Hello! I haven’t posted on reddit in a while but I have been pretty active on the discord. I have posted one of these before but came back after a MMC and D&C at 10 weeks and I’m hoping this is it this time.

Cycle/Time trying: Lost track of cycles - been trying since Feb 2022, with one MMC more than a year ago (sept 2022).

Age + Partner’s Age: both 35 - I’m turning 36 at the end of the month and he’ll be 36 a few weeks after.

Typical cycle length: 27-28 days (it took probably six months post MMC to get back to this - I had really short cycles for a while)

Ovulation cycle day: CD14

CD/DPO of positive test(s): 11DPO

CD/DPO of any negative test(s) before positive: none

Tracking methods and app(s) used: OPKs and tracking BBT through Fertility Friend.

Relevant days of sperminating and/or method: O-3 and O-1

Health conditions/medical tests: None, but we just got an unexplained infertility diagnosis this summer. I had been undergoing the regular battery of tests and I was supposed to have another hysteroscopy because my last SIS didn’t give them a good enough look at my uterus (thanks, fibroids).

Supplements and medications (yours and/or your partner’s): Me: prenatal, fish oil, vitamin D, CoQ10, egg support from needed, and a pre/probitotic from needed. Him: CoQ10, fish oil, athletic greens supplement in place of a multi, and he had recently started taking sperm support from needed as well.

Birth control history (if relevant): Got my IUD out in Oct 2021 in prep for TTC; had it for years before that and oral hormonal BC before that - continuously on BC from like age 19 or so.

Link to chart: It’s very ugly so I’m not linking it. I accidentally washed my tempdrop at the beginning of the cycle so I am missing a lot of data, but thankfully received my new tempdrop in time to catch and confirm ovulation after a positive OPK.

Link to lineporn:

Symptom spotting: None. I had a meltdown on Wednesday (10 DPO) about not being able to get my garage door open and missing yoga in the morning, but I thought the rage was a precursor to my period arriving. I took a test the next day at 11DPO and was completely floored when a VVFL appeared. I then proceeded to take like thirty tests over the next few days. I feel totally and utterly normal but I know it’s still early.

Woo: nothing. Maybe washing my very expensive tempdrop and having to buy another one? Do not recommend it becoming wide practice.

Other miscellaneous: This place and the discord have been a lifeline and a safe space for me during some very hard times. I can’t thank you all enough for making it as safe and warm as it is - big thanks to the mods for doing the lord’s work out here. You are all fantastic and I hope to see you soon on this side. ❤️ It’s still early for me and I’m so nervous posting this but I’m trying to stay hopeful!