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@Ms.Mermaid: i believe you want all of the dye to have settled, so no pink streaks.
I wouldn't stress about it too much. Just bd a couple days after what's close to positive and call it a day

I'd love everyone's help interpreting what's going on with my cycle this month. Last week, I used cheapo OPK and Clear Blue. Cheapos were looking close, and Clear Blue was giving me high readings. I felt like I must be nearing ovulation, and that my earlier temp rise and crosshairs (which FF later removed; see earlier posts in the thread) were a fluke.

Fast forward to now. My cheapos have not peaked—they've reversed. This morning's had a very faint line. The Clear Blue errorred out, and when I removed the test stick, it too only had a faint line. Both tests are working backward, not toward ovulation. And my CM has dried up as well.

But here's my temp (attached). After that one-day drop, it's steadily rising. We BD every day last week because of the CB high readings, and honestly, we're both exhausted. Judging by CM and OPKs, I'd say the fertile window has passed. And a tiny part of me keeps eyeing that single-day dip and wondering, but I'm afraid to get my hopes up. (I even Googled if you can have positive OPKs but be pregnant, and apparently you 100% can.) Any thoughts? If this was your cycle, what would you think?

AF appears to have shown up early this month I started spotting a little last night and there is more bright red this morning. I'm bummed even though it was only our first cycle trying I was hoping for an extra Christmas present. Good luck to everyone still in the running!

I POAS on Saturday to a BFN but it was only 7dpo, so very much still in the running!

I'm in that phase of the TWW where I count and recount how many dpo I am obsessively. Fun! (I'm probably at 9 dpo today). Trying to wait it out until at least Friday!

I also just realized that this is probably around my 25th TWW (my first took a year and a half to stick, we tried a few times before my miscarriage last year and we're a few months into this round). Which means I've done this whole symptom spotting nonsense for nearly a YEAR of my life!!! That's bananas.

So if my OPKs are now getting lighter, does that mean I have already ovulated and I missed the peak surge?

@Ms.Mermaid: i agree and as long as you've been bding I wouldn't worry about missing the peak surge on your strips.

@Ms.Mermaid: Yes, ma'am! Go get busy!

@Ms.Mermaid: The joys of ttc! Get busy, lady!!

@nicollette1189: boo. I'm with you. BFN yesterday at 11dpo. Just waiting for AF. Pretty sure she's on her way -- yesterday I was in such a sour mood allllll day, just like i always am one or two days before my period starts. I literally curled up in a ball on the couch at one point and said to my husband, "if this isn't proof that i'm getting my period in two days, I don't know what is!"

@nicollette1189: Right??! Last month my period came TWO WEEKS LATE. I was for sure not pregnant and just waiting. it. was. the. worst.

And, of course, with that I was worried that I'm going through menopause and my eggs are dying and on and on... fun! Here's to timely periods!

@EmmaNZ: how long is your cycle generally? If I only had one test I'd wait until I was at least a few days late before testing

@EmmaNZ: oh it's the worst trying to wait until you're late! My body has been crazy since we started trying and was late last month with no bfp

So last night I had a ton of O pain (like, could barely walk); also had a second positive OPK. My app is saying that means my ovulation date is today. I couldn’t do anything last night because I was in so much pain; is it worth giving it a last shot tonight or should I call it good? If today is O date, then we hit O-2 and O-3.

I'm out. Moving over to January. Good luck to those of you still in it!

@afc061018: @Raspberry: @nicollette1189: I’m sorry to see this but hoping the new year brings you all good luck!!

I cannot figure out what is going on. I'm still having pretty serious cramping similar to my mid-cycle pain. Based on my OPKs, I'm something like 6 DPO, which I guess could make this implantation pain? But it's pretty high up, like feels like it is still in the tubes. ...Are the ovaries just a lot closer to the uterus than I think they are?