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[elt1013]

Mama- I hope that you did ovulate this month and your temp shoots right back up tmrw. I haven't been charting that long so I am no expert, but one thing I did notice when looking at yours is that you have had alot of watery and ewcm. That is one thing that I found happens alot when researching anov cycles. Has this happened before with yours in the past? I know I had alot with mine and way more than I usually have on an o cycle. But then again...like the others said, I have also seen alot of people have a temp drop below cover and right back up again. And yes, the next couple days will be very telling!

Isaac- It is so hard to see those bfns but I am like you and can't help but test. Sometimes I can't help but start testing at 6dpo, lol, even tho I know it's crazy. Wait a couple more days and don't count yourself out yet.

AFM- my temp tmrw will also be very telling as I had a rise today and I can't think of anything that would have effected it. I actually slept great, so we'll see. Also, no more spotting since it stopped yesterday. Still stark white opks but I don't expect much from them anymore as I just don't seem to be one of the people they work well for.

 

[sequeena]

Am I ok to join? My son is 13 months and we've been ttc #2 since April. Af arrived on September 9th (29 day cycle after a mammoth 67 day cycle) so just waiting for her to bugger off

 

[elt1013]

Welcome sequeena and good luck this cycle!

 

[sequeena]

Thanks elt, good luck to you too!

 

[MamaMac123]

Thanks Elt and welcome to Sequeena!

 

[Hann12]

Hi Squeena - hope it happens soon! FX

Just been to the dr to tell him I'm pregnant, which was obviously fine. I spoke to him about the fertility guy saying I had PCOS and he completely disagreed, he said my cycles are regular, my bloods don't support it, and PCOS suffers have a lot more cysts on their ovaries - more like 30+ (mine were 5-7). He said I might have multi cyst ovaries but not the sydrome and not something that he would even say it was polycystic. So I feel a bit better about that as I didn't think the other Dr could have been right!

IsaacRalph - any POAS this morning? FX for you x

 

[IsaacRalph]

Welcome sequenna you'll love this thread I do! Good luck this cycle hun

Elt- will be interested to see how your temp is today & mama hope it goes back up for you mama!

Han- glad your gp has talked some sense finally, I agree I don't think you have pcos either! Obviously i'm no expert but I really think the fertitly clinic would've just got money out of you one way or another, its scary isn't it? Go in for one thing & get diagnosed wrongly with another. Congrats on telling your gp, that's one thing ticked off! You feeling ok?

Afm- no no poas stick today will test tomoz & that will be it this month! Not expecting it to be positive at all as I Feel my usual self with my periody cramps coming & boob ache! Cm has dried up & all other pms symptoms improving! I hope i'm wrong but I doubt it, I've had plenty of practice at telling if I am or not x

 

[Hann12]

Mama just saw your temp has skyrocketed up! Wow that's a good sign!

Isaacralph - I'm still hopeful for you - your temps are still nice and high

 

[IsaacRalph]

Mama your chart looks fab!
Han re my chart, my charts always look good until about 14dpo then start to fall, I can't go by them anymore. Really hope its different this month, thanks hun x

 

[elt1013]

Hann- I agree that your doc sounds much more sensible than that fertility clinic!

Isaac- when are you expecting af? You usually have quite a long LP right?

Mama- nice temp spike this morning...glad to see that thing shoot back up, but wow...a whole degree!

AFM- total opposite of mama with a huge temp drop this morning and once again...I can't think of anything that would have effected it except for waking 10 minutes earlier than usual. I think this is the lowest temp I have ever had with bbt charting. I'm not sure what to think about all these wacky temps lately. I suppose it could be due to the anov cycle? It's weird because my temps are usually pretty consistant.

 

[MamaMac123]

Morning girls!

Welcome again Sequeena! So tell us a bit more about you? Any idea why you had such a long cycle before the last? Just coming off bc? Curious because I have pcos and my last cycle was almost 100 days! Your son is very cute!

Isaac - still got fx for you! When is AF supposed to arrive? As Hann said, your temps are still up there looking good.

Hann - so glad your doc was ale to reassure you and confirm what we all thought! Knew it wasn't pcos in your case! Scary but I wonder if Isaac is right and the fertility place is just milking ya for more $$$ creepy! So glad you got your and don't need to worry about all that now!

Elt - big drop in temp today I see...could it be AF on her way maybe? Seems odd to have it drop like that without having ovulated? So strange. Or maybe could it possibly be a pre ov dip? Maybe going to ovulate just really late? Fx your body starts giving some answers.

Afm - As Hann noticed, BIG jump up in temp! I'm so excited! Of course it makes the drama of yesterday seem ridiculous. Ttc emotions are such a roller coaster. Hopefully my temp will stay up now. I still wanted to go to the doc today and see about the 21 day bloods but I've got a sick little munchkin home from school today (I work as a nanny) so I won't be able to go to the apt which is a bummer. But I'm feeling better about things with that big jump up. Assuming temps stay up there and no AF I'm going to try to hold off testing till Sat morning. Although if my temps stay up I may cave in a day or two! I am so Team POAS!!!

 

[IsaacRalph]

Hann- I agree that your doc sounds much more sensible than that fertility clinic!

Isaac- when are you expecting af? You usually have quite a long LP right?

Mama- nice temp spike this morning...glad to see that thing shoot back up, but wow...a whole degree!

AFM- total opposite of mama with a huge temp drop this morning and once again...I can't think of anything that would have effected it except for waking 10 minutes earlier than usual. I think this is the lowest temp I have ever had with bbt charting. I'm not sure what to think about all these wacky temps lately. I suppose it could be due to the anov cycle? It's weird because my temps are usually pretty consistant.

Umm strange I wonder what's going on with your temps elt?? Not quite sure really what really, yeah maybe your gonna get proper AF??

I'm not expecting AF until the weekend but I know full well she'll be arriving I have no doubts, yeah my LP is usually 15-16 days. With ds & 1st pregnancy I had bfp on 10dpo although I know its not impossible to get a later bfp I just don't think I won't! I've ordered loads of opks too & the smiley face ones thought I'd treat myself ha ha! I was thinking maybe it would be good to order them & sods law I'd get bfp but very sure i'm out this month & into trying for a June baby x

 

[IsaacRalph]

Morning girls!

Welcome again Sequeena! So tell us a bit more about you? Any idea why you had such a long cycle before the last? Just coming off bc? Curious because I have pcos and my last cycle was almost 100 days! Your son is very cute!

Isaac - still got fx for you! When is AF supposed to arrive? As Hann said, your temps are still up there looking good.

Hann - so glad your doc was ale to reassure you and confirm what we all thought! Knew it wasn't pcos in your case! Scary but I wonder if Isaac is right and the fertility place is just milking ya for more $$$ creepy! So glad you got your and don't need to worry about all that now!

Elt - big drop in temp today I see...could it be AF on her way maybe? Seems odd to have it drop like that without having ovulated? So strange. Or maybe could it possibly be a pre ov dip? Maybe going to ovulate just really late? Fx your body starts giving some answers.

Afm - As Hann noticed, BIG jump up in temp! I'm so excited! Of course it makes the drama of yesterday seem ridiculous. Ttc emotions are such a roller coaster. Hopefully my temp will stay up now. I still wanted to go to the doc today and see about the 21 day bloods but I've got a sick little munchkin home from school today (I work as a nanny) so I won't be able to go to the apt which is a bummer. But I'm feeling better about things with that big jump up. Assuming temps stay up there and no AF I'm going to try to hold off testing till Sat morning. Although if my temps stay up I may cave in a day or two! I am so Team POAS!!!

totally excited for you mama fx'd! I wonder how long your LP will last?? Shame you couldn't get bloods done but poorly munchkin comes first x

 

[MamaMac123]

Yeah I'm kind of bummed but I also feel more confident today that I've ovulated so I'm not going to stress it. I'll know for sure when I get AF or ....or when nothing happens! Hopefully it's one of the first 2! Ff predicts AF on Tues (my 2 yr anniversary...what a gift! Haha good thing we're doing the hotel thing this weekend. Hopefully she's not early and spoils it!) I'm fx for an anniversary ! Experience says DH is pretty fertile... He and his ex got preggo right away when trying for all 3 of my step daughters. Hoping that if I oved a good egg his pro swimmers will do the rest! But either way, just so happy to ovulate!!!!!

 

[MamaMac123]

Okay girls...thoughts please....

Just took an OPK and it's possibly the darkest I've ever gotten. Not sure as I need to compare to the one from last week but I compared it to yesterday's which was pretty faint and it's def darker. Even the control line is darker! Is that weird? Today's test line is almost equal to yesterday's control line. Odd and I'm now wondering maybe I actually ovulated last night? And maybe my dip yesterday was pre ov dip and today was the surge rise? Or is there a second surge of progesterone after the surge on estrogen that bout the temp down? Now I wish I'd OPK'd again last night (and bd! Once again we didn't last night! But we did the day before and we can tonight. Hope it's not too late if I did just ov!) anyway, just odd. Could be part of a second surge that brought temp back up high or could even be due to the pcos as I read those of us with it can get multiple false positives. Even though this isn't full on positive I wonder if it would have been last night. So just wondering what you guys make of it. Here's a pic....top is today and bottomis yesterday afternoon.

https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h4/ladyamanda123/d785757bcd6adf56da6234c457b5a6f0.jpg

 

[MamaMac123]

Update - this is interesting....apparently an OPK can read positive if you're preggers! The OPK picks up both hormones...so maybe the OPK getting darker is a good sign??

Here's the link that explained it: https://www.peeonastick.com/opkhpt.html

 

[Hann12]

Mama that's pretty dark, I think either you ovulated yesterday and today is the rise or you are still about to ovulate and your temps are just off. I only ever got them that dark when it was around ovulation. The other times they were much more faint. I don't think you would get a second lutinising hormone surge - its not like the second estrogen surge.
It's good news though as it means it either just happened or is just about to. I'd guess from you temps that it did yesterday. It's funny because when I saw your dip and rise this morning I thought it looked more like an ovulation increase.....

 

[Hann12]

Update - this is interesting....apparently an OPK can read positive if you're preggers! The OPK picks up both hormones...so maybe the OPK getting darker is a good sign??

Here's the link that explained it: https://www.peeonastick.com/opkhpt.html

Yes it can - but I think it goes completely dark, mine at 11dpo with an opk was darker than the control line. It's not the same as a hpt where any line is a positive line. You can always conform with a hpt, if it was a BFP on an opk then it would show on a hpt as hpt are more sensitive than opks

 

[elt1013]

Update - this is interesting....apparently an OPK can read positive if you're preggers! The OPK picks up both hormones...so maybe the OPK getting darker is a good sign??

Here's the link that explained it: https://www.peeonastick.com/opkhpt.html

Yes it can - but I think it goes completely dark, mine at 11dpo with an opk was darker than the control line. It's not the same as a hpt where any line is a positive line. You can always conform with a hpt, if it was a BFP on an opk then it would show on a hpt as hpt are more sensitive than opks

I heard that alot of people find out they are pregnant from opks before they show on hpts? They end up second guessing their ovulation and are actually pregnant! but anyhow...when I saw mamas temp rise like that this morning, I thought it looked like an ovulation spike aswell. I just don't want to add to the confusion as I am feeling quite confused myself right now!

I hope you figure this out soon mama as I know how hard it is to not know what is going on and be so confused!

 

[MamaMac123]

Hann - yeah I was thinking same with temps wondering if this is the real deal or if it's part of the 2ww stuff. It's def possible for my OPKs to be screwy because of the pcos and sadly I don't have OPKs from the days I may have ovulated last week to compare to. I'll do another OPK later today and see what happens but due to the temps if this is ovulation it was prob the surge last night and I missed it. Totally thought about doing an OPK last night too. Wish I had now! Oh well....we'll see what the next few days temps bring. Maybe I'll cave and do a hpt tomorrow. What I'm reading suggests that if the OPK is picking up pregnancy hormones then it's okay to test because the hpt is much more sensitive! :shrugs: interesting stuff. Also learned just now...you can hpt test with breast milk! Never knew that!