Well she came

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Registered: 08-05-2003
Well she came
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Tue, 09-02-2003 - 11:32am
11 days late and AF showed up. Oh well, at least I know now and not sitting around wondering what's going on. I can look forward to this month now and see what happens. I just hate it because now my AF is 11 days overdue and that just delays the whole process. I would have been O this week, but have to wait almost 2 weeks now. Well hopefully I'll see some of you on the June board. Good luck to everyone. ~~~~Baby Dust everywhere~~~~
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Registered: 05-08-2003
In reply to: hstg
Tue, 09-02-2003 - 12:10pm
Hstg, I'm so sorry. I know exactly what you are going through. I cried the whole morning when AF decided to come after being an unusual 7 days late, even though a part of me was happy because finally I knew something. I then started looking forward to the next month of trying. But, how do I count my days since AF decided to mess with last month? I'm a little nervous because I always thought I knew when I ovulated. I have always been in tune with my body. This last month really screwed with my head.

Let's stay in touch. I'm just finishing up AF right now. AF was kinda funny this month, but so was everything else. So, today should be my last day of her visit. I started charting my temp and also got a OPK (mostly because I've always been so regular, I don't know what to do with this new information of me being 7 days late). So, instead of stressing like I did last month, I'm just going to do a kit. We'll see how it goes. I've never charted or used a kit before. Good luck to you. If I get back to my regular 27-28 day cylce, I should be ovulating around the 11th or 12th. How about you?

Susan

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Registered: 08-05-2003
In reply to: hstg
Tue, 09-02-2003 - 12:25pm
I know exactly how you feel. I've never charted or have taken temps before either. I started doing it about 4 days ago, so when AF decided to come I would be on the right track. I also bought some OPK & HPT over the internet since AF was late I'm not really sure when I'll O now. It sounds like we are in the same boat. Not knowing how to chart temps and using OPK hoping everything will be right this month. I've also used an ovulation calculator from a couple of websites to find out when I was O, but since AF was late I don't know how accurate that will be. I'm sure with the charts and using OPK hopefully we'll get some good results this month. With AF being late you kind of wonder if O will occur on time. Hopefully everything will work out this month. I just wish I knew how to understand the charts better. I should be O about the 15th I think, but with AF being late it screws up everything. Good luck to you too, keep me posted please.

Heather

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Registered: 05-08-2003
In reply to: hstg
Tue, 09-02-2003 - 12:56pm
Heather, I've had people tell me that with the temp chart you are looking to see if o has occured. Meaning, it wont really tell you much before that. It's not a predictor. You're temp should rise after you o and will stay elevated until AF arrives again. If AF doesn't come and your temps stay up, you may be pg. They also say the best natural predictor is you CM. I've always noticed a difference in CM around O, however, now that we have started trying, I've had a difficult time distiguishing CM from my dh's little swimmers. (We've always used either condoms or the pull out method so they've never been in there much.)

The OPK are totally new to me. Since AF was late, I'm not sure when I'm going to start that. I got a 7 day kit. I think I will start using it on cd11 and continue everyday until cd17. I'm thinking surely I'll hit it somewhere in there.

Good luck to you.

Susan

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Registered: 08-05-2003
In reply to: hstg
Tue, 09-02-2003 - 2:25pm
Sounds like you're just as confused as I am about everything. Well I ordered 15 opk and 15 hpt. So 15 opk should be enough to find my ovulation day. And as much as I spent on hpt's this month with 15 I can't go wrong either. Hope this is our month.

~~~~~ Baby Dust ~~~~~ your way

Heather