[Tobi Bateman]

/ttc/chartgraph_module.php?d=2010-03-07&mode=a&ts=1268002324
(you'll have to add the www dot fertilityfriend dot com part

I typically O between CD 15 and 17 and my LP has been pretty consistent at 15 days (except 2 cycles ago it was 17 but I'm wondering if that might have been a chemical pregnancy because I was triphasic, good sized dip at 5/6 dpo, lots of symptoms afterwards and 2 days late with extra spotting with a couple dime sized clots when AF did come - never got a +HPT, though).

Anyway, this has been a somewhat crappy cycle to be charting because I've been sick and have had some screwy temps. Typically my pre O temps range from 97.1 - 97.4 and post O are around 98.2 - 98.5 (pretty consistent in those ranges). But this month I had a couple odd ball high temps before O (or at least when FF says might have) and have had some crazy dips and lower than usual temps after O.

My dotted CH's are on CD16 which at the time seemed about right or if anything a day or 2 late according to CM and OPK. Then on CD18 I got either food poisoning or some horrible 24 hr stomach flu and was throwing up with diarrhea for 12 hrs. It took me about 2 days to fully recover from that (as far as not constantly feeling queasy) then I turned around and got this nasty sinus cold that's been going around. So I'm not sure if my goofy low temps are from mouth breathing at night or if they're implantation dips or if I've been trying to O a couple times and not Oing.

I'm really not sure if I'm pregnant, having lingering effects from being sick, or what.

Some noteworthy stuff are:
*I've had several days with somewhat EWCM - not nearly as copius, slick, and stretchy as my about-to-O EWCM but definitely not creamy and not really what I'd fully classify as sticky (although it is sticky and not clear, but maybe a bit cream colored) and completely out of the norm for my LP.
*I also had a tiny bit of spotting once when I went to the bathroom at 10 DPO, but nothing since.
*My cervix is still closed (typically it starts to open about 2 days before AF comes and I start spotting about that time too).
*For the past week or so, I've been getting dizzy spells, minor headaches, and the most horrible gas (to the point of being painful), and spells of nausea (although I tend to get that during my LP anway, but this nausa feels a little different - more like the dizzy/vertigo nausea if that makes any sense).
*I've also been a lot more tired than usual - I work nights so I'm always pretty tired, but it seems like I can get 6 hrs of sleep after work (during the morning/afternoon), then be up about 3hrs tops before *I'm falling asleep again for another 2 or 3 hrs (before, I could typically go 2 - 4 days with only 4 - 5 hrs of sleep before I finally crashed and had a sleep make-up day).
*And most noteworthy is I should have started AF today, but have absolutely no signs of it starting any time soon.

But with all that I haven't gotten a BFP - I've thought I might have seen a couple extremely faint lines (Dollar Store and FRER) if I hold it the right way in the light, but I think they've most likely been evaps and/or the little strip where the line goes - so faint I can't tell if they're even remotely pink or not and haven't gotten any darker.

[Coley]

I'm sorry hon... I can't get your chart to come up using that url.

Try this...

Go to FF
Click on Sharing
Click on Home Page Setup
Copy the link in the top box
Paste that link in your posting

[Miss. Impatient Bevis]

ahhh she cant post links because she doesnt have 10 posts...

[Coley]

Ohhhh right.

Dangit.

[Tobi Bateman]

Try this:

www dot fertilityfriend dot com/home/25d899

Still BFN, although I haven't taken a test yet today - will take one later this afternoon when I wake up (should be about 5 1/2 hrs of pee-holding). And temp is still up & down, but now I'm wondering if my thermomerter is crap. I started the cycle with one and the battery died at 11 DPO so I bought another one that's a different brand. I went ahead and tested it and once it read 96.6, then I did it again and got 98.1 and again and got 98.3.

[Coley]

Wow. That's really hard to say. You have some major dips, but they always recover pretty nicely.

I'm sorry hon... you've got me stumped.

Here's the clickable link for anyone else who wants to take a stab at it...

25d899 Ovulation Charts

[Tobi Bateman]

At what point should I make a doctor's appointment if AF continues to be a no-show and HPT's remain negative? 1 week late? 2 weeks?

I would call your DR after about 40 days with nothing. Based on CM though, I don't think you've Oed.

[Tobi Bateman]

Ok. I'll call Monday if nothing has happened yet.

As for the CM, I know I marked EWCM on my chart, but that's not exactly what it is (at least not really like my fertile EWCM). It's actually more like a cross between EWCM and sticky CM. It's very sticky and somewhat stretchy. I might try changing it to Sticky on my chart and see what that does with the interpretation.

[Tobi Bateman]

Well, I guess my mystery is somewhat solved. Took another HPT today and BFN. And out of curiosity, did an OPK yesterday and today. Yesterday was -(test line wasn't super pale, though) and today was very much +. So I guess I'm just Oing extremely late. I think working nights is just really screwing with my body. That and the fact that I'm super stressed out because I absolutely hate my job.

[Tobi Bateman]

Had another +OPK today and some pretty major O pains, so I guess I didn't actually O before. And I did a bit of reading and found out that the Melatonin I'd been using to help me sleep (I work nights and have been having trouble falling asleep during the day) can prevent ovulation and screw up your cycles so I'm going to stop taking it (switching back to Tylenol PM).