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I also have 26-27 cycles. I was going to ask if you'd read Taking Charge of Your Fertility, until I got to the point where you said you did! The most important thing I learned from that book was that the time from your period until ovulation can vary quite a bit, but the time from ovulation until your period comes (DPO) is almost always the same. That really helped me look back at my charts and realize that I may have been missing the mark on my DTD. I went off what Ovia and other apps said which automatically say you O on day 12-14 or so, which was wrong for me, even with my short cycles. So now that you're taking temps, I highly recommend the Fertility Friend app. With no luck using Ovia when not tracking temps, I took 5 months with no pregnancy, but once I read the book and downloaded Fertility Friend, I knew without a doubt when I ovulated. I got pregnant my 7 month and I ovulated on CD 33! It was such a wacky cycle, I spotted on CD 14-16 instead of ovulating and my temps were super jumpy. But by day 33 once I got a positive OPK, had egg whites, and a temp rise, I was certain I'd hit the mark. I waited 10 days (I had a short luteal phase) and took a test and saw a faint line. So, long story short, yes, your ovulation date can jump around from cycle to cycle. I'm not sure why. The book says things about stress and life events, and I had none of those. But it's possible that you had a chemical and that your hormones are just resetting. If you haven't ovulated yet, just keep on keeping track, and it will come. Then count those days and you might find that you have a short luteal phase too. I suspect that maybe I had a chemical or two due to my short LP, meaning my body wasn't allowing enough time for implantation to complete and hormones to pick up. I also learned from the book that it's not possible to get a period if you haven't ovulated yet, or if you do get a period, it's not a real menstruation, per say. So I think your probably just still waiting to O. I just noticed this is a 5 week old post. Do you have an update?

I think it's definitely possible you could have had a chemical pregnancy and that's why your cycles are off, but also I don't think OPKs are super reliable 100% of the time (at least for me!).

I've actually never charted or temped, it seems too stressful and clinical to me, but if I'm not pregnant in the next few months I may start. I have anxiety issues, so I'm trying to be more relaxed about this since I know TTC can become all consuming.

Since your period is 2 days late it wouldn't hurt to take a pregnancy test just in case!

Hmm, it seems like that may not have been an actual period then. I would take a pregnancy test if I were you! I think it's possible that you ovulated but the OPK didn't pick it up.

This month I never got a positive OPK. I got 9 days in a row of flashing smileys on the advanced digital clear blue tests, which means high fertility, but never peak. I also noticed my lines on the cheap tests getting darker, but never positive. I missed testing one morning and so I went for close to 24 hours without taking an OPK and that happens to be the day I noticed my ovulation symptoms (ewcm and cramping), so I'm hoping I just missed the LH surge.

My period was due yesterday/today, but I'm waiting to test for a bit. This is my 5th month trying, but 3rd month using OPKs. They annoy me!

Good luck!!

Sorry to hear AF came. You have a wonderful attitude going into the next month though! I definitely think optimism and thinking positively is a must when TTC. Good luck!