Stalkers unite :-D (27 charts and 16 BFP's)

[Hopethisyear]

How is everyone doing? Any new BFP's? I'm somewhere in the TWW
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My Ovulation Chart

 

[toffee87]

No more BFP's from what I can tell, but a few have closed their FF account. I will delete the ones who don't use their chart any more x

 

[sallyhansen76]

Sending lots of dust for everyone

 

[ClandestineTX]

I quit smoking and apparently that has made me stop ovulating... 2 +OPKs this cycle, CD 38 now, no temp rise, have given up and moving to NTNP.

 

[toffee87]

Could it be the stress of quitting? x

 

[ClandestineTX]

It's not "stress" - I switched to a vaporizer/ e-cigarette - still plenty of nicotine flowing. Some of the 1000's of chemicals in cigarette smoke suppress estrogen levels, causing shorter cycles (even irregular ones) in women who smoke - removing those non-nicotine chemicals apparently causes bodies to backfire. Once I hadn't ovulated by day 20-something, I looked up missing/ late/ absent/ skipped periods after quitting smoking and found hundreds of posts about women who'd quit and were having wonky cycles. I imagine it will clear up and re-regulate, just no idea when. And I'm CD 38 today - might be ovulating today or might be starting another loop that leads to a +OPK and leads to another loop. Over it, for this cycle. Extra infuriating because this is cycle #12.

 

[toffee87]

I hope your cycles settle down soon! That's interesting actually, I smoked last cycle (we had a break from TTC) and that cycle was 4 days shorter than average, could be coincidence though. I'm not smoking now.

We need to have more sex, in terms of getting them healthy and replenishing. I was waiting til I got my +opk to really do the deed, and so we abstained for over a week, which isn't good if your partner has sperm issues. We don't have any proof he has, but because he has a varicocele and is more at risk of problems x

 

[ClandestineTX]

I hope so, too! And it's unlikely your smoking cycle being shorter was a fluke- there's tons of data in the medical literature that explain it. More frustrating for me, no one's bothered to study the effects of smoking cessation on menstrual cycles, so I have to rely on the reports that women post on message boards, asking for advice or offering support.

I'm over having sex. We've had sex 20-something times in the last 38 days. I'm just over it for this cycle and until further notice. I just need a break. I want to focus on my non-TTC life again, because I miss it.

 

[Hopethisyear]

Congrats on quitting smoking Clandestine! I hope your cycles figure themselves out soon, it's frustrating not knowing what is going on. And 20 something times...good job girl!

Toffee-We usually abstain the week before too, but I'm thinking that's probably not a good idea for us either. DH has never been diagnosed with anything, but we definitely need to have more sex.

 

[toffee87]

Yeah, basically if you abstain and you have sperm issues, you're just getting rid of the damaged/dead ones when you have sex the first time. So by doing it every other day you're replenishing. A recent study shows that if you do have sperm issues, don't abstain for more than a day around ovulation, but having it everyday isn't good either. Basically every other day is best, so we're doing that this cycle. Hubby is back from work tomorrow, he's been away for 12 days. I'm not due to ovulate for at least 10 days though x

 

[ClandestineTX]

@toffee87: sounds like a great time to start clearing out the old sperm collection!

AFM... feel warm today, even though my temp was low this morning. I'm honestly hoping all of our hard work this awful cycle pays off, because I'm honestly going to be NTNP until further notice if this one doesn't work out!

 

[toffee87]

Do what feels best for you

We'll see a Dr in Feb if we haven't conceived x

 

[Hopethisyear]

Clandestine-I hope this is it for you

Toffee-We saw a specialist for a while, it's nice to get some other opinions and professional help.

I'm having really weird tightness in my abdomen I'm not really used to before AF. I'm hoping this is a good sign, but not holding my breath.

 

[ClandestineTX]

@Hopethisyear: how'd things turn out for you?

I finally ovulated, per FF, will have a BFP or be NTNP by Tuesday. Honestly, I'm so burnt out by TTC I don't even care which way it ends at this point!

 

[Missbx]

Hello ladies I'm still here how's everyone getting on ?

I'm still ttc Temp up again highest it's been since 11th of October so I hope I ovulated yesterday what do you think? x

 

[toffee87]

I'm okay thanks, still waiting to ovulate hehe. Have you tried bd'ing every other day? That's what we're doing this cycle, to ensure we get the eggy. Do you have PCOS? x

 

[Hopethisyear]

Clan - AF showed for me again.

Missbx-I don't know what to think of your chart, I'm sorry I wish I was more help.

CD8 for me today and I have been forgetting to temp, might start tomorrow though I think it's to late. Going to start OPK's tomorrow and then BDing every other day, pretty much the SMEP

 

[ClandestineTX]

I'll still keep up with you all on here, but no more temping (or OPKs) for me. Taking a TTC break, NTNP, until further notice. It's been a year and we're not interested in the work that would be required to pursue fertility testing... so... just living life for awhile.

@Hopethisyear: I am sorry she showed, I was really optimistic for you this time!

 

[toffee87]

I'm sorry Clandestine, I hope the break from it all helps

I have a stupid amount of mucus today, I've never had so much! And a +OPk finally x

 

[Hopethisyear]

Clandestine-I hope this break is a good thing for you. I took a couple months off and it was a nice break from temps and constant obsessing.

Toffee-Lots of mucus is good, I hope you two are getting busy