Please, August, do not taunt- it's BFPs that we want!

[mommyxofxone]

hi i'm almost 28 and dh is the same, have one dd and trying for number two.


This is our second cycle. Doing opks, soft cups, ferning microscope, annnnnd.... i think that's it. all i can remember right now lol!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Welcome, Sandy!!

Girls- is it normal for my opk to be blaringly positive for two days?? When do I O? I'm not sure how much BD I have left in me lol!! I'm tired!!

 

[clynn11]

You're supposed to consider your first positive THE positive to go by, and you can O anywhere from 12 to 36 hours after your pos. I normally get 2 days of pos. OPKs

 

[Disneybaby26]

Thank you!! I feel so silly I like don't know how these things work!! Lol I really hope this is the real deal and that it's enough to get that egg out!!

 

[NoGreaterLove]

Question: Do you all find using opks helpful or stressful? My husband and I made the decision to start charting my temperatures last month, but that's all we do. I don't want to take the fun out of conceiving, but I would like to know if I'm ovulating and if it's consistent each month.

 

[jury3]

Nogreaterlove-I would use opks and not temp before I would temp and not use opks. The reason I say that is opks tell you you are about to ovulate. Your temp only confirms that you already O'd. Both are useful for sure, but by the time your temp spikes you've already missed O. Have you been charting and using opks at all?

 

[jury3]

I'm Julie. DW is 28 and I'm 29. We've been married over a year, together almost 6 years. We stated ttc #1 in Jan this year using a known sperm donor/at-home insemination. We just started cycle #7, round 2 of clomid. My gyno increased my dosage from 50mg to 100mg bc my progesterone was only 10.1 at 8dpo. I temp, use opks, use softcups and check my cervix with a speculum bc I can't reach it otherwise lol That's all I can think of....

 

[NoGreaterLove]

Jury - I've never used an opk. I literally just started charting about 5 days ago, which I know is pointless because it was approximately 3-4 dpo, but I wanted to get used to the process. Maybe I should buy opks for my next cycle.

 

[pdxmom]

Sandy sorry i missed u...im so sorry to read abt your loss..this is a great group of women who will make this process much easier and less stressful ...all the very best....aslo i do agree with julie abt your using opks before temping...i mean if u r goin to start monitoring the opks r the easier way to go too...but if u know around wen u o and u just wanna confirm with the temps so u can stop dtd...then surely temping is the way to go

 

[NDTaber9211]

I have to temp AND use opks because my body likes to trick me with anovulatory cycles. You can get a pos opk and not actually ovulate. Opk's just let you know when your body is gearing up to O. Temping is the only way to know for a fact if and when you ovulate.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Hi! I'm Rachel. DH and I are both 30 and have been TTC #1 since August of last year. This is cycle 13, cycle 2 on clomid AND I got my bfp yesterday at 10 dpo, and a positive digi today. Waiting on my beta results. I'm absolutely terrified right now. Anyway, this is an awesome group of ladies so I'm not going anywhere!

Welcome Sandy! I'm so sorry about your loss. Any chance of it happening again to your next baby?

Kara - I'd get 2 days of pos opks. Dunno if they lasted longer bc I'd stop testing. I ovulate the same day as my first positive. I can feel it and I've confirmed it with temping.

 

[asmcsm]

Welcome Sandy, so sorry about your sweet baby. I hope that you and your DH get your rainbow baby very soon

AFM, cervix is opening and started to spot :/ oh well bring on AF so I can get on with next cycle. Hoping to get back to 32 days, these 40 odd day cycles are killing me

 

[mommyxofxone]

don't remember if i said hi or not, hello sandy! welcome!! sorry my brain is mush.


temp is going up and no ferning this am. not even partial. but it's seemingly harder than i remember? you have to have the exact amount of saliva or it doesn't work. Had a neg on my opk last night. doesn't seem like any fertile cm either. it looks creamy. cramping and sore bbs so probably still coming but doesn't make me feel very confident seeing the temp go up today.

 

[TTCaWee1]

It looks like you usually have a big spike about 2 days before O. Hopefully it's coming!

 

[TTCaWee1]

Hcg was 47. Is that good for 11 dpo?

 

[mommyxofxone]

thanks ttc i hope you're right and i wish i knew ANYTHING about hsg. sorry :/

 

[wavescrash]

I don't know if 47 is good or not but it really matters on your doubling time. Are you going for a repeat check?

 

[TTCaWee1]

Yeah I go tomorrow.

 

[asmcsm]

With hcg some people have lower numbers. The "normal" range is so large that the exact number doesn't matter too much just that its doubling every 24-48 hours

AFM, still just spotting like orange/brown. Really thought AF would come full force by this morning, I never spot t the beginning, just the end

 

[NoGreaterLove]

Thank you all for the opk information. I think next cycle I will chart and use opks. For the last 5 days I have been waking up with severe headaches. Today is by far the worst. It took me hours to get out of bed and now that I'm up I feel like I could pass out again.