***September 2018 Testing Thread***

[Vintageling]

I just avoid it I instead watch YouTube videos that do symptoms by DPO

 

[chattychar1990]

I just avoid it I instead watch YouTube videos that do symptoms by DPO

Oh really, never even heard of them.
Now i am going to drive myself crazy watching them haha!
OH already moans at me says i'm addicted to this forum

 

[Vintageling]

Yea my oh calls it the pregnant lady chat thing so I remind him that if I wasn't on here he would get the brunt of my broody stuff and he shuts up then. I was ready to kick him this morning though woke him up at 8am and I went back to sleep because I don't sleep at the moment till gone 4am thanks to the airport noise and I can't sleep with ear plugs in its to painful and he was talking to me so told him to shut it he then goes back to sleep so I wake him again he goes and get a a coffee then falls back to sleep he didn't get ready till 9am he didn't leave here till 25 past and had to be at the GP for 9:30 so you know he was late. He's gone finely to get a mole checked out on his back ive been telling him needed checking for a year after he burnt badly on his back at a festival.

 

[baby.3]

Maximus for your next cycle

I feel like i might be coming down with something, had headache all day, feel hot, tired and had some aches and pains. Going to test on OPK again when I get home, as I think I need to dtd tonight because of ewcm I've had today. X

Oh this is not good Emma especially when you need to be in that bedroom tonifht!! Hope you feel better soon hun xx

Thanks, I'll manage it, might even make me feel a bit better lol x

Nothing like a bit of a horizontal dance to cheer you up... great... now I even have a buddy! Let's hope we both have smiles on our faces and babies in our bellies by tonight Emma! (Not scientifically accurate but hey ho let's run with it!)

Hahaha, it did cheer me up, knew it would! Bd buddy .

So CD11 today, last nights OPK went back to a feint line but then this mornings one was darker than yesterday mornings one i would say. Will test again tonight, hoping my positive and ov aren't far away now. Bit tmi but bd last night and went for a wee not long after, always do this to clean up lol, this morning when I got out of bed, loads of wet run down my legs! Prob overflow after bd 4 out of 5 days lol! X

Ewww! I hate it when you get surprise leakage, who'd have thought it could be so messy Emma, are you doing your opks first thing in the morning? I'm sure i read somewhere that you're not supposed to test first thing in the morning because it can give you false positive. As you always have LH in your system, testing in the mornings can give you a false positive because of the build-up of LH overnight so it's not a true reading. Which is why you get a weaker test in the afternoon. I've read that the best time to test is anywhere between 11am and 6pm but 2pm is best. And to try to test at the same time each day to get the best comparison. However, there are tests like the Clearblue that require morning testing. xxx

 

[Maximus17]

hiya question about BBT. Do you need to have sex even after the temperature rise? If so how many days after the temp rise do you make sure to have sex?

 

[chattychar1990]

Maximus i may be wrong but when the temp rises it means that you have already ovulated? x

 

[baby.3]

I usually have sex maybe the day or so after ov. But I generally don't worry about it if we don't manage it. Once the temps spikes it means the egg has already been released. Its. Always best to have sperm already up there to meet the egg once its released. So as long as your bd before the temp spike, when you get your positive opks, then whether you bd after the spike is entirely up to you xx

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[baby.3]

After the temp spike I meant. So if I spike CD 14 I'll have sex that day and possibly the next. But as long as we bd CD 12,13,14 then I won't worry if we don't bd after as the egg is already released. So the spermies that are up there already will beat the spermies that enter later in the cycle. If that makes sense? X

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[chattychar1990]

After the temp spike I meant. So if I spike CD 14 I'll have sex that day and possibly the next. But as long as we bd CD 12,13,14 then I won't worry if we don't bd after as the egg is already released. So the spermies that are up there already will beat the spermies that enter later in the cycle. If that makes sense? X

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Baby your so good at explaining these things... i am trying to take it all in but i know once i start opks again ill be asking for help haha x

 

[Vintageling]

I just make sure we BD every other day through my fertile window then my BBT spike just confirms that I ovulated

 

[tropical sun]

I don't know if it will help anyone but I'll (try to) post a photo of my fertility friend graph from the month I conceived my youngest son (hes nearly 7 now). Just thought it might be helpful to look at symptoms etc and temps for each day past ovulation. You'll also see that i got a negative pregnancy test at one point then a few days later a very clear positive. Hope it helps

 

[EmmaN27]

Maximus for your next cycle

I feel like i might be coming down with something, had headache all day, feel hot, tired and had some aches and pains. Going to test on OPK again when I get home, as I think I need to dtd tonight because of ewcm I've had today. X

Oh this is not good Emma especially when you need to be in that bedroom tonifht!! Hope you feel better soon hun xx

Thanks, I'll manage it, might even make me feel a bit better lol x

Nothing like a bit of a horizontal dance to cheer you up... great... now I even have a buddy! Let's hope we both have smiles on our faces and babies in our bellies by tonight Emma! (Not scientifically accurate but hey ho let's run with it!)

Hahaha, it did cheer me up, knew it would! Bd buddy .

So CD11 today, last nights OPK went back to a feint line but then this mornings one was darker than yesterday mornings one i would say. Will test again tonight, hoping my positive and ov aren't far away now. Bit tmi but bd last night and went for a wee not long after, always do this to clean up lol, this morning when I got out of bed, loads of wet run down my legs! Prob overflow after bd 4 out of 5 days lol! X

Ewww! I hate it when you get surprise leakage, who'd have thought it could be so messy Emma, are you doing your opks first thing in the morning? I'm sure i read somewhere that you're not supposed to test first thing in the morning because it can give you false positive. As you always have LH in your system, testing in the mornings can give you a false positive because of the build-up of LH overnight so it's not a true reading. Which is why you get a weaker test in the afternoon. I've read that the best time to test is anywhere between 11am and 6pm but 2pm is best. And to try to test at the same time each day to get the best comparison. However, there are tests like the Clearblue that require morning testing. xxx

Yeah it's gross, that's why I always go and clean myself up straight afterwards lol

I just had a read and the reason I've seen not to test in morning is because LH won't show up first thing in the morning (on one step instructions)?! Obviously it is showing up for me though! I will test again at 2pm at work and see if it's any different. X

 

[baby.3]

After the temp spike I meant. So if I spike CD 14 I'll have sex that day and possibly the next. But as long as we bd CD 12,13,14 then I won't worry if we don't bd after as the egg is already released. So the spermies that are up there already will beat the spermies that enter later in the cycle. If that makes sense? X

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Baby your so good at explaining these things... i am trying to take it all in but i know once i start opks again ill be asking for help haha x

I do try to help lol sometimes when I read it back I often wonder if it makes sense. I just think when I was learning about BBT and opks it was all so confusing. It's nice to have someone who's will to help you make sense of it all, one less thing to stress about haha ask away hun, if I'm not around I'm sure someone else will know the answer. Everyone is so friendly on this thread xx

 

[baby.3]

Maximus for your next cycle

I feel like i might be coming down with something, had headache all day, feel hot, tired and had some aches and pains. Going to test on OPK again when I get home, as I think I need to dtd tonight because of ewcm I've had today. X

Oh this is not good Emma especially when you need to be in that bedroom tonifht!! Hope you feel better soon hun xx

Thanks, I'll manage it, might even make me feel a bit better lol x

Nothing like a bit of a horizontal dance to cheer you up... great... now I even have a buddy! Let's hope we both have smiles on our faces and babies in our bellies by tonight Emma! (Not scientifically accurate but hey ho let's run with it!)

Hahaha, it did cheer me up, knew it would! Bd buddy .

So CD11 today, last nights OPK went back to a feint line but then this mornings one was darker than yesterday mornings one i would say. Will test again tonight, hoping my positive and ov aren't far away now. Bit tmi but bd last night and went for a wee not long after, always do this to clean up lol, this morning when I got out of bed, loads of wet run down my legs! Prob overflow after bd 4 out of 5 days lol! X

Ewww! I hate it when you get surprise leakage, who'd have thought it could be so messy Emma, are you doing your opks first thing in the morning? I'm sure i read somewhere that you're not supposed to test first thing in the morning because it can give you false positive. As you always have LH in your system, testing in the mornings can give you a false positive because of the build-up of LH overnight so it's not a true reading. Which is why you get a weaker test in the afternoon. I've read that the best time to test is anywhere between 11am and 6pm but 2pm is best. And to try to test at the same time each day to get the best comparison. However, there are tests like the Clearblue that require morning testing. xxx

Yeah it's gross, that's why I always go and clean myself up straight afterwards lol

I just had a read and the reason I've seen not to test in morning is because LH won't show up first thing in the morning (on one step instructions)?! Obviously it is showing up for me though! I will test again at 2pm at work and see if it's any different. X

Ah, there's so much conflicting info. If it's working for you then happy days hopefully it'll get even stronger over the next few days

 

[EmmaN27]

Yeah there is a lot of conflicting info re OPKS, when ever I've had my positives morning or night, they have been right based on AF arrival, so not going to stress about it too much, will test again at 2pm today to compare to this mornings dark line x

 

[Mandy123]

Thanks all with the googling support �� honestly I drive myself insane. I usually do about 2-3 opks a da when I’ve got dark or positive results so I can really keep an eye on a 12 hour window!

Chattycharl I’m not sure when to test! Now would be far too early right! I can’t even be 10dpo. Also last month I swore I wouldn’t because AF was late and I was like what’s the point in future! But of course now I’m itching especially as I have felt so under the weather - think that is really just a bug. Obviously I’d love it not to be. I also feel like I will never see that BFP because I’ve seen so many BFNs! Any one else feel like that? I feel it will be like seeing something so rare or precious it just can’t happen x

 

[baby.3]

Thanks all with the googling support

 

[Hlouisebaby3]

Agreed! Google is evil, it just convinces me im pregnant constantly lol. So I managed to last night and this morning even with sore lady bits! my opk is much lighter this morning so I guess that means I probably ovulate in the night at some point?!?! Maybe??? So NOW I'm 1dpo lol. Here we go again! 2ww! I'm having a naughty little nandos for lunch as I'm feeling sorry for myself that I'm back at work!

Are there any testers today? I need to see some bfps

 

[Maximus17]

After the temp spike I meant. So if I spike CD 14 I'll have sex that day and possibly the next. But as long as we bd CD 12,13,14 then I won't worry if we don't bd after as the egg is already released. So the spermies that are up there already will beat the spermies that enter later in the cycle. If that makes sense? X

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thank you that makes sense, my BBT tracker is coming in the post today so excited to start temping from tomorrow which will make AF day 2/3 , I hope it's ok to start temping than

 

[Piglet30]

Yes, start temping whilst on your period. My temps are pretty erratic when on my period but by the end they have usually settled around the 97.2 mark (dunno what that’s is in Celsius). They stay between 97.0 and 97.3ish until I ovulate then jump about 0.3F and slowly rise up to in the high 97’s/low 98’s where they stay for about 14 days (despite getting AF about 11 days into that).

Some people’s rise quick after ovulation and some people have a slower rise but FF is pretty good at working out where the significant temp rise began. It gives dotty crosshairs if it isn’t sure or you have conflicting symptoms like + opk but temp rise doesn’t agree with it.

Even if you are a mouth breather, if you :ALWAYS mouth breath then I guess you can still get a good thermal shift pattern as it will affect all your temps equally......or you could temp vaginally but that requires too much faffing about when I’m all bleary at 3am - I’d be worried I might miss!