Need some buddies 1dpo, its a waiting game!

[Jdub1698]

After DH asked last night when id be testing, decided I couldn't wait any longer and of course it was BFN this morning. I'm only 8 DPO at best, so it was a very long shot, but whatever. I couldn't help myself, started obsessing!

Question- my opk were positive for for 3 days. Do I count DPO from the first one? If my cycle is the same 28 days it usually is, I only have 13 days from first + opk to scheduled start of AF. Is that typical?

 

[laustiredttc]

hey i think it goes that ovulation occurs 24-48 after you get your postive opk. I have trouble with all of it too huni so dont want to give you info that could be wrong.

Feeling bit drained today. Had half a glass of wine last night. so not sure why i'm so tired. Another today again. Really just waiting for af to turn up now!!

 

[Brayr08]

I didn't test this morning. My temp went down 2 10ths of a degree. If it is above the 97.73 it was Saturday and Friday, I'll temp tomorrow, but I'm just kind of waiting for AF. Oh well. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far.

 

[laustiredttc]

hey bray you never know hold on in there huni.

jdub its very early days yet hun

to you ladies

 

[HWPG]

Hi everyone!
All caught up reading, will do my best to remember and comment.
Laus, I plan on drinking until I get a BFP... Which means for me that if we have wine with dinner, I'll sip some. If no wine, no wine. So I think you are fine fine even if you got a bfpmthe next day.
Bray, glad to hear you're so relaxed. It is a more sane approach.
Judy, you don't use the opks to count when you ovulate... The only way to confirm it is temp shift or blood work. So, for example, I had a crazy positive opk last month and a temp shift the next day, so I ovulated early that cycle (around the 12 hour mark), even though I still had a pos opk the day due to high LH in my system. Mama had a few pos opks (like you) but didn't ovulate until about the 48 hour mark, and saw a temp shift 2 days after the first pos opk. Does that make sense? So day 1 past ov is the day you see the temp rise (although it can take a couple days to recognize the shift/pattern). (confused yet?)
Arm, I had a fun wkd with many ladies. Did some dancing and drinking and gossiping. OH and I will try again this month and see what happens.
I want a BFP as much as anyone else and will increase my odds by bd the right time, but I've come to realize that temping and opks can be important info for my body anyways, and it's interesting, so even on my 'less crazy' cycles, I think I will still do that. I like graphs. Hugs to you all. G I'm glad to be back online

 

[laustiredttc]

hey hw welcome back hun and great to hear that you had a lovely weekend.
GL for this cycle huni, we will be right behind you.

My lp has been between 12-13days recently so either expecting af tomorrow or tue

 

[Jdub1698]

Hi everyone!
All caught up reading, will do my best to remember and comment.
Laus, I plan on drinking until I get a BFP... Which means for me that if we have wine with dinner, I'll sip some. If no wine, no wine. So I think you are fine fine even if you got a bfpmthe next day.
Bray, glad to hear you're so relaxed. It is a more sane approach.
Judy, you don't use the opks to count when you ovulate... The only way to confirm it is temp shift or blood work. So, for example, I had a crazy positive opk last month and a temp shift the next day, so I ovulated early that cycle (around the 12 hour mark), even though I still had a pos opk the day due to high LH in my system. Mama had a few pos opks (like you) but didn't ovulate until about the 48 hour mark, and saw a temp shift 2 days after the first pos opk. Does that make sense? So day 1 past ov is the day you see the temp rise (although it can take a couple days to recognize the shift/pattern). (confused yet?)
Arm, I had a fun wkd with many ladies. Did some dancing and drinking and gossiping. OH and I will try again this month and see what happens.
I want a BFP as much as anyone else and will increase my odds by bd the right time, but I've come to realize that temping and opks can be important info for my body anyways, and it's interesting, so even on my 'less crazy' cycles, I think I will still do that. I like graphs. Hugs to you all. G I'm glad to be back online

Thanks!
That does make sense. If I don't get it this month, ill start temping next month to be sure.

 

[Brayr08]

Did you test today laus? I did b/c my temp went back up and I'm pretty sure it was just line eye, but maybe saw something? I had to stare at it awhile, so, I'm pretty sure I was seeing things.

 

[Jdub1698]

That's good news bray! It's still early for you right? Fx it keeps getting darker!

 

[HWPG]

oh bray! agh, exciting! keep us posted....
monday morning here - putting some experiments together, catching up on gossip, etc. my temp is now at 96.8, exactly where it should be. cd5, counting down the days to O.....

 

[laustiredttc]

hey girls def out. Bfn again temp to 97.90 and getting pre af pains. Think tomorrow is going to be cd1.

Bray thats exciting news, this could really be it huni fx and sending lots of positive your way

howz things mama?

 

[HWPG]

yes, where is Mama?

 

[Brayr08]

Oh, I'm sure it was just line eye. Started doing my yucky brown spotting today.

And mama...we miss you!!!

 

[laustiredttc]

ok so 13dpo no bloody af, bfn, and temp still the same. wtf, wish she would just hurry the hell up!!!! Think i am going to try the soy isoflanovas (think spelt wrong) this month, give it a try?

Bray i'm sorry hun, i hope that she still stays away for you!!

 

[Jdub1698]

So I got up this morning fully expecting another BFN but instead... DH got me thinking I had developed line eye after a FRER, so I chanced a digital and got it too! Were so excited!!!

(and for people curious, I'm 10 DPO by my count, and we did SMEP, opk, preseed and soft cups differently this month)

 

[Brayr08]

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Congrats J I really am happy that you got your And I hope you have a h&h 9 months.

My temp went up another 2 tenths of a degree (the highest it's been) to 97.90. So I tested this morning and it's still negative. Maybe I did O last week instead of two weeks ago. It would have made more sense as to where I'm supposed to be at in my cycle. Or, I'm doing like mama and am getting sick (it would figure). But again, unless my temp goes even higher, I'm not testing again.

 

[HWPG]

congrats Jdub! woohoo!
bray, that is Freakin' hilarious! oh my, that just made my morning!

 

[HWPG]

ohhhh.... where is everyone? i'm hoping it's "early cycle syndrome" - where we are all waiting for af to finish or to O, therefore there's not much to talk about.
i got my opks yesterday - now that my temp has bottomed out, i am going to wait until saturday to start temping and opk-ing again (that will be cd10). i'm also wondering if i can convince OH for a 5 day in a row stretch this month.... hm....

 

[Brayr08]

Man, it has been quiet today...hope I didn't offend anyone w/my post...

So, I have a question HW, are you supposed to keep temping when you're on your period or is there no point?

 

[HWPG]

well, there's probably no point... i just do it because i think i have a slight touch of OCD. plus i'm kinda curious - does my temp always come down to the same "before O" value? i have to say, three months in a row and 97F seems to be my perfect number. FF tells you it's totally normal to have variability during your period, and SMEP tells you to start everything on cd10 (opks and temps) - so my short answer is no, it's prob not worth it. this month i am going to temp cd5, cd7 or 8, then cd10 and onward. [btw, you def did not offend me. i thought it was very funny!]
now i have a question for all of you: i get ewcm about 2-3 days before my pos opk. so, should i a) still wait to get the pos opk to BD 3 days in a row OR b) start BD every day when i get ewcm? i'm worried that by the time my opk turns pos, my cm is not friendly anymore. what do you think?