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Hey all. CD6 for me and we are currently in the middle of some of the most stressful crap weve been thru right now. Not sure if I wanna add the stress of TTC pn top of it. So I wont be charting, temping, or taking any opks this cycle. Hoping to just let God / Mother nature do their thing. Glad I can come here and get some stuff off my chest as this plays out.

Sending lots of love and baby dust to all of you !

#herestosummerbabies

Still have my fingers crossed for you, kelly! Still early!
2 dpo for me. Nothing exciting happening yet. Luckily I’ve been super busy lately, so the time seems to fly.

Man I really wish my cycles would be somewhat similar at least. Each one is super different and it is frustrating!!! I have only O’ed twice since January with some weird cycles in between. Really hoping this one is somewhat normal but not sure what to think. There is literally nothing similar between my cycles. I am super frustrated!!!

@Shay have you had any testing done? It looks to me (i'm not a doctor...) that you might have PCOS or some kind of cyst messing with your hormones. I have mild PCOS that is only controlled by a low carb diet. How's your diet? You could add Ovasitol -- it's a supplement you don't need an RX and it helps control blood sugar/insulin resistance much like metformin (which is a prescription). If you haven't tried it, it really can't do much harm. I have been taking it with metformin and my doctor wants me to keep taking everything through the first trimester.

@lissa thanks for the suggestion. I have had basic bloodwork done as my family has a history of thyroid issues. My doctor said everything looked great. I want to do more testing, but since it is a new doctor they want to wait and see still. I have always suspected PCOS as I feel I have many of the symptoms of it. I am hoping things workout this cycle though.
My diet isn’t great but I have been working on it a lot all summer. Plus I have been working out. Just over summer I have lost 15 pounds so I am pretty proud of that. I will definitely look into Ovasitol though!!

I did finally get cross hairs this morning for O. I am having my normal symptoms of sore chest and mild cramps that come after O. Still going to keep bding as soon as hubby feels up to it (he was sick all weekend). I am trying to stay hopeful!!

@shay I'm glad you got your crosshairs! I know how frustrating it can be with irregular cycles. For what it's worth all of my hormone testing came back normal. They only suspected PCOS because on CD 3 i had a scan of my ovaries and had WAY too many follicles growing. I think i had a total of 40 and you're only supposed to have 10-20. I also had some of the other symptoms like not being able to lose weight despite my best efforts and unwanted hair growth (TMI). I have heard that Ovasitol can really make a difference for some people. But it sounds like you guys have done a great job with the BD this cycle and you have some fine looking cross hairs so i'm keeping my fingers crossed for a BFP for you in a couple of weeks! Good luck!!!

I am starting to suspect PCOS as well for myself. My charts this year are all over the place like yours. And I can feel cysts all the time on my right ovary. I thought I was 3dpo but woke up to a dropped temp. I know it’s common to have an estrogen surge and a dip 3-6dpo, so I’ll see if my temp comes back up tomorrow. FF hasn’t even given me crosshairs yet. Hope I O’ed.

Thanks @lissa I am still skeptical that I O’ed as my temp hasn’t gone up super high yet. But staying positive

@momma I hate that our bodies don’t just have some way of tell us exactly what is wrong. Instead we have to chart things and guess until we can actually make a doctor do something. The crazy cycles and temps are definitely frustrating.

AFM: hubby was feeling well enough to start bding again!!! Makes me happy that we only missed a couple days and can continue to bd. I know that FF technically gave me cross hairs for O but I just want to make sure we cover our bases. My cm has been super creamy and sticky. Not egg white at all!! So that makes me think O has already passed. I had a really weird sharp pain right in the center of my lower pelvic area. Normally sharp pains happen on the sides closer to my ovaries, but today is smack dab in the middle!! Luckily my students were already gone because I doubled over for a few seconds and just had to breath through it. Never had that happen before. Who knows what it means and I am just hoping it wasn’t a bad thing. I guess we will see if my temp stays up tomorrow or drops back down. Either way we are just going to keep bding and hope to see a positive soon!!!

Really hoping we see some BFPs soon!

6dpo and had to schedule bloodwork for Thursday which means I will be 9dpo. Couldnt get anything sooner. Who knew a lab could be so busy, I leave Sunday for our road trip to Gettsburg and DC, which means right in the middle of vacation is AF's arrival date. Hoping she doesnt come. I think I may test Friday since we are going to be hanging out with friends and camping. Drinking might be involved. I would be 10dpo then. Yet I know it still could be earlier. Better save then sorry. I might even take my test with me on my vacation just depends havent quite decided yet. Ugh. Temps are fairly high again this cycle.

@bug I swear every time I take a vacation or have something fun planned is when AF is supposed to arrive. Hopefully she stays away for you and you get your BFP!
AFM: my chart is strange this cycle. Don’t know what to think. I swear I O’ed on CD14, because of cm and ovary pain. But my chart doesn’t really reflect that.