Frakkin' February 2WW

[Pbn3]

Am I insane? I put an opk next to it so I could even see where the line was supposed to be.


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That looks to be something there wantanother!!! Cant wait for tomorrows test!!!

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[Butterflies buttercups]

Really omg me and hubby think we're going mad ! I've tested negative everyday with clear blue so went and bought FR
And this happened ! I'll keep testing ! Now the nerves are kicking in I ate so bad around ovulation week (((
Hoping my 12 weeks and lots of exercise swings it for me!!! [emoji175]


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[Butterflies buttercups]

Looks like you're the same as me wantanother!
Keep testing and posting pics ! I'm going to buy some more tests ! Xx


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[MiaMelb]

Cosmo twins run in your family!? I didn't know that LOL yes I suppose it's possible as close together as it all was you did release two eggs if twins are in your family!!

To answer the question of what happened to get only one attempt in my fertile window.. I had a positive OPK and solid smiley on a Friday night.. we DTD Friday morning, Saturday and Sunday.. hubby needed a break after that and I figured there was enough boys up there at that point I was good. So went about life and imagine my surprise when on Monday I use the restroom and there is a big glob of EWCM.. okay no biggie maybe it's just left over. I even convince myself it could be left over sperm from DTD Sunday night. Manage to jump hubby Tuesday morning and call it good again... but wake up at midnight wednsday morning with horrible cramps and O pain. I pee on a digital but I already know the answer...boom solid smiley. More importantly the lines are super beyond dark I had never seen them so dark. Spend the day wiping away huge amounts of EWCM.. had never had so much (thanks blue diet!) Can't get DH to have sex wednsday, panic..Manage to jump DH Thursday AM. Lines were SO dark I was certain I'd pop the egg that day. DH gets a break and I go into the 2WW.. I try to DTD Saturday morning (this is relevant in a minute watch) as I just really wanted to but DH feels his job is done and wants a longer break. Okay fine.. Saturday evening I am certain I'm catching a cold as I feel feverish. My temp is up 99.9, then 100.1, yep def getting a cold I feel yucky.. feel feverish through Sunday afternoon when I take a nap and wake up perfectly healthy wondering wtf just happened. THAT is weird... forward another week. Boom positive pregnancy test. YAY right? Go in for ultrasound a week or two later and they can't see baby.. can't even find a corpus luteum (what!?) has me come back in a week. This time there is baby! Heartbeat! "Well that's why we didn't see her your dates were way off!" "....what?" "You said you ovulated on a Thursday but she measures as a Saturday baby"

......yep. He had the audacity to even call her a she when I was hoping for a boy because of My messed up dates and what made me angrier is he ended up right..Positive OPK 12 am wednsday. Didn't ovulate until Saturday morning. I'd say the doctor and ultrasound were full of shit but my temp shift was huge on Saturday that I felt it and felt sick from it even. The only sperm alive by o time Saturday was the Thursday sperm. One attempt in fertile window because of delayed O and then a late O on top of that I will always wonder what would have happened if I had gotten my wish Saturday morning... but oh well..

And there's the full story.

Thank you for your honesy account Burakoam, I can only imagine the rollercoaster of emotions over those weeks. It's so hard when we try desperately to control things only to be reminded that some things and some people are just out of our control. I am very much struggling to definatively decide about baby #3 for fear it will be another girl. I'm not sure why the idea scares me given that I absolutely adore the two I already have. I think maybe it's other people's opinions. I think in some ways I'm concerned that others will perceive our having a third as meaning our girls aren't enough. It's one thing for us to want to add a boy to our family, it's another thing entirely for others to think we're in some ways disappointed in our girls. What has been your experience in having DD3 and now pregnant with DD4?

[cosmosis]

Good Morning ladies My thermometer was set to celcius and I'm uncertain of just how accurate a conversion would be. I tried for 40 minutes to switch it back (it had ONE button for everything ), during which time my temp dropped drastically because the house was super cold. I'll have to skip temps for today. *sigh*

@Robin, are you still temping? How are you feeling?
@Maxim, did you BD?
@wantanother do you have a new pic?
@Butterflies, do you have any cheapies to test on just to pass the time? lol

[Erin514]

Buttercups and wantanother, this is so exciting. Fingers crossed you two are starting the February tests off right with two BFPs!

[Erin514]

You should only go based on your first positive OPK if you are using them. LH leaves everyone's system at different rates and it also matters how much LH was released. If you have a big surg, your body will take a couple of days to get rid of it.

Women who are constantly monitored via scans and blood work have reported confirmed ovulation before their OPK showed positive, but not by days (for example, doctor confirmed O via scan in the morning, the woman gets a positive OPK that evening). It varies for all women.

Otherwise, it is a guessing game and this is why Atomic suggests keeping a pattern, to cover bases. For pink swayers she suggests every 4 days and an optional attempt at +OPK.

In addition, I have read information that suggests Ovulation takes place during the thermal shift, not the dip as it is widely believed. I think of it like a bow and arrow. You have to pull back first, which is where you see temp dips (estrogen), aim and release (LH and Progesterone), which is where you see the thermal shift. This makes the most logical sense to me.

TCOYF says that your last day of EWCM is your peak, so that's also something else to keep an eye out for.

All of these tools like BBT charting, OPK's and FAM should be used together. The more tools you use, the more of a clear picture you will get AFTER ovulation happens. In other words, they are best used to confirm ovulation, not predict it. LH surg can happen many times if your body is gearing up but doesn't O, or it can happen just once.

Hmm... This is a very helpful post. I ended up having multiple days of positive OPKs as well (which never happens for me), but only managed to BD at the first and didn't again until six days later. If it's the first OPK you're supposed to go by then maybe I still have a shot. When will you test, Cosmo?

[maximbella]

Ladies, so sorry about AF! Fingers crossed for a great next month.

Butterflies, I definitely see it!!! Woohoo congrats!

Mia, I am in the same shoes with #3 except heavily swaying girl again. Best of luck in what you decide.

AFM, we did manage to BD last night (finally augh!) and temp was down again today, and yet again another "high" reading in digi. Will I ever get a peak? This is such a rollercoaster. What do you think?




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[cosmosis]

Hmm... This is a very helpful post. I ended up having multiple days of positive OPKs as well (which never happens for me), but only managed to BD at the first and didn't again until six days later. If it's the first OPK you're supposed to go by then maybe I still have a shot. When will you test, Cosmo?

That sounds like a good one attempt, Erin how many days of +OPK did you have? I haven't decided when I'm gonna test because I'm not 100% on how many DPO I am. I could be 5 or 2 DPO lol.

[cosmosis]

@Maxim, that looks like a difficult one and we can't really tell anything until we get more data. That's the nature of BBT charts. If today's temp is a fallback rise, you will need an extra couple of days to get crosshairs on ff.

Your monitor should give you low,high,peak,high,low in that order. So you can get several days of low, several days of high a couple of peak days (although usually its just one) and then back down to high and then low again.

You can jump from low to high, never get a peak reading and ovulate and you'll see high again and eventually low.

Glad you got a BD session in there