[[OPEN]] From Butterflies to Babies (5! bfps, 1 angel)

[Savasanna]

Lion - to me it looks like you ovulated on cd14. No worries - that would be great timing with your bding!

So guys: do you think you ALWAYS show a temp spike right after ovulation? I really thought I ovulated yesterday: I felt sharp pinches and my cervix felt closed for the first time in days last night. But no temp spike today It actually even dipped a little? I'm nervous if I haven't ovulated yet then Thursday's IUI will be too long. Someone tell me I'm ok!

To make things worse, my donor got pissed and leaved out yesterday morning, even though he was supposed to visit until today as we were going to do at home tries yesterday and today.

 

[x-ginge-x]

I think if you are using clomid, your temps won't really make sense as it is known for messing with your temps anyway, so I would say just take it as you go but don't pin too much hope on your temps, FF has stolen my crosshairs and I have some funky ferning, a darker ovulation test ( I am so buying more poundland ones) and my temp has taken a dive this morning, I am hoping for a spike and pos opk very soon! FX'd for us all

 

[LeaLion]

Savasanna, at first I thought so too, but then again, why is there such relatively high concentration of LH? The two days I run out of sticks really made it a puzzle for me! As I told earlier I'll keep testing and see what comes up.

Why did the donor got pissed? I hope everything works out for the best.

 

[Savasanna]

(That was supposed to be peaced out, not leaved out)

I just took another opk (two actually, because I'm crazy) and they came back negative.. So I'm calming down a little. I wish I could just put the thermometer down, it seems to be more trouble than it's worth. But alas, it's the only sense of "control" I can trick myself into feeling I have. Deep breathes, Sav. Don't go nutty yet - there's still a loooong tww ahead of you.

 

[Mrsgoodhart]

You're not crazy! Or maybe you are...this baby-making thing seems to do it to us, no?? Even if you are, you're not alone in it ;-) FX for you!

 

[Savasanna]

Thanks, Goodhart! Your post made me smile!

 

[babifever]

You're not crazy! Or maybe you are...this baby-making thing seems to do it to us, no?? Even if you are, you're not alone in it ;-) FX for you!

baby making definitely makes you coo coo

 

[TTTTina]

You're not crazy! Or maybe you are...this baby-making thing seems to do it to us, no?? Even if you are, you're not alone in it ;-) FX for you!

baby making definitely makes you coo coo

Lol it really does cuz you are noticing so much more than you were when you weren't ttc. Now you look at every little thing and worry more if something don't seem right, like no ewcm (I'm my case lol)

 

[HopefulPony]

Guess I'm back with the butterflies, definitely a chemical last cycle and any baby there was is gone. Onto this month rather quickly as I'm due to ovulate in a few days, but don't want to miss a chance. I won't be testing this time, unless AF is late. If I have another chemical I would rather not know, these last few weeks have been utter torture and I've gone a little insane!

 

[Savasanna]

I had zero cm this cycle too! I know it's from the clomid but you know that didn't stop me from thinking "what if that means I'm not really ovulating?!?"

 

[Savasanna]

Hopefulpony, I just saw your post - I'm so sorry for all that you've been through, I hope this cycle brings you the baby you're yearning for.

 

[babifever]

I had zero cm this cycle too! I know it's from the clomid but you know that didn't stop me from thinking "what if that means I'm not really ovulating?!?"

I'm starting to think cm is not the only indication of ovulation, dont think it counts you out at all. Lets think positive!

 

[Maggs]

Pony... I'm sorry to hear this. I hope this cycle is better for you.

Sav...I sometimes have cycles with loads of cm at ov time, and others with already any. Think it's pretty normal.

 

[HopefulPony]

Thanks mamas

I read somewhere to not worry if you don't get EWCM around ovulation as plenty of women conceive when they don't have it

 

[LeaLion]

Hopefullpony, I'm so sorry you had to go through this. I hope you get a sticky bean this cycle.

So as I suspected, there is no second line whatsoever on my OPK today and FF put crosshairs on CD 14.

https://s24.postimg.org/4dpzchqad/image.jpg

I'll test a few more times, just in case and if no second line comes up, this shall officially place me in TWW.

 

[Savasanna]

Thanks everyone! This thread is awesome

So I finally for that temp spike this morning - woohoo!! However, I'm still like 98% sure I ovulated on Friday. So you know what I did? I adjusted my recorded temp for yesterday so when ff gives me crosshairs it'll match up with what I think. I know it's SO silly but I hate it when ff doesn't match what I think! In any event - cheers to the tww!

I'm also eating pineapple core this cycle. Anyone else?

 

[Maggs]

Oh I can't stand pineapple. What's it supposed to do?

 

[HopefulPony]

Ooh I bet your mouth hurts after pineapple core!!!

What do we think of this afternoons OPK? Close to positive?

https://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy202/katy_robert/Mobile%20Uploads/image-75.jpg

Lea it looks like you're in the 2ww!

Savasanna i do adjusting like that too - I adjust the length of my cycle to put my LP to the right length

 

[Savasanna]

My mouth DOES feel weird after eating the core! I've always kind of wondered why..

Mags - the story is that if you split a pineapple in five sections (including the core) and eat it from 1-5 dpo it'll aide in implantation. Basically an old wives take with just enough of a scientific explanation behind it to make me say "ehh.. What the hell. Can't hurt"

 

[Mrsgoodhart]

I didn't know about the core! I totally would have done it. Hmmm I guess techhhhhnically I'm probably 1DPO now if my positive OPK was a couple days ago?? Wth does the CORE of a pineapple taste like??