❤️ December testing thread ❤️

[MsSunshine]

Thank you for your supportive and hopeful reply. Just need it to settle in for the both of us I guess. They are also worried he is a carrier of cystic fibrosis. Just have to wait now for him to have a scan and hormone check etc find out exactly what the plan of action is. Most likely IVF if I lose 5 kg and he has sperm which is blocked im guessing. I also have a endometrioma on my right side that will need removing

Thank you again for reply xxx

 

[Charlotte9]

Hi ladies
I hope you all are well.

Had my blood tests and scan done at the clinic this week. Blood test result came back all good. Just waiting on amh results.
Really enjoyed 3d scan. I saw 4 follicles on one side and 6 on the other. The lady said it is on the low side. Oh well. I think my biological clock is ticking now. I have doctors appointment next week to discuss next steps.

I think I will give ovulation tests a go. Is there any brand that you would recommend?

 

[RainbowMama]

Hi ladies
I hope you all are well.

Had my blood tests and scan done at the clinic this week. Blood test result came back all good. Just waiting on amh results.
Really enjoyed 3d scan. I saw 4 follicles on one side and 6 on the other. The lady said it is on the low side. Oh well. I think my biological clock is ticking now. I have doctors appointment next week to discuss next steps.

I think I will give ovulation tests a go. Is there any brand that you would recommend?

Easy at Home and if money will stretch that far, a Mira Analyser.
Avoid Clearblue at all costs.

 

[Charlotte9]

Easy at Home and if money will stretch that far, a Mira Analyser.
Avoid Clearblue at all costs.

Thank you! Easy at home then it is.

Clearblue I have tried before. Just gave a smiley face and I could not tell if thats was a start of LH rise or not. x

 

[Fsb676]

Thank you for your supportive and hopeful reply. Just need it to settle in for the both of us I guess. They are also worried he is a carrier of cystic fibrosis. Just have to wait now for him to have a scan and hormone check etc find out exactly what the plan of action is. Most likely IVF if I lose 5 kg and he has sperm which is blocked im guessing. I also have a endometrioma on my right side that will need removing

Thank you again for reply xxx

Awww I’m so sorry. I was hoping you got some good news. Like rainbow said though, don’t lose all hope. Just take everything one step at a time.

 

[RainbowMama]

Thank you! Easy at home then it is.

Clearblue I have tried before. Just gave a smiley face and I could not tell if thats was a start of LH rise or not. x

Depends which Clearblue test you used and whether the smiling face was static or flashing.


Flashing = Estrogen rise (typically before LH) = fertile window approached.

Solid = LH peak and ovulation should happen within 12-36 hours (ish).

Make sure you download the premom app to log your tests and to grade the darkness. If you log a test and think they’ve scored it wrong, swipe to the left on it, click the pencil and move the T and C line markers.

Can you tell I’ve been on that rollercoaster for over four years?

 

[MsSunshine]

Easy at home tests all the way! Tracking Ovulation with them has been quite straightforward xxx

 

[Charlotte9]

Depends which Clearblue test you used and whether the smiling face was static or flashing.


Flashing = Estrogen rise (typically before LH) = fertile window approached.

Solid = LH peak and ovulation should happen within 12-36 hours (ish).

Make sure you download the premom app to log your tests and to grade the darkness. If you log a test and think they’ve scored it wrong, swipe to the left on it, click the pencil and move the T and C line markers.

Can you tell I’ve been on that rollercoaster for over four years?

Omg 4 years? That is a long time! I've been trying for 3 years since my loss. It has been hard journey for us.
What do you think worked for you? X

 

[RainbowMama]

Omg 4 years? That is a long time! I've been trying for 3 years since my loss. It has been hard journey for us.
What do you think worked for you? X

I’d given up tracking my BBT and we only BD’d if and when we felt like it. I usually peak on CD14 so only used an OPK on CD14 to confirm the peak.

This cycle that was successful I did around 5-6 OPKs on CD14 & CD15 and each was a peak. My surge was quite long. We had sex without the stress of “this is to get pregnant”, we enjoyed ourselves regardless of the outcome.

We’d technically given up trying since August.
I also had a little alcohol around 5-6 DPO because I really wasn’t bothered about the outcome.

 

[Unicorn]

Hi ladies
I hope you all are well.

Had my blood tests and scan done at the clinic this week. Blood test result came back all good. Just waiting on amh results.
Really enjoyed 3d scan. I saw 4 follicles on one side and 6 on the other. The lady said it is on the low side. Oh well. I think my biological clock is ticking now. I have doctors appointment next week to discuss next steps.

I think I will give ovulation tests a go. Is there any brand that you would recommend?

Wow, 10 follicles, that seems like a great result, not low? Xx

 

[Charlotte9]

I’d given up tracking my BBT and we only BD’d if and when we felt like it. I usually peak on CD14 so only used an OPK on CD14 to confirm the peak.

This cycle that was successful I did around 5-6 OPKs on CD14 & CD15 and each was a peak. My surge was quite long. We had sex without the stress of “this is to get pregnant”, we enjoyed ourselves regardless of the outcome.

We’d technically given up trying since August.
I also had a little alcohol around 5-6 DPO because I really wasn’t bothered about the outcome.

Letting go really worked for you! Amazing!

I've become more relaxed about ttc for a few months now. Hope that will help us too.
I ordered opks just to check in the middle of the cycle, my oh is getting a bit tired now ha ha. X

 

[Charlotte9]

Wow, 10 follicles, that seems like a great result, not low? Xx

Thats what I thought but lady said it was on the low side. Im still waiting for amh results. Then I will know my reserves. Waiting is so hard.
How are you getting on ? X

 

[Unicorn]

Thats what I thought but lady said it was on the low side. Im still waiting for amh results. Then I will know my reserves. Waiting is so hard.
How are you getting on ? X

Good luck, let us know.
I'm ok thank you, I seem to be much less obsessed this month, which is good! But I'm also not managing to remain that positive! So we're on to our planning for next month! We've decided to ditch our private consultant and just stick with the drugs! Seeing as we've had exactly the same experience from the scans each month it does not exactly seem like a well spent £420 so we're just going to self medicate at a cost of more like £150 a month and see how we go xx

 

[Kiwi_53]

I have no idea what’s going on with my ovulation sticks, it’s got me doubting my body. So when I got my strips I took one morning of cd12 which was very nearly positive, I continued to take them every day with second morning urine and they got darker and I thought that I have a positive on Thursday morning and evening, and then it went back lighter Friday. Not super light but less positive, my cm also seemed to go from fertile back to creamy on Saturday so assumed I ovulated on Friday. But now todays opk has gone darker again. Has anyone experienced this, what do I trust. I expected to ovulate Friday/Saturday. But the sticks seem to say different. They’re all much the same, so is it al just dodgy tests. Who knows haha. Hope all are ok, it’s so cold here today. X

 

[RainbowMama]

You need to be testing more than once a day when you’re close to a positive and in your fertile window.
It sounds like you may have missed it, I’d keep testing just in case but absolutely test more regularly if there is a next cycle or you may miss your surge. Surges can last anywhere from just one hour to over a day and it’s important you don’t miss the surge.

 

[Kiwi_53]

You need to be testing more than once a day when you’re close to a positive and in your fertile window.
It sounds like you may have missed it, I’d keep testing just in case but absolutely test more regularly if there is a next cycle or you may miss your surge. Surges can last anywhere from just one hour to over a day and it’s important you don’t miss the surge.

thanks for replying, I have been testing multiple times a day, my problem is not missing a positive, they all seem positive which means nearly a weeks worth of very strong tests, but it’s still saying I have a positive even now my cm has changed back to creamy. When I used opks with my previous pregnancies they went from negative to an obvious positive them back to negative. This time just seems so different so has confused me. Hopefully it will show negative soon so it match’s my bodies signals

 

[Charlotte9]

Good luck, let us know.
I'm ok thank you, I seem to be much less obsessed this month, which is good! But I'm also not managing to remain that positive! So we're on to our planning for next month! We've decided to ditch our private consultant and just stick with the drugs! Seeing as we've had exactly the same experience from the scans each month it does not exactly seem like a well spent £420 so we're just going to self medicate at a cost of more like £150 a month and see how we go xx

Have you already tried just with drugs and opks? Which clinic do you go to?

I went to Cambridge IVF and they are a bit cheaper. £135 for drugs and £325 monitored cycle. I have appointment next week to discuss my next steps.
Easy at home opks have arrived and already showing dark line (not positive yet cd10). Not sure if thats because these tests are better or LH surge is on its way. X

 

[Charlotte9]

I have no idea what’s going on with my ovulation sticks, it’s got me doubting my body. So when I got my strips I took one morning of cd12 which was very nearly positive, I continued to take them every day with second morning urine and they got darker and I thought that I have a positive on Thursday morning and evening, and then it went back lighter Friday. Not super light but less positive, my cm also seemed to go from fertile back to creamy on Saturday so assumed I ovulated on Friday. But now todays opk has gone darker again. Has anyone experienced this, what do I trust. I expected to ovulate Friday/Saturday. But the sticks seem to say different. They’re all much the same, so is it al just dodgy tests. Who knows haha. Hope all are ok, it’s so cold here today. X

Keep testing twice a day as Rainbowmama suggests.

 

[Kiwi_53]

Keep testing twice a day as Rainbowmama suggests.

thanks yeh that’s what I have been doing but I certainly seem to have the signs I would normally have to say I have ovulated, so just going to have to wait out and assume I am now in the two week wait. And I will continued to test just for the interest of it

 

[Unicorn]

I have no idea what’s going on with my ovulation sticks, it’s got me doubting my body. So when I got my strips I took one morning of cd12 which was very nearly positive, I continued to take them every day with second morning urine and they got darker and I thought that I have a positive on Thursday morning and evening, and then it went back lighter Friday. Not super light but less positive, my cm also seemed to go from fertile back to creamy on Saturday so assumed I ovulated on Friday. But now todays opk has gone darker again. Has anyone experienced this, what do I trust. I expected to ovulate Friday/Saturday. But the sticks seem to say different. They’re all much the same, so is it al just dodgy tests. Who knows haha. Hope all are ok, it’s so cold here today. X

Your body can gear up to ovulate and then not actually manage it for whatever reason so take another run at it a few days later, perhaps that's what happened Ovulation and our bodies in general are just bizarre! When we were ttc before my surges would be really short, so I'd have to test a few times a day so as not to miss it, whereas this time it lasts for days! Xx