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I have an normal 29/30 day cycle and ov'd on cd18 on 1st try of soy and cd10 on 2nd try of soy, best just using opks earlier just incase x
 
Hopefulmom2 you're not too far from me! Small world lol

I took 160mg of SI on cd 3, 4, and 5, then upped it to 200mg on 6 and 7. Today is cd 15 for me. DH and I have BD'd every few days. So far no more side effects except a few hot flashes that were waking me up at night. It also didn't help that it was 105º outside! ICK!!

I haven't felt any cramping from ovulation, but I never felt that before anyway, so I'm not too worried.

I'm just taking it easy this month and seeing what happens. I've been let down far too many times, so I won't be anxious to test for a BFP until a week or 2 after I *think* AF should show up (I never know when it will happen since PCOS has made my cycles everywhere from 26 days to 6 months or longer). I didn't even have a clue that I was pregnant with my son until my pregnancy was halfway through because AF not showing up is kind of "normal" for me >.< Did make for one hell of a short pregnancy for me though! I found out I was having a boy on the day of my first appointment lol!
 
MyMiniMonk said:
Hopefulmom2 you're not too far from me! Small world lol

I took 160mg of SI on cd 3, 4, and 5, then upped it to 200mg on 6 and 7. Today is cd 15 for me. DH and I have BD'd every few days. So far no more side effects except a few hot flashes that were waking me up at night. It also didn't help that it was 105º outside! ICK!!

I haven't felt any cramping from ovulation, but I never felt that before anyway, so I'm not too worried.

I'm just taking it easy this month and seeing what happens. I've been let down far too many times, so I won't be anxious to test for a BFP until a week or 2 after I *think* AF should show up (I never know when it will happen since PCOS has made my cycles everywhere from 26 days to 6 months or longer). I didn't even have a clue that I was pregnant with my son until my pregnancy was halfway through because AF not showing up is kind of "normal" for me >.< Did make for one hell of a short pregnancy for me though! I found out I was having a boy on the day of my first appointment lol!
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Hi
Do u take opks, they never seem to show that i ov, but i have heard people with pcos they dont always work.
My last cycle was cd107 n lp of dpo8. So took higher soya this mth n says i ov on cd30 n im now dpo10. If i have af in the nex few days il b over the moon lol. Be the shortest af ever for me.
Vic x
 
No, I don't use them anymore. I tried them for a few cycles a while back, but I was all over the place and figured they're useless for me with PCOS. I've heard a lot of women with PCOS say they don't really do much, and my doctor once told me that if I try clomid, they most likely won't work then either. Since soy is so much like clomid, I just decided to save my money and BD every other day and see what happens.

This morning I woke up with small cramps and now they're pretty strong! I've never felt much of anything when I ovulate, so I am extremely excited! I've got EWCM too. Now if I could just convince my DH to turn off the tv LOL

I've had those crazy-long cycles before too, and I hate them! I think my longest ever was 6 months or more. I stopped counting after about 4 months.

Best wishes to you and LOTS of baby dust!! :dust::dust:
 
(I couldn't find the baby dust thingy, so I substituted with fairy dust lol I'm still very new here. Can ya tell?) :blush:
 
Lol yeh i feel jealous wen women go on about gettin pos opks all the time. Iv given up too. Bought like a 100 a while back so do poas every so ogten, not too disapointed if thats a neg now
I think that is the baby dust they use, so ur ok lol
Vic x
 
Hi I'm sorry to just come into the middle of this huge thread, but could really do with some advice. Background - I stopped BF my DD 5 months ago, I'm now on cycle 4 - first 2 cycles were 35 days long but in the second cycle I had some spotting. 3rd cycle was 29 days. However I think my LP was short on all of them - bet 8-10 days. I started to chart this month and decided to take soy because I thought it might bring ovulation forward and extend my LP.
I also use opks and temp. My temps are a bit erratic so while it looks like I ov on the 15th on FF I haven't included my temps CD 3-10 because they were taken at different times. The ones that were taken at the same times are on my chart now. However today the temp (admittedly 15 mins earlier than normal) was lower, almost back to the original temps (original were 36.48, today was 36.49). I also had a teeny tiny amount of spotting (size of 50p) on CD 16, 1 DPO according to FF, and then yesterday CD 18 I woke up to a huge amount of EWCM that was pink tinged. I then had a few more spots of pink cm/spotting. Its not a lot but noticeable when I wiped. It was first thing then once in the afternoon. Its pink not brown so new blood. We DTD on Friday night but not Sat so it can't be from that. Plus we DTD last night and no spotting so far today and nothing after DTD.
I do have a blood test on Friday so they can check if I ov'd however I'm thinking I probably haven't because my temp dropped and I have had this spotting and EWCM.
Do you know if soy can delay or cause no ovulation? Do you know if it can cause spotting?
Sorry for all the questions, there are obviously hundreds of pages and I haven't been able to read them. Any help would be much appreciated. I'm so worried that I've ruined my chances this cycle but have also done a longer term damage!
Thank you in advance
 
I had spotting with soy but you can get an implantation dip with spotting from 3dpo so don't worry I'm sure your temp will be back up tomorrow
 
That's interesting - did you still ov? I worry that I haven't as my temps are pretty eratic. I didn't think implantation could happen that early either but then I've read that it did for some. I guess it's the spotting I'm concerned by but just feel like I haven't ov now whereas I did have ov pains last week but nothing since and I normally have ov pains throughout the LP. But then I've never taken soy before!
 
So even with the spotting it didn't affect your ovulation, that's interesting, I kind of thought I may not ovulate because of the spotting. Really got no clue if I have or not, thought I had last week but now I am not feeling so certain!
 
Hann12 said:
That's interesting - did you still ov? I worry that I haven't as my temps are pretty eratic. I didn't think implantation could happen that early either but then I've read that it did for some. I guess it's the spotting I'm concerned by but just feel like I haven't ov now whereas I did have ov pains last week but nothing since and I normally have ov pains throughout the LP. But then I've never taken soy before!
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just want to know can any1 get bfp after the dip below cover line ? i always thought the dip will b above the line
 
Yes as the implantation dip can go below the cover line,check out pg charts with implantation dip
 
My temps low again today so I'm pretty sure I haven't ovulated. Guess I just have to wait it out and see if I end up ovulating or if I get AF soon and can start again. No more soy for me though!
 
I wouldn't give up just yet. You said you're having a test soon to see if you ovulate, right?
Wait and see what happens with that test.
Good luck and keep us updated! I'm curious about that spotting!
 
MyMiniMonk said:
I wouldn't give up just yet. You said you're having a test soon to see if you ovulate, right?
Wait and see what happens with that test.
Good luck and keep us updated! I'm curious about that spotting!
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I'll definitely come back and let you know when I know more. Its funny because I can't find a thing about spotting before ovulation, only during and after. So maybe I have ovulated but then that doesn't explain the drop in temps the last couple of days. Unless my temping is wrong. I keep speculating but really there is no point, I should just wait and see what the results are lol!
 
Thought soya had cut my cycle to a third of wat it was last mth, ff said i ov on cd30 but temps dropped last few days so cross hairs have gone :cry: now its gonna b a long one again :(
Vic x
 
Vic - same thing - my temps have dropped 2 days in a row below coverline which is why I'm assuming I'm not ov'ing either :(
 
Hann12 said:
Vic - same thing - my temps have dropped 2 days in a row below coverline which is why I'm assuming I'm not ov'ing either :(
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U got a pos opk aswell. Mayb ur temp will go back up tomo, as i was told u can have a dip between dpo 4-7 n if it rises again, u cud stil be lucky.
Vic x
 
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