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@TurtleBaby. I would keep taking it till AF shows.

Here is my chart. I'm pretty sure that I am not 6dpo. Can someone take a look to see when I ovulated. I got my +OPK on CD14 (Jan 20). I hope we stand a chance this month as I have a good feeling about this one. Thank you ladies.

I do hate the tww. I wish i could chart. I wake up about every 2-4 hrs and have slight insomnia so my temps are all over the place. I use opks and i have ovulation cramps the day after pos opk. I dont know if i O before, after or during the cramps though. I bd that day and the days before.

@Kelliria. The day you get the +OPK you will ovulate in the next 24-36hrs. I never used to use OPK and I just go by the cramps as well but I wanted to take the guessing out. They say to BD after a +OPK for the next couple days so I would get busy tonight if you haven't already. If you look at my chart (above) I got my +OPK on CD 14 and with my temp dip on CD16 was when I think I ovulated. I know every woman is different so hope this helps you in a way. Are you taking anything to help you this cycle? Prenatal vitamines, Baby Asprin, EPO?

Hi everyone! @Turtlebaby - I would keep using the cream for a few more days. I might lengthen your cycle a little, but won't hold off AF forever if you aren't preggo.
@Dragonfly23 - you know, it's weird. Most people O after the 24-36 hrs after a positive OPK, but I have always O'd at the 48 hr mark. Even confirmed by ultrasound when I was seeing an RE. Always takes two days and AF comes exactly 14 days afterwards. I might be old, but I'm incredibly regular. :) I BD the minute I see the surge start coming though - the line starts getting darker and it's on!

Today I'm about 7-8 dpo. No real symptoms that I can't attribute to the progesterone cream I'm using twice a day. I just learned that Amazon sells progesterone pee strips!! I ordered some and they come in tomorrow. You dip it in urine, and if it's positive, your progesterone is over 10. Good way to confirm ovulation and/or low progesterone. Since we changed insurance, I can't go to an RE anymore without $1000's of dollars, so anything I can test at home with my own knowledge, I do. I'll let you know how they work!

Update on the progesterone strips - I've been using the cream since 3 dpo, but only once a day. I felt like that was enough, but apparently not. I took the progesterone at home dip strip on CD21 and it was negative, albeit faintly. Which means my progesterone was less than 10. So I've upped using the cream to twice to three times a day just in case. I'm 10dpo-ish now, and still getting BFNs so probably didn't catch the egg at all this month, which is why my pg was low...but still. I'll use the strip test again next month, but do it at 4dpo like they recommend to confirm ovulation. I might just not be ovulating on my own anymore.
I also want to try the softcup thing where DH "deposits" directly into the softcup and then you insert and keep it in for 12 hrs? Heck, I'm willing to try anything. I want my . At this point, the clinics near me won't even do IVF - I'm too old.

Calvingirl, i use soft cups but i have sex and when he's "done" i insert the cup and lay with my hips elevated for 15 min. The things we try. Lol.????

@Calvingirl. I didn't know there was progesterone strips and if that is the case, I wouldn't know how to use them. I have never tried the soft cups as when hubby is finished, we just lie there for 10 min and just cuddle and then we get up. I'm using the progesterone cream Emerita and I use it twice a day but I am just hoping that I am using enough but I don't think too much will hurt, I just think not having enough is the issue. Since ovulation I noticed a bit more creamy cm and then it went dry for a few days and now it seems to be picking up again. When do you plan on testing?

@Kelliria. I agree. The things we do to get a baby. I used the pillow during the fertile week. I heard somewhere that if a lady cums (TMI) that her cervix drops lower and it sits in the sperm. Now I can be wrong but who knows.

Ladies, I was looking at getting more progesterone cream so that I won't run out. I won't be buying the lavender cream as the scent is too strong, even for me. I was looking on Amazon.ca and I found that they are selling single dose packs of 48. What do you ladies think is the better deal? Single dose (take the guess work out) or buying the tube and then play the guessing game to see if you have the right amount. Any suggestions is helpful.

Hey ladies I need to talk to others to help keep my mind busy until my ttc journey is over then even after for how out pregnancies are going