Chart Stalkers March 2008

[Hara]

Don't seem to have ov'd...now getting clear cm...could it turn to ewcm? I'm on day 34..never had a long cycle before...not sure what my body's doing, but i dont' feel as if i'm about to af...so maybe there's hope for me yet...

Did an ov test....bfn...might do another later today...or should i leave it till tomorrow?

 

[Kittykins]

Hi all. Just a quick one from me because I'm still in my jammies and I've just realised that the church services start in one hour, not two So I'd better get a move on!

DH had his hernia op on Wednesday, I spent all afternooon waiting for the phone call to tell me to pick him up but after several phone calls from me, they told me that actually, he was being kept in overnight due to the delayed start of the op, and there were only 45 mins left of visiting time if I wanted to see him... Cheers for that, NHS. I had to pack an overnight bag and jump in the car immediately, arriving with 20 mins left to see DH. He didn't know he was being kept in overnight, so was not a very happy bunny at all. Then I was told that they needed the bed back by 7am the next day, so I had to pick DH up by 6.30am yesterday morning... So that's why I've not been on much!

Hara, it looks to me like you've not ovulated yet Don't worry though, it may happen soon!

kmac, FX for ov!

Rach - and now the wait begins...

 

[Hara]

Kitty...I really hope not...That means i haven't missed it...but weird how it's a long one...Never happened before! LOL

 

[kmac]

Good luck in the 2ww rach!
hara, I sympathise - why do our bodies insist on doing weird things??

My lines on the opks are agetting stronger, but i am still getting brown spotting.... Still a waiting game I guess, i really hope it's not AF.

 

[kmac]

Just had a look around to see what I could find about spotting near ov time - apparently it's not unusual and is caused by a drop in oestrogen levels.... feel a bit more hopeful now... but I'm scared to go to the loo in case AF turns up!!

 

[rach]

kmac a lot of people get spotting around ov time so dont worry yet hun great the lines are getting stronger keep bd hun in case ovs on way
kitty hope o/h is feeling better hun
hara hope ov arrives soon for you hun
satch hope af is soon on the way out the back door

xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[Tasha20]

Kmac, I have had blood before around ov, sound slike it could be for you.

Wahoo rach good luck hun, hope you caught your eggy!!


Hara I hope you ov soon and catch your egg

Hope everyone else is ok, I hope your hubby recovers speedily for you Kittykins

I am still waiting for witchy bitchy to go!!
OH and I are not sure what we are going to do yet, but I dont think we are going to try this month, not too sure as we may not be able to try in May hes going to America on a business trip for a flamming week and right bang on ov if I ov according to my cycle at the moment.



So i think we will decide nearer the time

Take care everyone

 

[rach]

tasha love the new easter blinkie its fab

 

[Tasha20]

I know,I had to have it when I found it

 

[kmac]

Hello everyone!
It's gone all quiet on here again. Obviously I'm the one with no life who keeps coming on....

I am very confused today. My opk lines which were getting stronger yesterday have got fainter again. I never had a positive.
Also my spotting has now got pink in it, although not enough to count as AF.
My temp shot up this morning, but I have a headache/runny nose/aches and pains, so it might just be because of that??

I am worried I am not going to ov, I didn't the cycle before last, so does that mean one of my ovaries isn't working?
Anyone got any ideas?? Kitty, where are you with your words of wisdom?

 

[rach]

kmac hun you might have had a positive but missed it if your temp is up today you may well have ovd yesterday or last night see what your temps do now in next few days if its because your poorly they should drop back down after a day or 2 if its because you ovd they should stay up for longer xxxxxxx

 

[kmac]

Thanks rach
I know I just need to see what my temps do... but I'm too impatient! I want to know NOW!!!!!
Last month my positives on the opks lasted for at least 18 hrs.. so i was sure I would see it this morning if it happened in the night...

 

[rach]

i know hun all this waiting is a pain in the bum hope you get some answers soon xxxxxxxx

well girls dont know where youve all gone but hope your having a nice weekend xxxxxxx

ive only known i was in the 2ww for 1 day and its already driving me mad and i dont think theres much chance of me getting a bfp as we didnt bd enough at the right time but that doesnt stop me hoping lol xxxxx

 

[Kittykins]

neenorneenorneenor, Kittykins to kmac's rescue!

Your charts are confusing - but if you look at this month's compared to last month's, you'd be expecting to ovulate around now. Your ave post-O BBT last month was around 36.75, so today's temp looks to be right for ov - especially combined with spotting. Though as Rach says, you won't know for sure for a couple of days.

Do you have a list of your cycle lengths since coming off BCP? Mine fluctuated a lot for about 18 months, then eventually seemed to settle back at around 31-32 days, which is what they were before.

when were you testing on OPKs? The surge can be different each month - did you see my pics of the multiple sticks? They showed that had I been testing only mid-afternoon every day (as I did the first couple of months I used OPKs) I would never have seen a + at all.



rach - keeping my FX for you, you never know!


well, I'm not feeling very optimistic today, my temp has started sliding downwards (today's temp was at 5:30 rather than 6, but still comes up with a solid circle). I'm 11dpo today, so am expecting AF tomorrow. I so want it to stay away... but I have no symptoms at all, other than the queasiness I normally get in the second half of the 2ww. It's so frustrating, this is the 8th cycle and all my blood tests have come back excellent, and DH's sperm test was good, and we're managing to time intercourse well (O-2, O-1 and O this month!) so why on earth is nothing happening? We're not going to be able to try for the next couple of cycles cos of DH's op so it's going to be May before we get another chance...

 

[kmac]

Yay for Kitty!! Thanks for looking
Yesterday I did 5 opk's at different times - they were getting stronger, the last was around 9pm (I did one later but had drank lots of squash, so not surprisingly it was v faint). So I expected to still get lines of some sort today I suppose I could have missed it overnight....
I did notice todays temp fits with last cycles post-ov temps... so maybe I have.... it's the lack of line that's confuzzling me!

I do indeed have a list of my cycle lengths since coming off the pill
33,30,34,43,21,24,40,38,24,23,39,33,21,40
not much of a pattern is there?

My spotting seems to have stopped for the moment - I suppose that's good!

Hope you caught the egg Kitty before your period of abstinence

 

[rach]

kitty your still well above the coverline hun and you would probably find your temp would be slightly lower due to taking it half hour earlier dont give up yet hun af stays away for you xxxxxxx

 

[Loola]

Hi everyone I havent stalked properly for ages, I must apologise. I still havent got my usual enthusiasm for it all back, or perhaps a better way of putting it is that I have chilled out completely about the whole baby making thing. It will happen when its meant to and I now really believe that it will happen. However, we have had more sex than ever which is great. I seem to be having a long cycle! Im on day 20 without definite ovulation, very unlike me. Obviously I need to be stressed to have a normal cycle! I just have to be different
I do think Ive ovulated though, I had 2 days of very strong OPKs, pain in my left side on Thursday night and EWCM, which has now turned creamy, well lotiony. I really thought my temp would be higher today My OPKs are negative so I dont think Ive been lucky enough to have released 2 eggs. Perhaps Im going to have one of those slow rises again. Anyway Im not too worried about anything as we have done loads of BDing and we will carry on until I see a definite rise.

As we are now in month 11 of TTC, we only have 1 cycle after this left before we can go to the Docs, perhaps that is why Im chilled out.

Anyway Happy Easter everyone, hope you get lots of eggs, chocolate ones and fertilised ones.

 

[Kittykins]

I've started spotting I'm feeling really miserable - wondering if DH and I will ever have children

kmac, keep BDing anyway - and maybe do an OPK once a day at least until the temp rise is confirmed, but sometimes we just miss the surge. And sometimes it's not strong enough to trigger the OPKs - if you have a long slow release of LH, you just may not see a + that month.

I had a quick play with your stats (oh how I miss my accountancy days!):

The first is a line graph showing the length of your cycles since coming off BCP. The second shows the distribution measured against length. The mean length is 31.6 days. The median length is 33 days. Overall, the trend seems to be a shortening of cycles, but you tend to have a couple of very short (<25>35) followed by a normal (5) cycle. If these trends were consistent, this month would be around 33-35 days. With a LP of c.14 days, that would put ovulation at c. CD19-21.

Also looking at those stats, you would expect on average to ovulate around CD19. This is all perfectly normal for post BCP. If you're still bothered, I could input my stats for the past 24 months and I think you'd see a similar pattern. Though as I'm not pg yet maybe that wouldn't reassure you - but at least all my bloodwork is normal so there's no hormone problem! It's also normal to have one or two anovulatory cycles a year, so don't worry about that until you've charted at least 6 cycles and had 3 anovs.

Anyway, I need to go and prepare dinner - we have friends arriving in 90 mins and I haven't started. She's due next Saturday, so I'm minded to have the kettle boiling and a large pile of clean towels and plastic sheeting by the front door just in case...

 

[Kittykins]

Bugger, the chart legends don't show up. On the first, the x axis (horizontal) is the cycle number - in chronological order. On the second, the x axis is the cycle number in length order. The y axis on both is the number of days, with each black line marking off 5 days (so the 6th horizontal black line from the bottom is 30 days...) Dunno why it doesn't show but I don't have time to fix the background!

 

[kmac]

Blimey Kitty that's service!! Bless you
I was just trying to work out what the axes were when you posted again!
Off for another look.
Thanks again xxx