CD15: estrogen rising.

Got a high on my CBFM, indicating rising estrogen levels. The annoying thing about the CB monitor is that it only tests once a day (and yes it occurred to me to buy two and set them for different times but i'm not that crazy YET, okay?). So I don't know exactly when the estrogen started rising, but it was some time between 8 am yesterday and 8 am today.

Now, the LH peak should be about 24 hours from the estrogen peak. But because I haven't been using the CBFM long enough I don't know whether or not this has detected the first edge of the rise (which could be several days out) or the peak (24 hours out). Will know tomorrow morning.

In any case, so far the CBFM is winning this month. The Ov-Watch jumped the gun like it did the first month. The OvaCue did too, but it's never been very good at predicting, just confirming, so I forgive it.

So. Best current predictions are LH surge tomorrow, ovulation Tuesday.

Yeah, did I mention that tomorrow's insem was cancelled too? Assuming all systems are go on Monday, first shipment of sperm should arrive Tuesday morning. We're going to insem on Tuesday, and hope for the best. It can't hurt. I'm not terrifically hopeful, though, not with a single insem so late.

CD13: Your Daily Mucus Report

Well, tomorrow's insem has been canceled. KD is still in bad shape. Poor guy even skipped his pain meds, but all that produced waas pain.

If he can send a package off tomorrow, he will, and we'll get it Monday. It'd be interesting to see if it survives 48 hours in transit. I bet it will, properly chilled.

New set of possibilities:
If I ovulate on Sunday (CD15, Ov-watch and OvaCue predicted), then game's over before it began.
If I ovulate on Monday (CD16), there's a chance.
If I ovulate on Tuesday (CD17) or later, then things are about as good as I could hope for.

Yesterday I was praying that the auguries were right, now I'm praying that they're wrong. Turn around, ovaries! I didn't mean it!

CD13: Your Daily Mucus Report

Glad to report that cervix is edging north, and there is a whisper of fertile mucus. Still think today would have been way too early, but have more faith for tomorrow. The next chance after that will be Tuesday, and Tuesday may well be perfect.

thankyouendocrinesystem!

Huh!

Just got off the phone with our KD. Poor duck is suffering from a pancreatitis attack (it's reoccurring) and is doped to the gills with pain medicine and is unable to. er. donate.

He thinks he'll be able to do so tomorrow.

I am so sorry that the poor guy is sick, but selfishly must say that this is perfect. I really felt like tomorrow was going to be too early, and now instead we get Saturday to cover the Ov-Watch and Ovacue's predictions, and then I can ask for another one next week when all the other signs (and OPKs) hopefully line up.

it's an ill pancreatitis that blows no one any good, I guess...

CD12: getting nervous

Nervous is me. I went ahead and asked KD for shipments today and tomorrow (for insems Friday and Saturday) but now I'm seriously  wondering if the Ov-Watch and Ovacue BOTH did me wrong this cycle. I'm supposedly 3 days from ovulation and my cervix is low and there's no useful mucus in sight. It isn't going to do much good to put sperm up there tomorrow if conditions are like they are today.

I should have just asked for one for Saturday and saved the other.  He's got three shippers so I could beg a third, and will if things look this grim through Saturday.

Conditions can change quickly, it's like New England weather down there. But I just wish they were a little closer to optimal right now, because it's hard to believe that they're going to come as far as they need to by tomorrow.

Please move, cervix. Please secrete fertile-quality mucus, cervical crypts. Please?

Who's got a sodium chloride surge?

I've got a sodium chloride surge!

\o/

For the first time, the OvaCue and the Ov-Watch are in agreement.  Maybe the new OvaCue brains are more susceptible to groupthink. I don't know whether to be delighted or suspicious, but I'm going to go with it.

Friday and Saturday, we baby dance!

JUST KIDDING. We're lesbians. We don't do the nasty to get children. We make a nice pot of tea and, in between sips from bone china teacups,  decorously insert a syringe. Then we braid each other's hair.

If that doesn't work, we break into people's houses and steal them, or else we stay home and dress domesticated animals in costumes.

CD10: First sighting.

First sign of impending fertility has been glimpsed by the newly-repaired OvaCue. It says that my most fertile day will be Saturday, so it presumably thinks that I will ovulate on Sunday.

Nothing but blank stares from the Ov-Watch so far this month, so we'll see. I'm inclined to trust it, since it did so very well last month, well enough for me to forgive its poor performance the month before.

I think it is very likely that it will pop up "Fertile Day 4" within the next few days. Given the blackout dates, the plan is thus, with pink being insem days:



In short, FD1 tomorrow is good. FD1 on Thursday is bad. FD1 on Friday is pretty good. FD1 on Saturday or after is very very good.

Notes: I'm assuming ovulation on OV2, since that's when I went last month... but it could well be OV1. If I assume OV1, the only change I would make is that I'd drop the OV2 insem in the second column and substitute an F2. Hmmm.

I was all pumped about doing frozen earlier this month, but now I'm thinking I should just mellow out a little and try a few more months of chilled.  Maybe. I dunno. The other choice is experimenting with semen that has been chilled for 48 hours; i.e., shipped Saturday, received Monday. It really might not be so bad. It's not hot out this time of years so the shippers will probably maintain temperature well. Might be worth trying and then popping the results under a microscope.