I'm a POASaholic.

Did you really think I'd be able to wait until 4th of July? I mean, really?

So the test I took today is a bit suspicious. I'm pretty sure it's an evap line, but I can't help but feel helpful. The line showed up around 10-15 after I dipped it... which is past the time they tell you to read the test. BUT. It was still plenty moist when the faint faint FAINT line showed up. So, my head tells me to read it as an evaporation line... but my heart wants to read it as a faint positive.

Here's a picture of it... with the colors inverted.

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That's 7 DPO right there.

So yeah. We'll see how that progresses over the next couple of days.

Can I get a whoop whoop?

Yeah, I'm pretty stoked.

So after my monitor decided that I was no longer fertile for the month on CD 25, despite not having a peak fertility reading NOR a + OPK, I continued to take OPK's each day because I had a suspicion that (perhaps) the stick used on CD 25 was a dud... and/or that, had the monitor kept requesting sticks beyond the 20 it had already used, I would have gotten a peak reading around CD 27 to CD 30. After all, I ovulated (I think!) on around CD 30 last cycle.

So on the late evening of CD 27 of this cycle, I took an OPK... and, drumroll please, got what looked like a positive lead-in. I say lead-in because, up to that point, I'd not gotten anything near that dark. Thinking I might miss the actual dark + OPK overnight, we did the deed. The next morning/afternoon, I got another darker OPK that was more + than -. So, on my chart, I marked both CD 27 & CD 28 as + OPK's. I'm sure that overnight between those two CD's I got a real, good + reading. I took another OPK in the evening of CD 28, and it was basically back down to no second line.

FF also interrupted my temps and marked CD 28 as my O-Day! This is the clearest cycle I've had so far... and it's exciting! And, our timing was perfect, too... with insemination at O - 1 day!

So today is 3 DPO. Unless I start in the meanwhile, I plan on testing on July 4th. That'll put me at 15 DPO. My luteal phase is almost perfect... being no less than 12 and no more than 14. So, if I haven't started by then, I think that'll be a good day to test because I'll actually be late. I also want to avoid that inevitable let-down of getting a negative HPT if I've tested too early. (Plus, I didn't get a good solid + with my daughter until CD 41. I got my very, very faint BFP on CD 39... but we waited two days to retest to make sure.)

Okay. So. Now we wait. :)

Oh, come on!

A low reading again? On the LAST day of my monitor asking for a test! I was really hoping for a peak reading this morning. I mean, it was my last test stick reading. But no. I popped the stick in the machine this morning... waited the 4-5 minutes or so for it to interrupt it... and then removed it to see a low reading.

So, what I was hoping would give me some insight into what's going on inside my body has only left me scratching my head even more.

I'm going to bed.

I'm high.

Well, it seemed like forever that I was getting nothing but low, low, low. Now... all I'm getting is high, high, high.

I got my first "high" reading on CD #17... which was 6/8/10. Well, today is CD #23... and still no "peak" reading. I have 2 more days that the monitor will request a test stick. I'm really hoping to get it within the next two days. I've already gone through a 2 month's supply of test sticks for just this month.

(CBEFM is suppose to only use 10 test sticks a month... making one box a 3 month supply. However, if the monitor doesn't detect a peak reading in the first 10 test sticks, it'll test 10 more. As far as I know, it does NOT exceed 20 sticks per month. But, still... one box is $40, give or take. I'm really hoping to get pregnant this month so I won't have to buy another box of test sticks. Well, that's not the only reason, of course. But that'd just be the icing on the cake if I got pregnant AND saved $40.)

So anways. That's my update. More when I get more to report.

All L's.

Hi.

This won't be long. I have a cold... and feel like crap.

I've been using the monitor since CD #1... and, so far, on CD #12, I am still testing at low fertility. I'm hoping tomorrow will be at least a high... but, I doubt it.

If I don't get a peak on this cycle... or, as I suspect, will get it late in the month, I'm going to contact my OB-GYN to see what he thinks I should/can do.

Anyways. That's my update. Going to bed now.