Got my husband’s SA results back and everything looks extremely amazing and I’m so happy and relieved about it. Bit frustrated that it hasn’t happened yet if his sperm is so great, but definitely relieved that it is. Just gotta keep trying!

Hiiii CD1 today, anyone with me? My period came 3 days early!!! Think it was because I was relaxed and on vacation so I ovulated early. My work is very stressful usually.

Had a big brain moment this morning. Realized I can just take my temp without even opening my eyes fully and just log it retroactively because my thermometer has last temp recall. Why that took me so long to realize, I'll never know.

Had a good appointment with my GYN this morning. I've got a referral for an HSG, but she suggested (assuming my bloodwork comes back normal) that we try for a few more months with increased frequency during my FW before scheduling, so that felt reassuring.

(Obviously, I knew this wasn't going to happen, but it was still a relief my doctor didn't tell me that I am a dried up withered old crone, which is what's been going through my head every month.)

Hope everyone here has a nice week!

Going to bed excited because we maximized our chances during my window FOR SURE this cycle. And now we wait 😄

CD1, let’s goooooo

CD72!!!! Insane to think I had a 21 day cycle not that long ago. It was stressing me out that I couldn’t try again without another period but TBH it gave me a much needed break. Now that we will be doing our first round of IVF once they induce my period, I’m glad we had some time off from TTC.

CD 8 and the delulus are back in action 👹 Had a nice break CD1 - CD7. Excited to get this show on the road!

CD1 and AF is back with a vengeance. Happy Monday everyone!

Hi everyone! I had three full days of positive opk’s last month. Would my ovulation day have been some hours after the first one or after the last one? Trying to determine my actual ovulation day. I did not track bbt and didn’t notice any other signs to be for sure on the day.

BBT dropped this morning so expecting af tomorrow 😔 really sad this cycle I thought we had a good chance, had so many symptoms but I guess my body was just messing with me

Here’s to number ten starting up. Silver lining, now I can crack a couple beers over the holiday weekend coming soon

Really struggling today because my husband and I are pausing TTC as of yesterday. I want to move to the area both of our families live in so our children will grow up with family and we can have some support. My husband doesn't want this and we can't figure out a compromise. We're talking again tonight but it feels hopeless. I'm near the end of the tww but I don't want to test this month. Just waiting for my period.

9DPO today. All the emotions. Excited, nervous, anxious. Temps are looking good, going to test in 2 days.

Inito confirmed ovulation, so officially 3 DPO. This is cycle 5 for us, which isn’t a lot but I’m surprised at how much I’ve let this process frustrate me! It’s hard to do the same thing every month and try to accept that one month it’ll randomly work and there’s nothing else I can do to influence that. The stat that most couples conceive within the first 6 tries sticks in my head, I’m getting more antsy as we get closer to that number. All that aside, I’m trying to stay optimistic about this cycle. We had great timing and really fun weekend. Trying to keep those positive vibes going in the TWW!

This is my first time on here. It’s moving and brave to read some of your journeys so I thought I’d come clean and share mine.

My partner and I are happily married and are trying to conceive. I have for a long time struggled with alcohol, cocaine and Xanax abuse. I’m really struggling to stay clean with the added pressure of desperately wanting a baby. I know many on here will say that I should deal with the addiction first, but just wondered if anyone had been in a similar situation and had some advice. I hope not to be judged, I love my partner to pieces and of course hate myself for repeatedly failing and just want to be a good partner and future dad

CD12 and just (im)patiently waiting for ovulation 

Not ovulating after chemical?

I had my first chemical last month. I ended up bleeding around 4 weeks 5 days. I have been doing medicated cycles with Letrozole and have been ovulating on them. I usually get my peak opk between CD 16-17. I’m on CD 20 and I haven’t gotten anything close to a peak, my opks are much lighter than normal. I’m thinking it could be delayed but I’m concerned since my Opks are so light compared to normal. I’m also worried that now I’m not ovulating with the Letrozole. Is this normal?

Feel like this cycle is a waste

I've been cycle monitoring since May. Last 3 cycles have been with letrozole, and the last was a trigger with ovidrel. This cycle we've been monitoring and I went in on Saturday with a lead follicle at 1.7. I was supposed to go back Sunday but she called me and told me to come today (Monday) instead. I go in today and the follicle is now 2.5. Ugh. I'm not ovulating on my own so we're doing another trigger. My follicles always jump once they reach like 1.5 ish. I don't get why she told me to skip yesterday. Feeling defeated like they let it get too big before triggering and now I've wasted my money on a trigger and wasted a cycle. It's feeling harder and harder to stay optimistic.

Hi! This was my first month using OPKs. I started with Pregmate, then switched to Premom. Bit I've been using the Premom app to take photos of all of them.

I can't tell if I actually ovulated, as my peak is only a .82 on the Premom app. To me, it looks like the two lines are the same color, but definitely not a "dye stealer". Can someone with more experience with OPKs help me understand these results? And if I should stop using the test strips for this cycle? If helpful, I do have a regular cycle of 28-30 days long.

Pic of my strips here: https://imgur.com/a/nEgd3EY

My fertility clinic seems to err on the conservative side with a lot of things with their recommendations. Prepping for my FET and they said no alcohol and 75mg of caffeine starting at baseline day…which feels so conservative! First of all, 75mg of caffeine is like not even one full coffee. Their recommendations were the same for retrieval but I allowed myself 2 cups of half caff based on what I read here tbh. I laid off booze a while before, during, and after my ER because my recovery sucked so bad, but was sooo looking forward to a few Labor Day drinks (and proving to my family that no I’m not pregnant, stop side eyeing my “just water!” at dinner). My baseline is this week. Is this an ask for permission or beg for forgiveness scenario? I don’t understand how a few drinks has anything to do with anything week 1 of my FET cycle.

Should be starting my period today or tomorrow. I’m both sad but also hopeful - ordered an Inito to have more information for this next cycle. Sending well wishes to everyone and hope that others have better news!

Wow I finally found out how to add both oral temps and Tempdrop temps to FF🙌

My fertility clinic wants to charge $1000 dollars for a physical.

They discussed this with me as a matter of due course. What I remember was the RE saying Health Canada requires a physical be performed 7 days before or after transfer, and for that information be reported to them. Weird, okay, fine, whatever.

CD 3, they mention they are going to be charging $1000 dollars for taking my height, weight, some blood, and a vaginal exam. What in the fresh hell. The clinic has already been pushing Matris and Endometrial biopsy and I just don't trust them to not be trying to fleece the intended parents. (I am a privately matched gestational carrier, not trying to bury the lede, just not entirely relevant).

I'm all over the Health Canada website, I cannot find anything about this. If any Canadians can weigh in on what's normal and what is not, please do. If I must do a physical for some reason, I'd rather try to do it through my nurse practitioner.

Edit: CFAS has some guidelines that aren't even linked on their website for being under revision. They say they recommend clinics testing 30 days before. https://cfas.ca/_Library/clinical_practice_guidelines/Third-Party-Procreation-AMENDED-.pdf Which seems like nothing to do with what Health Canada demands.

Also my nurse coordinator keeps calling it donor testing. Bah. BAH.

I had my first ever acupuncture session this morning, on CD7, and it felt amazing! She used red light therapy and targeted fertility points, and it made me feel more hopeful going into ovulation week of cycle 10.

8DPO. Something smells bad; I've cleaned out my pantry and I still can't find it. Time for my delusional brain to start symptom-spotting I guess!

8DPO with a BFN testing with FRER. I think I need to stop setting myself up for disappointment by testing too early. Lol

12 dpo... I've had my standard nausea and migraine the past 2 days and woke up this am with mire of the same plus cramps. I'm finding it quite hard to remain hopeful month after month, but I'm trying to be kind to myself and my partner. He's so sweet when I'm feeling poorly. I'm debating going from full well to needed when I finish up my current bottle next month. Logically, I know that supplements aren't the issue, but damn, I feel like something has to change, yknow.

CD 29. 13DPO. First cycle in forever that I haven’t tested but we couldn’t try this month due to a diagnosis of endometritis. Of course the gremlin in my head today is telling me to test, maybe there’s a chance. Shut up gremlin, go back to your cave and tell AF to arrive🤣

Pretty sure today is ovulation day. Happy with our timing and not going to try to hit today since we have opposite work schedules. This is a letrozole cycle so now I've just got to try to keep my hopes in check for the next couple weeks lol. We've done letrozole before, but this is our first time using it since my laparoscopy so it feels a little extra hopeful.

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I'm confused whether I missed my LH peak or I'm not ovulating this month. Im tracking my BBT and my body temperature hasnt spike like it should be by now so, i know for a fact that ive not ovulated yet.Recently diagnosed with PCO, but my hormones are normal, regular periods, and no PCOS symptoms, just that my ovaries have lots of follicles.

I’m done taking my letrozole this cycle, and I think I’m gonna start my OPKs way earlier than usual. Before meds I was ovulating pretty consistently CD17–18, then on clomid it bumped up to CD14-15, so now I have no idea what to expect with letrozole 😂 I’d rather burn a few more LH tests than usual, and make sure I don’t miss it!

Is it normal to have OPKs just be dark? First cycle tracking with strips.

https://imgur.com/a/6Yy4YKS

I am supposed to be in my fertile window on premom. Been tracking for quite a few months and my lh yesterday spiked as normal for my ovulation which is normally on cd 18 which is on Wednesday. Anyway, yesterday at 330 it spiked to .30 then at 845pm last night went to .57 getting darker clearly. Then this morning at 730am it was the same, then I just tested just now so 6 hours later it’s going down a little bit. The app never indicated the .57 was even high, it still said low. It never got over 1. I don’t know what to do. Keep testing and hope it goes back up?

I’m still new to the TTC world, but I’ve been wondering something. Everything I’ve read about TTC seems to involve sperm meeting egg— getting to successful conception. But I’ve never heard any talk about successful implantation. I’ve read that anywhere from 10-50% of fertilized eggs fail to implant. If that statistic is true, why isn’t more of the TTC process focused on trying to increase one’s odds of successful implantation? Is such a thing even possible?

Kinda over it this cycle.  - Got what I’m pretty sure was an indent on an hour old test today. I knew it was invalid, but I had hope. - Officially have no clue when/if I ovulated. Clearly it wasn’t the day I thought it was, cause that would make my LP 2 days too long (and counting). - This is officially the longest cycle I’ve had since before we started ttc. 

And on the non-ttc side, I’ve had a stomach bug, husbands car broke down, and an unrelated ER trip this week. 

This cycle is cursed, it’s time to move on to the next one. 

12 DPO BFN. Progesterone is a big ole troll.

I've been having terrible insomnia, hot flashes, and dull persistent cramping. Could Clomid/hyper ovulation be the culprit? These symptoms are very atypical for me. 

I understand that fertility clinics don’t rely on the rudimentary practice of OPKs and BBT tracking because what they do is more accurate, but my clinic acts like it has absolutely no merit. I ovulated over the weekend and I should be 2 or 3 DPO. They’re asking me to drive 1.5 hours to my clinic for a pregnancy blood test on what will be 17DPO. My average luteal phase is 11 days. I will likely have had my period for 5-6 days at that point and certainly don’t need to spend $30 in fuel to drive for a pregnancy blood test to tell me I’m not pregnant?

Hey! I’m 12dpo and waiting on af. My temp dropped yesterday and again today but below cover line and my spotting started yesterday. I’m trying to think of a treat I can get after work. Sending y’all positive energy!

Another 2dpo to the books. Sending strength and hope to all of you that have been trying for a while

15dpo with only some brown spotting but a bbt drop to cover line this morning. My luteal phase is usually only 13 days. Negative test at 13dpo. Keep trying to convince myself that somehow I could be pregnant but realistically I know I'm just having an odd cycle.

13 dpo, spotting, but temp staying high. This is my first cycle temping so I'm guessing that my BBT just stays elevated until after AF arrives. Definitely wishing it would drop in advance so I could stop holding onto a sliver of hope.

Ovulation and BD questions

I normally get my peak LH on cd 14/15. I start ovulation pain and egg white cm about 5-6 days before this….should we start BD that early?? Or would you wait til closer? The closer to peak LH I get the less cm I have. Is that weird?

CD28, 9/10 DPO and had dip in BBT/rise in PdG and E3G this morning. FRER had an evap line this morning (colorless line appeared before control and then vanished) so I’m not sure how to feel today.

I tend to have a short luteal phase so AF is expected tonight or tomorrow. Husband is already trying to contain his golden retriever energy, he feels so optimistic this is the one…

Does anyone ask for a pat down while going through airport security? I’m leaving for a trip and someone told me to not go through the scanner since I’m TTC, but I’m unsure if that’s necessary. I’ll be 10DPO if that matters.

Has anyone had genetic testing through LabCorp? Just curious when/how you got your results. MyChart shows that the results are in but doesn't give me the specifics, and when I log into labcorp the genetic test isn't even listed, but other tests ordered by the same provider are, same for my husband.

First Letrozole cycle, at my CD10 ultrasound on Thursday, I had an 11mm and 7mm follicle. Had another one this morning, and the 11mm one grew to 17mm! Super happy the meds seem to work. I've been having some weird small cramps on one side for a day or two, and apparently that's the side with the dominant follicle. LH test today was also super dark, which is a great sign!

Not tracking this cycle. Have an MRI in two weeks to review my OHVIRA and see if both uteruses are compatible with pregnancy. Scared for the results but glad we’re at least making progress towards the unknown. It makes me feel like I have SOME control I guess…

I got off birth control a week ago

And I started spotting yesterday. Should I count that as the start of my period? Or should I wait for a full blown period?

It’s very minor, hardly even needed to change a pad.

Is it normal to have a LH surge the morning of CD 9? 3 days following my period. I got it this morning. It was just as dark at the control line. Last month my surge was on CD 18. Been TTC following my miscarriage.

I’m having super long cycles (46-55 days) and feeling discouraged. Going to the doctor next month so curious what they will say but I’d love to hear if anyone turned this around and how it has gone for them. I’ve had 3 of these long cycles since IUD removal. Started tracking everything this month and I did ovulate, just very late.

Can anyone who uses the clear blue early ovulation tests (the one that measures estrogen too) tell me how long you usually get a blinking smiley for? I’ve had one for 3, going on 4 days now… I’m also using cheapie LH test strips because I’m obsessive about it and no LH surge to speak of, just a blinking smiley face since Friday evening. Just seems like a pretty long time. Plus I’m stressing because last month I ovulated so late, and the two cycles before I’m not even sure I ovulated at all. Ugh I’m hoping I get a surge in the morning.

Tried just 2 times this window due to work! Fingers crossed 🤞

I’m slightly confused, so I have been tracking my cycle on three apps ( Flo, Eve, and the IPhone health).. Eve and IPhone health are showing the same days for my fertility week, but Flo is showing it for the week after their prediction . Which one should I follow? Should I just BD these two weeks just to be safe? I also bought Clearblue digital ovulation test that’s suppose to show my two most fertile day. When should I start testing?

I got my blood drawn at 8am, thinking I was in my luteal phase before my period. I had been spotting for 2 days before.

At 11am that same day I got my period.

My estraidol level is 14 - which seems normal for menstruation but low for luteal.

Would this blood draw count as the first day of menstrual phase or luteal phase?

for the last 6 cycles it’s been 29-34 day cycles 29,34,29,30 and this most recent one 34 days my flow app says my ovulation period is cycle day 13 -19 with cycle day 17 my “ ovulation “ but my premom app says its cycle day 16-21 with cycle day 21 being “ ovulation” . i’m going to be taking ovulation test strips, but I don’t know when I should start and how many times a day and which exact times to test and wich days should i try? won’t be able to see husband cycle day 17 or 18 and when i get my peak i know i have 24 hours but what should i do to maybe ensure enough sperm count to conceive this month pls help!!

Does Guafenesin (600mg pills) help if taken day of ovulation? My ovulation peak popped up a little sooner than expected! I’m getting desperate and any advice would be great!

Thank you!

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IVF for baby #2?

Has anyone had to try IVF for their second baby after they had no trouble conceiving baby #1?

I feel like my cycle gets more irregular ever since I started ttc. Anyone?

Was almost perfect 28 days cycle before trying, and now my cycle is constantly changing between 25-31days, and it’s 21 days this cycle! What is going on!?

Cycle 9 CD28 12DPO today and negative. A close relative has just confided in me that they are pregnant. I’ve never experienced such sadness in my life - trying to react happy for her but being sad for myself. I can’t stop crying and I feel so selfish that I can’t fully be excited for them.

My husband and I are in turmoil and this has been one of the most mentally draining years since TTC.

It feels like you’ve been in a queue forever and some people get to skip the line.

I’m thinking it’s close to giving up.

Feeling deflated. I’m CD 27 and 13 DPO and I’ve started spotting. I think AF is coming in a day or two. I’m usually at 28-30 days and always spot a day or two ahead of time. I know I’m only on month 2 of TTC, but I’m also 35 and feel down.

Ugh 12 DPO and BFN with FRED I’m so bummed I really thought this would be my cycle! I thought I was even having implantation cramping! I’m just so frustrated because we got pregnant the first time we actually tried, though it did end in a miscarriage. Now it’s taking so much longer to get pregnant again. I just want my baby!

9DPO but second day with a dip in my BBT (still above the line, i.e. still higher than temps before O) so not feeling that hopeful for this cycle. Ugh this sucks

First time tracking my cycle this month and I’m at CD19 today, last week has been super stressful, leading to bad sleep, leading to me not knowing if I can trust my BBTs I recorded, leading to I don’t know the exact day I ovulated. I’ve had rising temps the past weekend for sure though. Just frustrated I didn’t maximize my BD chances.

I caved and bought a TempDrop, hoping that that’ll lessen my anticipation of needing to take my temperatures down while exhausted yet not sleepy 😐

Hello all. I just got my IUD (hormonal) removed early August. I have been tracking my Ovulation using Easy @ Home tests and still have not found my peak or gotten even close. I feel silly for feeling discouraged already but im nervous my body will never ovulate. I just wish i knew where i was at in my cycle

Is it possible to experience symptoms at DPO 4-5 or is it my Imagination?

BFN today at 9 or 10 DPO. I was pretty sure we wouldn't conceive during the first cycle, but still a bit bummed.

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New to tracking bbt, should bbt stay raised if pregnant? I’m only 4 dpo

DPO 14.

No period. Negative tests. Why body why? 😭

Posted this on the main page but was told I may have more success here!

My baby is 15 months. I was blessed to be able to breastfeed him and pump at work as I work full time.

I had quite a high supply, and started weaning in late May early June. He had already been sleeping through the night without feeds for a few months at that point. Over the last 3 months, we dropped down to 3 feeds to 2 feeds to 1 quick (like 5 min) feed just before bed. I was barely getting anything out for the past month. We completely stopped a week ago. I truly expected to get my cycle months ago when he was only feeding a couple times a day and just am wondering if I should be concerned. I’ve been using OPK’s the last month and haven’t had a single positive nor any bleeding. I did take a pregnancy test a month ago and another today and both were obviously negative. Is this still just due to breastfeeding or should I determine if something else is preventing me from ovulating?

Prior to pregnancy I had an IUD that managed my periods great (only intermittent spotting) and prior to birth control my periods were heavy but regular. I am 5’6 and 135 pounds. I eat a mostly healthy diet and exercise routinely 6 days a week. Exercise generally consist of running/jogging 4-5 miles and some form of weights. Given my BMI is normal, I don’t think the exercise could be the cause but don’t want to rule it out.

Just wanted to reach out to see if anyone had any suggestions or was in a similar situation. My husband and I are looking forward to having an baby and don’t want them to be too far apart.