I would normally ovulate between days 15 and 18 and would have had several signs two days before telling me that ovulation is near. We are at day 18 and still nothing. My temp hasn't shifted. I have no ovulating pain. My cervical mucus hasn't increased. I am super exhausted, although my mood has improved. This is the cycle coming off of an IVF retrieval and my cycle after IVF always seems a bit wonky. After looking online at some forums it appears that this is a normal occurrence so I guess I need to learn to be patient.
With that said, I thought I would look up articles on ways to increase your patience.
1. Accept That Everyone is Different: This doesn't really pertain to this situation.
2. Share Your Skills: Again doesn't really pertain to this situation because I'm not frustrated by others lacking skills that I may be better at and can teach them.
3. Act Instead of Reacting: This means do something about your situation for example stay busy so you don't have time to be frustrated. I need to remember this. Today I didn't stay busy so I thought about not ovulating a lot and it definitely impacted my whole day.
4. Slowly Count to 10: This seems to pertain to a situation where you have reached your limit, so it doesn't seem to make sense for my situation.
5. Look at Things From a Different Angle: If you try to see the situation from the other person’s point of view, you will often be able to offer compassion instead of frustration. You may even be able to find a solution you hadn’t seen before. I like this...I think I should look at this situation as well I was able to afford a round of IVF while many others can't and since it's the IVF that is throwing things off, I just need to put up with it and carry on.
With that said, I thought I would look up articles on ways to increase your patience.
1. Accept That Everyone is Different: This doesn't really pertain to this situation.
2. Share Your Skills: Again doesn't really pertain to this situation because I'm not frustrated by others lacking skills that I may be better at and can teach them.
3. Act Instead of Reacting: This means do something about your situation for example stay busy so you don't have time to be frustrated. I need to remember this. Today I didn't stay busy so I thought about not ovulating a lot and it definitely impacted my whole day.
4. Slowly Count to 10: This seems to pertain to a situation where you have reached your limit, so it doesn't seem to make sense for my situation.
5. Look at Things From a Different Angle: If you try to see the situation from the other person’s point of view, you will often be able to offer compassion instead of frustration. You may even be able to find a solution you hadn’t seen before. I like this...I think I should look at this situation as well I was able to afford a round of IVF while many others can't and since it's the IVF that is throwing things off, I just need to put up with it and carry on.