Have I O'd yet? Confused by my chart!

[061109]

Hi there,

Ok....I am stumped! Had a positive OPK on CD20 (currently CD22). Still had EWCM then, only today has it gone dry/sticky. My temps seems really low. I had alot of pain yesterday....maybe O pains? But it did coincide with my AC appt....so maybe it was the stimulation of the needles doing this?
Arrgh, I was excited as I thought I was O'ing earlier than last cycle (O was day 28....I think?!) - but now I just have no clue what's going on. Any opinions??

Thanks so much!

Oh - and just did OPK then and BFN. I did a few yesterday which all had a faded second line (as they did in the days leading up to my positive OPK).


http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/291cff

[purplecat]

..hiya, it looks to me like you *may* hav O'd on cd20, but you need to get 3 consecutive days of raised temps before FF will put your cross hairs on and confirm it!

I O'd on the actual day I got a +ve OPK (like I think you may have too). Link in ticker.

Just keep DTD every second day until you're sure; sometimes our bodies 'try' to O but dont quite make it; mine did this twice in the cycle I conceived, before I did actually O. This had been confusing me in the past, as we had been DTD at the wrong time!

It can be really hard with a long cycle to keep up the energy to BD every other day (mine was 35 days and that was hard enough..), but I found the thought of waiting another 5 weeks to try again was enough to give me the energy to jump my poor DH, even when I was totally stuffed!

[061109]

Hi Purplecat.....thanks for looking at my chart. I too thought I must have O on day 20....but was confused as it only today my CM has dried up....and my temps dont seem overally high do they? This concerns me a bit....as all my temps seem so low compared to others. I am having AC and chinese herbs this month....my O was actually CD29 last month so I am thinking perhaps I have O earlier which Id be really happy with!!

[purplecat]

.. I wouldnt rely too much on CM; mine was all over the place, and if I checked at different times of the day I'd get a different type. It is a good indicator, but pretty unreliable compared to temping and OPK's.

Your temps will be the proof of the pudding; dont stop BD'ing though, as the first couple of months of ttc we stopped too early thinking I had O'd but I hadnt. After I O'd, I got EW CM for about 2 days, and after that C, but it kind of never dried up completely. I got several patches of fertile CM each month, so it was pretty confusing.

I finally got pregnant the month I started temping (which showed without doubt that I O'd later than I thought I was, on cd20). We were sick of the sight of each other by the end ot it.. had been going about 2 weeks straight :eek:

FF is amazingly accurate at pin pointing O for you (they have THOUSANDS of other charts and data to compare to), so give it a few more days and the cross hairs will pop up if it calculates that you have.

hang in there!!! hopefully the herbs are helping to shorten your cycle.