My New Year's Resolution: Get pregnant. Anyone else? SIX BFPs so far!!!

[Elphabaa77]

Sis- Your chart is already showing a noticeable increase in your temps. Of course, one has an open dot... so I am not sure if that means you did not temp at your normal time. I hope you got plenty of in just in case!

 

[Sis4Us]

Elphabaa ... Funny thing i searched last nite and found a ton of women say the same thing .... Including your post on another site
Believe me I want to slap the smile of that Flasheys face!!!!
I noticed my temps too but they have been so different since I started my Thyroid meds very minimal... I'm sure that's a good thing but IDK!!
I did test w my reg Digital last nite still a O so idk I'm so frustrated but trying not to get stressed out about it (trying)

Just afraid my timming was totally off on Wed and Thur since I still haven't gotten a + OPK 4 days later!
I'm confused too cuz the FS said my follicle was 15Mm Thur it should be mature by now!!

Amazingly enough I think DH is actually getting tired of BDing

Happy Monday Everyone Love U guys

 

[pbl_ge]

Sorry about AF, SweetMel. She's such a biatch!!!

Sis, hope you catch the egg!

Elphaba, I really hope this is a nice, early O coming for you! The race is on! Although I've been sick, which for me has sometimes delayed O, so you may well win.

Milty, looking good! When is testing day?

Hope everyone's doing well. I'm at home with a nasty cold.

 

[Elphabaa77]

haha Sis - You must have been on CountdownToPregnancy.com because that was the only place I put something up besides BnB. I used to use that site a lot when I felt the need to track my BBT on multiple sites. I was quite the obsessed woman in the beginning... not that I am not now, but I have definitely lightened up! I was doing an internet search on the Clearblue Advanced Digi's and noticed a thread on that site, so I figured I would see what these ladies were thinking.

Hopefully you didn't miss O! Fingers crossed!

PBL - It ain't over til the fat lady sings! See you at the finish line! (or maybe you will already be there waiting!) Hope your cold feels better! Maybe you should be using stuff like Mucinex instead of just decongestants! If decongestants help to dry up colds... who knows what else they are drying up!

 

[Sis4Us]

Yes a lot of ladies take psuedophedrine to dry up EWCM to change it to creamy .... I'm not sure about the mucinex!!!

Hope u Feel better real soon PBl

Elphabaa ... Not sure of the site just LOL when I saw ur Screen name!!
All I know is that Flashey Smiley is on my Sh1+ list

 

[Elphabaa77]

Right? After seeing that Flashy Smiley face for 4 days in a row... I was DONE with those tests! I have 1 test left from last cycle, and I may use it when my Wondfo cheapies get pretty dark... just to see what it has to say! However, I am definitely NOT investing any more money into them!

Honestly, when I was first starting out with TTC and using OPKs, I had bought the Answer dip strips and some regular cartridge style OPKs. Those were either ClearBlue or First Response, can't quite remember. Anyhow, the cartridge style ones sucked! I hated them. The Answer strips worked really well though. Those cartridges have such skinny lines sometimes it is hard to tell if it is positive or still negative. Not a fan! I am sticking with the dip strips from here on out. I still have a ton of the pregnancy strips left from the last time I ordered Wondfo strips, and now I have 20 more from the current order! By the time I do get pregnant, I could probably take a test every day for the whole first trimester at this rate! (I always order the 50 OPKs + 20 HPTs package for $19.99, just seems like the best value... but barely ever using the HPTs at this point!)

 

[Sis4Us]

Well hopefully u will get to use them Real soon !!!

AFM.... I so want to that stupid Flashey Smile!!! I'm wondering if I surged but it was mild and didn't pick it up and now it's in decline!!
I called the FS to ask if I might have missed it or didn't O she said it can take until CD17 so we will see!!!! FX

Elphabaa .... Did u look at the lines when u took the sticks out ???? I always Do.... And today the 1st line is very faint.... Yesterday and Day before it was Darker!!!!!
I'm about to break down and spend more $$$$$$$ on the ReG Digital!!!!

 

[Milty]

Pbl : I've tested already a few times mostly BFN

My most recent...well we will see in a few days.

 

[Sis4Us]

Ok Day 3 of that SOB SMILEY!!!!!!
I did get a Dip this AM so I was assuming I would have a solid this AM.... No such luck!!

Guess I'm going to spend more $$$$$ on my Reg. digitals!!! U would think for $60 that they would work better !!!
I'll have my Baby Neice today so I'm not sure we will get any But I made sure we got a double dose yesterday!!

DH is actually asking for a Break

 

[Milty]

Poor man

 

[Sis4Us]

He's the One that's been Asking for it ...... Now he's tired !!!!! Well Now u know how I feel

 

[Elphabaa77]

Ok Day 3 of that SOB SMILEY!!!!!!
I did get a Dip this AM so I was assuming I would have a solid this AM.... No such luck!!

Guess I'm going to spend more $$$$$ on my Reg. digitals!!! U would think for $60 that they would work better !!!
I'll have my Baby Neice today so I'm not sure we will get any But I made sure we got a double dose yesterday!!

DH is actually asking for a Break

Sis - I did look at the sticks when I took them out of the digi test. Mine also looked darker on the first flashy smiley day, but then got lighter after that. I wasn't reading much into them.

I highly recommend buying some of the cheapies. They aren't as fancy as the digital, but I have found they seem to be a lot less confusing!!! Also, much friendlier on the wallet! Last August, I bought the Wondfo 50 OPK and 20 HPT pack for $19.99 on Amazon.com and it lasted me until now so I bought another batch. Now I am probably good through the end of the year. Of course, now that the OBGYN says I need to start testing on Day 12 and Clomid hasn't been working, so I don't ovulate until day 27-28.......... well, I may blow through this pack in just 2 months! I am testing twice a day so I don't miss it. No way I could afford to keep using those digi tests with how long I am supposed to be testing.

 

[Sis4Us]

I feel Ya ..... I usually start testing CD7 but usually O CD10-12 so its not so Bad... I'm at 7 days of testing 2X a day now so it's getting outta hand!!
Thanks for the help the girl on the other thread was telling me not to test in the afternoon cuz U can get a False Positive.... Would be NICE to get a +

Sometimes I think people W/out Hormone issues shouldn't try to consult Us W issues.... I did break down and get Reg. Digital and got a O

Mine too have been getting lighter that's why I think it didn't pick up my peak but picked up my decline... Guess We will see if that Stupid Smile is there in the AM!!!

 

[Elphabaa77]

I feel Ya ..... I usually start testing CD7 but usually O CD10-12 so its not so Bad... I'm at 7 days of testing 2X a day now so it's getting outta hand!!
Thanks for the help the girl on the other thread was telling me not to test in the afternoon cuz U can get a False Positive.... Would be NICE to get a +

Sometimes I think people W/out Hormone issues shouldn't try to consult Us W issues.... I did break down and get Reg. Digital and got a O

Mine too have been getting lighter that's why I think it didn't pick up my peak but picked up my decline... Guess We will see if that Stupid Smile is there in the AM!!!

Weird that somebody would tell you not to test in the afternoon because you may get a false positive. I have always been told there are no false positives (unless you have PCOS, but that is another story) on pregnancy tests or OPKs. Also, most sources say the best time to take an OPK is in the early afternoon, unlike Pregnancy tests which state first morning urine is best. I have never heard that testing in the afternoon is bad. I just hate doing it because I drink so much more water through the day and my pee is practically clear from all of the water! So there is just nothing to it... so if anything, I am getting false negatives! Definitely not false positives! So I test mostly first thing in the morning, but now that I am on Clomid I will also test when I get home from work around 6-7 pm.

As for thinking you missed O... your temps really don't look like you did. There hasn't been a sustained temp shift to higher temps. Maybe your thyroid meds are helping to get things balanced out to normal. Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better, especially with hormones!

 

[Sis4Us]

It does say to test W FMU on the directions for a those Advanced.... Not sure why Cuz I've always been told your Hormones are high in the AM and U might get a False Positive!!!
Guess they want U to get that SOB Smiley Face!!!
They are deffinetly not Made for Ladies W Hormone issues!!!

Well I'm thinking Ill O on Thur CD17 (if I O) .... I've never Od that late EVER but it's a "PINK FULL MOON" so maybe that's a good sign!!

 

[Sis4Us]

Day 4 of that Flashey Smiley
I soooooo want to clean its Clock !!!!!!

Happy HUMP Day Ladies!!!!!

 

[Butterfly67]

Day 4 of that Flashey Smiley
I soooooo want to clean its Clock !!!!!!

Happy HUMP Day Ladies!!!!!

Damn that flashing smiley! I've never used those as the cheapie test strips always worked fine for me as long as I used them about 4 times a day once O was near

 

[pbl_ge]

I've only used the cheap ones, and they seem great. I use FMU only, because I drink a lot of liquids and never go more than 2 hours without peeing. It works for me, and couldn't be much cheaper!

 

[Jax41]

Sis, get humping then!

 

[Elphabaa77]

Agree with PBL. I use the cheapies and typically only rely on the first morning urine tests. Now that I am Clomid, I am taking the OPKs twice a day just to be safe (and because they are so cheap)... but my best results always come in the morning. BUT I do know that many sites about OPKs recommend using them in the early afternoon for best results. But I did notice when I had the Clearblue Advanced Digi's that they said first morning urine as well.

The logic behind testing in the early afternoon is 'supposedly' most women only start their LH surge in the morning... so it would still be negative, but by early afternoon it could be positive and give you enough heads up to get to that night.

I completely question this logic, because women are conceiving babies all over the world in very different time zones. What's afternoon here is middle of the night somewhere else. Not to mention all women's bodies are different... so why assume my surge is going to happen at the same time as every other woman? I mean, I don't even have cycles like every other woman! So I go with first morning urine, because that is the most concentrated and I haven't been chugging water for the 8 hours before the test! That is ALL the logic I need!