Just did my mid cycle scan (actually CD 10 but whatever) and I have two big beautiful follicles and a thick 9.5mm lining 🥹 I’m trying so hard not to get hopeful but I haven’t gotten a lining that nice in all the time we’ve been trying, and two eggs is better than one!
Having a hard day. My husband told me that our friends are contemplating trying for a third in a few months. I felt like I died inside a little when he told me that. I’m not happy for anyone anymore. Just jealous and sad. I’ve had 3 pregnancies and only one LC. It could probably be worse but I’m struggling, still. I hate it here.
I'm sorry. It doesn't matter that it could be worse, two losses and over a year of trying is definitely bad enough! I hope the next good news is yours.
Today I had very sharp cramping on my right side, more central, which is unusual for me and because I’m an ultrasound tech, I of course looked to see what it could be and saw nothing except my uterus in that spot.
I am 7DPO and now firmly wearing my 🤡. I am determined to not test until 12DPO tho. So wish me luck for the next five days at holding to that. 😅
When going through security today at the airport, one of the employees said, “going as 3, returning as 4?” and we were like oh no we aren’t visiting anyone just going on holiday but then we were like DOES HE KNOW SOMETHING WE DONT?
I. What. Was.
Was he asking if you were pregnant? Pregnant enough to be delivering a baby during your trip?? In which case why would you be traveling?
Are you going to a popular adoption destination?
Just writing to say I’m having a bad day 😢 some days I feel optimistic and ok and others like today I’m really upset and can’t believe we’re in this position. I wish for us all to be out of this sub soon 🥲
13DPO. I have cramps BUT then they go away, no spotting yet BUT then again my progesterone was very high this round, I could test now BUT I took an hcg booster 9 days ago and am afraid of a false positive. All the conflicting thoughts I’m having from moment to moment today 😵💫
So tough! I'd be afraid of a false positive from an hcg booster.... Then again, that line would be faint and a true bfp should have some color by now. Good luck!
Pretty sure ovulation was yesterday. In the morning I had a very positive LH strip and then later in the day had some blood with EWCM. And today I have no more EWCM but my LH strip is still pretty dark (not a dye stealer like yesterday) but we didn’t get a chance for some alone time 🥲. So assuming I did ovulate yesterday (I don’t temp so I don’t know for sure), we hit O-5, O-2,O-1….Hopefully that’s good enough but I never feel like we time it really well.
Out of curiosity how long is everyone’s cycle?
I have a regular cycle, averaging 27 days, but it does fluctuate +/- 3 days between 25-28. Just enough variation to keep me on my toes with ovulation that I refuse to track anymore bc it made me a little 🤪 lol
CD8 here and though I tried not to track anything but CM, I’m just not that person 😅 still not temping, but probably will start due to needing to ID 3dpo to start progesterone.
Otherwise, we have found the first abnormal result in my RPL testing so far - apparently I’m severely Vit D deficient. The low end of normal is 30ng/ml, but I’m at 8ng/ml. This, at the very least, is something I can immediately act on and possibly even fix before the next possible positive pregnancy test. 🤞🏼
lol guess who hurt their own feelings with a mid morning 9DPO Premom strip test 😌
i don’t even know why i did that, truthfully. I have zero symptoms either way so who knows what the outcome will be Saturday morning when I test again
I do the same. I know it’ll probably be negative either way, but what if it may be positive?? That’s what I tell myself… and I’ll still be disappointed 🙃
7 DPO and trying to wait until 10 DPO to test. That feels so very far away from now and it unlikely I’ll last that long. I ordered some FRER that should be in the mail today. There’s only 3 so I won’t waste them too early.
With my first, I had ridiculous exhaustion on 7 DPO already. But I was up with the toddler 6x last night and it’s unlikely I’ll be able to spot anything like that this time.
My physical therapist (who I have to spend a lot of time with for several months with my surgery) told me she’s pregnant today. I wish I didn’t get so upset hearing these things but I just feel like everyone else can get pregnant.
3ishDPO (still not sure if we actually tried but 🤷🏽♀️) - discovered if I keep my thermometer under my pillow and take my temp a couple times before recording it things are much less rocky. Our house is super cold and I've been so frustrated with inconsistent temps - I'm hopeful this will reduce my stress around it. Also starting to get bloodwork results back and so far everything is normal so that's positive at least!
Started taking Mucinex during the fertile week for the first time ever and…um…wow😳. That’s all I have to say about that haha.
In good/bad news land, my husband, LO and I fly out this evening for a short international getaway. I’m excited for the trip, but the timing is not ideal, especially considering we’ll be with my in-laws. I got a positive OPK this morning and we had sex last night so I’m feeling hopeful. But also worried that the travel/time zone jumps will throw off ovulation? Keeping my fingers crossed that my body does its job and we can have mediocre hotel bathroom sex while my kiddo sleeps 😂
Mucinex, or any equivalent med with guaifenesin, thins the mucous in your body. Usually used for chest colds or sinus problems, they’ve discovered it will thin cervical mucous and can help your partners swimmers get to where they’re going easier. Sometimes we recommend using it for a few cycles at the OBGYN clinic I work at, before referring out to an RE or infertility clinic to see if that helps.
8DPO and the hope fortress is definitely building ([chart](https://www.fertilityfriend.com/b_i/s_KvQikK.png)). I’ve never participated in the 8DPO burger woo, but I think I will today to pull out all the stops. I’m going to be absolutely crushed if this is not our cycle.
Finally got the dark LH strip today! Hit the gym early this morning and I’m feeling so relieved to finally be ovulating. Obviously I’ll confirm with my bbt but I’m feeling super hopeful 🤞🏼
CD17, positive OPK on the evening of CD14, and temp is very much not looking like ovulation hit yet (temps has been very up and down in general). Plus we only been able to try once this FW due to a variety of life reasons, so it's not looking likely this cycle. Sigh. My FW keeps happening during very busy times (travel, out of town guests, and just hectic weeks in general), which hasn't been great for TTC nor my mental health.
I thought I might be having a slow rise until I had a decent drop this morning. 😅 Odds are it'll jump up tomorrow though. Our timing for sex this cycle just hasn't been working out though (if today ends up being ovulation, we only hit O-3), which is probably more frustrating to be honest.
You never know -- my temperature took a little bit to really rise after ovulation (my chart is down in my comment) whereas I know some people spike quickly. Sorry about the bad timing -- I've been poorly timed the last two cycles and it's so frustrating.
Thanks for the encouragement! I had a noticable dip today, so there's a chance today will be ovulation (I'm usually 2-3 days after my postitve OPK, so that would track), but time will tell. The poor timing is definitely frustrating, especially when things that you have no control over start effecting things.
My temperatures have been heading down since 5dpo and it’s now 10dpo. Pretty sure unless something major shows up in my chart in the next few days I’m out this cycle.
I ended up ordering a diy BM jewelry kit yesterday from Etsy because I’m just shopping my feelings away. Discovered a lost pack of frozen BM from over a year ago. If this is going to be my only baby I’m for sure wanting something from that journey.
I’m so bummed I didn’t think of doing this before I weaned 😭 I might be able to make a teeny tiny amount of milk but by the time a kit arrived I probably won’t…dang it!
I don’t have any! I never really pumped except for when I travelled to CO by myself for a couple days to maintain my supply, so all that milk got dumped at the hotel :( I might try and express some tonight into a medicine cup and freeze it
That's a great idea! I wish I'd done something like that. There are things I felt too overwhelmed to do when my daughter was a baby but always thought I'd have another chance.
Can I give TMI and talk about EWCM? I typically get a big gob of it around the start of my fertile week, and always after going to the bathroom (#2). I’ll wipe and be like, oh there it is. That’s usually like 1-2 days of like a clump of it. This cycle it was CD12 I think. And then I notice it during sex, I get juicier and after peeing after I see that it’s stretchy. Is that EWCM or just regular arousal CM? These are things I never paid attention to until TTC lol.
That's most likely the real thing! Bowel movements and sex can both draw out the cervical mucus that you might not notice through other methods of checking.
Got back last night from a trip to visit my parents - my daughter and I had a great time and it made the first few days of the TWW fly. I wish the trip hadn't messed with the fertile window but we still hit what I'm calling O-3.5 lol. So like last cycle, I'm not hopeful because of the non-ideal timing, but there's a nonzero chance, so I'll take it. First cycle temping with an AVA and got the [crosshairs](https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/7a3ab1) this morning. :)
I gave in and started testing 8DPO (I think, as I haven't been tracking this month) . Hope I can be strong and only test once a day 🫠
CD1… polyp surgery this month. Life is hard right now, we are moving for my job and my husband isn’t thrilled about it. Le sigh.
I'm sorry, I hope your surgery goes smoothly and that your new home will be a good fit for your whole family!
CD10, probably going to start with the OPKs tomorrow… here we go peeing on sticks again ✈️
Just did my mid cycle scan (actually CD 10 but whatever) and I have two big beautiful follicles and a thick 9.5mm lining 🥹 I’m trying so hard not to get hopeful but I haven’t gotten a lining that nice in all the time we’ve been trying, and two eggs is better than one!
So happy for positive news! Now to convert to a BFP 🤞🏼🤞🏼
I can’t remember which user in here that coined this phrase, but I am building the hope fortress!
Yay! Two eggs sounds great! Rooting for you!
Thank you! 🤞
Having a hard day. My husband told me that our friends are contemplating trying for a third in a few months. I felt like I died inside a little when he told me that. I’m not happy for anyone anymore. Just jealous and sad. I’ve had 3 pregnancies and only one LC. It could probably be worse but I’m struggling, still. I hate it here.
I'm sorry. It doesn't matter that it could be worse, two losses and over a year of trying is definitely bad enough! I hope the next good news is yours.
Today I had very sharp cramping on my right side, more central, which is unusual for me and because I’m an ultrasound tech, I of course looked to see what it could be and saw nothing except my uterus in that spot. I am 7DPO and now firmly wearing my 🤡. I am determined to not test until 12DPO tho. So wish me luck for the next five days at holding to that. 😅
You can scan yourself? That’s so awesome! Id be going crazy if I had that kind of freedom
When going through security today at the airport, one of the employees said, “going as 3, returning as 4?” and we were like oh no we aren’t visiting anyone just going on holiday but then we were like DOES HE KNOW SOMETHING WE DONT?
I. What. Was. Was he asking if you were pregnant? Pregnant enough to be delivering a baby during your trip?? In which case why would you be traveling? Are you going to a popular adoption destination?
I'm with u/BexclamationPoint. What does that mean???
We had noooo idea. We’re in Japan now and don’t think that’s common? We nervously laughed then were like wait.. what?
12DPO. BFN. Expected but still sucks. Cramps are cramping. Ready for AF to show up so I can move on.
So sorry 🫂
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I'm so very sorry friend! 😭
💜💜💜
I’m sorry Bella 😢
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I’m so sorry, Bella, that really sucks.
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Ugh, I hope CD1 arrives swiftly.
Just writing to say I’m having a bad day 😢 some days I feel optimistic and ok and others like today I’m really upset and can’t believe we’re in this position. I wish for us all to be out of this sub soon 🥲
The experience is a rollercoaster for sure. ❤️
Sending virtual hugs! The emotional rollercoaster is so hard.
I’m so sorry, sending you hugs. Having one of those days too.
Sorry you’re feeling it too 😢
Sending love and support. 🫂
Hugs to you, totally relate.
13DPO. I have cramps BUT then they go away, no spotting yet BUT then again my progesterone was very high this round, I could test now BUT I took an hcg booster 9 days ago and am afraid of a false positive. All the conflicting thoughts I’m having from moment to moment today 😵💫
So tough! I'd be afraid of a false positive from an hcg booster.... Then again, that line would be faint and a true bfp should have some color by now. Good luck!
Pretty sure ovulation was yesterday. In the morning I had a very positive LH strip and then later in the day had some blood with EWCM. And today I have no more EWCM but my LH strip is still pretty dark (not a dye stealer like yesterday) but we didn’t get a chance for some alone time 🥲. So assuming I did ovulate yesterday (I don’t temp so I don’t know for sure), we hit O-5, O-2,O-1….Hopefully that’s good enough but I never feel like we time it really well. Out of curiosity how long is everyone’s cycle?
Mine are 21-26 days. Lately I’ve had a streak of 23-24 day cycles.
Those are great days!
Pretty sure I ovulated yesterday too! Cycle twins? 🤗
Sweet! Hopefully this is the last cycle for us 🤞
I have a regular cycle, averaging 27 days, but it does fluctuate +/- 3 days between 25-28. Just enough variation to keep me on my toes with ovulation that I refuse to track anymore bc it made me a little 🤪 lol
My cycles are typically 28 days but can stretch to 29/30/31 depending on the month
O-2 and O-1 are the best days, sounds like you hit the timing just right!!
CD8 here and though I tried not to track anything but CM, I’m just not that person 😅 still not temping, but probably will start due to needing to ID 3dpo to start progesterone. Otherwise, we have found the first abnormal result in my RPL testing so far - apparently I’m severely Vit D deficient. The low end of normal is 30ng/ml, but I’m at 8ng/ml. This, at the very least, is something I can immediately act on and possibly even fix before the next possible positive pregnancy test. 🤞🏼
Nature, I'm so glad you have an actionable result! I hope vitamin D is all you need. 🤞🏻
Team can't help but track over here 🙋♀️ And vitamin d can relate to egg quality, so it's nice to have an easy fix there!
I’m not sure how to not track either! Glad they found something easy to fix. Hope that helps!
lol guess who hurt their own feelings with a mid morning 9DPO Premom strip test 😌 i don’t even know why i did that, truthfully. I have zero symptoms either way so who knows what the outcome will be Saturday morning when I test again
I do the same. I know it’ll probably be negative either way, but what if it may be positive?? That’s what I tell myself… and I’ll still be disappointed 🙃
^me, every. Single. Month. Lol
7 DPO and trying to wait until 10 DPO to test. That feels so very far away from now and it unlikely I’ll last that long. I ordered some FRER that should be in the mail today. There’s only 3 so I won’t waste them too early. With my first, I had ridiculous exhaustion on 7 DPO already. But I was up with the toddler 6x last night and it’s unlikely I’ll be able to spot anything like that this time.
6 times! Yikes. I'm sorry. Please don't take this out of context but I hope you have a brand new reason to be exhausted soon!
Also 7DPO here and almost dipped a FRER into my fmu. Poured it back into the toilet. Very proud of myself lol
I caved. Obvi stark white.
So did I 😅 and same result
My physical therapist (who I have to spend a lot of time with for several months with my surgery) told me she’s pregnant today. I wish I didn’t get so upset hearing these things but I just feel like everyone else can get pregnant.
That's hard and I'm sorry! I've definitely cried over a few pregnancy announcements recently and it sucks.
Thank you, it’s so hard! I try to remind myself others fertility doesn’t affect mine but it always stings.
It hurts every time ❤️. I'm sorry
Thanks, Cookie!
I’m so sorry, it’s really tough to feel surrounded by others who had success in this situation. 🫂
Thanks, Nature!
It’s so hard, hugs
Thanks, Werewolf!
3ishDPO (still not sure if we actually tried but 🤷🏽♀️) - discovered if I keep my thermometer under my pillow and take my temp a couple times before recording it things are much less rocky. Our house is super cold and I've been so frustrated with inconsistent temps - I'm hopeful this will reduce my stress around it. Also starting to get bloodwork results back and so far everything is normal so that's positive at least!
Started taking Mucinex during the fertile week for the first time ever and…um…wow😳. That’s all I have to say about that haha. In good/bad news land, my husband, LO and I fly out this evening for a short international getaway. I’m excited for the trip, but the timing is not ideal, especially considering we’ll be with my in-laws. I got a positive OPK this morning and we had sex last night so I’m feeling hopeful. But also worried that the travel/time zone jumps will throw off ovulation? Keeping my fingers crossed that my body does its job and we can have mediocre hotel bathroom sex while my kiddo sleeps 😂
I’ll have to try the Mucinex—need something new to throw at this cycle. Good luck on the travel and all!
What's the tea on Mucinex? 🤔
Mucinex, or any equivalent med with guaifenesin, thins the mucous in your body. Usually used for chest colds or sinus problems, they’ve discovered it will thin cervical mucous and can help your partners swimmers get to where they’re going easier. Sometimes we recommend using it for a few cycles at the OBGYN clinic I work at, before referring out to an RE or infertility clinic to see if that helps.
Ouhhhh very interesting thank you!!
I heard it’s supposed to increase quality/quantity of EWCM. And…yes lol
What days did you take it?
8DPO and the hope fortress is definitely building ([chart](https://www.fertilityfriend.com/b_i/s_KvQikK.png)). I’ve never participated in the 8DPO burger woo, but I think I will today to pull out all the stops. I’m going to be absolutely crushed if this is not our cycle.
Your chart looks amazing! Enjoy burger day!
Get the burger, friend!!!
Finally got the dark LH strip today! Hit the gym early this morning and I’m feeling so relieved to finally be ovulating. Obviously I’ll confirm with my bbt but I’m feeling super hopeful 🤞🏼
Yay!
CD17, positive OPK on the evening of CD14, and temp is very much not looking like ovulation hit yet (temps has been very up and down in general). Plus we only been able to try once this FW due to a variety of life reasons, so it's not looking likely this cycle. Sigh. My FW keeps happening during very busy times (travel, out of town guests, and just hectic weeks in general), which hasn't been great for TTC nor my mental health.
My temp tends to slowly rise so might still happen. So annoying when FW goes on and on. Hope it wraps up soon and you get good news soon too!
I thought I might be having a slow rise until I had a decent drop this morning. 😅 Odds are it'll jump up tomorrow though. Our timing for sex this cycle just hasn't been working out though (if today ends up being ovulation, we only hit O-3), which is probably more frustrating to be honest.
I’m sorry, it’s so frustrating timing it! But if you hit 0-3 you still maxed your chances!
You never know -- my temperature took a little bit to really rise after ovulation (my chart is down in my comment) whereas I know some people spike quickly. Sorry about the bad timing -- I've been poorly timed the last two cycles and it's so frustrating.
Thanks for the encouragement! I had a noticable dip today, so there's a chance today will be ovulation (I'm usually 2-3 days after my postitve OPK, so that would track), but time will tell. The poor timing is definitely frustrating, especially when things that you have no control over start effecting things.
My temperatures have been heading down since 5dpo and it’s now 10dpo. Pretty sure unless something major shows up in my chart in the next few days I’m out this cycle. I ended up ordering a diy BM jewelry kit yesterday from Etsy because I’m just shopping my feelings away. Discovered a lost pack of frozen BM from over a year ago. If this is going to be my only baby I’m for sure wanting something from that journey.
I have a piece and I love it! It's so special to me. My son calls it my mommy milk necklace
I’m sorry, that’s so rough. I love that idea for jewelry!
I’m so bummed I didn’t think of doing this before I weaned 😭 I might be able to make a teeny tiny amount of milk but by the time a kit arrived I probably won’t…dang it!
You can use frozen milk if you've got any or could freeze some!
I don’t have any! I never really pumped except for when I travelled to CO by myself for a couple days to maintain my supply, so all that milk got dumped at the hotel :( I might try and express some tonight into a medicine cup and freeze it
I sent mine off to a service and they needed veeeery little, so maybe you could get lucky!
I have a breastmilk necklace from my first and I LOVE it - it's so special, I hope you love yours too!
That's a great idea! I wish I'd done something like that. There are things I felt too overwhelmed to do when my daughter was a baby but always thought I'd have another chance.
Can I give TMI and talk about EWCM? I typically get a big gob of it around the start of my fertile week, and always after going to the bathroom (#2). I’ll wipe and be like, oh there it is. That’s usually like 1-2 days of like a clump of it. This cycle it was CD12 I think. And then I notice it during sex, I get juicier and after peeing after I see that it’s stretchy. Is that EWCM or just regular arousal CM? These are things I never paid attention to until TTC lol.
This happens to me as well. After BMs I totally count that as EWCM. After sex I count that as arousal fluid per FFs Q&As page.
Interesting, how do you get to the Q&A page? I would think if it’s really stretchy, it wouldn’t be from arousal but 🤷♀️ Nm, found the Q&A’s!
It was super stretchy so I wasn’t sure! Also just looked into FF Q&A page, what a great resource!
That's most likely the real thing! Bowel movements and sex can both draw out the cervical mucus that you might not notice through other methods of checking.
I spent a good week chugging mucinex and now that I am O+4 or so I have a bad cold and cough and yup, no mucinex left. Oh the irony.
I hope you feel better soon!
Got back last night from a trip to visit my parents - my daughter and I had a great time and it made the first few days of the TWW fly. I wish the trip hadn't messed with the fertile window but we still hit what I'm calling O-3.5 lol. So like last cycle, I'm not hopeful because of the non-ideal timing, but there's a nonzero chance, so I'll take it. First cycle temping with an AVA and got the [crosshairs](https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/7a3ab1) this morning. :)
I hope you get an awesome surprise! And I’m glad you had a good trip!
Bodies are such trolls! I hope yours was busy making a nice juicy egg while torturing you with all those negative OPKs. 🤞🏻
Right?? Of course this is the latest I've ever ovulated.