I feel the TTC Universe smiling down on me for the first time in months! Hallelujah, I had crosshairs show up on my chart today! For those of you who aren’t familiar with charting, there are plenty of websites or apps you can download that allow you to just plug in your basal body temperature every morning, and it will analyze any temperature change patterns to alert you to whether or not you’ve ovulated.
It’s not an exact science by any means, but it is a pretty good indication that you’ve ovulated. I, being the eternal skeptic that I am, don’t know if I can confidently agree with my chart analysis though. Especially since I have been diligently using ovulation predictor tests on a daily basis, and never got a positive test result. My OB/GYN did in fact email me back this morning (shocking!!) and said that she is calling in prescriptions for another round of Provera and bumping me up to 100mg Clomid for my next cycle. So, I’ll be picking up those medications but will wait to do anything to see what happens with my body. I didn’t want to wait, and I said just yesterday that I WOULDN’T wait. Given this new information though, and the fact that my chart analysis was so delayed given my low post-ovulation temperatures I am technically already 8dpo if I ovulated on CD14 like my chart is predicting.
So, magically, I went from having thought I didn’t ovulate at all yesterday to today being half way through my two-week-wait! It’s so funny how these things turn out, isn’t it? I guess I’m not technically half way through my TWW since my Luteal Phase (LP) on the 1 ovulatory cycle I’ve ever had while charting was 19 days. If that holds true for this cycle as well then I technically can’t expect a “missed period” until May 10 or May 11.
In the meantime, however, I will be frantically googling “8dpo pregnancy symptoms” and magically spotting all the symptoms. Ha! My O date being CD14 doesn’t make our BD timing great, if I’m honest. So, I would be surprised if we did in fact conceive on this cycle. We hit O-2 and O+1 but I didn’t have any fertile CM during this time so I don’t think that the little swimmers would have lived long enough to meet the egg, but only time will tell.
I had some pretty significant cramps last night, but I have also been incredibly gassy the last couple days (cute, right?) so I am going to try not to read too far into the cramps.
I’ll keep y’all updated. I wish I wasn’t so excited about being in the TWW since it will undoubtedly lead to my hopes being crushed if I get a BFN, but I just can’t help it!
It’s not an exact science by any means, but it is a pretty good indication that you’ve ovulated. I, being the eternal skeptic that I am, don’t know if I can confidently agree with my chart analysis though. Especially since I have been diligently using ovulation predictor tests on a daily basis, and never got a positive test result. My OB/GYN did in fact email me back this morning (shocking!!) and said that she is calling in prescriptions for another round of Provera and bumping me up to 100mg Clomid for my next cycle. So, I’ll be picking up those medications but will wait to do anything to see what happens with my body. I didn’t want to wait, and I said just yesterday that I WOULDN’T wait. Given this new information though, and the fact that my chart analysis was so delayed given my low post-ovulation temperatures I am technically already 8dpo if I ovulated on CD14 like my chart is predicting.
So, magically, I went from having thought I didn’t ovulate at all yesterday to today being half way through my two-week-wait! It’s so funny how these things turn out, isn’t it? I guess I’m not technically half way through my TWW since my Luteal Phase (LP) on the 1 ovulatory cycle I’ve ever had while charting was 19 days. If that holds true for this cycle as well then I technically can’t expect a “missed period” until May 10 or May 11.
In the meantime, however, I will be frantically googling “8dpo pregnancy symptoms” and magically spotting all the symptoms. Ha! My O date being CD14 doesn’t make our BD timing great, if I’m honest. So, I would be surprised if we did in fact conceive on this cycle. We hit O-2 and O+1 but I didn’t have any fertile CM during this time so I don’t think that the little swimmers would have lived long enough to meet the egg, but only time will tell.
I had some pretty significant cramps last night, but I have also been incredibly gassy the last couple days (cute, right?) so I am going to try not to read too far into the cramps.
I’ll keep y’all updated. I wish I wasn’t so excited about being in the TWW since it will undoubtedly lead to my hopes being crushed if I get a BFN, but I just can’t help it!