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Friends, I can't stop smiling. I was sure I was yesterday, but wanted to wait until today to test. I thought our timing was so wrong this cycle. I also do NOT have the same early symptoms as I did when pregnant with my daughter. My only symptoms are cramps, thirst, gas and increased smell. Thank you for being so supportive this past year, it was definitely needed and grately appreciated. ????????????

@Beck your body won't reset to a new cycle until the HCG is out of your system. So for purposes of when you might ovulate you may want to consider your first BFN as the beginning of this cycle. That being said i've had both a CP and a BO and both times I ovulated almost exactly on the correct day counting the first day of bleeding as CD1. Keep taking your OPKs and check CM & CP to get an idea of when your surge is coming. You may want to pick up one of digital ones that also detects estrogen which happens 2-5 (or so) days before your LH surge. They are pricey tho. Good thing he's coming home -- just BD as much as you can when he's home because you never know when it might surprise you! After my M/C i didn't get an estrogen surge and my LH spiked very quickly and i would have missed it if i had been waiting for an estrogen surge.

@hdkelly congrats momma! H&H 9 months to you!

AFM: I got the progesterone cream last night in the mail and used it before i went to bed. My temp shot up to my normal post-O temp this morning which could be coincidence but i think the cream may really be working!! I used it again this morning as you are supposed to apply 2x per day. 6 DPO today and 10 more days until my test date. No symptoms except my skin is clearing up like it normally does after O.

Another temp dip for me this morning. Thinking I’m definitely out this month. again.

@hd an almighty congratulations to you and happy and healthy pregnancy!!
@lissa thanks so much for all that advice. I was expecting my ovulation to be a bit whacky. If I go from day of negative test I’m only CD12. We’ll see. I’ll just BD when I can and hope for the best!

I'm loosely tracking this month..I use this app and one called flo..they don't seem to be in tune..flo says ovulation is today and this says in two days..have had sex this morning anyway.. Next month in plan to tempt and use books to narrow down my O day. I see y'alls charts but those look confusing to me..I gotta learn

@kelly Congrats!! So exciting!!

@hdkelly congrats!!! A great reminder, too, that symptoms can very from pregnancy to pregnancy!

AFM just torturing myself through my tww. Felt nauseous this morning, but unfortunately I’ve had nausea on and off since my last successful pregnancy (3years ago!!) when I had HG.

Can’t even feasibly start testing until next week, but still did this AM. BFN, duh. I don’t know why I do this to myself! Hoping a trip this weekend for Easter will take my mind off of it.

Good luck everyone! Fingers crossed for sticky beans :)

@shanta temping is SO easy! and SO accurate, it's the only way to actually confirm ovulation too! You just need a basal thermometer (you can get them cheap on Amazon) and you take your temp when you wake up, before doing anything else (don't get out of bed, or roll over etc) and just record your temp :)

@hdkelly Wow! Congratulations!

CD21 for me, normally O day but deffo isn't. I'm hoping this cycle isn'y anovulatory! I'm wondering if maybe I o'd extremely early in the 16 days that I bled but I also didn't have a temp shift then so I'm not sure, OPK this morning is negative, hubby is home tonight until wednesday so we've got 5 days to try and catch an egg!