Ovulation

[jennifer]

I have been ovulating for 7 days in a row, was hoping I was maybe pregnant but dont know what's going on with my body this has never happened before, has this happened to anyone before

[Raspberries]

Do you mean that you keep having a positive OPK test? You can have lots of positives and no ovulation. Where are you at in your cycle?

[jennifer]

Hi raspberries, thanks for replying, this month's ovulation has been really strange the first day of my period was 7th had a positive opk on 13th then 22nd-29th tested today and negative. I always use the test strips and the clear blue digital one so 9 days in total and 8 straight days, I don't have any ovarian cysts, pcos or any other medical conditions that's why I was hoping it might have meant that there was a slim chance I might be pregnant as I have had a few symptoms but the long lh surge could explain that xx

[Gwenn]

Are you charting your temperature? OPKs predict the hormone surge that triggers ovulation, but they don't confirm ovulation occurred. That can be done at home with temping. The only other way to know for sure if you ovulated is at the RE's office with either a blood test or a transvag ultrasound - not something they do outside of a fertility workup/treatment cycle.

If you haven't started temping yet, the website Fertility Friend has good information about how it works and it's free. There are also some books on the topic.

[Raspberries]

Yes, I'm with Gwenn. I'd also add in temping and use fertility friend to chart all your opks and your temps. The basal temperature thermometers are cheaper than the opks and usually found in the same location of the store.

[jennifer]

Hi ladies, I used to chart everything but after having a barrage of tests at the hospital I was advised that ivf was my only hope of having a baby I had been trying for 7 years but because my partner had a child from a previous relationship I did not qualify for financial help so had to be realistic and start to tell myself that it wouldn't happen so stopped all thr charting etc and then on the 26th July for some reason did a pregnancy test and it was positive I have never felt so much joy and elation this little miracle had happened and due to my fertility problems they gave me an early scan first scan was great I cried so much with happiness when the doctor said baby is in the right place but on the second scan 2 weeks later I heard the words no mum and dad want to hear "I'm sorry but your baby has no heartbeat and won't progress" I was histerical and it's been so hard to cope with and so cruel that the most precious thing in life was given to me after all those years then taken away again , so now I am back to charting etc but just wish it would happen naturally and with ease , but as I have been trying for so long I now know that time is nearly ran out for me but it becomes so stressful charting and so on that I know the stress of it all doesn't help either xx

[jennifer]

So last month had the 21 day blood test and everything else is fine apart from the one very important one which is no sign of ovulation however as ovulation occurred very early that month doctor said it could just have been missed, last month I had sex then according to clearblue test I ovulated 3 days later and now 9 days later I have early signs of pregnancy, sore boobs, headache, niggly pain in lower abdomen, peeing more often and tired but I know this is probably all in my head but it's so frustrating, period is due in 9 days but hate waiting and I know that when period arrives I will be heartbroken, maybe one day I will get my dream x

[froggie83]

what does your dr say about the fact that you have tried for 7 years and only had a miscarriage? do they have any ideas as to why things aren't going well?
fertility friend.com has helped numerous families get pergnant have you checked out that site?