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Thanks for the welcomes.

@lindsayinny: Ovacue is a saliva-based fertility monitor but it is different than other ovulation predictors because it also has a vaginal sensor that measures electrolyte changes in cervical mucus. So it goes a step further in that it can confirm that ovulation has occurred. Its so crazy because I learned that I ovulated on CD17 when I had thought it was actually 2 days before then....

Hopefully that makes sense? I am new to it so I don't know a lot about it yet. So please excuse my layperson description!

@Littlebit: Thanks for starting this thread. You are doing awesome so far!

@Littlebit: can you move me to 10/6? thanks!!

Well I spoke too soon, since stopping BC AF came sooner than I expected, so i'm tentatively in for Oct!

Cycles Trying: First Cycle!
Current Cycle Day: CD1
Estimated Ovulation Date: CD10
POAS Date: 10/20
BD Timing: Every other day after AF goes away (the sooner the better in DH's eyes)
Anything new or extra this cycle? First cycle so everything's new!! Thinking of picking up so OPKs this weekend.

Bonus Question: What is your favorite holiday? Christmas!

Good Luck to all! I will be a / CHEERLEADER unitl I can figure out what I am doing...lol

I see many many new faces! How great!
I tried to take a HB break, but I love the chats support!!!

Well, I had a potentially awkward situation today. I was going to be at work all afternoon and into the evening today but wanted to take an opk. So I brought a dollar store one along and then proceeded to forget it in the bathroom at work. I drove halfway home before realizing it! I decided to go back and cross my fingers it hadn't been discovered. Thankfully, no one saw it but I had to make up an excuse as to why I came back and had to go to the bathroom. Being a dollar store test it looks like a pregnancy test too so it would have required a bit more explanation than I really want to offer.

Cycles Trying: Lucky #12 (or at least I hope it's lucky)
Current Cycle Day: 2
Estimated Ovulation Date: 10/11
POAS Date: 10/25
BD Timing: EOD/As often as we see each other (I work days/FI works nights)
Anything new or extra this cycle? Just started acupuncture and using pre-seed. Taking a break from fertility treatments but will start back up in November if the next 2 cycles are unlucky.

I love the 4th of July!!! Summer, bbqing and fireworks!!!

@Marfi: Hurray! What kind did you choose?

@Marfi: those are my favorite! Woot! Woot!

Cycles Trying: 2
Current Cycle Day: CD18
Estimated Ovulation Date: Between CD 16-18 ? Nearly positive OPK in the a.m. on July 17 and then an almost stark white one that evening.
POAS Date: October 11 (I'm going to try to hold out until then)
BD Timing: I was hoping for EOD, but missed a day around suspected O. Hope our timing was still okay but I'm not feeling too optimistic.
Anything new or extra this cycle? Started charting BBT again, but missed a couple days around O.
Link to your chart (if you have one and want to share): http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/crunchy1
Bonus Question: What is your favorite holiday? Christmas - I love buying presents for everyone! Now that we're TTC I keep imagining ways to announce at Christmas. Trying not to get my hopes up though...

@crunchy1: welcome to HB, and good luck!

@Littlebit: Spreadsheet? Swoon! (I'm a dork!)

Has anyone else experienced an unusually short AF ? The past 2 months have been so completely un normal for me and Im not sure if I should call my Endo or if she will think im crazy?? Last month it was about 2 days, very light and this month started late Saturday night and by last night it was basically gone. I am on Synthroid and my TSH is .98 but last time I saw her she said it looked perfect for ttc.. hmm very confused.

@Littlebit: That's so weird! Normally before this whole ttc process I probably would have been happy about it! Now its just another thing to make me crazy!

Hello! This is my first time posting on here, exciting.

Cycles Trying: This is the 4th one.
Current Cycle Day: CD3
Estimated Ovulation Date: Around CD15 or so.
POAS Date: Around October 27.
BD Timing: I think SMEP.
Anything new or extra this cycle? This is our fourth cycle, but it's the first time I'm going to try the sperm meets egg plan. I'm looking forward to that. (Weird.) I like having things planned out.

Bonus Question: What is your favorite holiday? Definitely Christmas. I cannot wait.

Happy Monday everybody! I have a question about timing BD'ing. This is our first month really trying and the hubby is feeling lots of pressure to have sex exactly to my schedule. I just didn't think he thought it would be so exact or organized... poor guy! Luckily, he's doing fine.

I am using OPK's and Saturday and Sunday the test and control lines were the same color, meaning positive. But this morning the test line was darker- even better right? So we BD Sunday at noon and this morning before he left for work at 7 am. Hoping I get my temp spike tomorrow morning. (Also, before the positive OPK's began, we were trying to BD every other day when my CM started.)

My question is this: do you BD after your temp spike just in case the egg is still there or is it pretty much a done deal? What if I get another positive OPK tonight? I don't know if the hubby will be up for round two! Any advice is welcome! Also, I don't use Fertility Friend FYI

@ottilie: welcome!

@loopedd: Hi! Glad to be learning the ropes together! Timing sex is way more work than I thought it would be.

@doxielove: Oooo, looking really good so far!