help! i'm new to this

[holly;]

right, so i've been reading through the posts on here and can see that i could be spending a good while ttc.

i'm going to buy myself a themometer and start charting.

i've missed OV this month as AF is due December 5th and only BD this month on November 21st as it was the OH's birthday and up till then he'd had a stinking cold and not felt upto it.

I have a 33/35 day cycle like clockwork usually. it alternates, 33 days one cycle, 35 days the next cycle, 33 the next and so on and so on.

based on my cycle i'm guessing i BD too late and missed OV. am i right ?

i've also being reading about CM on here and i think i understand the different types (CM, EWCM) but i'm unsure as so which CM indicates i should start BD and which indicates that maybe i've missed it and BD will no more have effect ?

is there anything i should avoid during the weeks up to OV or in the '2WW' ?

another thing (and last i promis) i think it's around half way through my cycle roughly i often get sharp stabbing like pains. if i stretch i sometimes get them or if i'm standing on my bed and step off of the bed the distance sets it off and i'll get a stabbing pain either to the left side or right down quite low. it's over within seconds and doesn't really bother me other than for those few seconds. could this be a sign that i'm OV ?

i've also ordered some pink grapefruit juice. i quite like it anyway and after reading on here it can help it's given me an excuse to start getting it again

sorry for all the questions.
i just want to make sure i'm doing everything right

 

[xxKateBxx]

Hello!

Well, you definately are in with a chance as you bd'd 14 days before your AF is due - so you never know!!

The stabbing pains half way through the cycle could definately be ovulation, and as for CM - it is supposed to become slippery and watery and stretchy when you are fertile, it is meant to resemble raw egg white. This isn't always the case with all of us ladies though, some have loads of it and others have none at all. The most reliable way of knowing when you have ov'd seems to be by charting (I haven't done this yet).

Am coming round to realising that the best way to get that BFP is to bd regularly from the end of AF until the beginning of the next one!

Hope this helps and good luck to you, babydust!

katex

 

[mrs_tommo22]

Another charting nut - excellent! Hiya Holly, Im afraid im not a charting expert but one of me fellow hoes in here should know what its all about.

Im a type my details into the ovulation calender and go from there!

 

[lilly]

Well, you definately are in with a chance as you bd'd 14 days before your AF is due - so you never know!!
katex

i agree... my AF is due on the 6th and im OVing now (i think). CM has been good since sunday so i know its soon! dont give up hope you might not have missed it... keep BDing!

 

[Donna's here]

Hi ya Holly. Welcome to the nut house
Agree with the girls, you just might of bded at the right time hun, keep your fingers crossed
As for charting, any questions just nip onto the chart stalkers thread and theres loads of us to help you out and we stalk each others temps on the hope to some BFP's.
Chat soon

 

[holly;]

i'm due the 3rd, not 5th. heh. worked it out wrong.

oh well. can only wait and see