Opinions needed please!

[atomic sagebrush]

How sure are you about when you ovulated??

I often see this pattern in charts where there is a rise, then another rise, then sometimes a third rise, even, and only after the second or third "stairstep" does ovulation actually occur.

If you ovulated later (more like what the chart has down as 7-8 DPO) and then that temp dip was the secondary estrogen surge you could be pregnant but just not having the pregnancy register on the test yet. OR it could even be that you haven't ovulated yet and are still fertile - so keep having attempts to guard aganst that potential!

[RaisingGentlemen3]

Well I think i did bc of opk, temp, and ewcm but I'm not sure now. My temp went up this morning and I've had lots of watery cm (felt like af a couple of times), cramps and back aches the last couple of days. Also got up to pee at 3 or 4 am the past 2 nights. This is all so weird to me!

[RaisingGentlemen3]

New chart
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[atomic sagebrush]

Yes I'm wondering if you might have ovulated later. The pesky thing about false ovulation is that you can have all the normal symptoms but the egg still doesnt get released.

Not out till AF arrives! FXFXFX!

[RaisingGentlemen3]

Well af showed her ugly face an hr ago. So I wasn't ovulating late but honestly glad bc if I had, all my swaying would've been wasted! Here's to August and a Mothers day baby! Thanks for all your help and I am sure I will need some in 19 days haha!

[atomic sagebrush]

Very good! Thanks for updating! Good luck for August!

[RaisingGentlemen3]

I am cd18 today and yesterday the opk was some what darker than the day before. Ff has me o'ing on sunday but i am not overly confident as i did end up taking bcp for a week at the beginning of this cycle. We are planning on a 7 day abstain but we had make up sex Monday so our abstain would be 5/6 days tops. Is it worth skipping over? Also I've noticed my temps are lower than normal this cycle, is there anything to that? It's hard for me to believe that means my egg will be in boy zone just bc of lower temps. Of course my O might delay until Mon or Tues so it's not for sure yet.
On a good note, it's been storming all day yesterday and today and supposed to again Sunday and possibly Monday as well. And I've been taking folate, fiber, and recently took up coffee (helps with homeschooling in the mornings). And of course diet is going very well, I've grown quite used to it really. I don't even have to keep track of calories anymore bc I pretty much know what I can eat and how much. I've used rephresh every 3 days but don't plan to use it closer to O or pos opk day. So I feel like my sway is going well this cycle other than the abstain and temps!

[atomic sagebrush]

Abstain hasn't worked and I"d never tell anyone to hold off a week for that.

I personally don't buy into the concept that temps predict your baby's gender. It's supposed to be that estrogen = lower temps and more boys conceived but I've seen SOOOO many people who have low temps for 10,000 other reasons other than hormones that I am hard pressed to believe in it at all.

Hey, fellow homeschooler here, and yes coffee is a must LOL. Everything else is looking great to me. Good luck and pink dust headed your way.

[RaisingGentlemen3]

Thank you so much atomic! I figured there wasn't much to those things! I actually feel better bc I used the chart overlay on f2f and found only 1 rogue temp really (the other low one isn't accurate) and so my temps are probably doing their normal thing. My opk was super negative today and so I am in hopes of o on Monday or Tuesday 😁 I know there isn't much proof in abstain but it's hard to let go of!
Homeschooling is a blessing and a curse lol. It's so hard some mornings when my toddler is not having it (playing by himself) and my older two are grumpy. But that's not every day so I try to enjoy it! It's interesting to think this time last yr my oldest couldn't read yet and now he is reading his own instructions and working independently! It's fun to watch!Screenshot_20180817-160147.jpg

[atomic sagebrush]

Yeah if anything your temps are higher this month!

Argh I meant hold off a cycle, not a week! But I think you understood.

Is there any way you could have jsut ovulated??

Yes it's super challenging when there's a little one that needs so much from you and you're trying to teach (and cook and clean and do all the stuff you need to do any ordinary day) But it does get easier once they're more able to work on their own! Good luck!