Hi girls

Ok so now on CD 3 (I started spotting Monday night, so am right to think of Tues as CD1?) It's a fairly light af, but still going, so hope it's going to be a fairly quick return to my 'normal' cycles.

I haven't started temping - do you normally do that CD1, or just when af ends? Is a digital thermometre ok or do I need to get a proper BBT one?

We are having a romantic weekend away a week on Fri (SO EXCITED!!! My mum is looking after Seren), and it would be sooo awesome if we could conceive then. I put my dates in an ovulation calender, and it said I could expect to be fertile between 13th-18th November?? I suppose with it being my first cycle, anything could happen.

Is it worth using opks? There seems to be really mixed reviews!

Thanks girlies :)

Lots of love, Hannah x
TTC no.2, CD3, Cycle 1

hey hun...

sorry ive only just seen this post...ive only used OPKS for the last 2 cycles and im so glad i do use  then especially this month as it apears i didnt OV at the time i thought i had...i was getting verly light lines on ICs from CD19-22 (9-12 DPO) but then BFNs after CD23...i had the urge to POAS on CD 30 and used an OPK instead of another  HPT and i had the most +ive OPK ive ever had (along with EWCM and cramping on one side)... FF took my lines out from CD11 (after having my 1st +ive OPK on CD 10) and put them back in on CD 30....all very confussing but seeing as AF still hasnt arrived im so glad i no that i OVed so much later or by now i would of been climbing the walls lol...

on 1 hand i think it also helps to pass the cycle quicker but on the other u end up agonising over dates and if lines r dark enough to be a +ive...its catch 22 really...

maybe give it a go and see how it goes for u...

good luck and *~*~*~*baby dust*~*~*~*

xxxxxx

hey hunni i tend to temp after af has finished since the temps when af is here dont really have any significance for the rest of the cycle.

when ttc charlotte i used a normal digital thermometer though a bbt one is more accurate. i bought one when ttc my 2nd angel and found it worked better but either is fine!!

opks are good to have but tbh with the way my cycles have been with them i think as long as you have enough fwertile cm each month to know that it is ov then perhaps wait a couple of months. i think i will give them a miss and just do my temps in future cycles. up to you though hunni if you think they will help you then go for it!

good luck with it hun i do hope you concieve on your romantic weekend away :D

About me: I'm Leigh 23 i have a DF Jason 27 and 2 beautiful girls Hollie who is 3 and Charlotte whos nearly 2. I'm an angel mummy to 3 special babies Sam lost at 8 weeks May 08 ( natural m/c), Taylor at 9 weeks July 08 (mmc with erpc) and Jessica at 19 weeks April 09 (mmc with inducment). Now ttc our 6th baby and hoping for a sticky one!!! x