I am 6 Dpo today and woke up feeling like I have a cold (runny nose/congestion) and my BBT is +1.3 and it has never spiked that high before. I’m not sure I even ovulated this cycle because I never got a positive LH test (it got dark but not positive). Also, my temps only went up a tiny bit after my “ovulation” date. Could this be early pregnancy or do I just have a cold/lowgrade fever 🤷🏻‍♀️

This is my very first time tracking my LH using strips, and I just wanted to share a quick win for anyone with PCOS who gets discouraged by long cycles.

Because of my PCOS, my cycles are unpredictable and I always assumed I just wasn't ovulating at all. For weeks, my tests were completely flat, hovering around 0.10 to 0.20. By Cycle Day 19, I was ready to throw in the towel.
But I kept testing daily, and over the last few days, my baseline finally started creeping up into the 0.30s. Today is Cycle Day 27, and my ratio just jumped to 0.55!

It’s still technically "low" since it hasn't crossed a 1.0 peak yet, but it’s a major upward trend and the highest line I've seen. If you have PCOS and a calendar app tells you that you missed your window on Day 14, please keep testing! Our bodies just take a longer runway to mature an egg.
I’m testing again tonight to see if this turns into a true peak. For those with PCOS, how late in your cycle do you usually get your actual surge?

Really felt like this cycle was going to be the one. Trying to just let myself feel the feels today. Praying it happens before the end of the year and sending baby dust to everyone else✨✨🤞🏼🤞🏼

My partner and I have been trying for a while, and it blows my mind that some people manage to not just do this successfully once, but twice, even three, four+ times. It feels like such a big thing to get pregnant once - all the tracking, OPKs, BBTs, the TTW, the bloodwork, etc. all just to try and make even one baby happen. I guess I’m feeling down and discouraged. I don’t know how some women manage to get lucky so many times, or even just once.

It really hit hard today as I feel like we’d nailed timing this month, got a really strong lh positive and we were on holiday (less stress!) so I thought we were in for a great chance! Sadly on the flight home I got my period a week early which is just a further kick in the teeth that I didn’t even get to do a proper TWW!

When I landed I found out my friend had given birth. Over the moon for them but so jealous at the same time. Why does it seem easy for everyone else?