No positive OPK's or fertile CM. =/

[sierraecho89]

So I'm on CD16 and still haven't had a positive OPK. Granted, I only tested once per day (rather than three times) so maybe I just missed it, but I also didn't feel any of my typical ovulation pains. =/ AND my CM seems like it's ALWAYS lotiony (maybe a little watery last night? I don't know..)

It's just really disheartening because this is our last month trying for about six more months (cycle 5) due to timing and maternity leave options. And last month's period was super, super, super light (lasted two days, really, vs. the four I'm used to.) And no, not preggo. Tested several times. Blah.

If I HAVE o'ed, this month is the best one yet--yay summer vacation! (I'm a teacher.) Lots of BDing in my fertile time this month.

Anyone else get a BFP after a month like this? No fertile CM, no positive opk's, no signs?

 

[DobbyForever]

Sorry I don't have advice, but I share your anxiety with timing. I am a teacher also, and agreed a mid March due date means a perfectly timed 6 weeks for us to come back after spring break and then have all summer with a little one. =\. I had a short 2.5 day period last cycle. It was also short. But I am only two cycles since I took my iud out. Are you temping at all? I just Oed at CD 18, and didn't get my positive target opk until cd 17 and my solid smile cd 18. My surge lasted 2 days. You could just be Oing later than you predicted. So keep taking opks, and take your temp if you can. Generally, if you stay above a 98 you have Oed.

 

[sierraecho89]

Right?! My school district doesn't provide maternity leave if you have your baby in the summer months--unless you're mid-summer, and then you'd be missing the first weeks of school! Can you imagine missing the first few weeks? Ugh. I would MUCH rather miss standardized tests!

I sort of temp, but I really need to find one that, ah, isn't one that goes in your mouth if you catch my drift. I sleep with my mouth open usually, so that doesn't help... yesterday was 97.3, today was 96.8. Who knows, maybe that's my dip before the O? Unless it's my newly-worn retainer... You never know.

When I O'ed (I think...) before, I hovered around a 97.7, so that's what I'm sort of looking for. =) Thanks for your response, love. It's nice to not feel alone with this nonsense!

 

[DobbyForever]

Did you do any tracking on FF of your temps from before? They don't delete any of your data, so you might be able to dig it up. And do you always sleep with your mouth open or is it sporadic, and do you keep your room at around the same temp? But yeah a vaginal BBT might work better for you.

 

[sierraecho89]

A little, but not much tracking. Mouth is sporadic. And we have no AC (too expensive) soooo the room stays as warm as the weather demands. Oh well.

 

[DobbyForever]

Oh I feel you on that. I have an older ca home so insulation sucks. Winters are freezing and summers blistering. We're hoping to buy a place in Dec/Jan. I want to be out of here before a baby comes