Got a Peak this morning ☺️
Got a Peak this morning ☺️
good luck!
So I got a Peak on clear blue digital on Tuesday morning. DTD Tuesday night. Today is Thursday 11am and I didn't have a temp rise this morning and still have EWCM, over 48 hours since Peak reading? Could it be that my Lh surge didn't 'work' and my body is still trying to ovulate or can it be normal to ovulate two full days after peak? This is my first month using the digital OPKs. I'm now on cd21 which is insanely late for me. Usually cd 14-17 but this is my first month off vitex after what happened last month with my 8 day LP... Any advice is welcome! Thank you!
Sorry for the crazy amount of panicky posts but I've just done another clear blue test and it says negative, as in, the empty circle sign. I'm thinking this is good and that the EWCM isn't indicative of being fertile but maybe just last estrogen surge right at ov and my temp will rise in the morning. I so hope so... Does that sound plausible?
Hard to say without seeing your chart, but I'd definitely BD Friday night just in case you O later than expected. Sometimes O doesn't happen until 3+ days after your first pos OPK. So I wouldn't assume that you won't O, but it may be later than you expect. It is definitely still well within normal range for it to take 2 full days to O, very common in fact. And even longer isn't that uncommon or abnormal.
Maiden can I somehow let you access my chart?? I don't know how I'd do this?
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I don't know if this has worked but can you see my chart? Big temp rise this morning but still have EWCM.... I am so confused. Really worried I am having Lh surges and failing to ovulate. Also had a massive meal last night with tons of chocolate cos I was pretty sure I'd ovulated and it was a safe time of the month to indulge... Now I'm worried I've not!!
I think you almost definitely Oed yesterday!
Thanks Maiden, I really hope you're right! Is that because of the big temp rise this morning that you say that?
Yep! Plus CM and OPK are supportive.
I had CM for a couple days after I oed in the month I got my daughter. The idea that CM dries up immediately at ovulation isn't true
So following on from last month where I had a 7-8 LP... This month I O-ed on cd21 which is late for me and am now bleeding at 7dpo... So basically I am infertile with a 6 day LP, right? I stopped the vitex this month and am now questioning this decision. Whatever it is tho, (weight loss, exercise, vitex etc) I am feeling so down that I have been on the LE diet for 4.5 months, got hubby totally on board and even got the hang of OPKs (!) all for absolutely nothing! If I can't even get pregnant, I def can't conceive a girl, can I? Am feeling so upset right now :( DH wants me to stop exercising and put on some weight but I know this would be prime boy sway. When he agreed to a third child it was on the proviso that we tried Asap as he didn't want a massive age gap (it'll already be 6 years minimum). I really don't know what to do :(
Atomic? Maiden? Any ideas on why my LP might have got even shorter than last month? Do you think I should go back on vitex? 6 days def no good, is it?
Also, do you think I actually NEED to put on a few pounds to regulate things and if so, is there a 'safe' way to do this that doesn't sway blue?! I am guessing not. I just don't know what to do right now!!!
Also (and so sorry for the many many posts here!) I've found an online pharmacy that sells clomid. Is it worth looking into this? What is the dose and how do you take it?
Honeybee, pm re buying Clomid online and dosing etc. I am a pharmacist. Most online pharmacies are not legit and will abuse/sell your credit card info.
I'm pretty stumped by your situation. For about 9 months while doing extreme IF and at a very low weight and BF% I had a particularly erratic LP including some cycles of 4-6 day LPs mixed in with more normal 8-10 day LP cycles. I can only guess that you are having an extreme reaction to the LE diet...I would consider dropping exercise completely, switching to AFD/PCOS version of LE, and eating 4 meals daily, no overnight fasting beyond 12hrs, in case that is a factor.
I also absolutely think you should get meds but I think you will do better of Femara over Clomid. Clomid is less reliable than Femara at extending short LPs in women with regular cycles. Plus I just have hunch in your case.
Thanks maiden. I can't understand it either. I've not even been that strict on the diet this past month... My LP has always been on the short side and with my first child I did use progesterone cream for the first twelve weeks as id had a CP and was convinced it was cos of my LpD. Whether t actually helped or not, I don't know.
I have read up on femara and it sounds the best option for LP. I'll pm you. Thanks.
Also, can I ask your opinion? On the evening of 5dpo (possibly 6 depending on when I actually ovulated) and all of that night, I had really weird cramps that I have only experienced with my second pregnancy and I attributed to implantation. Could it have been that an embryo was trying to implant, for whatever reason failed, and so my body just got rid of the uterine lining cos it worked out there wasn't going to be a successful pregnancy this month? Can that happen? I imagine I'm clutching at straws here but just wondered your opinion :)
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I've not heard of it. Does it sway blue?
I don't think that is likely at all. I've had weird cramping mid LP sooooo many cycles since TTC. Also, 5dpo is too early to implant, and even 6dpo is rare; most embryos implant around 8dpo.
Pregnitude/inositol has never been shown to help with short LPs and can actually cause fertility issues in women who don't have PCOS/tendencies.
Yeah I think my two ds's implanted on 8dpo. Not that I've been scrutinising their charts or anything ;)
Sometimes when you bump a post you will make it take longer for me to answer, since I go from oldest to newest and bumping makes it go to top of rotation.Quote:
Originally Posted by honeybee37
I'd wait a week before bumping
Do not, I repeat DO NOT go back on vitex or start Pregnitude.Quote:
Originally Posted by honeybee37
You do not need to toss everything out the window, we just need to GRADUALLY start turning the dial back the opposite direction. Do not worry that you'll sway blue doing this. If you do it gradually, you'll have time to adjust. The people who end up swaying blue are those who get where you are and totally give up.
I want you at 1800-2000 cals, 50-60 g protein, 50-60 g fat. I want you eating the full fat dairy every day, 4-6 eggs a week, and BOTH 1 serv. salmon and 1 serv. red meat a week (don't count the meat in your protein totals) If you need to add in a meal to do this, fine. 4 meals is still ok. But don't be snacking every 15 min. all day long. Exercise at 4 days a week. Be sure you're getting plenty of sleep. Drop fiber. I think switching to one of the alt. diets will make even more weight come off and I'd not want to remove the empty carbs totally, you do not have PCO tendencies, you have gone the other direction and do not need to lower your hormones any more, they're low enough!
I suspect this is a temporary bump in the road and may already be better by next month.
5 DPO is too early for implantation anyway, and the cramping feeling does NOT come from the fertilized egg touching your uterus, it comes after the baby is already nestled in and your body starts sending tons of blood supply and hormones to the area to sustain a pregnancy.
How sure are you about when you ovulated.