yet again, cycle timing isn't working in our favour...

(cycle 20)

yep, story of my life the last 2 cycles. something always prevents us from maintaining an every other day BD schedule. unfortunately, the usual culprit is low sex drive. not much we can do about that except to try again later or the next day. and even more unfortunately, it happens when its the most important BDing days.

this cycle, oddly enough, i only managed to catch my LH surge on an OPK because the tests when i thought for sure they should have been positive and given me a smiley on the digital test, it didn't, so i tested that evening and sure as shit, it was finally positive. even more oddly enough, it only lasted something like 12-18 hours unlike the first cycle i used the digi OPKs and had positives for two full days... last cycle, i was lucky enough to even catch my LH surge since i didn't start testing til cd12 to avoid potentially wasting tests if i had a delayed O again,and then i O'd on cd14. so due to the positive OPK from tuesday, i am marking today as O day. not super hopeful that this worked, but hey, last time i skipped temping and just used OPKs, i got pregnant. fingers crossed i'm lucky enough to have it happen again.

aside from the cycle i got pregnant and the first cycle after the MC, i can't help but wonder if my weight loss (which is 22.8lbs so far!) has had something to do with the fact that more often than not, my cycles are shorter and i O earlier than when i first started charting. its something to consider, but then i've had at least 2 cycles that i O'd on the later side of my normal (not incl. the first one after the MC where its common to have an extended cycle while your hormones level out) since dropping a few pounds that it kind of blows that theory out of the water. but my cycles are mostly, consistently on the shorter side my normal, so there is at least some stock in my theory... whatever the reason, it is kind of nice to not have to wait so long for O so it speeds up the process at least a little bit, not that i enjoy dealing with AF a little more often...