Getting Closer?

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Getting Closer?
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Sat, 09-13-2003 - 7:01pm
Ok so I took another OPK test today and line the was darker than yesterday. Yesterday I couldn't hardly see a line, now today it was about as half as dark or maybe a little darker, but not as dark as the control line yet. Does this mean I should be O soon. Should I hopefully get a + OPK tomorrow. I'm CD13 of 28 day cycle. So this sounds right on track for me, right? I've heard that a line almost as dark as the control line means you'll probably O in the next 36-48 hrs, is this true. Should I be O'ing in the next couple of days? ne more thing, I'm not experiencing and CM yet, will this be a problem or should I get it the day I O.

TIA

Heather

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In reply to: hstg
Sat, 09-13-2003 - 7:42pm
Heather,

Well I am about 1-2 dpo right now. I can't answer you q regarding you OPK as I do not use those, I have the Clearblue Easy fert. monitor and it tells me when I have high and peak fert. days. This past Wed 9-10 my monitor told me I had peak fert. days both 9-10 and 9-11 so we bd like crazy, sometimes 2x in one day, dh seems to produce way more than enough sperm for 2 visits per day sometimes :-) plus we were just making our chances that much more, anyways, after getting my first peak fert. day on Wed. my monitor direction/booklet says that the LH surge (same on OPK) is suppose to single O to take place approx. 24-36 hrs and I had cramping on both of my peak days this past week, Wed. and Thurs. so I don't think I O'ed on Wed. since that was the 1st day of my peak fert. (we bd that morning I got my 1st peak), I would assume that I O'ed the next morning/afternoon on Thurs. since that would of been about 24-36 hrs. later but just in case I O'ed later than anticipated, dh and I bd again last night. Do you have any O symptoms (if you get them each month)? See, after cramping on both peak days along with having slight sore erect nipples I still have heartburn, on again off again crampy feeling tummy and nipps still a bit sore and very red. I do not usually temp (am going to start next cycle) as I have learned that seems to be the only reliable way of knowing if you really O'ed.

Re: the CM (my real point here...sorry to vere off) I have no cm visible in panties unless I check my cp and even then it's NEVER been EWCM so I was freaking out as well thinking ok, maybe I didn't O since I had almost no CM but feeling my cp, it is somewhat still high, very soft and hard to tell if it's open or close, I think closed or trying to close. It is very wet up inside but when I release my finger (sorry, tmi) I get very white and thick sticky cm and only a bit. I don't know what the hell is going on, I use to get all kinds of EWCM and CM when I was on the bcp which is suppose to supress O, go figure!

Next month I am ordering a product/lubicant called Pre-Seed and it's sperm safe and it acts like your own EWCM for the sperm to survive in for days, right now with my amt. I'd be surprised is they lived a day! Here is the website for the Pre-Seed if you've never heard of it, I wish I found this stuff out months ago. You do not need to produce your own per say EWCM but you must have some "sperm friendly" environment for the sperm to survive if you bd a few days before O (like many of our are told to do for better conception). Call the 800 number if your interestd as I did, Drugstore. com is back ordered for months (they cancelled my order yesterday..I was so pissed) so I left a msg on the 800 number (they must be closed for the weekend, I'll try again Mon. if I don't get a call back.)

So to answer your q, yes, within getting your + OPK, you "should" O within 24-48 hrs. and if CM is your problem as it is mine, try the Pre-Seed, I cannot wait to get it.

HTH, sorry so long.

Julie (29), DH (30)

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c 1

cd 22 (1-2 dpo?)

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Registered: 05-08-2003
In reply to: hstg
Sun, 09-14-2003 - 9:18am
Heather, I'm not for sure about the OPK test cause I have only taken it once and it was positive the day I used it. However, as I was coming down off my surge I tested just to see what it would do and the line got lighter. I would say that it does the same in the beginning too. As far as CM, I had lots and lots of EWCM the two days before I ovulated and was pretty dry the actual day I did ovulate (if I ovulated when I tought I did). I'm a little confused myself because I thought that I would have ovulated on the day of the EWCM, but I read somewhere that actually you get your EWCM right before you ovulate because that's the best time to bd so the sperm will be ready for the egg when it releases and the EWCM helps it move and stay alive. That's just what I have read. So, in my situation of not being able to bd until late the day of o with pretty dry CM it will be lucky if anything connects, hopefully though. We'll see, but I'm not getting to excited.

I bet you o very soon. If I were in your shoes, I would think by the line getting darker each day that I was going to o soon. Plus, as far as the EWCM, I know that it helps to keep the little guys alive, but if you bd close or day of o then they don't have to live that long, right? ;) Even though it may be more difficult, I think you can still get pg whether you have lots and lots of EWCM or not.

Good luck,

Susan

ttc#2 c2 cd17 dpo4