will rise in the next few days. It's about time, I was getting really frustrated....

 

[minuet]

purple ivy, with your positive OPKS and the temp rise of the last couple days, you for sure O'd. And now you are several days into that TWW! Yay!

 

[PurpleIvy44]

I think I'm finally getting close to my ovulation date, phew. The 2nd line on my OPK got much darker today (not quite like control but getting there). HOpefully the temps will rise in the next few days. It's about time, I was getting really frustrated....

Good news! It sucks waiting when you have long cycles. I usually have to wait about 3 weeks. Glad to hear it's coming around.

 

[AuCa]

Good news! It sucks waiting when you have long cycles. I usually have to wait about 3 weeks. Glad to hear it's coming around.

Thanks ! I really do hope I'll ovulate by latest CD21, but it looks like it

How is the 2WW treating you?

 

[MinnieMcMoose]

Hi, anyone fancy cheering me up? Feeling lousy and in a rubbish mood!
I'm 9dpo today and because I started testing so early, 9 dpo feels really late now. I've got so many symptoms, but also got bfn's (and a few evaporation lines!).
To top it all off, I'm back in work tmrw after nearly a week off, my house looks like a bombsite and I just had to go get a flu jab so my arm really hurts

 

[MinnieMcMoose]

Hi, anyone fancy cheering me up? Feeling lousy and in a rubbish mood!
I'm 9dpo today and because I started testing so early, 9 dpo feels really late now. I've got so many symptoms, but also got bfn's (and a few evaporation lines!).
To top it all off, I'm back in work tmrw after nearly a week off, my house looks like a bombsite and I just had to go get a flu jab so my arm really hurts

 

[AuCa]

Hi, anyone fancy cheering me up? Feeling lousy and in a rubbish mood!
I'm 9dpo today and because I started testing so early, 9 dpo feels really late now. I've got so many symptoms, but also got bfn's (and a few evaporation lines!).
To top it all off, I'm back in work tmrw after nearly a week off, my house looks like a bombsite and I just had to go get a flu jab so my arm really hurts

2WW sucks....but you only have a few more days to go. Fx'ed you'll get a BFP

Ugh, I'm getting my flu shot on Thursday, so not looking forward to it.

 

[Smiler82]

Minnie Sorry you had a crappy day. 9dpo is very early! The 2WW is crawling along for me too, I'm only 7dpo. We agreed I wouldn't test til 20dpo either...eek!

Make a big brew when you get into work tomorrow, tea makes everything better

 

[MinnieMcMoose]

Minnie Sorry you had a crappy day. 9dpo is very early! The 2WW is crawling along for me too, I'm only 7dpo. We agreed I wouldn't test til 20dpo either...eek!

Make a big brew when you get into work tomorrow, tea makes everything better

Still bfn today.

 

[Shannon30]

Same for me 7/8 dpo and I am dying to test!!!! Feel no different...alittle gassy..tmi. I have a tone of Dollar store...and about 20 Frers. Might try today ...for fun. Won't be dissappointed if it's a BFN. Good luck ladies..and Minnie is very early. My last pregnancy..thought I was completely out..cramps and all...got a BFN on cd 24 and and BFP on cd 26..TOTAL SHOCKER!!!! You are still in the game. Smilier good luck on waiting..I could never do it!!!

 

[MinnieMcMoose]

Same for me 7/8 dpo and I am dying to test!!!! Feel no different...alittle gassy..tmi. I have a tone of Dollar store...and about 20 Frers. Might try today ...for fun. Won't be dissappointed if it's a BFN. Good luck ladies..and Minnie is very early. My last pregnancy..thought I was completely out..cramps and all...got a BFN on cd 24 and and BFP on cd 26..TOTAL SHOCKER!!!! You are still in the game. Smilier good luck on waiting..I could never do it!!!

To be honest, I wasn't trying for my daughter and so didn't test until my period was 9 days late and the line was only just there then! So maybe I should just chill out and wait. As my husband says, if in 6 months time I look like I've stuffed a beach ball up my top, then I'm probably pregnant!

 

[AuCa]

Sorry about the BFN, but it is really early to test. Fx'ed!!!

I am super excited today, finally got a peak on my CBFM on CD20 My temps are all over the place lately so don't know what's going on there, but it doesn't matter that much since I have all the other ovulation signs (EWCM, LH surge etc).
We BD'ed yesterday and planning on BDing again today. How long after the LH surge should we be BDing??? (getting somewhat exhausted and was wondering if we should BD again tomorrow or not.....)

 

[Smiler82]

Yay for a peak! So does peak mean an LH surge? With OPKs, the Sperm Meets Egg Plan says to BD every other day, then once you get a +OPK, have sex 3 nights in a row, 1 night off, then once more after that.

 

[AuCa]

Yay for a peak! So does peak mean an LH surge? With OPKs, the Sperm Meets Egg Plan says to BD every other day, then once you get a +OPK, have sex 3 nights in a row, 1 night off, then once more after that.

Yes, peak is the same as LH surge. Oh wow, 3 nights in a row...hmmmm see if we can manage that, lol. Thanks for that information though!

 

[Smiler82]

Haha yeah, by the 3rd night even DH was unsure and he is ALWAYS up for sex, lol

 

[PurpleIvy44]

Good news! It sucks waiting when you have long cycles. I usually have to wait about 3 weeks. Glad to hear it's coming around.

Thanks ! I really do hope I'll ovulate by latest CD21, but it looks like it

How is the 2WW treating you?

2ww isn't too bad. FF says I'm 8 dpo and I don't plan to test until 13 dpo, just hanging in there. Thanks!

Hi, anyone fancy cheering me up? Feeling lousy and in a rubbish mood!
I'm 9dpo today and because I started testing so early, 9 dpo feels really late now. I've got so many symptoms, but also got bfn's (and a few evaporation lines!).
To top it all off, I'm back in work tmrw after nearly a week off, my house looks like a bombsite and I just had to go get a flu jab so my arm really hurts

Awww I hope you feel better hun.

Minnie Sorry you had a crappy day. 9dpo is very early! The 2WW is crawling along for me too, I'm only 7dpo. We agreed I wouldn't test til 20dpo either...eek!

Make a big brew when you get into work tomorrow, tea makes everything better

Good luck until 20 dpo. It is better to wait until AF is a no show. Fx'd!!

Still bfn today.

It's still very early. Don't give up hope yet!!

Same for me 7/8 dpo and I am dying to test!!!! Feel no different...alittle gassy..tmi. I have a tone of Dollar store...and about 20 Frers. Might try today ...for fun. Won't be dissappointed if it's a BFN. Good luck ladies..and Minnie is very early. My last pregnancy..thought I was completely out..cramps and all...got a BFN on cd 24 and and BFP on cd 26..TOTAL SHOCKER!!!! You are still in the game. Smilier good luck on waiting..I could never do it!!!

I feel no different either. I had the gassy/constipation (tmi) going on the last couple days too. I would think the bb would be the first change due to the hormone changes. When are you going to test?

Sorry about the BFN, but it is really early to test. Fx'ed!!!

I am super excited today, finally got a peak on my CBFM on CD20 My temps are all over the place lately so don't know what's going on there, but it doesn't matter that much since I have all the other ovulation signs (EWCM, LH surge etc).
We BD'ed yesterday and planning on BDing again today. How long after the LH surge should we be BDing??? (getting somewhat exhausted and was wondering if we should BD again tomorrow or not.....)

Getting your surge is the best! You're on your way happy bd'ing.

Haha yeah, by the 3rd night even DH was unsure and he is ALWAYS up for sex, lol

Same here, I was worried he'd actually hold out after 3 days in a row.


Sorry for all the quotes but I had to catch up. As I mentioned, I don't really feel different. Although when I got pregnant the first time around I felt nothing at all but then I lost it so that makes me a little worried. I got 5 more days until testing. My temp dipped a bit yesterday and only went up a tad this morning but I'm trying not to dwell on the bbt too much. I get obsessed. Good luck ladies!!

 

[AuCa]

Well, my excitement turned into confusion.....just to make sure I did another OPK this afternoon, and - negative
The 2nd line went from non-existant to fairly strong both yesterday and today, but it is def not as strong as the control. But my monitor displayed today as "peak". Since the monitor measures LH as well, I wonder if I just got a batch of bad OPKs or my testing was off (drank too much or st). Very annoying.

I am tempted to not believe the OPKs since I had ovulation pain yesterday, EWCM for 3 days (4th day today actually) and now the peak on my monitor. Temps are unfortunately super erratic right now (haven't slept well lately) so that probably won't help.
What do you ladies think?