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liklihood of being pregnant?
In December, i started my period as usual, on the 14th. In january, i was due to start on the 11th, but didnt. I took some pregnancy tests early, that said negative and saw my doctor on the 15th, i was sure i was pregnant. on the 16th i took a pregnancy test at home at night, and it came back positive! the 17th in the morning i started my period. my doctor sent me for bloodwork but i didnt get it done until the 19th, and havent heard back yet about it. my husband and i decided to start trying to get pregnant, so we have done the deed almost everyday, or at least every other day, the last day we did, was the 31st. i usually am a 28 day cycle girl, and am usually regular, this is the first time i have been late in almost 3 years. in fact i was so regular it was our method of birth control. so i dont know if i could be pregnant, if i am, when would i have conceived, i was supposed to expect my period on the 11th, but it didnt actually come until the 17th, so would i have ovulated on the 31st, maybe before, or not yet? because i do want to be pregnant, but we didnt do the deed yesterday, so should we do it today?
thanks gals, i am so tempted to take an early result test on the 12th since it is only 2 days before i am expecting my period, but i think i am going to try and resist until the 14th ,that way with either result i can take a second test on the 16th to be absolutely sure it is accurate.
There should be the option to include a temp if you click on the very top box of the current day. It should pop up a little data entry box and a temp spot should show up there. If it isn't there, you should click on tracker settings in the upper right corner and it should give you more options about your temp there. Looking at your chart I don't think you're due for you next cycle to start until at least the 14th and that's if you have an 'average' cycle. It could be up to 7 days after that when it starts. I wouldn't waste the money on tests until the 14th but I know how tempting it is, so test away. :-)
Just my 2 cents: I don't like charting on this website. I used the tracker but for different reasons....
I used fertilityfriend.com. It is awesome! They will send you emails to help you learn how to use their chart and there are also some good forums. You get a 30 day trial there before you have to start paying, so this is how I did it. I charted on FF and medhelp at the same time. I used medhelp as my back up for when my 30 day trial was up with FF. Then I'd sign up on FF again using a different email (to get a new 30 day trial) and I'd have all my stuff on medhelp so I could just transfer it. FF has a TON more tools and is much more user friendly, in my opinion. If it weren't for the info and tools on FF, I may have never understood my cycle enough to get preg. I know that I kinda cheated the system but I don't have the $35 or whatever to spend a month, so I did what I had to. Plus, when I started to get worried about not getting pregnant I just printed my charts off of FF and took them to the doc. The doc was amazed at the charting tools and said that everything looked great. It would have been much more difficult to try to explain it all to her.
Sorry its so long, I just wanted to help you out.
HTH!!
Just my 2 cents: I don't like charting on this website. I used the tracker but for different reasons....
I used fertilityfriend.com. It is awesome! They will send you emails to help you learn how to use their chart and there are also some good forums. You get a 30 day trial there before you have to start paying, so this is how I did it. I charted on FF and medhelp at the same time. I used medhelp as my back up for when my 30 day trial was up with FF. Then I'd sign up on FF again using a different email (to get a new 30 day trial) and I'd have all my stuff on medhelp so I could just transfer it. FF has a TON more tools and is much more user friendly, in my opinion. If it weren't for the info and tools on FF, I may have never understood my cycle enough to get preg. I know that I kinda cheated the system but I don't have the $35 or whatever to spend a month, so I did what I had to. Plus, when I started to get worried about not getting pregnant I just printed my charts off of FF and took them to the doc. The doc was amazed at the charting tools and said that everything looked great. It would have been much more difficult to try to explain it all to her.
Sorry its so long, I just wanted to help you out.
HTH!!
im thinking i could be pregnant now.........my boobs hurt im nautious i had the temp drop........and im looking at my chart thinking.........it should have happened. so now i am just waiting, but if i am, shouldnt i get a positive hpt on the first day of my expected period? cause i have the early result pregnancy test that is supposed to show up 4 days before your expected period so i thought i would take one on the 12th and if it doesnt show then, i would take another on the 14th. anyways, i am so excited now. still anxious but in a good way. and i dont think its all in my mind now, cause i found another woman in the exact same position, she is also 10 dpo, has the same temp as me and is also due to test on the 14th.
Hey there, hun. All this stress. :(
In all honestly, my advice would be to leave this forum and check out this one: Fertility - http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/96.
I am not trying to get rid of you! But, for you, I think it would be an community of support for women in exactly the same situation as you -- trying to conceive. Some of them have been trying to conceive for years.
For most women, conceiving takes time. Do you know that if everything goes perfectly this cycle, you only have a 30% chance of getting pregnant, and that's if you have sex on your 2 most fertile days? If you have sex outside this window to your 5 medium-fertile days, your chances drop to 10%. Outside this, chances are 0. In fact, my doctor said he wouldn't even discuss fertility issues until I had been trying without success for 6 months.
It takes a strong couple to embark on this road, and you have to prepare yourself for patience. I know this is easier said than done - lol. I know you can do this though.
Check out the threads called "Women of Strength." There are so many supportive women on there who can be your cycle buddies on your two week wait (waiting to take your pregnancy test). They can give you advice on software, if you don't like the charts they have here.
It's just my advice - in fact, I was a member of that forum until I fell pregnant and headed over here. I will hold out hope for you this month, and feel free to do whatever you'd like. Of course, we'll miss you if you decide to go. I think you would benefit from joining a community in your same position. I think it would settle your fears a bit and give you the encouragement to thrive in however long your journey to conception takes you.
I think you should hold onto this though: look at the diversity on this board. We have women who fell pregnant easily, all the way to women with a longer journey who accomplished it via IVF.
The point is, we all ended up here, pregnant! And you will too!
My heart goes out to you and I hope this helps, sweetie. Best of luck no matter what you decide!
In all honestly, my advice would be to leave this forum and check out this one: Fertility - http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/96.
I am not trying to get rid of you! But, for you, I think it would be an community of support for women in exactly the same situation as you -- trying to conceive. Some of them have been trying to conceive for years.
For most women, conceiving takes time. Do you know that if everything goes perfectly this cycle, you only have a 30% chance of getting pregnant, and that's if you have sex on your 2 most fertile days? If you have sex outside this window to your 5 medium-fertile days, your chances drop to 10%. Outside this, chances are 0. In fact, my doctor said he wouldn't even discuss fertility issues until I had been trying without success for 6 months.
It takes a strong couple to embark on this road, and you have to prepare yourself for patience. I know this is easier said than done - lol. I know you can do this though.
Check out the threads called "Women of Strength." There are so many supportive women on there who can be your cycle buddies on your two week wait (waiting to take your pregnancy test). They can give you advice on software, if you don't like the charts they have here.
It's just my advice - in fact, I was a member of that forum until I fell pregnant and headed over here. I will hold out hope for you this month, and feel free to do whatever you'd like. Of course, we'll miss you if you decide to go. I think you would benefit from joining a community in your same position. I think it would settle your fears a bit and give you the encouragement to thrive in however long your journey to conception takes you.
I think you should hold onto this though: look at the diversity on this board. We have women who fell pregnant easily, all the way to women with a longer journey who accomplished it via IVF.
The point is, we all ended up here, pregnant! And you will too!
My heart goes out to you and I hope this helps, sweetie. Best of luck no matter what you decide!
ok and another, i just tried to update my tracker, and i cant figure out how to put temperature in.today its 96.9, and i have tracked it on another site, but dont know how to enter it here, and what does tww mean? it says that on my ticker, its pink now instead of purple and says tww, 10 dpo.
heres a question............how many dpo was it that you tested positive? i took a test today, cause i think it is 10dpo for me, i was gonna wait til the 12th but im anxious, so ill take another on the 12th and if that is negative as well, then i will take one on the 14th, which is the day i am due to start my period. but im wondering when all who are pregnant tested positive on an hpt.
im almost 6 weeks and i had no implantation bleeding at all. the only reason i knew i was preg beforei took the test was sore boobs and cramps, but remember all pregs are diff some women have no signs of early pregnancy at all. this time when me and my husband were trying we didnt do it but a couple of times bc i was tired of "trying" i think its all in luck. i hope your pregnant! Dont freak urself out bc if u arent pregnant your period can be late and it could make u think that you are preg..and ive heard that sometimes when u want to be preg really bad and thats all u think about u can bring preg false preg symptoms on. just try to relax and just keep on doing it! they say sometimes u should do it every other day to let the sprem regenerate! so maybe that week break isnt a bad thing. good luck and keep us updated!
wow i feel like i want to cry..........i want to tell myself that i should be pregnant, according to my cycle, but i feel like i missed my chance, but i dont know how, but i have no symptoms that i am pregnant, and its strange, cause i should be past ovulation yet i am having signs of ovulation all over again..........the egg white mucus, temperature drop, i am extremely, well the only word that really fits, is horny lol sorry if its tmi. but according to my cycle i should have ovulated on the 31st, and we dtd, on the 27th,28th, 29th, 31st and the 2nd.......and then not again until this morning, which is the 9th. and quite a few times before the 27th as well, such as the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th......we did it a lot, trying to make sure we didnt miss, but then i didnt think about what if i hadnt ovulated yet, and we didnt do it for a whole week. 3-8th. if i did ovulate and fertilize, i should be implanting now......yet i have no implantation bleeding, did you all that are pregnant have implantation bleeding? trust me ive been looking for it today is cycle day 23 for me, and 9 dpo (estimated). idk, im wondering what my chances are of being pregnant, but i dont have a reliable chart to check, because i dont have a reliable chart that i can put in all of my information, including when i had sex..........any advice all?
ok i am hoping today or tomorrow i have some sort of sign of implantation, cause its 8-9 dpo for me. i should have ovulated on the 31st. so, waiting impatiently for implantation, and then to take a test on the 12th, and if that is too early i will take another on the 14th, and if that doesnt show up one on the 16th. i have 3 tests, so i have to make em count lol. i feel totally obsessed! its consuming me! lol
I'm glad you found charting tools that you feel comfortable with.
Good luck to you! I know the waiting can be a little much. I also tested 9 dpo because I was tired of the waiting and got a faiiiint +.
Good luck to you! I know the waiting can be a little much. I also tested 9 dpo because I was tired of the waiting and got a faiiiint +.
oh and just food for thought, maybe im getting ahead of myself here, but the 14th, the day i would find out if i am or not, is my daughters 3rd birthday party, not to mention valentines day, it would be a great present. but my whole family will be here, so i want to buy my daughter a white shirt, and write on it in red glitter that says im the big sister on it, so she can open it with her birthday gift, and that is how i want to tell everyone that i am pregnant if i am. im excited, its how i want to tell my husband too. so i will have to get the shirt just in case, and that morning if i test positive, i can wrap it with her gift. am i overly excited? one day i think i definately will be pregnant, then another day i will get myself thinking i am ovulating, so i will think i missed my opportunity for last month, but then i get to thinking no.....even if i ovulated 2 days later than i should have the sperm would still be there........so i talk myself into thinking i am pregnant. just so you all know, i am the most impatient, anxious person you will probably ever talk to. this forum is nice though, cause when you cant talk to family and friends and get them all excited or have them hound you or pressure you, it is nice to talk to other people going through the same thing. =) thanks girls.
oh yeah and if any of you ladies would take a min to look at my ov chart id appreciate that xxx thankyou take care all xxx
hello i just thought id say hi :) mandalynner i know how you feel i was late for my period in oct 08 i was 9 days late did a test at 7 days it was neg :( i finally came on on the 27th of oct so that woul have meant i ovulated around the 10th of nov and af was due 24th of nov but it didnt show up again so i waited and waited but then my boobs was hurting alot and i was tired all the time so i did a test when i was 10 days late seeing as i was 7 before and it was neg x on the 3rd of dec i did my test and it was positvi i was soooooooo happy id been trying for a year (not madly tough) sadly it ended with a miscarrige i was exactly 7 wks :( i had to keep going for blood tests to make sure my hcg lvls had dropped it took about 2 wks for a preg test to finally come up negative ( i thought how weird i'm actually doing a test i want to be negative ,go figure) so i waited for my next cycle to show i knew it could take some time but luckily i came on , on the 15th of jan so im guessing i ovulated around the 29th of jan so me and my fiance did our homework on the 25th 26th 27th 28th and 29th (i really want a baby) im due on , on the 12th of feb i have 1 week left woo hoo , i keep telling myself im going to wait and see if my af shows up but we'll see i'm not the most patient person , but if i do test i will defo wait till my af date if it doesnt show by 13th i will see best of luck to us ey x baby dust for you :) keep your chin up it will happen when its meant to everything happens for a reason even the **** stuff xxxx
Whoa -- take a breath :)
Well - I'm not going to say that this is a published "method," but I can tell you what worked for us...
I did my research and learned that in most cases, there is really only the possibility of getting pregnant 5 days a month, moreover you are most fertile for 2 days only. Those most fertile days are the day before and of ovulation.
Now the tricky part is "guessing" when ovulation occurred. Some women have success testing their cervical mucous, but for me, I felt it was too subjective. I temped and used ovulation predictor kits. One tracks that ovulation has passed, and the other tracks that ovulation will occur. Bango!
Ovulation usually occurs 2 weeks after the first day of your last period, so I started testing on day 13 (some women begin testing earlier). I got a + OPK on CD 14, so I *believed* I would ovulate on CD15. We DTD on CD 14 and CD 15 and that's it (yup - for the whole month - we're busy so we had to make it count)! On CD 15, I got my temperature spike, so I knew that I had in fact ovulated. If I hadn't, we would have DTD every day until my temp spiked. Temperatures will stay elevated through when you expect your next menses if you are pregnant.
I fell pregnant the first month of doing this (and we only had sex twice -- well-timed), but everyone may be different. BEST OF LUCK!!!
You can view my ovulation chart if you'd like and you think it would help... I hope this helps at least, but I'll be hoping that you're already preggers!
Well - I'm not going to say that this is a published "method," but I can tell you what worked for us...
I did my research and learned that in most cases, there is really only the possibility of getting pregnant 5 days a month, moreover you are most fertile for 2 days only. Those most fertile days are the day before and of ovulation.
Now the tricky part is "guessing" when ovulation occurred. Some women have success testing their cervical mucous, but for me, I felt it was too subjective. I temped and used ovulation predictor kits. One tracks that ovulation has passed, and the other tracks that ovulation will occur. Bango!
Ovulation usually occurs 2 weeks after the first day of your last period, so I started testing on day 13 (some women begin testing earlier). I got a + OPK on CD 14, so I *believed* I would ovulate on CD15. We DTD on CD 14 and CD 15 and that's it (yup - for the whole month - we're busy so we had to make it count)! On CD 15, I got my temperature spike, so I knew that I had in fact ovulated. If I hadn't, we would have DTD every day until my temp spiked. Temperatures will stay elevated through when you expect your next menses if you are pregnant.
I fell pregnant the first month of doing this (and we only had sex twice -- well-timed), but everyone may be different. BEST OF LUCK!!!
You can view my ovulation chart if you'd like and you think it would help... I hope this helps at least, but I'll be hoping that you're already preggers!
i did the same thing! I wanted it so bad its all i could think about! I know exactly how u feel! Take a deep breath and relax..if u get urself too worked up u could make ur symptoms late if u arent pregnant and then it will really make u go nuts. good luck and keep us posted!
im so impatient. so i now have an online fertility planner. its a calendar that i tell all my signs or what not to, and it tells me my most fertile days. but i am totally confused, cause once i put in the day i started, and all the days i have had sex, there are only the past 3 days i have done my temp in the morning, and checked my vaginal fluid, or cervical discharge whatever you want to call it. and it did tell me everyday from the 25th through today i was fertile, which isnt saying much, but now it says today, today is the only day the whole month i am fertile.......i dont get it......and we did not do it today, or yesterday so now im really irritated. ive been sitting here waiting for a sign that i could have a possible chance of being pregnant......watching for implantation spotting, which probably wont be happening until at least the 10th of this month........and im starting to feel a bit rediculous, like a 12 year old waiting for santa claus...........he knows theres no such thing, but keeps hope anyway. its wanting to be pregnant so bad, but probably not being so i tell myself not to get my hopes up. but am soooooo anxious. im driving myself crazy.
well good luck! and let us know! Dont feel bad about buying 4 tests. I took 7 pregnancy tests! hehe. ill be thinking about ya!
im about going nuts already, we did the deed yesterday. i did start charting, but from what i have been reading i should have already ovulated, and should begin implantation in a few more days so i would think i would know if i am pregnant by the 10th, so i will take a test then, and if thats too soon, i will wait for the 14th. and just in case thats too soon, i bought foutr pregnancy tests yesterday lol. im a little excited. but my temp yesterday was 96.2, and dry, and today i was 96.8 and dry. so im still charting, but my chart says today is my last fertile day, but it has said that i am fertile everyday from the 25th until today.that is a nine day window............so i am pretty sure ive already ovulated cause i have about a week or so ago, had the wet, like egg white, slippery stretchy mucus like discharge, i remember specifically cause i was insecure that i was too wet during sex, and there wasnt enough friction.
If your cycle is typical and you started the 17th, I would do the deed yesterday and today to up your chances. Have you started charting yet?
If you see a temperature spike, you know that you have ovulated already and do not need to "keep trying," after ovulation your chances of getting pregnant have passed.
I think definitely you could be! Test in 2 weeks, and let us know!
If you see a temperature spike, you know that you have ovulated already and do not need to "keep trying," after ovulation your chances of getting pregnant have passed.
I think definitely you could be! Test in 2 weeks, and let us know!
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