Pregnancy Forum
> Getting Pregnant Forum
> Missed Ovulation (Page 1)
TOPICS
DOCTOR QUESTIONS
If you're experiencing difficult conceiving, you are not alone. Learn how doctors define infertility and how infertility affects both men and women here....
Many things cause fertility problems. Learn common causes of infertility for men and women here, plus info on factors that affect the ability to conceive....
Sometimes fertility do not manifest any symptoms. Other times there are definite signs. Learn to identify possible problems and know when to ask for help....
Q: Missed Ovulation
asked by:
shortgeek
Active User, very eHealthy
|
Replies(34)
mc4ever02
Extremely eHealthy
|
*star*
Extremely eHealthy
Sometimes when I was using the opk, I would think that I wasn't ovulating. It never really got really darker than the test line, but I could tell when I was o'ing with the ewcm and the light line on the opk. I didn't test this month as this was the last time we could try for 3 months. Hubby is having a hard time with this condom thing!!!! 
He doesn't think he can make it a whole three months. lol. We have never used them, so it is just taking him some time to get used to the idea.
Hopefully you will have a better week next week. Try to reduce your stress. Take a long bubble bath with candles. That always does the trick for me. I started a new diet this week and it is harder than I thought. I have no problem with breakfast and lunch, but by the time dinner comes around, I want to eat the house down...
I hope you are feeling back to your old self soon.
He doesn't think he can make it a whole three months. lol. We have never used them, so it is just taking him some time to get used to the idea.
Hopefully you will have a better week next week. Try to reduce your stress. Take a long bubble bath with candles. That always does the trick for me. I started a new diet this week and it is harder than I thought. I have no problem with breakfast and lunch, but by the time dinner comes around, I want to eat the house down...
I hope you are feeling back to your old self soon.
|
shortgeek
Active User, very eHealthy
|
negar
Experienced User
Sorry hun about missing you Ovulation. That sucks, like we don't have enought stress and dissapointments. That said, you deserve to pamper yourself. I wish you a peacefull week 
)
)
|
shortgeek
Active User, very eHealthy
|
*star*
Extremely eHealthy
|
Volaremos
Experienced User
|
shortgeek
Active User, very eHealthy
|
Abbysmom
Experienced User
|
shortgeek
Active User, very eHealthy
I started using the expensive ones last month - the clear blue easy digital ones with the for a positive. They say that you can use them any time of day. I prefer fmu because it is easiest and because I had a hard time detecting the lh surge later in the day using the old brand.
It was weird - I'd get a positive in the morning, a negative in the afternoon, and then another positive in the next morning. I drink a lot of water during the day and to stop drinking water and not use the restroom for hours before a test is agonizing, especially when I get a negative.
This month I used fmu only. I started testing early because I started getting the wet cm early, but my cm was inconsistent and didn't give me a clear indication of when I should start testing twice a day. The inconsistent cm, the negatives and the small temp increase had me convinced that I didn't ovulate.
for a positive. They say that you can use them any time of day. I prefer fmu because it is easiest and because I had a hard time detecting the lh surge later in the day using the old brand.
It was weird - I'd get a positive in the morning, a negative in the afternoon, and then another positive in the next morning. I drink a lot of water during the day and to stop drinking water and not use the restroom for hours before a test is agonizing, especially when I get a negative.
This month I used fmu only. I started testing early because I started getting the wet cm early, but my cm was inconsistent and didn't give me a clear indication of when I should start testing twice a day. The inconsistent cm, the negatives and the small temp increase had me convinced that I didn't ovulate.
|
Abbysmom
Experienced User
|
shortgeek
Active User, very eHealthy
|
Abbysmom
Experienced User
|
shortgeek
Active User, very eHealthy
|
Volaremos
Experienced User
|
Abbysmom
Experienced User
|
Volaremos
Experienced User
|
shortgeek
Active User, very eHealthy
I had a temp drop this morning, 
but af hasn't shown up yet. I think it is a bad sign if the temp drops on 13 dpo.
I had pretty bad cramps today, but my bb's are not very swollen.
I am 13 dpo and af is due tomorrow, so we'll see how tonight and tomorrow go. With the temp drop, I'm pretty sure she'll show up soon.
My dr appt is next week so I have that to look forward to. I've got some good charts now to show her.
Have you heard of anyone using the over-the-counter sperm checker? I noticed it the last time I purchased an opk. I read that the sperm test is the first one the fertility specialist will do. I think it will be impossible to get an appt with a fertility specialist before I'm fertile again. (My doctor told me that I'd get a referral if I wasn't pregnant by next week.) It might be hard to get the appointment and test results on time for next month, too. Do you know how well they work? (this might be a good doctor question.) Am I being too impatient? Should I just wait to see the specialist?
We've been focussing mostly on me and what I can do to improve our chances, but it feels like it is time to focus on him more. I feel guilty saying that because it feels like I'm shirking responsibility or something.
but af hasn't shown up yet. I think it is a bad sign if the temp drops on 13 dpo.
I had pretty bad cramps today, but my bb's are not very swollen.
I am 13 dpo and af is due tomorrow, so we'll see how tonight and tomorrow go. With the temp drop, I'm pretty sure she'll show up soon.
My dr appt is next week so I have that to look forward to. I've got some good charts now to show her.
Have you heard of anyone using the over-the-counter sperm checker? I noticed it the last time I purchased an opk. I read that the sperm test is the first one the fertility specialist will do. I think it will be impossible to get an appt with a fertility specialist before I'm fertile again. (My doctor told me that I'd get a referral if I wasn't pregnant by next week.) It might be hard to get the appointment and test results on time for next month, too. Do you know how well they work? (this might be a good doctor question.) Am I being too impatient? Should I just wait to see the specialist?
We've been focussing mostly on me and what I can do to improve our chances, but it feels like it is time to focus on him more. I feel guilty saying that because it feels like I'm shirking responsibility or something.
|
*star*
Extremely eHealthy
| shortgeek wrote: |
| I had a temp drop this morning, but af hasn't shown up yet. I think it is a bad sign if the temp drops on 13 dpo.
I had pretty bad cramps today, but my bb's are not very swollen. |
Shorty, sorry you had a temp drop. I noticed that my bb's didn't get swollen at all last month. That was the first time in a long time that has happened. Sometimes I get swollen right after ovulation.
| shortgeek wrote: |
| Have you heard of anyone using the over-the-counter sperm checker? I noticed it the last time I purchased an opk. I read that the sperm test is the first one the fertility specialist will do. |
I've never heard of this, but I would be willing to give it a try. Where did you see it?
| shortgeek wrote: |
| I think it will be impossible to get an appt with a fertility specialist before I'm fertile again. (My doctor told me that I'd get a referral if I wasn't pregnant by next week.) It might be hard to get the appointment and test results on time for next month, too. Do you know how well they work? (this might be a good doctor question.) Am I being too impatient? Should I just wait to see the specialist? |
whoa girly, maybe you do need to just relax a bit, you sound like you are very anxious about all this. I think it's great you are going to a specialist, but try to just relax. If you can't get in right away, then so be it. Gives you more time to relax. You know what they say about stress, it can keep you from conceiving.
| shortgeek wrote: |
| We've been focussing mostly on me and what I can do to improve our chances, but it feels like it is time to focus on him more. I feel guilty saying that because it feels like I'm shirking responsibility or something. |
I wouldn't feel guilty about that. I recently had a talk with dh and addressed the fact that it might just be him and not me that has the problem. I got him to agree to start paying attention to his health for the next three months while I have to wait to ttc. He said he would. We both smoke, and I am trying my hardest to quit, right now I'm down to 2 or so a day. He is trying to quit as well, but not doing as well as I am. he also agreed to cut back on the drinking. He doesn't drink a lot, but he does drink after work and on the weekends. He also agreed to start taking a multi vitamin. That is going ok - when he remembers to take it. I am constantly putting out a vitamin on his dresser so he remembers to take it.
|
