Using Clearblue Fertility monitor - anyone else? 7 BFP's...

[CaliDreaming]

thanks calidreaming & laustiredttc

i took another hpt this morning

i actually saw very, very faint signs of af after i pots.

she's not fully here, but she is tip-toeing in.

day 40, yikes

well af got me last night so cd1 today

vk73 and laustiredttc, sorry about AF but I know you both must be relieved that she is finally here and you can prepare to try again.

I'm throwing my monitor in the bin cd 15 still high. I'm not going through another entire cycle poas for nothing. I want my life back. I'm so disappointed that I caved in and spent good money on a pile of crap. All it's done is stressed me out to the max. Now I'm terrified that I don't ovulate. Going to see a gp next week, so maybe it has done some good, although when I used opks I had a smiley on cd 10/11 and I have conceived a number of times without joy in the end. Toodles ladies, thanks for the previous input on the thread and I hope it works out for you all.

Foxyviola, I don't blame you for giving up on the CBFM. It's definitely not worth the $$$ if it's not giving you the information you need. Good luck at the gp next week. I hope the problem is with the machine and not with you!

 

[CaliDreaming]

I got my peak this morning so I guess I should be expecting an egg tomorrow. My EWCM has made a reappearance so I guess the CBFM is doing it's job for me this cycle.

 

[laustiredttc]

great news cali, can i ask what does wheatgrass do hun?

 

[CaliDreaming]

It is supposed to help with egg quality and can help with getting more EWCM. It's also supposed to be an antioxidant. I think it was the thing that got me a lot of EWCM this cycle, but I can't be sure with all the stuff I'm taking!

 

[laustiredttc]

thanks hun, i'm trying preseed, grapefruit juice and robutissun for increased cm. how you getting on btw?

 

[CaliDreaming]

Lau, I haven't checked my CM today yet. It seems like I notice it the most after noon.

I tried preseed this cycle for the first time this cycle because I was worried about how little EWCM I had been seeing in my past cycles. I used it last night and the night before that. I'm not going to use it tonight if we bd tonight though. I think I'm a little superstitious because I didn't use it when I conceived dd even though I didn't have a lot of EWCM then either.

 

[laustiredttc]

i have used it for the last two cycles and no luck but i am going to prob do the same thing this month, oh and use softcups this time

 

[CaliDreaming]

Ladies, when do you O after you get your peak? I've read that CBFM are supposed to be like other OPKs where you can O 24-48 hours after it going positive, but it seems like I O immediately after the peak. I got my first peak yesterday morning, and I felt O pains later in the afternoon, barely 12 hours later. With OPKs it could take 2-4 days for me to O. My temps did not shoot up, but the O pains were very strong and I think my temps may rise slowly. Also, my CM switched from EWCM to watery, so I think I O'ed when I felt the pains.

I really hope I O'ed when I felt the O pains, because I fell asleep before dh and I could bd. We have been doing it five days in a row and I am worn out.

Even though I was scheduled to get an automatic peak this morning, I peed on the stick and saw that the LH line was very light again. Next cycle I'm not going to pee on them after the peak because it seems that my LH goes right back down after the surge.

Laus, Softcups seems like it would be really effective, but I'm scared to use them. I used a contraceptive sponge once and it took me two days before I could get it out. I was so scared! I almost had to go to the ER but then I sneezed and it shot out. I'm afraid the same thing would happen with the Softcups. I'm sure I will end up trying them eventually though.

 

[Lady H]

I think I ovulated soon after, as some months when I got peak the OPK suggested it was not, I think I used to surge in the afternoon or late evening. We did the day before, of and after ovulation the month we were successful.

 

[CaliDreaming]

I didn't think about the fact that most women get their surge in the evening. Since we test with CBFM in the morning, I guess that would be a reason why O comes faster after a peak than a positive OPK.

This morning my temps were raised so it does look like I O'ed on late Thursday/early Friday. For me I think it will be important to bd on all of the highs because if I wait for my first peak, it will be too late to wait until that night to bd.

 

[vkj73]

Do any of you use the cbfm in conjunction with opks? I wonder if this would help
me to be double sure of peaks. I'm going to try it this cycle, using the same sample each morning.
I posted a thread on this yesterday, but haven't heard anything.
Thanks

 

[Briss]

I have been using both OPK and CBFM last 4 cycles and I also temp, I noticed that CBFM more accurately predicts O than OPK. Temp indicates that I usually O on my second peak, but it can be anything from a day before positive OPK to a day after so I tend to rely on CBFM

 

[laustiredttc]

Ladies, when do you O after you get your peak? I've read that CBFM are supposed to be like other OPKs where you can O 24-48 hours after it going positive, but it seems like I O immediately after the peak. I got my first peak yesterday morning, and I felt O pains later in the afternoon, barely 12 hours later. With OPKs it could take 2-4 days for me to O. My temps did not shoot up, but the O pains were very strong and I think my temps may rise slowly. Also, my CM switched from EWCM to watery, so I think I O'ed when I felt the pains.

I really hope I O'ed when I felt the O pains, because I fell asleep before dh and I could bd. We have been doing it five days in a row and I am worn out.

Even though I was scheduled to get an automatic peak this morning, I peed on the stick and saw that the LH line was very light again. Next cycle I'm not going to pee on them after the peak because it seems that my LH goes right back down after the surge.

Laus, Softcups seems like it would be really effective, but I'm scared to use them. I used a contraceptive sponge once and it took me two days before I could get it out. I was so scared! I almost had to go to the ER but then I sneezed and it shot out. I'm afraid the same thing would happen with the Softcups. I'm sure I will end up trying them eventually though.

Oh huni i'm so sorry you experienced something like that. But i do have to admit i did laugh about the part when you said you sneezed and it shot out I think i will give them a go and at least i know how i would get them out. How are you getting on atm hun?

 

[CaliDreaming]

Oh huni i'm so sorry you experienced something like that. But i do have to admit i did laugh about the part when you said you sneezed and it shot out I think i will give them a go and at least i know how i would get them out. How are you getting on atm hun?

LOL. I was really stressed out about it at the time, but now I think it is hillarious too!

Right now I'm 3 dpo and no symptoms other than moodiness. I wised up and quit feeding my CBFM sticks so at least I will be able to save some $$$.

 

[laustiredttc]

totally hun that machine is damn greedy. I think this site is great because without it i would have also kept feeding it sticks. Now after my first peak i stop.

just before i O and just after I am the moodiest, emotionally challenged miserable bitc* you will ever meet lol. I am ok around my period but gosh O time just turns me into the big bad bitc* from hell so understand where your coming from cali.

 

[CaliDreaming]

I'm glad I'm not the only moody one around O time. I'm afraid that soon I'll be moody all month long.

 

[Briss]

got my peak today on CD10, very early and OPK is still negative, interesting when will I get a temp shift

 

[laustiredttc]

hey cali heading that way myself hun.

Some days i am fine then others i'm exhausted. I know this sounds really selfish but all of my friends are like, when are you coming to see me, can you make this? can you make that? I know they are just being really good friends but i feel like shouting, 'HEY, listen its not all about you i have my own shi* going on here and i cant be at you becking call whenever you need me to be'. Am i being a bit bitchy, probably but hey its true, this ttc business really takes it out of you and the last thing i need is to be walking around plastering a fake smile on my face so others feel good about themselves. Phew, sorry girls not sure where that came from but glad its out of my system!!

So yeah getting very moody of late

 

[laustiredttc]

hey briss congrats on the peak i think it depends on whether you O on the first or second peak but normally its a day later from when you O hun

 

[Briss]

Got my positive OPK this morning, I expect to ovulate today on my second peak and if so this would mean that CBFM picked up my LH surge before the OPK, we'll see tomorrow I guess

BTW my dear friend got her BFP yesterday, interestingly she has been TTC for 2 months (lucky girl!) and never got a true positive OPK