June 2WW

[fish2012]

Hey ladies,
excited to be joining you our first month of TTC pink, we did FR and four attempts last one last nite, I think a days cut off think I ovulate today (our wedding anniversary!)
I've never ttc before just not had a period and then tested - when can I start testing? DH really wants to eat meat ;-0

[fish2012]

Hi Ladies,
I have decided to join the 2WW hoping that I have in fact ovulated but not sure. DH and I dtd twice on Friday right after the other and then once on saturday after DH released the first batch. Problem is I think I ovulated last night as I had pain on my left side. Not sure if the attempts were to far from ovulation if I even ovulated. Wishing for BFPs for all you ladies

i'm no sure if i've ovulated or not either i temp but the graphs mean nothing to me and i had 3 weak positives on the OPK but no strong one but guess I must have just missed it?!

[fish2012]

hey
sorry losts of questions this is v new to me what's dpo? does it mean days past ovulation? little confused as someone said they were testing dpo11 by then you know your AF hasn't come (for me anyway) and I thought you could test earlier now?!

[fish2012]

ahhhh most positive positive i've had yet this morning! I'm trying for a one day cut off so planning to stop when I got a positive - should we dtd again today?! ugh the trouble with a cut off is how do you know? hadn't relaised this before! this would make o about 2 days later than i usually think it is, but have just started taking sp and vitex this cycle so guess that could be why?!
help

[Cinss]

Hi fish welcome to the 2ww. Yes dpo does mean days past ovulation. Some women ovulate on the day of the positive test and some the next day and some the day after that. I have been charting on fertilityfriend for a while now so i know for me it is the day of the positive. And some people are lucky to get a positive pregnancy test at 10dpo but most of us have to wait until our expected period.

[Lassie1982]

ahhhh most positive positive i've had yet this morning! I'm trying for a one day cut off so planning to stop when I got a positive - should we dtd again today?! ugh the trouble with a cut off is how do you know? hadn't relaised this before! this would make o about 2 days later than i usually think it is, but have just started taking sp and vitex this cycle so guess that could be why?!
help

I'd say that if you want a cutoff then don't DTD today.
That said, timing is what sways the least so if you want to increase your chances of pregnancy then DTD

Vitex can play around with your ovulation, any could certainly be the reason why it was later then you expected. Vitex can also cause multiple positives - just to add to the confusion!

DPO is days past ovulation as you said

With regards to testing, if you want to avoid any unnecessary disappointment then wait till 12dpo.
if you have a late implanter then you might not have enough HCG to be picked up before then - so if you have a shorter cycle, then yes that might be a day or 2 after your AF was due, whereas for other women it might be before their AF is (this is my understanding)
Wether or not you see a positive will be dependant on how many DPO you are, not in how may days your period is due.
For example, if you luteal phase is normally only 12 days, you might not get a BFP till your AF due date.
But if your luteal phase is 16 days, you might get a BFP 4 days before your period is due..

I think the earliest i have seen on this site is 8dpo positive?

if you have a look at these links they will show you stats by DPO for positive tests
Pregnancy Test Statistics - When To Take A Pregnancy Test | Countdown to Pregnancy

Fertility Friend also has some stats too

Good luck

[fish2012]

oh so complicted! didn't realsie vitex could do that it's very funny stuff not really sure about taking it at all TBH!

lassie i think you may be right TMI I did have come CM this morning which after all supps etc is the first time this month and a few twinges which makes me think may be i'm o'ing today - which would have been my guess, my temp usually goes flat for a couple of days when i o (when it's totally erractic for the rest of my cycle) today was same reading as yesterday which only happens once a month.

oh so hard to know!

[cravingsalt]

So glad to have you girls to go crazy with!

Put my temp in to FF and just got demoted to 8 dpo, which is what I thought personally. Gives me a little more hope that my neg preg test this morning was too early!



My Ovulation Chart || Ovulation Tracker

[cravingsalt]

Fingers crossed, but trying not to get my hopes up! Thanks Cinss! GL to you!

[cravingsalt]

Love that link Lassie! More to obsess over.