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@sslm, @grace: do you guys think there is a chance that FF is wrong and I O'd on Monday? I'm confused because I got my first positive on Sunday and I had eggwhites CM plus I thought it was weird that my temp had been rising already on Wednesday.

Thoughts?
My Ovulation Chart

@alison206: I agree with sslm. My understanding is that your OPK very quickly goes negative after you O. The pattern you've are seeing is called a "slow rise", which I have all the time. FF usually puts my O date on the day before the peak, just like you. I'd rather it erred on the side of a later O date. It's terrible to be officially late and going crazy wondering why the pregnancy tests are negative.

@sslm: Haha! I'm glad they are back. I think I also use pessimism as a defence mechanism. It's so much easier to be pessimistic, than dissapointed.

@JoJoGirl: I wrote this on WB when I was formally diagnosed... Just copied it over. Thank God for the bees or I never would have put to together!!!
hereit is:
For those that asked what symptoms I have, it was a combination of observations about myself. You all are about to get real down and dirty with my body to beware...TMI. Haha. When I was a kid, I had severe menstrual cramps, like, pain beyond belief. I went to the GYN and found I had a cervix problem and ovarian cysts (symptom #1&2). I had a procedure to fix my anatomical abnormality, then was placed on birth control at like age 11. I was not sexually active, it was a treatment for the cysts.

Since I had been on hormonal birth control throughout puberty and my entire adult life, I had no idea my periods were irregular (symptom #3). They aren't bad, but my O dates have fluctuated from 13-20 and cycles from 27-38 days. So now that I am TTC and keeping track, it was brought to my attention. They also vary from light to obscenely heavy, like this last one was the heaviest I had ever had. (symptom#4).

Here's where I get down and dirty. I have....um...hair issues. I have very thin hair and am losing it, have even posted a thread about it (symptom #5). I also have hair...um...on my body in places I shouldn't? (symptom#6) I have it on my nips and it is very thick and dark on my belly - have always shaved. (symptom#7) I always figured it was because I started shaving it in fourth grade. So embarrassing. But hey, whatever.

I also have pretty bad acne, which is well managed with an intense cleaning regimen. I spend a lot of money on nice acne products. (symptom #8)

My last symptom is my insulin resistance. I had always attributed this to eating unhealthy, but even with diet and exercise, my blood sugar came down, but it is higher than it should be especially for not being overweight (I was pre-diabetic, which would be type II diabetes which is associated with obesity, and my BMI is 23!!! I just didn't get it).  I can physically feel my blood sugar spiking if I drink a sugary drink or eat a piece of cake or something. That was the main reason I wanted Metformin in the first place. (symptom #9).

So, in talking with you ladies and reading about it, plus seeing some patients with it, I figured what the hey. I'll bring it up. And I'm glad I did! Thank you, bee!!!!!!!!!!

@alison206: I think you could have O'ed on Sunday or Monday! Try looking of FF for what it says about numerous positive opk's... I think that may be throwing it off?

@Grace: how's you're chart? I'm not on my computer so I can't look up the bookmark!!!!

Temp is still up but I'm spotting a little, so I think I'm going to be out tomorrow. Gah, back to a short LP.

@dharmainitiative: I really hope you get some of the answers you need and that a BFP is in your near future!

@jojogirl: I've been having pregnancy dreams and my bf had one about me having twins. Like you, I'm trying not to read into them but it's sooo hard not to!

@rachel: It must be so annoying and upsetting to not get answers because it hasn't been 6 months. Maybe you should try a holistic dr?

@sslm: Fingers crossed!!!!! I *think* (not good at reading charts) that your chart looks great!

As for me, I am waiting and trying not to go crazy. Some moments I am so sure I'm not preggo and some moments I am 100% sure I am. Only Aug 1 will tell and even FF says thats too soon. I did have a huge temp jump today (not sure if that means anything).

@sslm & @Grace: I think you can have anovulatory short/long/irregular cycles, and I have irregular cycles. Temping is a VERY good way to find if you are ovulating, but from what I understand in talking with some girls on WB that are in and out of RE's, the only 100% way to know for sure you are ovulating is with 7DPO blood work. There was a girl on there that was menstruating somewhat regularly like me and her 7DPO bloodwork showed that she indeed was not ovulating. Also, my thermal shifts can almost never be pinpointed because of somewhat erratic temperatures. That's why I think I may not be ovulating. I may be crazy and it truly may be my shitty thermometer that really seems to only know four temperatures (bought a new one from early-pregnancy-tests.com, it better be good!!).
@sslm: FIngers crossed you don't spot today!!!!!!!!!!!
@Rachel: B6 is helpful, but have you tried a full B complex? The other B vitamins increase absorption, so maybe that will help? @JoJoGirl: I hope your dream comes true!!!!! =)
@alison206: Triphasic maybe???? Only time will tell.
@Grace: To be honest, I never really truly got a positive OPK last cycle, but the questionable one was on CD16. I will try OPK's again this cycle and see what happens.

@sslm: Oh wow, I'm so so sorry! I can't really imagine what the feels like, but I know it doesn't feel good. *hug* Your time will come, hopefully soon!

@sslm: Did your mother have any trouble conceiving?

@sslm: I am sorry hun! Hang in there!!

@sslm: I've been quiet this month. : ) She completely understands the loss and everything since she lost my brother after he was born, so I know she 'gets' part of it. I guess now she kind of wants me to move on and I also think that whenever I talk about what hurts me, it hurts her since she feels my pain too.

Did you get my last email? I sent it like a week ago? If not, I'll email you again!

@sslm: I'll check my email. Grrrr.....technology sometimes.