Pink swayers' December thread

[auroara78]

I agree! The two lines before were just BEAUTIFUL! But to see the word...that is AMAZING!!!

[zanacal]

Love seeing it in words, yay!

[amari]

Woot, Jaimie!

[Mochagirl]

Hey ladies - I'm getting more and more anxious about my chart. Remember how FF keeps trying to change my O date to the 26th? Right now I have it set on 'research', which is the only way I can keep my O date on the 24th, when I think it happened. However, I started looking more closely and realised that having my O date there makes my coverline really low - way lower than usual - 36.3 (97.3). When I look back at my previous charts, my coverline is almost always 36.5 (97.7) or so, which is starting to make me suspect FF might be right after all.

The two factors at issue are the +OPK on the morning of the 25th, and that wonky low temp on the 26th. If I remove either of those, my O-date returns to the 24th, where I want it to be. Can anyone take a look and tell me what you think? Remember that my temps were all wonky anyway - taken at different times and after very restless sleep - because we were staying with my in-laws. My cervix was tightly closed by mid-day on the 25th and my cm was definitely creamy.

If I'm actually 5dpo today, as it suggests, then my coverline is much closer to my usual temp. However, it would mean I had a 3 day cut off and my chances of a BFP are close to nil . I'm keeping the chart on 'research' for the moment, simply because I'll get too depressed if I keep seeing 5dpo instead of 7dpo, but I'm starting to think I'm going to be out this month. I just wish I'd risked annoying dh to have him continue to dtd until I was *really* sure O had happened, but he was just DONE with the whole frequent BD thing by then....

[rainbowflower]

Mocha - If I distrust the two temps that you're doubting, it could be the 26th... but as they stand it does look very much like it's the 24th
may I ask which of your two OPKs produced the darker line?

even with a 3 day cut off you're not necessarily out, remember loads of women do conceive with a cut off... your chances are lower, but not zero

you know your body, and your cervix wouldn't have been closed if you were still waiting to ovulate

I wouldn't worry about the coverline either, it's natural for that to vary between cycles

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, rainbow - it's just that when I look back, my coverline has always been very consistent, and when it's set at the current lower setting, most of my pre-O temps are actually above it, which is weird.

I can't say for certainty which OPK was darker. All I had were ICs, and I was having to be very sneaky about taking them because we had no privacy there. When the one on the 25th was still wet, it definitely looked darker, but as it dried it looked about equal to the one on the 24th (though still maybe a little more 'solid' than the one on the 24th. I normally O within 12 hours or so of my first +OPK, and I usually stop taking them at that point. I am so angry with myself for letting myself run out of digis since I am crap at interpreting OPKs

As I said, my temps were all over the place time-wise - I can't even go back to tidy them up because sometimes I think I recorded them in one time zone, and sometimes in another. I often took my temp several times - once during every wakeup from 3am on or so, and it sometimes varied over the different times by nearly a whole degree! I couldn't set an alarm because we were sleeping in the same room as all our light sleeping kids, so I just had to take my temp when I woke up naturally.

[amari]

Mocha-I can't do charts so I can't help you out in that regard. Does charting always stress you out or just this cycle? If it always does, is it something you are willing to drop? Could you just use opk's and fertility signs instead? I tried it years back and it was just too stressful for me. I don't temp or chart or anything. I use ff just to write down when I get my period or o'd and that's it. Obviously use what works for you, I just hate to see you so stressed out.

ootb-how is AF? How are you doing mentally?

KD-Even though you want to do everything to sway you need to take care of your health. Can you do crystal light instead of baby aspirin for ph? We have tried sylk and it stung for me when we used it, but others seem to love it! Try it out, the website has sales, just buy a small bottle and try it when you aren't attempting maybe? That's what I did. After we bought it we decided we we weren't going to use it because I am taking clomid so it was besides the point!

Happy New Year everyone!! Anyone going out tonight? We are going to a long dinner party with tons of food and drinking. There will be no way to keep the blood sugar down. I am bringing veggies with hummus and dip made with light sour cream, and my pasta with sauteed leeks, and vodka with diet cherry 7-up to drink. But it will be on going consumption, so even though those are all good foods, the blood sugar will be staying up which sucks. Then of course there is dessert. Anyone else??

[Mochagirl]

amari - charting doesn't normally stress me out. I usually find it very comforting to have something scientific to back up what I notice with my body. It was just because I was spending a week in a strange place in a different time zone and sleeping in a room with all 3 of my kids that made it stressful. I usually have a very good grasp of what's going on with my body, and FF and I always agree for the most part - that's what's making me panic this time.

[zanacal]

I don't do charts Mocha so I can't help - but that aside your symptoms are really positive and you have a great chance based on those. {hugs}

[DoulaMama]

Just reading through and had to share my chart from my BFP, for you Mocha~ It's all over the place but similar in some respects. Keep the hope alive! This could totally be your month!!


My Ovulation Chart