Someone help me figure out when is CD1?

[BeachyFeelin]

CD14 was the morning of daylight savings here....so according to the clock I temped at 7am (an hour later than usual hence the open circle) but if not for daylight savings it would have been 6am...I've been getting a lot of open circles lately...since Monday and Tuesday I woke up at 5am for work, then Wednesday I forgot to reset my alarm so was up at 5am as well...then this morning I was up all night coughing (my poor OH!) and finally woke up at 445 and couldn't go back to sleep when I adjust for my normal time (although I don't change it) it doesn't fluxuiate much so I'm leaving the temp that I get when I temp.

I do notice when I take out the EWCM I recorded on CD11 then ff changes my o date to CD15....so that's why I've been so obsessed to find out if what I had was really EWCM...I think I said here it stretched about an inch but was cloudy white. I didn't have much of it..but it was there.

Lots of frustrating things going on this cycle. At this point I will be ok with seeing AF just so I can move on and work on not having such a confusing cycle next time around!

Probate takes about 8-9 months so we won't start building for a few. papers were just filed for it a couple weeks ago...I've started looking into plans, and need to go to our city hall for some permits...but it seems like ages before we can actually DO something! I'm so impatient!

 

[BabyCleo]

Hey girls I had the worst night sleep last night, I just kept waking up so much. It dosent help that DF isnt here to cuddle!! its exactly 14 days and hes back home again. Then he leaves again. lol. Apparently he may be getting yet another contract extension, making this job last another 6 months! Im very undecided about that.

Im feeling really wet down there today, but there is nothing there. Having some tummy cramps but i think its actually just nerves (I had a lot of bad dreams last night)

Im sorry about your chart, im no help at all cause ive never temped

 

[BeachyFeelin]

I'm sorry you didn't sleep well! Restless night sleep is just the worst! I don't know how to handle him being away for so long..and he might be gone for longer now?!?! Ughhh

Do you think the wetness is watery cm? Or do you feel wet but it's dry down there? What DPO are you again?

I keep thinking I have cramps, but they are brief and I feel like i'm making them up in my head. I usually wouldn't get AF cramps this early in my cycle.

 

[BeachyFeelin]

Anon - to post your FF chart in your signature.

For this site...click on your user name (upper right where it you can put your mood and stuff). On that page you'll see your username (big) and then right under your online status....across the page from that you'll see a link you can click that says "customize profile." Click on that and on the left there are a ton of links...under the tab "settings & options" click on "edit signature."

Now for your signature you have options, like font and color and such. In that panel there is a icon that is the earth with what looks like a link on it. click on that to add a URL to your profile. Take the URL from FF and insert it there.

Now on FF, at the top there are tabs, click on the one that says "sharing." In the drop down menu click on "get code." You want the first code you see. Mine is https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/47ea97 (the only thing different about yours will be the last part (with numbers and letters)).

There are other ways of adding it, like as a pic or something. but I just like to keep mine simple.

 

[BabyCleo]

It feels wet, but then i check and its not. Its so weird. because he is pipe maintenance, he works through the shutdowns to ensure everything is safe and in working order. Apparently now they may extend that, and they may need him to continue maintenance through when they have things back up and running. That probably means more classes for him, as they have to have safety training on the dangerous gasses and such that can be omitted. He wears all the cards on a lanyard, its sooo crazy. Its more crazy that he does all this outdoors, in the winter Alberta weather. When he first went there he was working 10 hour days outdoors in -45 celsius.

 

[BeachyFeelin]

That sounds really intense!!! And a tad dangerous :/ How do you feel about his job?

 

[BabyCleo]

I dont mind his job, they pay him a lot, so i dont have to work. Its dangerous if people arent trained in the safety procedures, but they are very very strict on it. If you look tired, they will send you back to camp. They do random drug and alcohol testing, so no one is ever under the influence/hung over. Apparently they have only had 12 deaths since 1962 or something. I of course worry about him all the time... but I know hes safe. They have gas monitor clips and such on them too, they have been told that if it starts beeping, drop everything and RUN downhill. That scares me, but apparently its rare that that happens. Im proud of him, I could never do it.

 

[BeachyFeelin]

Oh I wish I didn't have to work!! I'm so jealous!!!!!! It's my dream to be a stay at home mom...but...CA doesn't seem to want to allow it ..it's just so costly to live here all my family and the OH's family (except his Dad) is here so we don't really want to move unless it's totally necessary! i'm hoping after we get through building this house and such we can get the mortgage down real low. there is a chance I might be able to leave my job, but only a slim chance.

I'm starting to get really doubtful about this cycle. Yesterday I mentioned some super duper light tan (maybe light brown) tinged cm. Well I a little bit more today on my last bathroom trip, a tad more obvious this time. Though super light it was there. This looks like my usual pre AF spotting. I don't know why it would start so early...normally wouldn't start until 2-3 days before AF (AF due Monday or Wednesday depending on O day). Booooo

 

[BabyCleo]

Your still not out yet! Do you have cramps at all?

Im really lucky, being able to stay at home really does help with my anxiety, I cook well for DF when he is home, and i keep the place in check. I get ripped apart for it by people I know though. They call me lazy and a gold digger. When DF and I first met i was working 2 jobs, and it wasnt until we moved to Edmonton that we werent eating from the food bank and living on the poverty line. So theres no way im a gold digger lol. i was thinking of getting a very part time job at a pet store (i used to work at one) just to help pass the time. The rent here is alright, pretty inbetween. We are hoping to get a 2 bedroom soon

 

[BeachyFeelin]

I think I would have to do that too, get a part time job. I would get too bored at home all day all the time!

I dunno, I just came back from the bathroom again and more brown cm, very obvious this time. I don't know why my body is doing this to me! I mean, if I did O on CD13 then I'm just having an early period, but if I O'd on CD15 than this is not normal to spot soooo soon.

A tiny part of me thinks it COULD be implantation...as I've heard it could be brown...and if I did implant on CD8 with the dip, then it would make sense that the spotting was brown because it took a while to come out. When I checked my Cervix this morning it was high and closed....I'll check it again when I get home and see. If it's opened a little it's probably because AF is coming soon.

Looking back on my charts, I have spotted this early on CD25 before...just once. So it can happen again.

 

[BabyCleo]

Well brown is old blood, so im thinking its just releasing it over a few days? It would be weird to have AF that early... its gotta be implantation. The only other thing i could think of if you scratched something up there and it caused it to bleed a wee bit, either while sex or checking your cervix?

 

[BabyCleo]

That would also make sense for the BFN, there wouldnt be enough hCG yet!

 

[AnonymousCAT]

Beachy - may be it's IB? Won't know until later I guess. Fx for you! Thank you for the info about adding the chart to my signature. I will get on that tonight. The way you described your cm that day, I would chart it as ewcm even though it was more white than clear.

Babycleo - not sleep is terrible! I had my first relatively restful sleep last night this cycle. I think knowing I have o'd has de-stressed things for me. Especially not having to do any more bd this cycle. I am saturated. lol. That job sounds dangerous. What his job title? Will it be like that forever where he will be gone then back again? That's what my cm was like this whole waiting for o! Feels like it's wet down there, but when I check it's not. It was so weird.

My cm now is watery feeling with a tad creamy at my cervix. I don't mind working, I actually enjoy what I do. But I would love to be able to work less. Maybe 3-4 days a week instead of 5. Right now we are just trying to make as much money as able paying off our mortgage, renovating and saving for babies. I think I might be able to manage working 4 day after maternity leave and be okay financially. We will see. Just get rid of cable lol.

Boobs are definitely slightly sore when I press on them... but very minimal. I'm not sure if they are just sensitive to the progesterone from this half of the cycle though as they were sore when I was pregnant not so long ago. Or this could just be a new pre-AF pattern for me since hormones are different since the mc. Will just have to wait and see!

 

[AnonymousCAT]

Just checking to see if my signature shows up!

 

[BabyCleo]

Its just showing the link so far.

Yeah his job has a fare amount of danger to it, but there are a lot of safety procedures in place, and hes very sensible. His job title is a Pipefitter, and right now he is doing maintenance, but it changes depending on what they need. it wont always be like this, he just has different contracts, some require him going to camp (live on site) and some he can just drive to and from.

I picked up hpts from dollarama, lets see if i snap and use one tomorrow lol.

 

[AnonymousCAT]

lol! how many dpo are you now babycleo?

 

[BabyCleo]

i am 5dpo right now!! I keep thinking i have light cramps, but im not ruling out that im inventing it

 

[AnonymousCAT]

lol me too! The waiting is pure torture!

 

[BabyCleo]

Okay, i definitely had a weird pain on the right side (there it is again!) It feels like a pinch, but its really low down, this waiting and symptom spotting is a real special kind of crazy.

UGH.

 

[BeachyFeelin]

Ladies, I'm out

When I got home from work the Brown spotting turned into cramps and then dark red when I wiped. Went for a walk with a panty liner and a small amount of red blood got on it. In the shower I checked my cervix and it's still high and firm but I think it's starting to open. My finger also had dark brown/red blood on it. I put in a tampon.

My temp should start going down tomorrow and I Should expect AF probably tomorrow or Saturday I don't know why she's so early this time...I'm thinking with all this blowing my nose and coughing I somehow pushed her out early?

I'm so gutted...this cycle has been so weird....I had myself pretty convinced it could be it. Now I just feel sick and the OH and I got in a fight...I just wanna cry (well I did in the shower of course! Haha)

Excuse me while I go crawl in a hole and sleep now.....ha