Girl Sway Buddy? TTC from August onwards!!

[Abifasc]

For what it’s worth, I think it’s fine. I believe the key is just one attempt in the fertile window.


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I hope so!!


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[hotlikemexico]

Yep, totally fine! Our one attempt was the day before O day as well, and actually closer to 1am the day OF O day! We didn’t go to bed until after midnight Saturday night, had our one attempt, and then I ovulated sometime later during the day on Sunday as my temp was up on Monday and stayed up, confirming O for Sunday.

I was nervous too because both our boys we BD every day in the fertile window all the way through O. So having one single attempt this time had me like [emoji51] I didn’t think it would happen at all lol but here we are! 11dpo today and my tests are only getting darker! [emoji4]

So I think your timing was great!! [emoji16]


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[Abifasc]

Thank you that helps!! My 4 sons we abstained usually from af-o and then had one attempt, this time we did frequent release. I sure hope I’m pregnant either way!! I swayed very hard with diet and cardio!! Are you team geek or will you find out?


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[Abifasc]

Also our attempt was nearly midnight on cd13 too!!


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[hotlikemexico]

We did every 2-4 day release outside this time then the one unprotected attempt.

Definitely not team green, we will find out as soon as we can. Hoping for the NIPT, that wasn’t around or available for everyone with my first two pregnancies. [emoji1695] I had bad GD after I found out DS2 was a boy (of course could not imagine life without him now! [emoji170]) But if this is indeed another boy, I want that time to get used to it and deal with the GD again. Plus personally for me I find it much easier to bond with baby while pregnant when I know what it is instead of just “it!”

Do you have any thoughts on team green vs finding out once you are pregnant?


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[Abifasc]

We did every 2-4 day release outside this time then the one unprotected attempt.

Definitely not team green, we will find out as soon as we can. Hoping for the NIPT, that wasn’t around or available for everyone with my first two pregnancies. [emoji1695] I had bad GD after I found out DS2 was a boy (of course could not imagine life without him now! [emoji170]) But if this is indeed another boy, I want that time to get used to it and deal with the GD again. Plus personally for me I find it much easier to bond with baby while pregnant when I know what it is instead of just “it!”

Do you have any thoughts on team green vs finding out once you are pregnant?


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I think that was a good plan!! At least for me, I think abstaining swayed strongly boy for us!! I will definitely find out! This could be boy #5 so I need time to adjust and bond as well!


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[Abifasc]

6dpo I believe- possible implantation dip? I HOPE!!


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[hakrueg]

6dpo I believe- possible implantation dip? I HOPE!!


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I’m not very familiar with temping but I hope so! We would love for you to join us in the due date group.


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[hotlikemexico]

6dpo I believe- possible implantation dip? I HOPE!!


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Looking good! [emoji2956][emoji1695] I had one too!! You can be pregnant with or without one (and vice versa) but FF has studied it and I think they found it occurs on pregnancy charts more often (23% vs 11%).
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs...dip-study.html

This is your first time temping you said, right? I’ve charted on and off since 2011 including for both of my boys so I had quite a few charts to compare this one too. My chart with DS2 is messed up because my thermometer died mid cycle right around ovulation so my temps are unreliable. BUT, in all of my charts, the only other time I had an “implantation dip” was the cycle I got pregnant with DS1 in 2012. All my other non pregnancy charts did not show one. It still isn’t a guarantee but it was certainly exciting to see before I tested, and was also true in my case!

Either way your chart is looking good! I’m excited!! I hope you can join us in the due date group soon too! [emoji1695][emoji1695] when are you planning to start testing?

Here’s my chart so far from this cycle for reference


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[atomic sagebrush]

Yeah, I'm sorry but the implantation dip isn't a real thing. What that temp dip actually is is a surge of estrogen called the "secondary estrogen surge" that happens as the corpus luteum starts to wither away. This helps to maintain the lining (and since estrogen causes lower temps the temp drops on some charts) until a baby can finish implanting and send the signal to the body to maintain the corpus luteum longer, and then it will start making progesterone to sustain pregnancy till the placenta forms and takes over that job late in the first trimester.

So unfortunately that dip does not mean pregnancy. Now, just like HLM noted, FF did study this phenomenon and while it's true that there are more pregnancies in charts that have a good dip, that is very very likely because they were more "hormone-y" and not because the dip itself tells us anything - since there are many, many charts that end in pregnancy that don't have that dip, and quite a few charts that DON'T end in pregnancy that DO have that dip. It's one of those correlation does not equal causation type of things unfortunately.

But that is still a very gorgeous chart and I hope that temp rebounds into the stratosphere tomorrow.