CD18 of Cycle 9 – 5DPO – Scan Day

This morning I had the pelvic ultrasound scan which my GP sent me for to put my mind at rest, for the time-being at least!  The scanner person (still not worked out what their proper job title is so apologies if I am offending anyone!) was a guy who was really sweet – he seemed quite sympathetic and told me that he and his wife have been struggling to conceive also.

The scan was really quick – those who are already mummies will know what happens but for those that don’t: I had to drink 1.5 pints of fluid 1.5 hours before the scan as they need you to have a full bladder. This was the worst part for me as usually I need to pee at least every hour, if not every half hour! T-shirt lifted and top jeans button undone, some warm gel was squeezed on my tum and then the chap moved his scanner over my tummy stopping every now and then to click something on his screen, which I’m assuming was recording images. He used quite a firm pressure, but not uncomfortable except for the fact that I was desperate to pee... It took about 5 minutes in total and he said other than needing to work out some finer details everything looks fine structurally. So far, so good. He said that my GP would have a report in about a week’s time.

I actually really liked having the scan done, in a strange way it made me feel like I was a step closer to pregnancy, because it’s something that pregnant ladies have done! I know, I’m losing the plot! 

Other than the scan there is not much for me to report. I’m 5DPO today so a good chunk of the way through the 2WW but not far enough for anything significant to report. My temperature is staying up and I have lots of creamy cervical mucus, more than previous months, so that’s a positive sign. I feel super tired today, like I could fall asleep at my desk right now, but that could just be due to surviving on one cup of coffee a day at the moment, so I’m not reading anything into it just yet. (But secretly hoping it’s a sign!)

Here’s to hoping this week goes quickly!

CD13 of Cycle 9 – Ovulation day!?

I seem to be back on track with my temps and this morning I had a little drop in temperature down to 36.03. Plus, I used OPKs this week – I had a negative on Monday but a positive yesterday, yay!

I have never had a positive OPK when I tried them in the past but I have come to the conclusion that I just wasn’t using them properly. I peed at about 18.30 and as the instructions said I allowed it to get to room temperature (nice!), something that I’ve never had the patience for in the past. The control line appeared first, within seconds, and the positive line appeared about a minute later. I am so excited, it might well have been a BFP I was so excited!

The OPK instructions say that ovulation should occur within 24-36 hours of the first positive result, so that combined with the lower temperature today and the EWCM over the past few days means I am 99.9% sure that today is ovulation day :)

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I am going to do another OPK this evening; if I get a negative I can assume that the LH surge has passed. And if I get a higher temperature tomrrow it looks like I’ll be on the 2 week wait, arrggh! Bye bye pate and soft cheese and coffee... Bye bye Starflower Oil for now.. 

It’s also not long until the pelvic ultrasound. Mr.Sian asked me last night if the ultrasound could hurt a potential bean as Monday I will be 5dpo – I’ve done a bit of googling and have concluded that it won’t, as ultrasound doesn’t use radiation. I’ll double-check when I actually go for the scan, but for now I feel quite reassured.

Really, really hoping for a BFP this month!  

CD8 of Cycle 9 - to pee or not to pee

After a lovely few days in Brighton we returned home yesterday afternoon, so I decided to start temping again this morning: 36.24 – nothing exciting. Based on the last few cycles I am expecting to ovulate either Wednesday or Thursday next week (CD13/CD14). I am going to give OPKs a go again so will POAS on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

I bought some Conceive Plus last month from an Amazon seller and some cheapy OPKs were included along with some HPTs, so I might as well use them! They are small thin strips that you dip into urine that has been collected in the afternoon – the only annoying thing is that you have to let the wee get to room temperature and I just can’t be bothered to wait. I’ll do it this month though, pinky promise!

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I didn’t go for the blood tests on Monday after all. We’d taken the week of work and decided that we didn’t want to spend the first morning of our holiday waiting in the hospital. So I will go on the next CD3 instead – fingers crossed I won’t need to!

I’ve also just picked up today’s post and have got an appointment at the hospital for the scan – it’s a Pelvic Ultrasound scan to assess the ovaries, womb and “surrounding structures” whatever that means! There are two methods – transabdominal and transvaginal. The letter has asked me to go with a full bladder THANK GOD as I really hate my girly bits being looked at! Hopefully I won’t pee myself, I have to drink a pint and half an hour and half before the appointment, eek! 

Anyway the appointment is on 22^nd August (CD18) so I will of course update on how that goes.