Long cycles - what can I do??

[atomic sagebrush]

Atomic, I got so excited I forgot to mention that you were right, and thank you for pointing out that I was testing at the wrong times!!

I'm having some cramping all day long today, so wonder if I'm already Oing? I have a feeling it would have been positive last night and we BD last night, but I can't be sure. Looking forward to your thoughts!

Well, we'll never know because you very well may have gotten a pos at 9 pm. It's just that the mid-day urine has the highest concentration.

RE if to DTD again or not - totally up to you. That's one of those things that I can't decide. I'd be inclined to if I was in your shoes since we don't know how long DH will keep playing along.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh and O cramps do not pinpoint ovulation, unfortunately. You can get them before, during, and after O.

[maximbella]

True! Okay, we'll see what happens tonight when DH gets home from work. If we don't BD, I'll treat it as we were doing e4d without the opk's, which means we wouldn't be BDing tonight anyway. Right?!

[4blue2pink]

i never used opk's for any of my non-sway pregnancies and i can honestly say i really dont enjoy using them at all! i find them stressful, but i used them last year for the first time ever with our successful pink sway so i felt i should use them again this time to keep things the same.

but.. we went away for a week last month and i couldnt be bothered with taking opk's while we were away so switched to e4d for that month, it was so much more relaxed not having to bother with those dreaded opk's! i got my BFP that cycle but if i hadn't i would have carried on with e4d rather than going back to opk's.

i would 100% do e4d over opk's for any future pink sways, e4d is so so so much less stressful, if your DH is agreeable to e4d then moving on from this month id drop the opk's all together, i really feel they can be more trouble than they're worth!!

good luck with your sway my fingers are crossed for a BFP for you soon xx

[atomic sagebrush]

True! Okay, we'll see what happens tonight when DH gets home from work. If we don't BD, I'll treat it as we were doing e4d without the opk's, which means we wouldn't be BDing tonight anyway. Right?!

Well, remember though, that since your DH is not super on board with this it may behoove you to break the rules with number of attempts to boost odds of conception, since any month may be your last.

Totally up to you though

[atomic sagebrush]

4b2p - and I've never used them either!! I got my boys without them and my girl with e4d (even though we didn't realize we were doing that, it's just how it worked out)

[maximbella]

Thanks ladies! DH was at a work dinner and didn't come home until late that evening, so we ended up not BDing again. It looks like I had a temp rise yesterday and the day before, so O'd either one of those days. If this isn't my cycle and DH is onboard for next month, I think I'll be doing e3/4d and not opk's...it stresses me more than it's worth for sure!

[maximbella]

I got my cross hairs on FF today. It looks like it just fell with BD pattern e3d. Can you confirm this was one attempt in fertile window, or was there two?



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[XXforhubby]

It looks like you had one attempt, maybe two if O was delayed. I wouldn't sweat it- I had either one or two attempts too and am pregnant with a girl! I too had delayed ovulation but didn't the cycle I conceived, at least that I am aware of anyway (I wasn't monitored that cycle).

I personally believe that in situations like ours, type of diet type and type of exercise sway the strongest.

🤞🏻so hard for a BFP! I'm sending you any pink baby dust that I have [emoji597][emoji92][emoji178][emoji254][emoji178][emoji94]!!

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[maximbella]

Thanks xx! Did you do e3d this pregnancy??


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