New & Long! Lots of ???

Gabmarie · #1 April 7th, 2010, 11:55 AM

Hi, girls! I'm new to this board and charting in general. I've been using a calendar and using ovulation test strips for the past few months. I started because I'm breastfeeding my 1 1/2 year old still and ever since my periods came back 6 months ago, they've been insane and all over the place. Last month I o'd late. Had AF from 3/25-3/29. On late Sat 4/3 evening, DH and I had a condom issue. It came off and was sitting inside me. The rim was visible, I pulled it out, and a few minutes later relized some wetness "there" was "it". Sunday-Tuesday I had a ton of egg white cm, it was really bad Mon. I had a bit of an achey back Sun- present, felt some OV like pain Sun and Mon. Today (Wed 4/7), I took on ov test and it was as dark/nearly darker than the control line. This would make it a bit too late to get pregnant, right???? Sorry if it was a bit too graphic!!! I'd appreciate any help!!!

Coley · #2 April 7th, 2010, 03:07 PM

Gab!! I'm Nikki.

First... there's no such thing as too graphic around here!!

If you took an OPK and it's as dark/nearly as dark as the control line TODAY, you're entering PRIME TIME to get pregnant!!

Grab DH and ROCK HIS WORLD!!! Best of Luck & Baby

Gabmarie · #3 April 8th, 2010, 04:53 AM

Haha! Thanks! Yeah, I don't want to rock his world in that way!!! We'd like to wait a few years when we move back to our hometown. Plus my nursing son is a bit of a handful and is up all night long, still! Other than keeping track of things to know whether or not AF is going to show that month, I'm also shooting for a girl next.

. I want to have a nice, long charting history to go by to make that more likely!

I just hope what happened the other day wasn't an oops. It looks like it was my first fertile day. :0

Arya · #4 April 8th, 2010, 05:08 AM

Hi and welcome

Do you have a chart we could peek at?

Coley · #5 April 8th, 2010, 05:14 AM

Ah.... so you're charting to prevent as well then.

I hope you don't get something you're not ready for...

Best of Luck to you...

Gabmarie · #6 April 8th, 2010, 06:11 AM

I do on my phone!

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Gabmarie · #7 April 8th, 2010, 07:03 AM

Okay, so what do you girls recommend to chart with? I've been trying to input things int Fertility Friend's app and when I put in my previous cycle's info, it screwed up this cycle and deleting it didn't fix it. Now it's saying I should ovulate nexxt week, even though I know I did yesterday. Also, what should cm look like the day after ov?

I wouldn't say I'm charting to avoid, moreover to keep track. Since (through a ton of testing) we know my cycles are so irratic due to nursing, my OB wants me to take a pregnancy test whenever my period's 10 days late. I have months where my period skips, so in order to know whether or not I should expect a period, I've been checking with the ov test strips. Boy are things complicated!

Coley · #8 April 8th, 2010, 07:12 AM

Most of the girls here use FF, but there are some girls who use TCOYF (Taking Charge of Your Fertility) or MedHelp. There are quite a few to choose from...

As for what CM should be like the day after O... it's a bit tough to say. Everyone is a bit different. Some will have a patch or two of EWCM in the days immediately after O while others will immediately change over to Creamy. So it really depends on what your body does...