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Were you intimate in any of the days prior to the 11th? Have you had your progesterone checked?

I was intimate but not on any of my fertile days according to the calendar. My husband works out of town so its pretty hard to get our schedules together an no I've never had my progesterone checked.

If you have 28 day cycles, you probably ovulated around the 11th, however it is the 2-3 days prior to ovulation that result in the most pregnancies. However, if your hubby was out of town, you can only do so much. The reason why I asked about the progesterone was due to your spotting. Insufficient progesterone would cause lp spotting as you mentioned and would make a successful pregnancy hard to achieve, esp if your progesterone is dropping around the time implantation would occur.

Also, since you've been TTC for 3 yrs, I would be temping, using opk. Temping is the only way to confirm that you're actually ovulating. Calendars give very little information other than what should be happening to the avg woman. If your timing is off, even by a day or two, yoy may be missing the egg.

Thanks for the comments.
Today I have been having a strong fluttering in my lower stomach, I am not sure what is going on with me. I am going to wait until AF is due and if it doesn't come and I still get a negative I am going to make an appointment with my OBGYN just to check things checked out.

I wish you the best of luck! I can only imagine your frustration! If you aren't pregnant this cycle, I would definitely see your Gyn. It could be something very easy to treat. If your work comes back normal, I would get a sperm analysis done on your hubby. Hopefully, you get your bfp this weekend. Good luck!

I just wanted to add that I also have a regular 28 day cycle and I don't usually ovulate until around day 20, making my LP short. So, I also agree that those calendars aren't always very accurate. However, once my husband and I started using OPKs, I was able to get successfully pregnant once. We're now trying for number 2 and I'm using OPKs and temping. Good luck to you!!

Today the bleeding is only there when I wipe, I have had to unbutton my pants and fasten them with a rubber-band today because I feel so very bloated, wasn't like this until are 10:00 this morning and I have started having fluttery feelings in my stomach again. My back hurts and I am achy all over. My students say that I am in a bad mood but I can't be sure if they are correct. Still no signs in my bbs though