Chart Stalkers May 2008

[Locachica]

I hope it's ok that I started this thread If theres anything wrong, just let me know and i'll go back and fix it.

reallyoldmum: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/ROM
kittykins: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/Kittykins
sookie: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/sookie Cheri predicts "Girl - March (birth, conceive, find out)". Phooldyu and Minniehaha said "Girl and June"
shellbham: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/15be46
Trudyscrumptious76: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/trudy
Scones: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1d9a24
Chill: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1da2fd
Loola: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/Loola Cheri predicts "GIRL - Around Feb 16th, to ovulate or test"
KayKav: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/kaykav
welshpolly: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1ec46d
skairdykat: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/skairdykat Jennyrenny predicted August to get BFP and also see's a girl
Hara: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/HARA
Tasha20: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1ea2d7
Locachica- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/locachica
Lisa-Marie-http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/lisa-marie

 

[Loola]

HI everyone and welcome to May Thanks Locachica for starting a new thread.

Chill - Glad to see that temp rise! I often take my temps twice, just for fun really (i know thats a little bit sad really isnt it!) It really does make such a difference even just napping for a few mins, my temps change dramatically. I guess just being awake briefly raises your temp, hence why you should take your temp as soon as you wake after at least 3 hours of sleep. Best of luck this month hun, it will be great to see your BFP.

Sookie - It must be amazing to see all that happening on the scan, how exciting it is to see your egg about to be released, technology today is really amazing. I am closing my eyes and sending you so much good luck for this month

ROM - Well done on the dieting so far. Im sure you will do really well as you are obviously a very determined lady! Hope you have a great weekend with your daughter. I keep forgetting its a Bank Holiday Yay for 3 days off! Boo for being totally skint

Welsh Polly - thank you very much for all your hugs How did your bloods go? It is a shame they didnt give any hints re the scan. Best of luck for the results. What tests do you have altogether? I think Ill find out soon enough as I hope the Dr will refer us after our appt on the 21st.

Lisa-Marie Best of luck hun! I hope you find charting as much fun as me! I have found it very liberating knowing so much about what is going on in my body. I wish Id known more when I was younger. Illl definitely teach any daughters I may have about this stuff.

Tasha - Has the spotting stopped now? Hope its not too painful
I hope it means thats one mother of an egg waiting to be fertilised! Good luck!

Locachica - hope the witch doesnt rear her ugly head for you

Kitty - hope to see you back here soon hun, hope you get your internet sorted properly! We need you!

Trudy - Hope you ovulate and catch that egg soon hun How are you?

What happened to Kaykav? She hasnt been on here for ages and her chart doesnt work Hope she is ok

Well Mike did his test today. It was a home test and he had to ejaculate into a test tube (with a funnel otherwise it would have been very difficult ) then drops of blue dye were mixed with the semen in the test tube. The test tube was then placed upright in a special cup filled with very hot water and left for 1 hour. Once the hour was up you had to shake the test tube to make sure the dye was evenly distributed. You then hold up the test tube against an irradecent light. You have a colour chart to compare the sample to, if the sample matches any of the pinky colours then it has scored positive +, if the sample matches any of the purple/blue colours then it is negative -.

Mikes sample was quite pinky but also quite purple. He thinks its more pinky, I thought it was more purple A very fine line between the bottom of the pink scale and the top of the purple scale. So Im guessing it could be pretty low Especially as he 'saved up' to do this for 3 days. Im sure if we were having sex every day it would be worse. I think we will have to have less but better timed sex in future!! Which is going to be hard to predict as my cycles are not the same length every month. I will have to keep an extra keen eye on whats going on in my body this month to take advantage of our best chances.

Has anyone else done these tests? If so what was the outcome? What can really be done about a low sperm count? He is taking Zinc tablets and multi vits. He has some fertilaid to take too, that might help I guess. Otherwise what are the options? Is it down to IVF if improving diet/health etc doesnt make any difference?

 

[Locachica]

HI everyone and welcome to May Thanks Locachica for starting a new thread.





Locachica - hope the witch doesnt rear her ugly head for you

No problem at all I did a test today and got a BFN AF was due today so I'm really not sure what the hell is going on at all.

That test that you and Mike did sounds interesting- are they expensive?

Looking forward to really getting into this charting. My temps have been boring today, they stayed the exact same as yesterday.

 

[Loola]

It may just be too early for HCG to show up in your urine yet, as long as AF doesnt arrive you are in with a chance

The fertility tests were not too expensive, if you google 'Access Diagnostics', they sell them on that site, about £25 i think. I got 2 FSH test strips aswell which I have to do of course. Ive done one already and it came out negative - which is a good thing in this case!

Access Diagnostics is a brilliant site, you can buy pretty much everything for TTC there, and its reasonably priced and they deliver really quickly too.

 

[Locachica]

I'll have to have a gander at that site. Thanks very much

I'm waiting on me tests from Fertilityplan to arrive over from UK. 25 pound- thats probably in/around 30 euros. Do you think me temps are normal enough?

I never thought of getting the FSH tests- damn it, I'll order them as well.

 

[Loola]

You shouldnt have to use FSH tests very often. Basically its exactly the same as using an HPT but if it comes back positive then perhaps you should see a Dr as you shouldnt have enough FSH in your urine to be detectable. You can use them anytime throughout the month which is good. My first one came back negative Ill do the next on Monday. Im sure it will be fine

Your temps seem fine to me - I temp in fahrenheit as my BBT thermometer uses fahrenheit, however, if you look at my chart, underneath it you can view in celsius, which is helpful to compare charts. Your temps are lower than mine but I think they are within a completely normal range. Im sure other girls on here have similar temps.

EDIT - I dont know what Im on about Locachica as you temp in fahrenheit too! but what I meant is that your temps are lower than mine, but you can compare other peoples charts that temp in celsius by changing the view to fahreheit and Im sure they have similar temps. Im really not explaining it well! I need

 

[Tasha20]

Thanks for starting the thread hun.
Loola i havnt heard about those tests either, i hope u find the solution u need

Well im laying in bed willing these spermies to my egg i hope we catch the egg and im not too late
Loola the bleed was very light went red to brown in an hour and was gone, the ov pains were very strong! I think it was one massive eggy! Never felt that or bled before!

I will be stalking tomorrow ladies, i hope u r all well

 

[lisa-marie]

Please add me to the front list:-
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/lisa-marie

I cant chat much as at work so will do some stalking at the weekend!

Have a great bank holiday everyone!

 

[Locachica]

You've been added Lisa-Marie. How are you finding the charting so far?

Your temps are very similar to mine What is the white dot on todays temp? I havent seen that before.

I'm going to go stalk some more charts so I'll be updating this post as I go along.

Loola- Just had a look at yours. I see you temp during your period- I'll be doing the same. FF told me nto to but I like doing it

Tasha- You've nearly the same temp pattern as me - two the same two days in a row.

Sorry to anyone I missed here. I hope we all get BFPS really soon. Still no sign of AF for me so yeay

 

[sookie]

Hi Guys,

Well I got my temp rise this morning! A big one too. I was waking up a bit throughout the night though - the fan has turned noisy - but I think I got 2 and a half hours in before I temped. And is too big a rise to be from that alone. DH will be happy that he can stop feeling like SOD.

Babydust to all.

 

[Locachica]

Heya Sookie, I just saw your chart there. That's a huge rise!!

Delighted for you

 

[Loola]

Wow Sookie that it is one MASSIVE rise!! Praying you caught the egg Ive just sent you a huge PM - sorry once I start I cant stop

Locachica - yeah I temp every day, I know you dont have to whilst AF is there but I like to get a full insight as to what is going on. I find it easier to read other peoples charts if they chart every day, otherwise it can be difficult to interpret. White dots usually show on charts if the temp was not taken at the same time as usual. Therefore it is not an accurate reading. you also get white dots if you tick sleep deprived, as if you dont have enough sleep your temp may not be accurate.

 

[Locachica]

Oh I see- thanks very much. I'm stil clueless arent I? lol. I'm a bit worried that my temps are too low or something. Here we go- I'm worrying over nothing again!!!

 

[reallyoldmum]

Way to go Sookie!! Great rise - hope that egg is well and truly caught x x x x

 

[Loola]

You are not clueless at all! You cant expect to know everything straight away. Its only cos Ive been hanging round here way too long that I know anything at all

Your temps seem absolutely fine to me. Its not so much what the temp is thats important, its the pattern that it makes throughout the month. Its hard to tell from your chart at the moment as you have started at the end of your cycle. Hopefully you wont have to start another chart as you will have a BFP, but if the witch does arrive we will be able to tell alot more from next cycles chart, as you should see lower temps to start and then higher temps once ovulation has occurred which stay high until you either get your BFP or the witch arrives again.

 

[Locachica]

Thanks Loola you're very good to help me out like this. I had a feeling starting at the end of a month might be bad.

Anyways, my biggest worry is that I'll be going into 50 day cycles with no BFP/AF. I have a doctors appointment next Tuesday but as we all know, they dont seem to give 2 hoots til your at least 6 months- 1 year trying accordint to temps.

I guess, I'm just a natural worrier really. I'll definately say it to the doctor and see what he suggests.

I started taking Folic Acid yesterday. Should I put that in my meds section in my chart?

Sorry for going on and on, I'm just one of these worry-warts.

 

[Loola]

No problem Locachica No I wouldnt put folic acid on the meds, thats just for things like Clomid and fertility drugs that you might be taking which could affect your temps etc.

How long have you been TTC? My Dr turned me away at 10 months, said to come back after 12 months of TTC and charts didnt make any difference at all. Do you know exactly when you ovulated this cycle? I think alot of people think their period is late but in actual fact they ovulated later and so in turn your period would be late. That is the beauty of charting I guess! Once you know exactly when you ovulated you know when to expect your period, once you have found out your luteal phase of course.

 

[Locachica]

Well I'm going to say I've only been TTC since Christmas 2007. I reckon we just timed everything all wrong. To be honest, its strange it hasn't happened already!!

Hence why I'm starting to chart, I need to keep an eye on it. The doctor said at Christmas, that I should be tracking my cycles anyway.

When I ovulated ? jesus thats a good question. I am mixed up with my cycle as well like I've had 40 day cycles in the past.

I guess I should just keep an eye on it really

I hope next month is more hopefull. I want AF to arrive now. Either that or give me a BFP!! One or the other.

 

[Loola]

4 months isnt that long really hun Im sure once this cycle is over and you get into the charting, everything will become alot clearer. You can time your BDing far better once you see the tell tale signs that ovulation is approaching. Its very important to keep an eye on your CM. As soon as it starts getting wetter and especially when its like egg white, that is when you are most fertile and thats when you should BD. Once EWCM has dried up that usually means ovulation has occurred.

 

[Tasha20]

I agree, charting really helps, when I was breastfeeding and when we finished, my cycle was all over!
I can see whats happenind to me now.


Well looks like the eggy has been realeased! I have got my first big dip, first big pain and first spotting!!!

Hopefully this is a good sign!!