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@zandile It may be that there are chromosomal issues in your eggs due to age that are causing embryos to stop developing early, before implantation. I’m holding hope that IUI is the answer for you!

@chris516 I used to feel this way, to be honest, but after hearing my mom's horror stories from her two c-sections, I changed my mind. You should do whatever is best for you and your pregnancy, but I do recommend doing some more research into the c-section process and recovery.

@adon Paragard/Copper IUD: perforation x2, negative experience

@nolongerchaff I douse everything in hypochlorous acid, organic or not.

@dhsmith9ii For what it's worth, the last day of EWCM is thought to be the day you ovulate, so you might still be ovulating around surge time. But yeah my main takeaway from all this is that more data/signs = better.

@megan_iola Also true and interesting - I hadn’t really thought about that. I have my first monitored cycle next cycle so I’ll be interested to watch how it all tracks, even if the reason I have that opportunity isn’t so great.

@katrina2017 I’m not sure but if I had to guess I’d say a few days after your first positive OPK and a few days before your temp rise, somewhere in the middle. This is just a guess though knowing it can take a few days after positive OPK to ovulate but also that temp rise can be slow.

@michalrobartabrax I really hope you don't have to get to a point where you have as thorough and obsessive a knowledge about this as me and a lot of the others here, haha. But if you spend a few cycles around and reading you'll figure it out, I promise! Good luck!!

@ariel2420 If it helps at all the way I've been thinking about it is that if you're hitting your fertile window in general, odds are you're hitting the right date. So if you ever worry about a delayed temp rise or missing what you think is O-1, well, there's a chance you're just fine.

@mcg1102 (I was thinking about first peak reading on digital OPKs when I wrote my post since that's what I use; I edited to make it more clear!)

@jermoh That bloodwork looks great. Many countries don't test estrogen at all during FET (or pregnancy) because it basically means nothing at this point. I hope next week's scan is reassuring!

@jaikyuveh They're measuring off peak blood LH level.

@sisi That’s interesting about the sperm, I didn’t know it took so long for them to capacitate.

@sisi Oh no you didn't come off as irritable at all! Don't worry! I think your comment was very informative and I'm glad you posted it; it's an important qualifier I didn't consider. (eta: I think communicating tone through text is really hard even in the best of times...)

@sisi Sorry, I didn't realize it had been discussed before; it is still of interest to me, and I doubt everyone has an encyclopedic knowledge of the sub history so I still think it's worth sharing. Especially for those of us like myself worried about slow temp rises! Good point though about the...

@jmueller HEY THERE. Isn't it great having no cervical mucus at all.

I found this study, which absolutely blew my mind - it really highlights the variability in the timing of fertility signs vis-a-vis ovulation. Only a minority of participants had an increase in BBT the morning following ovulation. And a sizeable minority of participants (23%) ovulated before...