Ttc number 3 :)

[cnsweeney]

Spunky - I was also gonna ask the group if anyone else feels really emotional around O becuase all of a sudden today I want to cry about everything ! Lol
& you sound just like me with the temping lol.. I wake up and take my temp and pass back out haha . I wouldn't worry about your low temps too much . You are probably someone that typically just has a naturally low temp like in the 97 range so it's no surprise it's in the 95 or 96 range when you sleep . I tuck my bbt thermometer under my pillow lol. I think you are like me and your opks are darker in the afternoon . I think those are the most accurate . With digitals they say to use fmu. With the other types you shouldn't use fmu. It's so confusing lol. But just for a heads up if you are getting a clearblue digi you have to start testing like 5 days before suspected O I believe because it registers your base hormone levels and will then detect a spike .. so if you take it now it will read it as your normal base levels prior to O and won't detect a spike . However , it can detect peak no matter what . Just not high . Just don't want you wasting too many tests or money !

 

[spunky84]

cns: I do think I have naturally low temps. Pretty much anytime I get my temp taken at the doctor's (without a fever, it usually reads in the upper 97s). When I feel like rubbish and think I have a fever, I'm usually in the 99s. I keep my thermometer on our headboard so I just have to reach my arm up can grab it. I'm afraid it'll fall behind the bed if I try to put it underneath my pillows lol

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one emotional! This doesn't seem to be my usual, but maybe it's just more noticeable since I'm tracking cycles and before I wasn't and could've been a million other things before. I don't know if it's just because I'm really paying more attention to my body and emotions, but it all seems so strong right now. I know I get emotional and increased sex drive (without much notice as to when or how often), but it's never seemed to be like this though.

I definitely think I'm going to stop w/ fmu as it has consistently shown much lighter ones even with much darker ones in the afternoon. I think I've gone through almost 70 opks this cycle.... pee sticks are kind of fun though.... Have you tried testing at different times to really notice better results in the afternoon?

That's a bummer on the digital! I got too excited about getting one that I dragged DH to the store for one and didn't really read much about it before flying out the door lol. My mom took the kids today because she wanted to take them around to see family (an hour and a half away), so it's a very rare opportunity for us to have time together without the kids and so weird to be able to just grab keys and go.

Anyway, but the digital can still detect peak regardless but would otherwise show a normal result if not doing it 5 days prior? I didn't drink a ton in between and managed to squeeze some out I did a peak result, so I'm just wondering if it could be a false peak. The instructions said to dip for 15 seconds if you're going to dip, and maybe I counted too fast or something because it didn't read within a couple of minutes (that's supposed to start showing in about a minute). Then the instructions said to test with a new stick, so I took that one out and noticed that the stick never saturated, so I just stuck it back in and that's when it finally started working and then eventually showed peak. It's probably false from that alone Not sure if that would or not, but there's nothing I can do about right now.

I'm not testing with any more the rest of today. Depending on what my temp does tomorrow, I'll test with IC in the afternoon and just try to go from there if I need to. I'm really going to try and limit 2 a day depending on the results and what my temp is doing.


Okay, last of the pee sticks I'm posting... today. Hopefully. Hopefully for a little while. I know they said you can't really tell anything by the lines on the actual stick, but still felt it necessary to include lol the IC right above the digital stick is one used at the same time. I was just curious and wanted to compare and see if I could learn anything from doing so. I really don't think I did, but meh. But seriously, last one for now

 

[Oculi83]

Hi ladies! How's everyone doing? Where are you all at in your cycles? Seen a couple of positive OPKs so, that's good! lotsa baby dust to you!! Fingers crossed that this is your month!!!!

AFM.. Nothing new. Took another digital test a couple of days ago to see if it progressed since I haven't gotten any blood test or ultrasound yet. Got a 3+ so I guess that's good. But still waiting for the ultrasound to confirm. Still 1,5 weeks to go...! Bah..! Entered the 'icky-phase' yesterday. I always have about 2 weeks of feeling kinda sick (no vomiting though) and not feeling like I want to eat anything at all because even just the thought of food makes me feel sick. Cooking is the worst because of all the smells. Yikes.. Hope it'll pass quickly!

 

[cnsweeney]

Oculi- oh I'm sorry! morning sickness is the worst ! Or as I like to call it, all day sickness! lol I had hyperemesis with DD2 so I understand! Hope it doesn't last long

Spunky- You remind me so much of myself with all of the pee sticks haha . The information packet says that a peak result can be trusted no matter when in your cycle you test. So I am going to say that it is a true peak ! You may have already ovulated with all of these dark lines you have lately..with dd2 my opks stayed dark and I heard that's a sign of a bfp . lets hope! & to answer your question, yes I was taking tests morning afternoon and night I noticed the morning was super light almost non existent. Afternoons (around 1-2) was always the darkest. & night time was somewhere in between lol. So today I decided to not even bother with the fmu and got my pos opk in the afternoon. It was my last digi and FR so good thing! I really didn't wanna have to spend another $20+ on opks today lol. I do have a few more ic's left in case I get poas happy again lol. & I have an hpt waiting. I should probably hide it from myself because I know darn well I wont be able to wait

AFM- Ewcm got super heavy this evening. & I am just almost certain I have O'd today or will sometime throughout the night so we dtd ! I used the baking soda and stuck to my 'boy diet' today. So we will see if in the morning I actually did O when I temp. I hate how everything with ttc is a big waiting game ! I'm too impatient for this! lol

 

[spunky84]

Oculi: I'm sorry that you're feeling so sick! Is it everything in general or do more specific foods make you feel worse? I didn't have a ton of nausea with DS and it was more in general, but not real bad. With DD I was pretty nauseous in general, but the thought and smell of sweets would nearly send me over the edge. I had to have DH toss everything out. Hopefully the next week and a half goes by quickly for you. I know how much time can drag during the wait. Please keep us posted

cns: It's comforting to know I'm not the only poas addict I think my best are afternoon and then late at night. Those seem to have been my darkest regardless of the number of hours in between as long as I didn't dilute. I totally get the urge to test. I'm probably doing to do 1 afternoon opk over the next few days, and then I'm going to put it all away as I'm nearly out and the urge will be too great (out of site, out of mind lol). Once I'm working and we have extra money, I want to do stuff similar to the website pee on a stick freak lol that looks like so much fun whether or not we're trying, but I think it'd be interesting.

Please update on your temp! That's exciting! Keeping fx!



AFM, I also think I may have O'd yesterday! Last night closer to midnight, I just noticed a change in my. Sex drive plummeted, and I felt overall deflated. I had far more energy yesterday than I usually do. DH woke me up this morning to BD, and I just really didn't care

My hours of sleep was borderline 3 hours (maybe a few minutes less), so I'm not sure how accurate my temp is (it's usually a bit lower with less sleep from what I've noticed, but I'm not 100% sure if that is true or not).

Temp was 97.15 this morning. I'm confused on what the bbt rise has to be. I've read so many different things from 0.2 - 0.4 (ideally 0.4) from the highest temp in the last 6 days; I also read that from the day before only. I also read at least 0.1 from the highest temp from the last 6 days, and at least 0.2 from the day before.

So I really don't know. My temp rise was 0.34 higher than yesterday's, but only 0.17 from my highest temp within the last 6 days (which was Wednesday the 26th). So I don't know what to think. Unless it would've been higher if I slept longer. I know the temp rise has to be sustained at least 3 days to confirm ovulation, so I don't know if the temps over the next 2 days will matter or not in this to confirm ovulation for yesterday.

 

[cnsweeney]

So I took my temp this morning , just wanted to hear some opinions. Does this look like an O temp shift to you guys ?

 

[spunky84]

I definitely think that looks like an O temp shift cns!

 

[cnsweeney]

Ok cool ! Hopefully it stays that way or higher over the next couple of days so that FF will pick up on it I just wasn't sure since my early cycle temps were around the same but I think the huge shift from that drop the past couple of days is what matters ?

 

[cnsweeney]

Spunky - sorry I didn't respond to yours ! I think your temps are def. on the rise ! It's not a super clear O day but I do think somewhere in those climbs it was in there somewhere lol . with the positive opk's I think it was yesterday also how crazy if we are on the exact same cycle ?

 

[spunky84]

cns: the whole bbt rise for O confuses me a bit, to be honest, but I think your rise looks great though! That'd be really neat to be on the same exact cycle!

Though I'm starting to think I didn't O yesterday. I didn't crawl out of bed until 10:30 and only because DH woke me to BD which ended up not being able to do. I didn't do an opk then, but I'm impatient and couldn't really hold off, so I tested at 12:30. I hadn't had anything to drink yet, but it wasn't really concentrated, but it also wasn't dilute or anything.

I figured it'd be pretty negative. Nope. Blaringly positive. As soon as test was saturating, I knew it was going to be very positive. It was obviously positive before the read time.

CP still high and open. I can't really tell cm as I used preseed for BD, but things changed right as we had just started so we got nowhere. Not really sure if it's still soft or firm now. Part felt like the tip of a nose, but the surrounding was soft. So no idea.

3rd day of positive opks.

ETA: Should I add 'peak' for the clearblue digital for today as well since I got the peak yesterday (even though it may or may not have been the first peak day) and it doesn't clear for 48 hours?

 

[cnsweeney]

So I got a positive opk today too! Wth ?! Lol . Are we one in the same ?! Haha . But I feel like with the temps I def.O'd . We will see how tomorrow's temp looks . This is exhausting lol . I hope I O'd no later than this morning as we are swaying boy . Lol what does mood and energy say about O ? Because I was super tired,lazy , and emotional yesterday and not today .

 

[cnsweeney]

My ewcm is still very much there . And cervix seems to be high soft and open . Maybe today is O . Which is also fine I think for swaying .

 

[cnsweeney]

Okay so I lied .. I said I'm not super tired today. I cleaned for a bit thinking my energy was up but really I think I just knew it had to be done haha. But then I crashed. Got a quick cat nap but you know how hard that is to do on a weekend with 2 kids . Lol.

 

[spunky84]

cns: So strange about the positive opk again! Hopefully one of the last 2 days was O for you! What are you temps like today?

I'm pretty sure my body geared up and then didn't O. Temp this morning was down almost a full degree (96.37 down from 97.15 yesterday). CM this morning sticky. CP high, firm, and closed

DH can't BD anymore. He tried the last 2 days and couldn't (this morning being one of the days).

I ended up going back to sleep. I just woke up have a major headache (I had an awful dream during that short period of time I went back to sleep. I blame that lol).

OPK very dark again last night right before bed. Didn't test with fmu today (right after bbt), but decided to give it a whirl just a bit ago. Negative. Dark, but negative. I'll test again before I have to go up to school and see what it comes up with, but I'm guessing it'll be negative. I think my body just isn't going to do what it needs to do at this point. I'm half tempted to just stop temping and doing opks as I feel like they aren't going to matter much at this point, but I don't know. I'm not going to decide right now while I'm seriously bummed out.

 

[Katy78]

Spunky, exactly like you wrote regarding your dh and ttc. I think we might have the same OH .
Gestational diabetes. Yes, it was quite a shock. A huge adjustment. Not that I usually eat a lot of potatoes, pasta, sweets, quite the opposite. But constantly worrying about what to eat so the baby would be okay, finding things to eat, craving for apples when I couldn't have them... I hope I don't get it if I get pregnant again but if I do, I'll survive.

Oculi, congrats on 3+. That was a huge deal for me, it assured me that the baby was developing nicely.

Cnsweeney and spunky, I hope you finally ovulated. I hate it when O is delayed or uncertain.

AFM, 6 dpo and counting. I didn't really have time to symptom spot so far as we were on a mini vacation for two/three days. No dull ache in my uterus which usually starts around 6 dpo just yet. Not like that means anything... We'll see.

 

[cnsweeney]

Ready to lose my mind lol. Temp dropped by .3 today I went through and deleted some temps and updated my chart because I realize half of my temps were the first time I woke up around 630. The other half were around 11 when I would wake up from a nap after getting dd1 off to school . So I wanted to keep it as accurate as possible even if it's less temps . So here's my chart now . I haven't done an opk today but will this afternoon . Still have ewcm , cervix is HOS.ive been having dull achey pains in my right side all morning . Like my flank area all the around to my front . What does O pain feel like for you ladies ? After purchasing an ebook on gender dreaming I feel much better about swaying now even if I didn't O yet . They explain how awful shettles is and how for boys it's best to try multiple times during your fertile period and just once for a girl . So looks like I unintentionally am doing that ! lol . It also explains how you can O 48 hours after a pos opk which will be around 1pm for me today . So I'm hoping it happens before then !

Spunky - I also read that a positive opk should at least give you comfort that you will eventually ovulate . Your body is at least doing what it is supposed to in trying . It just doesn't guarantee it will happen right then . Maybe it's just delayed for whatever reason.. just keep tracking ! I know it's hard

 

[cnsweeney]

So opk was positive again today How long could one person possibly be so fertile ?! Lol

 

[cnsweeney]

Idk how I forgot but I went through something similar in 2014 & got my bfp that month. Spunky- maybe that will give us some hope! I got 20 positives in a row before running out of opk's and getting my bfp. However, one day (the day I actually O'd) was a smidge darker than the rest. I don't seem to have one of those yet. Maybe what I'm seeing isn't even a positive! Lord, I'm gonna drive myself nuts! Heres the link to my post from back then- https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/o...ong-do-opks-stay-positive-these-positive.html

 

[cnsweeney]

See.. are these even positive ?

 

[spunky84]

Katy: It makes me feel better knowing that it's not just mine! I felt for a long time that it was just mine, so it helps in knowing that it's not just him lol

Hopefully you don't have the DM this time around. I can definitely see how it would be difficult, especially with the worrying. I think the worrying would get me more than anything. Did you have to be induced or anything or did everything go pretty smoothly otherwise?

Does the dull ache that starts usually around 6 dpo always happen or is more something that happens more with pregnancy or not?

Hope you enjoyed your mini vacation!

cns: I'm not sure about O pains. I think I've had them before, but I've not pad enough attention as to when they occured. For me, I'm guessing the shooting / stabbing pains I have in the general area off more to the side are, but I also had those pains / twinges a few days before AF last cycle, so I'm not sure, but they would last a few hours. They aren't always on the same side when they happen which is the only thing that made me think they were O pains, but since they happened right before AF last cycle, probably not.

That's interesting about shettles! I'm glad it worked out in your favor with timing so far! It definitely sounds frustrating for you with the temp and O signs too. Hopefully it's any day now. That's strange about the positive opk today. Is this day 3 of positives for you? I'm really praying that a positive opk will definitely lead to O at some point.

I'm not sure on the first response. If the test line is on the left, I think that may be negative, but I think the bottom 3 look positive. That's very interesting, though, about before! Hopefully it's a good this time around!