TTC for the first time

How weird - Monday will be cycle day 37 for me! I'm really irregular too due to PCOS so god knows. I am getting dull pains so I'm thinking perhaps AF will come... We shall see!!

I don't want to test too early as I hate getting BFNs

bartlet if I go by when u got my smiley face on the opk then 2 weeks from that is Tuesday.
Not sure when I actually ovulated though as I thought it was on the day you get the smiley face but I've since read its a couple of days after that.
And no clue when AF is due as I've been so irregular since coming off the pill.
Probably test on Tuesday morning if I can hold off until then.
Absolutely no signs of AF which is a bonus! It will mean I'm testing on CD37. Last cycle was only 19 days and one before was only 13 days!

wakey I've been out and got some Superdrug early tests, as I've read on here that they are the best. Apparently I'm due on Monday - when do you think I should test. I'm thinking Saturday. When are you going to?

Juhannas There are loads. My Cycle is apparantly very good, I think it is gilly86 that bigs it up
I have PD tracker, I bought it for £1.49, there is a free version of it too.
If you type into App Store (assuming iPhone) period tracker then loads come up!

Thanks for the welcome and advice WakeyCakey

What's the name of the app?

So what about the ovulation calculator on mumsnet?

juhannas Welcome.
You most likely ovulate 14 days before your period starts.
It may be easier to write down all your periods so you know when your cycles start and finish.
I have an app on my phone which works out your ovulation AF etc based on hat dates you put in
It still isn't totally accurate so I've been using ovulation sticks to track it as well!

Bartlet how are you holding up? I have so many make believe symptoms now I can't keep track

Just to add my cycle is quite regular 29 days and I just put 14 for luteal phase as I don't know.

Hi I'm new to this thread. I've been trying to conceive since January.

I'm getting really confused with the mumsnet ovulation calculator. Feeling a bit stupid. I wonder if anyone can enlighten me.

For the last three months, Dec, Jan, Feb I've put in the date of my period. Each time I put it in I get different dates for around ovulation. It doesn't make sense to me.

Please can someone suggest how I use this tool properly. At the moment I don't trust it cos it gives different dates depending on the date I enter being either of dec, jan, feb. ???

AF is still here Bartlet so not for another whole 26 days! But can't hurt to be prepared, right?? Here's hoping! Thank you! Where are you at?

Awh so this is a really exciting time for you, theslug! Newlyweds!! Wishing you lots of good luck!! When are you due to test?

Great! So here's a bit about me. I'm 25, DH is 29, got married 2.5 months ago and originally were going to wait but decided to hell with it! it's our secret at the moment and I've told DH that I feel pretty strongly about no on else knowing just yet. I'm already thinking about when I'm going to test etc, but am being realistic about the fact that we may not catch straight away! Just want to wish you all good luck!

Hi Slug it's never too late!
I agree with not telling anyone. If anything I find talking on here easier than RL anyway!

I'm working 8 days straight after today so hoping that will keep my mind busy, so I can avoid testing before Tuesday, and then I might be able to avoid testing until Friday!

This Friday is international womans day... now I'm daydreaming about conceiving a girl this Friday when hubby is home :) took an ovulation stick test this morning and I got a faint line (I bought them on Ebay because they are so expensive in the shops - got 25 of them for £6 check it out ladies) x

Hi TheSlug! Welcome :) I'm with you on the not telling people we're trying... I have no idea how long it's going to take so don't want the questions!! Good luck :)!!

wakey awh bless him! Jealous of the baking :( I have so much work to do! DH was upset when I said I wouldn't be testing early though I probably will and just not tell him if it's negative so I can avoid looking like a complete obsessed freak and then just casually announce, "oh look, it's my period" when AF does come...

Hi everyone! Is it too late for me to join? I'm currently on day 3 of AF and we will start trying as of this weekend! I'm so excited, and haven't got anyone to talk to in RL as we've decided not to tell anyone that we're trying. Don't want the pressure or all the questions as to how it's going!

Luckily I have a day off today.
Having a baking day. Despite loving baking and doing it a lot dp decided that this is a symptom of pregnancy!! He's so cute sometimes haha!
Thought today that my nipples looked darker (then I switched the light on )
I can't stop eating pickled onion monster munch (this is an all year round craving)
Everything is a symptom!

Sarah Ugh I wish!! It could be AF symptoms, I just have no idea. I was going to test on Saturday or Sunday but I know I'll just feel rubbish if I see a negative test. AF is due Monday, but she's never particular reliable, so who knows! But YES, that's the attitude, that it will happen! The way I'm looking at is that by the end of this year, I will be pregnant. End of! :D

Oh Bartlet you could be pregnant :) eeek! I always thought if you had unprotected sex you would get pregnant, turns out there is so much more science involved. The right day, the right way, eat the right things, take the right vitamins, wow there is so much! oh I might take a look at it. As for symptom spotting, I did this the first month constantly, I was tired, felt sick, had sore boobs, everything. Ended up taking 5 early preg tests, all neg of course, so decided not to take any unless I'm a few days late in future, its horrible seeing a neg sign. But it will happen in time, and if it takes a year so be it, so long as it happens xx

Morning everyone :)

Sarah We officially only started trying in Feb (25th onwards I think) and that is when I was apparently ovulating, so that worked out well. However, we have had a few cheeky instances before where we didn't use anything, but obviously they came to nothing. It's weird because although it seems like getting pregnant should be an exact science, and that you only have to have sex at the right time, I'm finding out it's really not! Don't worry about the mucus thing too much - my friends who have been pregnant looked at me like I was an alien when I asked them about that, so I don't think it's the same for everyone. That's good news that you're supposed to ovulate this Friday! pistachio has ordered a book called Taking Charge of Your Fertility, and I've heard loads of great things about it. Might be worth a try for you? If all your bloods are normal etc, then just assume that everything is fine - May is not that long and who knows, you could be pregnant then!!

wakey crazycat I am doing my head in symptom spotting! "Ooh boobs hurt! Must be preg!" "Ooh feel sick! Must be preg!" GAHHH. Am not sure about testing early anymore... I keep going back and forth on it. I think I need to chill out a bit!!

Hello crazycat and wakeycakey. Yes, I'm on 2ww at the moment. My mind was playing tricks on me this morning telling me that my boobs were sensitive. I am trying to ignore it. Obviously if I was ignoring it successfully I wouldn't be on here! Fortunately I don't have a work colleague like Wakeycakey's to contend with.

SarahMargaret - welcome to the waiting room! In all likelihood you will conceive within the first year of trying so there's every reason to be positive.

Hi crazycat I am and so is bartlet
I have been very teary the last couple of days, was a mess at work yesterday!
When are you supposed to test?

Anyone else in the TWW?

I have been tearful this week an seen either pregnant women or new babies everywhere! Yet, as I said to DH I just don't think it's our mth. Not sure why but I just don't feel pregnant. I feel normal.

Xxx

Thanks Bartlet4America, your kinds words are encouraging :) have u been trying for long? We try and dtd as soon as hubby is home fri night and sunday night before he flies off again mon morning. Keeping an eye on mucus too, so far no sign this month, and yet ovulation calenders and aps are telling i should ovulate around the 8th thats this friday. Doc said all bloods were normal and I cant go back until May if it hasnt happened by then, Im praying that it will have though. :)