Chart Stalkers January 2008

well, AF arrived late last night. Absolutely no mistaking it, either...

so, a short follicular phase followed by a short luteal phase. As the charts were all over the place, I corrected the previous cycle's chart back to how it was - ov on CD24, as the Research detector said, with the January cycle starting on the Light day, the day I thought AF had started, and only changed after ov turned up early. Figured it didn't make too much difference whether it was very early or very very early.

Before the chem, my cycles were 33 days long. Since then they have been 26, 35 and 18, and the luteal phase has shortened from 13 days to 11. Next time anyone asks if a chem pg affects cycles, I think I know what my answer will be... Thank goodness, though, that was the 3rd cycle over - hopefully now they'll be back to normal.

I'm seeing the doctor at 9.20 on Monday morning. I'm going to ask him about taking agnus castus...



ROM - have you tried latex-free condoms? They're a bit, um, 'baggier' but it's usually the latex that causes the allergy. You won't have to put up with them for long, anyway... Hope the court thing works out, do you know a good solicitor?

Loola - did you try all the different detection methods? Often Research comes up with a different date than Advanced. The OPK detector will give you back your original date, just not a coverline (cos it doesn't take temps into account).
 
:hug: Kitty....hope the Dr can answer your questions.
Im not really sure on the agnus castus thing as Ive heard conflicting stories - guess it just depends on the person as to how they react to it.....isnt vitamin b6 meant to do the same job? I guess the Dr will be able to help with that tho'. I hope that the next cycle is normal and that the last few have just been your body sorting itself out to prepare for your BFP next month!
 
:rotfl: Loola you tried it then....... fingers crossed because your temps are rising nicely...... x
 
Well Ive fiddled around with my temps, discarded the high temp on day 9 and FF have put my ovulation date as Thurs day 15 instead. Which could be right I guess, but I still had EWCM for a few days after that. I always get ovulation pain, but I dont know whether that happens as ovulation is occurring, before or after? I had the pain on the Friday night, which is why I presume I started ovulating then. Well if FF is right then at least Im further into the 2WW than I thought. I think this months chart is going to be looked at in retrospect somehow!

Kitty - Really sorry AF got you :hug: Good luck at the Docs, I really hope next cycle is back to normal for you. :hug:

Welcome Caz!! :wave: Hello to everyone else too :wave: Ill do some proper stalking later :)
 
Morning all!

Caz - welcome to chart world.:wave: once you do the lessons it'll all make sense.

Kitty - sorry she got you. At least it ends all the spotting.

ROM - hope the itchiness isn't too bad.

Loola- looking good hope those temps stay up!!

I'm one day off testing I must confess that it was my day off yesterday. I went shopping and bought some tests from Asda. 9 days DPO and the middle of the day & I wonder why it was a BFN. :roll: When will I learn I don't even have any symptoms. If anything it feels like AF is on her way. :wall:

Ah well. It made me laugh yesterday at just how daft all this TTC has made me. :)

 
well, I figure agnus castus can't mess my cycles up any more... rare but potential side effects include nausea, unusual bleeding, irregular cycles (er, how would I tell, exactly?!) and stomach upset. It seems the unusual bleeding and irregular cycles may present themselves in women who had regular cycles before, but merely wanted to lengthen their luteal phase, rather than those taking a/c to regulate their cycles. I guess I'd find out about stomach upset soon enough... Anyway, I'll ask my GP. I'd rather try that for a couple of months and see what happens before trying progesterone supplements made from pregnant horses' urine or whatever else conventional medicine recommends - if that turns out to be the problem.
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Yeah, it would be nice to get a BFP next month - otherwise it's likely to be May before we get another chance...
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:cry: Oh well, que sera sera... oooh, I'm going to burst into song!

loola, I'd go back to the manual override if I were you!
 
Morning all,

Well my DH is still in the hospital :wall: It's so difficult. I am at work all day and he is alone. He's not feeling that bad but the way things work here in Colombia just complicates everything. After he was supposed to have the nebuliser and nothing happened he hassled them to do it. The machine was broken. 3 different nurses came in that he told, all said they would fix it and be back but none did. Then at 2pm he was supposed to have his antibiotic injection but that didn't come either. He asked a number of times. When I arrived at 3:40 with a colombian friend and we went and hassled them, they came straight in and did it. :roll:

It's so frustrating because (excuse my cultural and racial prejudices here) they all say they will do whatever - they never say no - and lie to you outright, but htne never do anything. YOu just have to hassle and hassle to get anything done. A pain in the arse.

So after we told them off a bit, they decided to hook him up to a drip timer, but of course they couldn't work it. So it kept beeping every 5 minutes unitl the 'boss nurse' (not sure what they call her in English) came in and she fixed it. Plus then they tell him that he has to pee in a container as he can't get up with this thing in him. Argghhh. They only have to give him the antibiotics every 12 hours!!!! :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

Anyway, sorry to rant. I hope he will come home today. I am so tired from being there and coming home late and then getting up at 5:40 for work.

Well FF has adjusted my coverline and moved ov forward one day. The coverline seems more realistic to me. It makes the temps look way less exciting though Loola. :( But I do have sore boobs which I have never had before inthe 2WW and I feel like I have had pregnancy brain. But could just be overtiredness. Did I mention I was tired too???!!!! :lol:

Sorry I ranted instead of stalking charts.

Kitty :hug: You've had some bad luck the last few cycles.

Loola - hope FF sorts itself out for you. :pray: ing we get a BFP together!

:wave: to everyone else

Ok gotta go. :wave:
 
:hug: Sookie it sounds like a real nightmare - hope your DH gets well and comes home soon.
 
Oh Sookie :hug: :hug: :hug: sounds like you will need another holiday after all this :wink:

Kitty I just typed out a long response to you and hit a wrong key and lost it grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I started taking AC just before I started to bleed in December - convinced myself I was allergic to it or it had caused the bleeding - obviously now it wasnt that so I will be really interested to hear what your doctor has to say.....

Trudy your chart looks nice :D Dont we all start testing early? isnt 9 now the new 14???????

Not sure what is going on with my body..... starting to get lines on my opk now but not + by a long way - had strange ovulation pains yesterday and this morning but CM is creamy - tmi really creamy..... Cervix is very very high though..... oh well only time will tell and my temps dont seem to make sense either - I'm just way toooooooo Hooooooot (or so my DH says.... :D )

Kitty I will send you a PM about the solicitor thing.... :D
 
reallyoldmum said:
:D Dont we all start testing early? isnt 9 now the new 14???????

:rotfl: Sorry that just really made me giggle....Im not sure why its so funny as its completely true but still :lol:

Hey CB23
 
I'm OK thanks ROM, sorry you're having a crap time what with the allergy and the ex-employer :hug: lets hope this month passes swift. I do hope that the employer thing doesn't drag on, is there anyway of knocking it on the head as its time wasting?
 
Think its best ignored Claire to be honest and leave it to her to do her worst .......... Trying to put it out of my mind until the solicitor's letter drops on the mat... At that point I'm moving to Holland to live with my brother - they have jeremy kyle there.... :D

Checked out your chart looks like you will be getting your crossed lines anyday.... :D

OK now I have to work.....
 
Yup - looks like I ovulated the day before last, one day earlier than expected and sadly due to circumstances beyond our control we missed it so no BFP for me this month.
 
Not necessarily dont forget sperm can last upto 5 days and also that egg takes a little while to get down the tube.... :D
 
CB23 you may still be ok....there may still have been some little men from when you BD'd before ov - hanging around enjoying the view :lol: Its not over til its over and all that jazz :)
 
btw I forgot to say - I got my cheri22 prediction, can't post the details as its on my home outlook and not accessible from work but what a load of twaddle :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Apparently my daughter will be tall with full lips and do model work as a child and as a teenager before going into the beauty industry. She will consider things carefully before she says anything. As OH and I said sounds like no child of ours, I have very thin lips and am a short arse and not someone with model looks. I wouldn't imagine I would ever let a child do modelling as I'm not into that sort of thing. And as for considering things carefullyt before speaking :rotfl:

Also said she April for either birth, conception or the month you find out in so I'm a bit :cry: about that as it is the month our LO would have been due so I can see a double upset getting my hopes up I will get a BFP and not plus the edd. All in all I wish I'd not done it.
 
:hug: CB - Well, you have said yourself you think its a load of twaddle....so just try to ignore it. Easier said than done I know.

I sympathise with you worrying about a double upset....but if its twaddle like you think - then prove her wrong and get a BFP before that! Thats what my plan is - she said December for me and I refuse point blank to wait that long :lol:
 
:wave:

Aftenoon everyone.....

My cheri 22 prediction said January for me so mine was a load of twaddle too............. If she thinks I can wait another 3-4 months before I conceive so it can be the birth month then she's got another thing coming!

I don't want a baby in January anyway.... I want a baby in May so I can have the summer off work! :rotfl:

Hope everyone is ok

kitty - sorry your AF arrived but finders corssed you'l be getting back to normal this cycle

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