*March 2019 Testing Thread*

[Aprilxxx]

Thank you my CM is looking in my favor since last night...but not sure we will get any BD in. So we will see.

Hope you can BD! Good luck XX

 

[Aprilxxx]

I’m part of a miscarriage group on Facebook and someone posted today about preseed/conceive plus and I was shocked that about 90% of responses said their doctors don’t recommend it as it can help sperm which aren’t fit (and wouldn’t normally) reach the egg. Don’t know if I buy this or not, the journey to egg is huge for a little sperm so surely a little bit of help at the cervix isn’t going to make that big of a difference to an unhealthy sperm? What do you guys think? I used it last cycle but not sure whether to leave it this month x

That makes abit it sense to me. I’ve never tried it though and I don’t think doctors opinions on fertility are that accurate either! I’d probs my only trust an “expert”. Xxx
Also, rainbow I don’t think you need this. You will get pregnant soon!

 

[chattychar1990]

@Aprilxxx - what days did you DTD this cycle and what day did you ovulate?
Sorry to be nosey haha xx

 

[Aprilxxx]

@Aprilxxx - what days did you DTD this cycle and what day did you ovulate?
Sorry to be nosey haha xx

I DTD the day of and the day after my peak. Which was cycle day 12 and 13. Nothing before and nothing until AF was due.
I don’t temp but since my last mc I have been getting ov pains which helps pinpoint it.

I know that won’t be very helpful to you because you don’t always get your peak. But, what I do think will help is that I wasn’t stressing over dtd this month I didn’t expect it and wasn’t really trying. So my partner and I where under no pressure ..it just happened. This is also the same thing that happened when I last got a bfp...it was the month I “gave up” xx

 

[GeekMaker]

This month I only dtd twice. So I don’t think how many times is that important.
Have you had the blood test on day 21 of your cycle? That tells you if you ovulate.

I should see if they would do one. They have done so many hormone labs on me! lol but not on that time frame I dont think. I am kind of nervous to ask but also kind of not digging my GYN right now and thinking of switching.

 

[GeekMaker]

YOU GUYS! please read this. I took an LH test with tap water...it shouldnt show anything right? This is right on the time to read it. My husband is going to resize the picture. These tests are garbage! I am just going to have to see what happens. My husband is really discouraged right now.

 

[Rainbow1234]

YOU GUYS! please read this. I took an LH test with tap water...it shouldnt show anything right? This is right on the time to read it. My husband is going to resize the picture. These tests are garbage! I am just going to have to see what happens. My husband is really discouraged right now.

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I wouldn’t necessarily be discouraged. LH tests always show some sort of line, it’s still negative in your picture so isn’t showing a surge of lutenising hormone. Id only be discouraged if it was super dark and looked positive with just water x

 

[Rainbow1234]

I DTD the day of and the day after my peak. Which was cycle day 12 and 13. Nothing before and nothing until AF was due.
I don’t temp but since my last mc I have been getting ov pains which helps pinpoint it.

I know that won’t be very helpful to you because you don’t always get your peak. But, what I do think will help is that I wasn’t stressing over dtd this month I didn’t expect it and wasn’t really trying. So my partner and I where under no pressure ..it just happened. This is also the same thing that happened when I last got a bfp...it was the month I “gave up” xx

Funnily enough, it took me 7 months of obsessing after my first mc before I got pregnant again and like you happened the first cycle I relaxed a bit. That ended in a chemical and I wasn’t really trying when I got pregnant with my daughter as I thought it wouldn’t happen that soon. My last pregnancy we only dtd once that month and weren’t trying either so could be something in that! X

 

[GeekMaker]

I wouldn’t necessarily be discouraged. LH tests always show some sort of line, it’s still negative in your picture so isn’t showing a surge of lutenising hormone. Id only be discouraged if it was super dark and looked positive with just water x

The review of someone with pics showing how they always got positives...like legit positives and their husband is in the medical field is the one that got me to just do the water. Even if they are somewhat accurate..I just dont trust them anymore but I do see you're reason and thank you for your encouragement.

 

[chattychar1990]

I DTD the day of and the day after my peak. Which was cycle day 12 and 13. Nothing before and nothing until AF was due.
I don’t temp but since my last mc I have been getting ov pains which helps pinpoint it.

I know that won’t be very helpful to you because you don’t always get your peak. But, what I do think will help is that I wasn’t stressing over dtd this month I didn’t expect it and wasn’t really trying. So my partner and I where under no pressure ..it just happened. This is also the same thing that happened when I last got a bfp...it was the month I “gave up” xx

Thanks April, i was just being nosey because i seem to find that quite a few ladies on here that got their bfp only DTD very little.
I finally got my peak this morning on clear blue and on a cheapie so will DTD tonight and tomorrow
Have been doing it every other day though throughout my cycle so i am happy that i tried my hardest xx

 

[chattychar1990]

YOU GUYS! please read this. I took an LH test with tap water...it shouldnt show anything right? This is right on the time to read it. My husband is going to resize the picture. These tests are garbage! I am just going to have to see what happens. My husband is really discouraged right now.

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Geek, if you are having trouble reading the cheap opks i would definitely bite the bullet and splash out on the clear blue advanced ones.
They basically tell you yes and no if you are ovulating you cant get much easier than that xx

 

[GeekMaker]

Geek, if you are having trouble reading the cheap opks i would definitely bite the bullet and splash out on the clear blue advanced ones.
They basically tell you yes and no if you are ovulating you cant get much easier than that xx

I am so sorry to be such a pain. Yes that is what I am doing I suck with these lol I am so embarrassed.

 

[chattychar1990]

I am so sorry to be such a pain. Yes that is what I am doing I suck with these lol I am so embarrassed.

Your not a pain, don't be so silly!
We are all in this together
I don't get on with the cheapies either and the clear blues are the best things i have bought in this journey. You wont regret it x

 

[Kickingk]

I am so sorry to be such a pain. Yes that is what I am doing I suck with these lol I am so embarrassed.

I didn’t get on with the cheapies at all, i got negatives for a whole cycle, then I stressed coz i didn’t know whether i should test just mornings or evenings or both- just a pain. So i use the clearblue ones and they are fab for me x

(I got clearblue on groupon as they were a little cheaper)

 

[soffphie]

I DTD the day of and the day after my peak. Which was cycle day 12 and 13. Nothing before and nothing until AF was due.
I don’t temp but since my last mc I have been getting ov pains which helps pinpoint it.

I know that won’t be very helpful to you because you don’t always get your peak. But, what I do think will help is that I wasn’t stressing over dtd this month I didn’t expect it and wasn’t really trying. So my partner and I where under no pressure ..it just happened. This is also the same thing that happened when I last got a bfp...it was the month I “gave up” xx

find this really interesting!!
see ive always understod to keep sperm fresh is best, so dtd thruout cycle, but also - i can see some logic behind why abstaining works (more sperm etc) however from my understanding more abstaining means potentially more dead sperm, dtd more means less at peak! how can you win? lol

 

[chattychar1990]

find this really interesting!!
see ive always understod to keep sperm fresh is best, so dtd thruout cycle, but also - i can see some logic behind why abstaining works (more sperm etc) however from my understanding more abstaining means potentially more dead sperm, dtd more means less at peak! how can you win? lol

Tbh i think its just pure luck. i believe the universe will decide when its our turn. x

 

[soffphie]

Tbh i think its just pure luck. i believe the universe will decide when its our turn. x

its tough-
i know for DH's sperm analysis they wanted a 2-5 abstitance period so there just has to be something in that... something about why no more then 5 days, and something about not too much in a row. I know this is done for the IVF batch of sperm used as well - got to be something in it

 

[Aprilxxx]

Thanks April, i was just being nosey because i seem to find that quite a few ladies on here that got their bfp only DTD very little.
I finally got my peak this morning on clear blue and on a cheapie so will DTD tonight and tomorrow
Have been doing it every other day though throughout my cycle so i am happy that i tried my hardest xx

That’s brilliant!! Hopefully tonight is your lucky night!!

 

[chattychar1990]

That’s brilliant!! Hopefully tonight is your lucky night!!

Thank you April x

 

[Lollypop79]

I am so sorry to be such a pain. Yes that is what I am doing I suck with these lol I am so embarrassed.

I couldn’t read the cheapie ones. The cleabluwnadvanced help me loads understand my cycles. Worth a try x