I'll join! af is due around the 13 or 14th. I have roughly 35 day cycles. The last one was only 34. I should be ovulating around my hubby's b-day. Not sure if I will end up testing. I always spot a day or two before af is due. So if I start spotting on the 12th or 13th then I know not to test. I don't miss the stress of testing early. While it is always tempting to do so, and I have one frer sitting in my bathroom, I am hoping to wait. I didn't get my bfp until 13dpo last time so waiting a few more days isn't too big of a deal. But if no spotting by end of day 13th then I will wake up on 14th and test.
I'm going back to what i did when I got my bfp a few cycles ago. (ended in mc sadly).
1) temping - although I started late as I was sick and my sleep was way off
2) preseed - didn't use it the last few times but used it during bfp cycle.
3) BD every day, or close to - We did it 12/14 days that cycle. going to try again. Again, a bit of a late start for us as I have been sick. But I don't O until cd17-19 so we are still good to go. Most important days being all 3 days prior to O, day of O and day after O just in case. Since my O date seems to have shifted we will have to do it a bit more to be sure.
4) laying in bed afterwards with hips elevated or in sort of downward dog position (for those times we do it doggy style
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5) don't tell hubby when O day or week is. Just ambush him. Thankfully he is taking vacation days that week so he won't be too stressed out. But he gets a bit of performance anxiety.
6) no alcohol
That's pretty much it. I did use opk's last time but we just can't afford them and I'm on my 6th cycle so I know when I O and the temp shift plus a progesterone test always confirms it. But for those who do want to I started testing for O on CD 8 but back then I didn't know for sure when my O date would be, and I tested until I got my positive on cd16.
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