CD 24

Wow, I was a ball of nerves leading up to AI, and now two days have passed already!

I have been over-analyzing my chart, other women's charts, my cervix, and my OPKs. Today's test was so incredibly negative, I could barely see the line--much like when I first started testing two weeks ago. I decided to do some research online on fade-ins and -outs to see how common they were and what that means for my cycle.

After reading POAS.com, I discovered that one or two of my OPKs were positive! The result lines were what the website called "Half Positives," in that one side of the line was as dark as the control line, if not the whole thing. I have marked this in my chart, and it is looking more and more like I ovulated two days ago--the day of insemination.

I'm not sure how good my chances are with this information, but I will keep taking my temperature and hope for a thermal shift. It was quite low today, which bothers me, but yesterday's temp could almost be a spike, which would make today's temp a fallback rise, if it goes up tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

I have been very emotional today and yesterday, which kind of goes with the territory when you're clinically depressed, but I have been very teary. I cried last night, and a bit today. I am just very sad. I am hoping that is a symptom of ovulation, to go along with the little pangs I've had in my abdomen lately, and the spotting I had the day of my second positive OPK. (It was literally a spot of pink, not much at all, but there nonetheless.) I haven't been charting my cm because it would be mixed with semen, but I have been checking my cervix itself. Last night it was very obviously open! I hope this means I ovulated last night. My breasts are also different; I have Montgomery's Tubercles again, and the areolas are larger. If I have a confirmed ovulation on my chart in the next couple days I will start listing my symptoms.

CD 24:

BBT: 35.79 C
CP: Medium, medium open

CD 23:

BBT: 36.07 C
CP: Medium, open.