cycle number 3 here
Hi great idea this thread!
Can I join please. I'm on cycle #9 noweveryone x
Thanks,i have my cbfm to use this month
Thanks lizlovelust!
I keep pretty odd hours so I'm not sure how that effects my OPK's. Generally, I test at 12p (when I wake up) and at around 7p (because I'm not sure if the "morning" LH rule applies to 12p urine...). I also test late night at bedtime because my DH is interested in what that one says. (That's the one he's not at work during so he can actually participate.) Anyway, we only pay $55 for 100 of them, so I don't feel so bad about using so many.
PS: I really like your user icon!
Thanks lizlovelust!
I keep pretty odd hours so I'm not sure how that effects my OPK's. Generally, I test at 12p (when I wake up) and at around 7p (because I'm not sure if the "morning" LH rule applies to 12p urine...). I also test late night at bedtime because my DH is interested in what that one says. (That's the one he's not at work during so he can actually participate.) Anyway, we only pay $55 for 100 of them, so I don't feel so bad about using so many.
PS: I really like your user icon!
Good luck to you! Sounds like you've been through a lot. I have odd hours too and varying wake up times so I haven't really tried to temp. I bought I thermometer but I'm not sure how much good it will do me. I am going to try fertilaid out though as soon as it comes in the mail. I skipped a cycle this last month so I am hoping it will help regulate me. I started a thread asking for input on Fertilaid but haven't gotten any responses....threads in the general TTC forum end up at the bottom of the list very quickly! Have you liked Fertilaid?
It's been horrendously windy yesterday and today here! It kept waking me up last night it was so loud. I have to sleep with a box fan running or else any little noise wakes me, had to turn it up a level last night so I couldn't hear the wind howling and whipping around the house. 
Thanks lizlovelust!
I keep pretty odd hours so I'm not sure how that effects my OPK's. Generally, I test at 12p (when I wake up) and at around 7p (because I'm not sure if the "morning" LH rule applies to 12p urine...). I also test late night at bedtime because my DH is interested in what that one says. (That's the one he's not at work during so he can actually participate.) Anyway, we only pay $55 for 100 of them, so I don't feel so bad about using so many.
PS: I really like your user icon!
Good luck to you! Sounds like you've been through a lot. I have odd hours too and varying wake up times so I haven't really tried to temp. I bought I thermometer but I'm not sure how much good it will do me. I am going to try fertilaid out though as soon as it comes in the mail. I skipped a cycle this last month so I am hoping it will help regulate me. I started a thread asking for input on Fertilaid but haven't gotten any responses....threads in the general TTC forum end up at the bottom of the list very quickly! Have you liked Fertilaid?
Hmmm... FertilAid can really vary from person to person, so it can totally be different for everyone. The main thing the Chastberry in it does is balance your hormones, so it will get you to your bodies best balance. I gained some weight over the winter and have been having really long cycles since then (O'd on CD26 last month and still haven't O'd this month and I'm on CD24) but I've only been taking the FertilAid since I O'd last cycle. They say it can take 3+ months for it to really regulate everything so I'm thinking I'll start to see final results in another month or two.
What I have noticed so far:
1. A substantial improvement in my PMDD. Almost no symptoms during the two weeks between O and AF. (If you look up the description of PMDD on wikipedia, I had all of the symptoms, every single one, and they were very, very bad.)
2. No more emotional food cravings. For the first time since adolescence I can actually tell when I'm hungry and am no longer normally driven to eat by hormones or what I call "head hunger" (as compared to tummy hunger).
3. I am falling asleep a lot more easily at night and staying asleep better.
4. I have more energy. (Maybe because I'm sleeping better?)
5. My luteal phase went from starting AF on 15dpo to starting AF on 17dpo.
6. I am dealing with my LF mood swings better: Though I haven't O'd yet this cycle, my LH level is fluctuating as it always does. When it changes, I'm usually very irritable for a day. I'm still irritable this cycle, but I haven't snapped at anyone. A real improvement for me.
THE ONE NEGATIVE THING I'VE NOTICED: My CM has gotten a LOT dryer than usual. I'm not sure what's causing it. You may want to get FertilCM as well, though I cannot vouch for it and I can't take it. (Unlike FertilAid, it makes my moods insanely worse instead of better. I took FertilCM for a week and almost had a nervous breakdown- but that probably has to do with how unstable my hormone reactions are. I've heard a lot of girls say they really like FertilCM.... as for me, I'm taking mucinex to thin the CM I do have.)
I don't know if any of that helps, but that's how it's been for me.
If you want to lengthen your LP, I definitely do recommend it. I can't believe AF didn't come until 17dpo last time. I don't know if that's just getting ridiculous, but it's nice to know that if I do have an egg that gets fertilized, it has PLENTY of time to implant.
PS: For BBT what I did was pick the time I am always asleep, no matter when I go to bed and when I wake up. You pretty much have a half hour window, so I alwys temp between 8:30a and 9a. My sleep hours are always a bit wonky, but I know I will be asleep then and I will have had at least 3 hours of sleep by then and the latest I ever get to bed is around 5:30a.
One more day of work for me and then I'm off for a week!
Thanks lizlovelust!
I keep pretty odd hours so I'm not sure how that effects my OPK's. Generally, I test at 12p (when I wake up) and at around 7p (because I'm not sure if the "morning" LH rule applies to 12p urine...). I also test late night at bedtime because my DH is interested in what that one says. (That's the one he's not at work during so he can actually participate.) Anyway, we only pay $55 for 100 of them, so I don't feel so bad about using so many.
PS: I really like your user icon!
Good luck to you! Sounds like you've been through a lot. I have odd hours too and varying wake up times so I haven't really tried to temp. I bought I thermometer but I'm not sure how much good it will do me. I am going to try fertilaid out though as soon as it comes in the mail. I skipped a cycle this last month so I am hoping it will help regulate me. I started a thread asking for input on Fertilaid but haven't gotten any responses....threads in the general TTC forum end up at the bottom of the list very quickly! Have you liked Fertilaid?
Hmmm... FertilAid can really vary from person to person, so it can totally be different for everyone. The main thing the Chastberry in it does is balance your hormones, so it will get you to your bodies best balance. I gained some weight over the winter and have been having really long cycles since then (O'd on CD26 last month and still haven't O'd this month and I'm on CD24) but I've only been taking the FertilAid since I O'd last cycle. They say it can take 3+ months for it to really regulate everything so I'm thinking I'll start to see final results in another month or two.
What I have noticed so far:
1. A substantial improvement in my PMDD. Almost no symptoms during the two weeks between O and AF. (If you look up the description of PMDD on wikipedia, I had all of the symptoms, every single one, and they were very, very bad.)
2. No more emotional food cravings. For the first time since adolescence I can actually tell when I'm hungry and am no longer normally driven to eat by hormones or what I call "head hunger" (as compared to tummy hunger).
3. I am falling asleep a lot more easily at night and staying asleep better.
4. I have more energy. (Maybe because I'm sleeping better?)
5. My luteal phase went from starting AF on 15dpo to starting AF on 17dpo.
6. I am dealing with my LF mood swings better: Though I haven't O'd yet this cycle, my LH level is fluctuating as it always does. When it changes, I'm usually very irritable for a day. I'm still irritable this cycle, but I haven't snapped at anyone. A real improvement for me.
THE ONE NEGATIVE THING I'VE NOTICED: My CM has gotten a LOT dryer than usual. I'm not sure what's causing it. You may want to get FertilCM as well, though I cannot vouch for it and I can't take it. (Unlike FertilAid, it makes my moods insanely worse instead of better. I took FertilCM for a week and almost had a nervous breakdown- but that probably has to do with how unstable my hormone reactions are. I've heard a lot of girls say they really like FertilCM.... as for me, I'm taking mucinex to thin the CM I do have.)
I don't know if any of that helps, but that's how it's been for me.
If you want to lengthen your LP, I definitely do recommend it. I can't believe AF didn't come until 17dpo last time. I don't know if that's just getting ridiculous, but it's nice to know that if I do have an egg that gets fertilized, it has PLENTY of time to implant.
PS: For BBT what I did was pick the time I am always asleep, no matter when I go to bed and when I wake up. You pretty much have a half hour window, so I alwys temp between 8:30a and 9a. My sleep hours are always a bit wonky, but I know I will be asleep then and I will have had at least 3 hours of sleep by then and the latest I ever get to bed is around 5:30a.
Thank you for the input! I am excited to see how it goes for me. I am definitely feeling different since I stopped BCP. I typically don't have any mood changes and I haven't really noticed that without the BCP either. This AF though I was back to having horrendous cramping, extremely fatigued, a headache everyday, and I had awful breast tenderness for about 12 days. I think all that stuff was worse this time partially b/c of the fact that I skipped AF last month. However, this is how my cycles were before plus skipping cycles and that's all the biggest reason I went on BCP. I had high hopes when I stopped it for TTC so I really hope the Fertilaid can help!
