**June 2019 Testing Thread**

[Dreamcatcher]

Wondering if someone can help, so I had a positive opk yesterday morning, line was a dark but not darker then the control line, then rechecked in the afternoon and negative but didn’t have any ewcm which is normally do. Today ewcm, I’m not at home so cant do an opk, do you think I have ovulated or still gearing up? Will try and do an opk later, I normally ov quite quickly after my surge.
Also I’ve been taking pregnacare conception for 3 months and found that my creamy cm is less (almost nothing during my cycles now) and ewcm only for a couple of days when it used to be 3-4 days. Has anyone else had changes to cm whilst taking it?
DC x

 

[Hannah1678]

So sorry @Hannah1678, is it full flow or just spotting?

Thanks, it’s full flow now cycle only lasted 23 days, strange x

 

[Kickingk]

13dpo and a bfn on frer so fully expecting af to arrive. Had a good old cry on dh this morning. 2 years next month and this was our third age final month of ovulation induction. I’m heartbroken.

Taking next month of ttc altogether and we are saving for ivf now. Which we can hopefully move on to in the next 6 months.

So sorry that u got a negative. This is such a hard journey. Big hugs x

 

[Kickingk]

Thanks, it’s full flow now cycle only lasted 23 days, strange x

Sorry the witch got u x

 

[Sydney]

13dpo and a bfn on frer so fully expecting af to arrive. Had a good old cry on dh this morning. 2 years next month and this was our third age final month of ovulation induction. I’m heartbroken.

Taking next month of ttc altogether and we are saving for ivf now. Which we can hopefully move on to in the next 6 months.

I'm sorry Sugary It is a heartbreaking process. I hope you manage to save well so you can start. It's such an expensive process - we went to Europe in the end as it allowed us to get on with it a lot sooner as I just couldn't bear to wait any longer.

 

[SugaryIris]

I'm sorry Sugary It is a heartbreaking process. I hope you manage to save well so you can start. It's such an expensive process - we went to Europe in the end as it allowed us to get on with it a lot sooner as I just couldn't bear to wait any longer.

We worked it out today and it’s going to take us 6 months to save up I reckon. I hope you don’t mind me asking, where in Europe did you go and how much did it cost and how did the appointments work etc? X

 

[Alexis2017]

13dpo and a bfn on frer so fully expecting af to arrive. Had a good old cry on dh this morning. 2 years next month and this was our third age final month of ovulation induction. I’m heartbroken.

Taking next month of ttc altogether and we are saving for ivf now. Which we can hopefully move on to in the next 6 months.

So sorry, I'm at 2.5 years of ttc and as you know 1 ivf transfer down. It just seems never ending. I wish there was something I Could say to ease your pain. You have given it your best go so far and you've just got to keep going. I believe our happy ending is in site and boy do we deserve it big time!! I'm always here for a shoulder to lean on. We will get there buddy!

 

[zeni89]

Hi guys, just catching up n wanted to say congrats on all the BFPs!! Hopefully much more to come xxx

 

[GeekMaker]

Came to say I am so sorry for those out

also congrats to the BFP's!

I laid low because well..nothing was happening with me until my cyst burst and then I also stopped a med..this is embarrassing but...I was weaning very slowly off Prozac (which for me caused lady issues). I have been fully off since right before the cyst burst.

I just felt awkward coming on here after not understanding OPK's and feeling so awkward and everything (no fault of anyone here, my own thoughts!).

Thanks to OPKs and CM I know I ovulated this time and I actually know how to use them now thanks to everyone here! And no it wasnt cycle day 14 it was 17 which boy was I surprised because I know everyone can be different but I just always went by the day 14 thing. Oops!

 

[SugaryIris]

So sorry, I'm at 2.5 years of ttc and as you know 1 ivf transfer down. It just seems never ending. I wish there was something I Could say to ease your pain. You have given it your best go so far and you've just got to keep going. I believe our happy ending is in site and boy do we deserve it big time!! I'm always here for a shoulder to lean on. We will get there buddy!

Thanks hun x

 

[Kitana]

@soffphie I just saw an episode of embarrassing bodies and they were talking about sperm quality and how your lifestyle can really affect it. They have this way of testing for defects in sperm (TUNEL it was called) and even though you could see "normal sperm", the test can show the damage in the cells. The cell damage can even cause miscarriages later in pregnancy. The scientist explaining everything said that it takes an average of 44 days for sperm to be "made", so if the man changes his lifestyle, the improvements can only be seen about 44 days later. Lycopene which can be found in tomatosauce, soup, pizza is apparently a very good antioxidant for sperm!
Just wanted to share it! It was season 7 episode 1.x

 

[Oliviasmommy]

Hi guys! So this is month 3 of ttc. I ovulate earlier than normal (within a week of ending my cycle!) and I generally never have much CM during ovulation so I have been using the OPKs. my Clear Blue opk gave a solid smiley on June 2nd and on the 3rd I went potty and had a glob of CM (sorry, tmi), which I was hoping was a good thing but hadn’t really seen any CM after. I’m 6 DPO and I’ve had a little cramping (kind of a dull pain) and noticed some CM just now. My chest has gotten fuller the past 2 days (a friend even mentioned it) but they aren’t sore or anything. I’m not due for AF until the 21st. Any thoughts?? (btw at ended 5/26, had flashing smiley 5/28-6/1 then solid smile 6/2. We had sex 5/28, 5/30, 6/1, 6/2,6/3)

 

[chattychar1990]

@soffphie I just saw an episode of embarrassing bodies and they were talking about sperm quality and how your lifestyle can really affect it. They have this way of testing for defects in sperm (TUNEL it was called) and even though you could see "normal sperm", the test can show the damage in the cells. The cell damage can even cause miscarriages later in pregnancy. The scientist explaining everything said that it takes an average of 44 days for sperm to be "made", so if the man changes his lifestyle, the improvements can only be seen about 44 days later. Lycopene which can be found in tomatosauce, soup, pizza is apparently a very good antioxidant for sperm!
Just wanted to share it! It was season 7 episode 1.x

Butting in here but thanks for this Kitana. I am going to see if I can watch this too xx

 

[chattychar1990]

Hi guys! So this is month 3 of ttc. I ovulate earlier than normal (within a week of ending my cycle!) and I generally never have much CM during ovulation so I have been using the OPKs. my Clear Blue opk gave a solid smiley on June 2nd and on the 3rd I went potty and had a glob of CM (sorry, tmi), which I was hoping was a good thing but hadn’t really seen any CM after. I’m 6 DPO and I’ve had a little cramping (kind of a dull pain) and noticed some CM just now. My chest has gotten fuller the past 2 days (a friend even mentioned it) but they aren’t sore or anything. I’m not due for AF until the 21st. Any thoughts?? (btw at ended 5/26, had flashing smiley 5/28-6/1 then solid smile 6/2. We had sex 5/28, 5/30, 6/1, 6/2,6/3)

It’s still early in your 2ww so I would just suggest waiting it out until your AF is due and if it doesn’t arrive then test.
Unfortunately the amount of sex you have doesn’t really matter. There are ladies that have DTD once in their fertile window and fallen pregnant and then ladies that have done it every day that haven’t. It is all just down to luck when trying to catch the egg.

 

[chattychar1990]

@Kitana - trying to find this episode but season 7 episode 1 is showing that its about alopecia, is this the same one? xx

 

[Kitana]

@Kitana - trying to find this episode but season 7 episode 1 is showing that its about alopecia, is this the same one? xx

Erm no... It was about binge drinking and breast cancer. That was what written in the synopsis, I will try to find it for you!

 

[Kitana]

It might be season 7 episode 7? The thing is, I can't watch any reruns since I'm outside of the UK. And I've checked what was written on yesterday's episode and it said season 7 episode 1 so that's definitely wrong.

 

[chattychar1990]

It might be season 7 episode 7? The thing is, I can't watch any reruns since I'm outside of the UK. And I've checked what was written on yesterday's episode and it said season 7 episode 1 so that's definitely wrong.

Yes its definitely not season 7 episode 1, trying to find it on youtube but having trouble That's a shame xx

 

[Kitana]

It was a very short part about sperm quality but I caught everything they said. Even pizza has lycopene! But lifestyle changes like to stop smoking, avoid drinking, avoid eating junk food, is the best way to improve sperm.

 

[chattychar1990]

It was a very short part about sperm quality but I caught everything they said. Even pizza has lycopene! But lifestyle changes like to stop smoking, avoid drinking, avoid eating junk food, is the best way to improve sperm.

Thanks hun.
I have put OH on a strict diet from now until our appointment on the 18th so we can go into the appointment knowing he has started doing what he needs to do xx