TTC Baby 3

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Seriously though…what IS this cycle.

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Cycle 5 CD 35

I am really, really done with this cycle.

I've seen a very established pattern with other cycles, even when they weren't the same length overall: my LH spikes, drops gradually over the next 1-2 days, then hits rock bottom until my period comes. My boobs get sore 1-3 days after the spike and stay that way til my period.

LH spiked on day 32, but has remained notably higher than the rest of my cycle (except the spike) since then. My boobs don't hurt.

So now I don't know if I've even had the real spike/ovulated. We've been having so much more sex than usual for so long (due to not knowing when the fertile window could be expected to start, thanks irregular cycles) that the last time, the day after the spike, my husband couldn't finish because it's just been so much more frequent for such a sustained period of time.

If it turns out we haven't even passed ovulation yet...I can't even.

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Cycle 5 CD 32

FINALLY a spike.

For some reason the Premom app has been unable to cope with the fact that I didn’t ovulate when expected and is calling this 7 DPO despite the fact that my LH ratio on the “spike” day in that scenario would’ve been 0.31. I mean I’ll mark today as the peak manually once I confirm a decrease tomorrow. But I feel like the app should be able to figure out that the day with the far and away highest test is in fact the peak day??

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Cycle 5 CD 27

No sign of ovulation yet.

Though to be fair to my body, I have been extremely stressed lately.

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Cycle 5 CD 1

Not that anyone is following along here.

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Cycle 4 CD 27 (8 DPO)

I actually don’t think your boobs should be allowed to be this sore if you aren’t pregnant.

But I don’t think I am.

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Cycle 4 CD 24 (5 DPO)

My endocrinologist said not to be concerned til after another few cycles because it hasn’t really been 6 months of normalized(ish) cycles.

Meanwhile I’m being absolutely bombarded with ads for Mira and Inito. I feel like it’s predatory companies preying on desperate women, like do you really need to spend that kind of money? Will having that data really help you so substantially?

But also…what if. Dammit. The ads are working. What if I’m not actually ovulating and spending that money could mean finding out sooner and then getting help sooner? I know in theory that BBT would help with that but I don’t feel like my sleep tendencies would contribute to accuracy there. I almost always wake up between 4:30-5:30 to pee. So I could take the temp then but then I’d be wide awake and have trouble getting back to sleep and it’s not worth it. Or take it when I actually wake up but then I haven’t been asleep for that long.

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Cycle 4 CD 22

Yep, that was it. LH has been down again since and sore boobs commenced like clockwork shortly afterwards.

I’m not feeling hopeful even though in theory I guess I should be considering this is looking like a more normal length and therefore maybe healthier(?) cycle.

I see my endocrinologist tomorrow morning so we’ll see what she thinks. We are just a few days shy of 6 months off birth control now.

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Cycle 4 CD 18

Might be getting an LH spike at a somewhat normal time??

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Cycle 4 CD 14

In keeping with trends thus far, absolutely no sign of ovulation yet. In fact my LH has been lower so far this cycle than it was over a similar period in the previous cycles.

Cycle 3 from when I started testing til CD 14 I was in the mid-to-high 0.2s, with 0.4 on CD 14.

Cycle 2 the range was 0.17-0.38 during that time, with 0.25 on day 14.

Cycle 1 it was 0.18-0.27, with 0.27 on day 14.

This cycle? We got up to 0.35 on day 10, but since then it’s been as low as 0.08. Today 0.16.

Premom is predicting the fertile window to start the day I go to see my endocrinologist for routine things, so we’ll see if I have anything reportable to share about this cycle when I see her.

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Cycle 4 CD 2

Very beginning of cycle 4, but already 5 months and 1 week off BC.

Yeah that’s about it.

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Cycle 3 CD 41 (12 DPmO)

I’ve been on and off nauseous and bloated. But then my husband started having stomach stuff yesterday too and then I spiked a fever last night and I think I’m just sick in some way. 😩 Sore boobs. Negative pregnancy test as of yesterday. I didn’t feel well enough to bother with one this morning lollll.

One tracker is predicting period tomorrow, another on Wednesday.

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Cycle 3 CD 34 (5 DPmaybeO)

LH went back down after that sort-of-spike, and sore boobs commenced 2 DP(maybe)O.

So, real ovulation or not, I think we’re on the way to the end of the cycle in one way or the other.

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Cycle 3 CD 28

Plot twist: LH spike today.

Not particularly high, just 0.58, unless it went higher later in the day when I was at work (now it’s down at 0.42), but considering that the next highest value this cycle beforehand was 0.41….

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Cycle 3 CD 27

The nausea is gone and the pregnancy test is still negative.

LH is at the highest it’s been all cycle today, a whopping 0.41.

Sigh.

I kinda want to just forget about all the testing, have sex regularly, and let whatever happens happen. But I know I’m not actually capable of being that chill.

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JK the nausea is back!

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Cycle 3 CD 27

The nausea is gone and the pregnancy test is still negative.

LH is at the highest it’s been all cycle today, a whopping 0.41.

Sigh.

I kinda want to just forget about all the testing, have sex regularly, and let whatever happens happen. But I know I’m not actually capable of being that chill.

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Cycle 3 CD 26

Day 4 of nausea and another negative pregnancy test. I have no idea how many DPO since I have no idea if or when I actually ovulated. I have no idea when to expect my period because PCOS. LH went back up a bit from the past few days so I'll keep testing that as well but.... 🤷🏻‍♀️