TTC #1- Looking for buddies!

[jmack54]

Thanks for all the support girls!! Feeling pretty bummed yesterday but it'll be OK. I just didn't think it would be this hard so it's hard not to get discouraged ya know?

 

[AmberR]

I hear you Jmack! I never imagined that it would take this long!
SunnyBe- I haven't used OPKs yet but am thinking I might try them in a couple months. Thinking of switching to NTNP for a few months... might try the relaxed approach and see if I can stop stressing out about it.

 

[SunnyBe]

I get that jmack I'm at the point where I can't understand how people unintentionally get pregnant. How does that happen?! Why can't it happen for us who actually try? It just sucks. The stats are in our favor though and the chances that we really do have fertility problems that can't be solved are pretty slim. So I just try to think about that. Maybe it'll take a bit longer but I just know that eventually, we will get that BFP!

I'll be at 8 DPO tomorrow which FF already kindly marked as the last day of my cycle, with AF starting on Tuesday. Let's hope I'll make it past that for once.

I hope the relaxed approach will work for you Amber! It sucks to stress about every little temp drop or symptom so I get why you'd want to try. FX you get your BFP before that though!

Agirl, have you tested again? Nervous about the results of the blood test?

 

[jmack54]

Hey girls!! how is everyone doing?

Sunnybe- any sign of AF?? I hope she stays away and this is your month!! I can't wait to see your BFP! Oh I totally know what you mean about people getting pregnant unintentionally!! So so frustrating. I know a few people who have gotten pregnant right away just NTNP and it drives me crazy!

Amber- I'm liking the idea of the more relaxed approach How are things going for you so far this cycle??

 

[SunnyBe]

I hope so too jmack! No signs yet so we'll see if I'll be waking up to that dreaded temp drop tomorrow morning. I did test today though, which made me really happy even though it was very negative of course lol. I just loved the fact that I got to the testing part... kinda like that's step 1 of this whole process.

 

[Ursaula]

I'm back!

Sorry, I ended up having surgery to take my gallbladder out and things have been chaotic since.

My doctor jump-started af so I have a new cycle. I am currently on cd19, just kind of waiting...like usual.

 

[SunnyBe]

Hi Ursula! Sounds like you could use some good news after all of that! Good luck this cycle

 

[SunnyBe]

Looks like i'm out ladies

 

[AmberR]

Welcome back Ursaula- sounds like things have been hectic for sure! Hope you are recovering from surgery well!

Sorry AF got you sunnybe. Fx'd for next cycle!

Haven't been able to DTD much this cycle due to opposite work schedules. I haven't been great at temping either. I think I will try to continue to temp for this cycle but will probably move to NTNP next cycle if no BFP. Might actually take a few months off from even TTC. Not sure yet. But I should be Oing in the next few days if my cycle is the same as last one.

 

[jmack54]

Oh no SunnyBe! I'm so sorry. Come join me in the next cycle and we can get our BFPs around the same time!

Welcome back Ursuala!! Sorry to hear you had surgery but so glad you are back! How are you feeling? Are you recovering well?

Amber if you O soon that would be great! Get another BD in there if you can! My best friend is TTC as well and her and her hubby are on opposite work schedules too so she tells me how frustrating that is! Stay positive it could be your month!!

 

[SunnyBe]

Thanks ladies

That sucks Amber!! I hope you'll catch that egg

How are you doing jmack? Looks like you already O'd?

 

[jmack54]

Hey Sunny- I'm so confused. My OPK on CD 9 was negative. I woke up CD 10 to a temp spike. But then I got my positive OPK that same morning. How would I get a positive OPK after my temp spike? I don't understand!

 

[SunnyBe]

Hm that's interesting! And it looks like it was negative again today. Same thing happened to me last cycle. It was negative the morning of CD 16 and I just felt different in the afternoon so I tested again later that day and got an almost positive, and a clear positive that night. If I only tested once on CD 16, I would have marked it as negative. The next day (CD 17) I had a small-ish temp spike and my OPK was still positive. I'm still not sure when I O'd last cycle as the time between the onset of the LH surge and O would only be a couple of hours if I go by that first temp spike on CD 17.

If you still have some OPK's left, I would keep testing for a day or two just to confirm that it wasn't a false alarm and a random temp spike (looking at last months' chart, you also had a temp spike before you O'd). Your CM also point to you O'ing tomorrow or so instead of yesterday as it should "dry out" pretty quickly after O.

 

[jmack54]

Can't thank you enough, SunnyBe!! I really appreciate your wisdom

I kind of suspect that I haven't O'd yet. The positive OPK had two very light lines but they were the same degree of color. However, when I have had very obvious positive OPKs in the past, the LH line is VERY dark and very obvious.

I'm thinking I'll keep taking OPKs for the next few days as well. O'ing on CD 9 would be very early and I have never O'd before CD 11.

 

[SunnyBe]

Yeah it really sounds like you haven't O'd yet. I'd definitely keep testing and BDing the next couple of days

 

[jmack54]

Thanks love!! I so appreciate you. I am going to show you my positive OPKs for some input.

Ok so the first picture is the "positive" OPK I got this cycle first thing in the morning on CD 10 at like 7am. After a night of drinking alcohol and lots of water. See both lines are soo light!

The second picture I attached as a reference of what my positive OPK looked like last cycle. It is so obviously positive I had no question in my mind!

 

[SunnyBe]

I see what you mean!! The control band also seems faded a bit which makes it difficult to determine if the test band is actually positive or just appears darker due to the light control band.

What did today's (negative) test look like?

 

[jmack54]

Yeah since the control line was so light it's making me question if it was a real positive. I tested again like 8 hours later yesterday and it was an obvious negative.

Here was today's negative OPK. The control line is dark and the test line is extremely faint. Sorry it's a little blurry but you can still see it

 

[SunnyBe]

Yeah that is pretty negative. I was wondering what the control band looked like when the test was negative. It seems darker than the control band on CD 9.

 

[jmack54]

Agreed. Honestly, I really don't think I've O'd yet. I think I'll keep taking OPKs over the next couple days and see what my temp does before I consider it done

How's everything going for you? Trying anything new this cycle?