Did I ovulate?

[Heart desires pink LP]

Question. New to POAS, why arent those opk's from day 22 and 23 positive? I thought that's a positive. Have I been doing this wrong?

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They were negative on testing (wet) . Shortly after testing, they dry out and get darker. But yes those two days were my darkest opks, though definitely not what the box calls positive.

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[Heart desires pink LP]

HDP: I was just a lurker but I just want to comment that first cycle trying is usually very stressful and it might affect our body in a crazy way. It happened to me back on April last year when I wanted to try our luck. My cycle is usually 34 days with ovulation around CD21-23. But that cycle, the pattern looks exactly what you have now. It became my longest cycle ever 74 days. My body kept trying to gear up but nothing happened. I know how you feel it sucks, frustrating and stressful, but try to take it easy. I would say try E4D as others suggested to hopefully catch that egg or skip a cycle. I ttc blue so we couldnt maintain EOD that long so I decided to quit that cycle. I hope you will get better luck and ovulate soon or have period soon so you could start fresh. Big hugs!

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That is so reassuring and helpful! I do feel better. I wish things went your way and worked out well in the end

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[Heart desires pink LP]

Yeah but it can be a combo of having gotten more restrictive on diet knowing you are about to attempt and then just the stress of knowing that this is THE month! It happens to tons of people even when they aren't swaying (so just the stress of TTC alone can make it happen, independent of diet)

Interesting observation! The only thing I changed in a big way in my diet is skipping bf and having my first meal at noon. This is a huge step for me as I've been a big bf person all my life, living by the motto that its the most important meal of the day. The exercise is moderate and I usually have been sticking to the LE totals and eat about 1400-1500 cals, to lose weight independently of diet (BMI 24.3). So if anything makes my body feel its not safe to ovulate, I would think it's skipping bf. I just wanted to share, if this makes sense to you, and can potentially help others!

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[atomic sagebrush]

We can't know if it's skipping breakfast or your low calories catching up with you or some combo of the two plus weight loss. 1400 is lower than the range I like most people to be at, and while it's not terribly low (like when I see people rolling in at 800, which happens all too often) your body will still perceive that as a drop in calories. Often, lower calories may not affect you the first month or two or three but over the course of time your body "thinks" that something strange is going on, there used to be a lot of food but now there isn't, and it uses these natural birth control methods it has at its disposal of delaying ovulation to try and reduce the chances that you'll conceive.

I would have you at a serving of full fat dairy daily, 4-6 eggs a week, and a serving of salmon if you like, red meat if you don't per week. This seems a simple solution but it really does help.

[Heart desires pink LP]

Atomic
Is CD 28 of my (usual) 32 day cycle. No more +ve Opk s or near positives either. Temps are not showing O and have been constant past few days. I'm so bummed out. Are there even chances that I will ovulate at this point? I find it hard to imagine that I missed O. I don't have Pcos.
I'm just praying for AF and a cycle reset to come, so I at least have a chance to TTC. With this limbo s*** I'm in, I stand negative chance!
I've been eating more calories and including whole eggs the past few days.

At this point, I must have like a 50-60 day cycle, if I were to ovulate in the near future.
I even took a pregnancy test, and negative.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, the odds are very good you will still ovulate. You did not miss ovulation based on your chart, you have not ovulated yet. You have a choice to make,, you could start BD every 4 days and try to catch the egg, or you could do more OPK. Personally I think you should go to e4d because I think you may be in "watched pot never boils" land here and the more you think about it, the more upset/stressed/pressured you feel and your body is like "whoa something weird is going on here, not only is there less food but she seems upset about something and maybe let's just hang onto this egg for a little longer" Eventually either that egg will drop, or your estrogen will drop, and then that can act as a reset. This is not a permanaent state of affairs, so please don't despair, just look at it as maybe we swayed a little too hard and now we just need to ease back just a hair to get things working again.

[Heart desires pink LP]

Thanks atomic, for the support! To be honest, I didn't really sway very hard. There are others here who've had more textbook sways. I always stood by the 'mellow' sway belief! Over the past year, I had conditioned my body to take in fewer calories gradually, and not feel deprived! And I'm not stressed either. A bit disappointed that I didn't ovulate as predicted, that's it! So I hope my body will recalibrate soon enough. In the meantime, I'm enjoying my wine and E4D. FF chart from this morning. I see a rise in Temps after several days of constant. Don't know if that means anything!

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[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, you can still ovulate! I know it's hard to believe but you can and most likely will. I agree you haven't ovulated yet but it can still happen.

[Heart desires pink LP]

Update from CD 30.

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[Girlswaylondon]

I had a crazy cycle the month I got my pink bfp, e4d definitely saved me stress and helped me catch the egg when it finally did turn up! Good luck!