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Sorry to hear that angyls19.

millbarnett, Thanks love. We will get him a SA at some point. We just need to find one local to us that'll do it privately. have you tried progesterone cream? It never worked for me, but thought I'd suggest it. I'm hoping to try Letrozole soon.

I've officially purchased more sticks for my CBAFM (Clearblue Advanced Fertility Monitor) and I have purchased all the eqiptment we will need to AI later this week. My speculum arrived earlier today. Pretty excited. Hoping this works.

millbarnett I heard about low progesterone issues. I wonder if that might cause some of the intense symptoms that I usually don’t get right before AF. I may have to check it out If this keeps happening.

Have either of you had much success with ovulation testing kits. They have never worked for me..

Angyls19, I used to use OPK’s regularly. I also used to BBT a lot, the last few months I’ve slowly given both up. I am now starting to use my CBAFM again though, because I need to be sure I am sill ovulating on my own. I used to suffer with worse ovulation pains than period pains, but in the last few months - I’ve had no ovulatory pains.

My update; I'm CD11. Another 'Low' on the Clearblue Advanced Fertility Monitor. Totally expected though, I should ovulate Friday/Saturday. Started temping (vaginally) again, todays temperature is 36.59 degrees. My sleeping pattern has normalised somewhat these past few nights which has allowed me to re-start my BBT.

I have just been shopping and I have started a concoction of tablets, to help us get pregnant. My partner has also joined in on the vitamin boat. I am now taking (besides folic acid), Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Vitamin C, Zinc, Aspirin (low dosage), COEnzyme Q10, Vitamin B Complex, Vitamin D.

I am CD12 today and I have a 'high' on my Clearblue Advanced Fertility Monitor. Those tests have certainly darkened, although the OPK's are still very clearly negative. I hope my peak is only a few days away.
I am continuing to chart my BBT.

Here's my quite absent BBT chart at the moment.

Interested to see how many vitamins everyone else is on.... Quite a handful..

CD14 for me, my third day of 'high' as predicted by my Clearblue Advanced Fertility Monitor.
BBT looks stable, certainly no little dips to indicate that ovulation is just about to happen. We're BD at the moment until I get a peak, then we will AI. Hopefully that peak is just around the corner.

I'm terrible about taking medication. I try, but I just van never stay on track. I really want to try a low dose aspirin. When I got pregnant with my daughter my progesterone was only a 10.4. Even with supplements went up to 11 so we upped the dose. This is the reason I think low progesterone plays into the difficulty of getting pregnant. I'm on cd 3 today and we are in the middle of a remodel and move, so I can't really focus to much on anything this month. Will definitely pee on opk's and just cover our bases. That's about it.

I usually take your run-of the-mill pre-natal vitamin. I've never really tried anything else, especially not knowing what the issue is. Still waiting for AF. Depending on which fertility tracker I'm using, I'm either 4 days late (for the one), or AF is due tomorrow (for the other). Very helpful, indeed... I'll wait a couple of days and do another PG test, although my gut tells me it will be a BFN,

millbarnett, I feel the same with medication. I usually forget to take them. Enjoy the remodel and fingers crossed that it happens for you. My last baby I tried for two years for and the moment I 'gave up' it happened.

anglys19, That's frustrating for you. Do you know how many DPO you are? Fingers crossed for your test! Which trackers are you using? I prefer Fertility Friend, although I do have femometer but that's only because I use their thermometer (bluetooth).

OPK's still pretty blank here. Wondering when they will (or if they will) surge. Feeling slightly discouraged.