Ovulation

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From the community

Recent discussions

help!

I feel like i’m going crazy. Me and hubby had an accident this past cycle and am supposed to start my period today or tomorrow. i pushed out a pee to take this test and will test again in the morning. Am I crazy though, or is that a faint line?🫣I can’t trust my own eyes.

Easy@home

Still getting used to ovulation tests, I've always gone by my egg white mucus but starting to doubt how accurate it is as a tracking method! These are the ones I've taken so far, over a few days, with the bottom one being today. Premom says it's still a low result! I had egg white mucus yesterday so this does show it wasn't a very reliable method I guess!

Progesterone in luteal phase after ovulation- did it help you stay pregnant?

After recurrent losses my fertility doctor has prescribed vaginal progesterone pessaries to be administered morning and night three days after ovulation. Has any of you tried this and do you think it helped you sustain a pregnancy long enough to get a positive test? Did you start taking it 3 days after ovulation as well or did you wait for a BBT spike, or was it some other timeline? Any insights or advice would be much appreciated since I am desperate for this to work. Thank you

See anything?

I've been pregnant 4 times before and by the way my belly feels I might be pregnant.
I think I might be 5 dpo
I have always gotten a positive on 6dpo so we'll see!

Just talk

We have been trying since August to get a positive pregnancy result. I also started taking ovulation test to track ovulation and tracking my period. I'll try one more time. If it's not help we might have to seek fertility help.

Does this look like I’ve ovulated?

I’m sooooo soo hoping this could be our month 🥺

PCOS girlies

Sooo, we're unsure on when baby is actually due..
I had a withdrawal bleed from tablets GP gave me, which started on the 17th of August, bled for 10 days then stopped for a couple of days and bled again for another 4..
However, mid september I was showing signs of ovulation??
I dont think my bodies ever ovulated before due to having pcos 😅

Ovulation discharge

Ladies!
Does this look like ovulation discharge???? Pic in comment!

One day late advised to test by Flo app

Is there a line or is it faulty

Hcg

Hey mamas! Has anyone had their hcg tested yet? I've never really checked it in the past, but I went in at 23 dpo and it was 2589, and then today at 25 dpo it was 8914! And I have no idea if its normal for it to rise that quickly😅

Ovulation peak?

Help I’m so confused!!

I am due on my period tomorrow. Pregnancy test are all negative however my LH test keeps getting darker. I believe I ovulated around 11-13 days ago.

I had spotting which started 5 days ago (completely new for me in my cycle) and lasted around 2-3 days very light!

Has anyone been pregnant and the LH strips picked it up before a pregnancy test did?

Ovulation induction

Hi all I’m starting to look into ovulation induction and wondered if anyone could share their experiences - good and bad! I’m Oxford based so looking at plan your baby and LCRH beaconsfield online.
I do ovulate but my cycles range from 35-60+ days. Currently having a very long cycle and getting tired of it all. Been TTC no2 for 16 months x

Is it normal to get a line this dark on ovulation test near end of cycle?

I’m day 24 of my cycle. First month of not being careful. I’m around 9-10 DPO with negative pregnancy tests. However I have had spotting the last few days and mild cramping (not usual for this time in my cycle).

Got a peak ovulation test then it went lighter to indicate I ovulated around 10 days ago however today the line has become stronger again.

Trying for a baby

How do people deal with the time of inbetween ovulation and seeing if you’re pregnant I’m finding myself testing almost daily waiting and hoping to see a little faint line. I know I need to stop and just let it happen but I just can’t help my self how do people wait or what’s the earliest you’ve found out you are pregnant? U

LH strip cycle day 28🧐

My cycles are usually 27-29 days long, currently on cycle day 28. No signs of period currently. Last 2/3 days had headaches on and off, bad spots on skin, feeling off it in general. Have no pregnancy tests in the house as been trying to not buy them in but had a couple of LH strips left, took one out of curiosity. Wasn’t expecting anything to come up being so close to coming on… could I have ovulated late??? I’m so confused, last time I did an LH strip close to my period basically nothing came up..

Chances of pregnancy

Hey! I took a LH test and it was negative on the night of CD11, but positive at 1pm of CD12 (first positive)… we had sex at 1am from CD11 to CD12… then we had sex morning of CD13 (7am). I tested CD13, and LH was still positive… we fell asleep and did not ttc CD14-15… when did I ovulate and what are the chances of pregnancy?

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