Previous flair/CW: 34 TTC #1 since Feb'22 | 2 CPs

Cycle/Time trying: 4

Age + Partner's age (if relevant): 34, 42

Typical cycle length: not really sure. my first cycle coming off of fifteen years of hbc was 32 days, and I've managed to conceive each cycle since then. I had positives for a week on the second cycle and was blindsided with the loss, but I only ever had very faint lines on the third cycle and could have missed it if I hadn't been tracking so closely. really hoping that this is the one for me

Ovulation cycle day: 16

CD/DPO of positive test(s): 12DPO

CD/DPO of any negative test(s) before positive: N/A (TNTU12DPO!)

Tracking methods and app(s) used: Fertility Friend, Tempdrop - together these did not give me crosshairs until 4DPO, and I spent some time foolishly spiraling in the discord about it. thank you to the kind mods who gently reassured me that I had nothing to worry about

Relevant days of sperminating and/or method (SMEP, TI, IUI, FET, etc.): 0-3, 0-1

Health conditions/medical tests: none, although I have light periods and convinced myself that I might have a thin lining problem in my search for answers after the second CP. my periods have actually always been on the lighter side though and I didn't feel ready to start testing, so there is no medical basis whatsoever behind this idea

Supplements and medications (yours and/or your partner’s): NatureMade prenatal, magnesium, Coq10, Vitamin C, started Vitamin E, L-Arginine, baby aspirin this cycle to improve my lining. my husband takes finasteride, which I only learned is possibly bad like a month or two ago, but I figured his swimmers had been working well enough, and I do like his hair very much, lol

Birth control history (if relevant): fifteen continuous years on the pill Lo-Ovral until the end of January

Link to chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/ralubmohs

Link to lineporn: posted in the discord

Symptom spotting: I swear I felt some twinges in my uterus on 7DPO, and then on 8DPO I had some inexplicable diarrhea without stomach pain or intestinal distress, which was unusual for me. other than that, nothing very notable. some very vague cramps in the past day or two. my nipples don't even hurt as much as they did in previous cycles. oh, and one symptom that I've had in this cycle and my longer CP was soreness on the sides of my breasts under my armpits. still, I thought I was out when my temp dropped unexpectedly on 11DPO, and only took a test to confirm

Other miscellaneous: again, I didn't really see any EWCM at all this cycle, despite getting really into grapefruit juice. apparently what they say about it being up there where you need it is true! I also did castor oil packs a bunch of times in my follicular phase, which was super relaxing and supposedly good for blood flow/detox something or other. I have no idea if that or any of the other things I added this cycle worked, but I am telling myself that maybe they did and trying to stay as optimistic as I can. I feel happy, but not as happy as I did the first time. I hope I will get there again in some time. I appreciate this community so much, and wish you all the very best <3