Any other newbies out there???

Barmy is your DH in the Forces, snap if so

had EWCM today, 2 days after finishing AF? Randomly quick ovulation perhaps due to MC?

Hi sorry for not replying retro hippy, I've done my first temp today with a thermometer from eBay, but I also did a left over clear blue ov test this am as its day 6 of my cycle, and I got a smiley face! Last month nothing but I don't think I tested this early although it says to do so on the pack...so maybe they do work, or it could just be wrong again.
On the temp taking I think I read somewhere to try and be as still as you can after waking, well as my 2 yr old was in the middle of us, and her doll kept head butting me, and she was generally pushing me out the bed! I was tossing and turning a lot so prob temp was totally wrong lol!!!
It was 36.28 btw, not even sure what that means...off to do some googling on it! I should be working

On the vitamins questions. The pregnacare ones say take with a main meal, I always forget and then panic I've somehow done it wrong on an empty stomach and they won't work, I used sainsburys cheapy ones,
I'll look out for the coloured snot!!!!

Well AF has now finally shown up on day 54 of my second cycle since I came off the pill. Of course, it had to be today when I was booked in to have a smear test so they couldn't do it and I have to go back in a month. But I don't know if that'll mean another AF time given the timing, no way to tell I guess!

DH is also due home from deployment next week so it also means this is the start of cycle 1 of ttc for us.

I have to admit I have had a few moments of "what on earth are we doing, this is a scary plan!" today. Does anyone else get those moments?

hello girls... I am going slightly excited here too! AF due in about a week or earlier and ....yep tested myself on monday it wss negative but will surely invest in those cheapy ebay tests as well

Hi. Newbie here too. Have a son aged 3, now ttc #2. On first month waiting for af due date start of October before even trying to think about it too much but not doing a great job as I'm here! Had cramps every day since I stopped ovulating but no idea if that means anything!

tinaw20 I found that my temps during my first cycle after coming off the pill and the early part of this one were all over the place as well. They seem to be settling now, but saying that AF is now about 30 million days late (slight exaggeration, now CD53 and no sign) so goodness knows what my cycle is doing.

Great tip on the alternating - might need to do that myself - just to keep those frolic levels up!

Yeah there are all sorts of variations, for before, after and with extra supplements. I got super confused so kept things simple and went for original in the end - the biggest box I could find.

I'm taking sanatogen mum to be which you can take beforehand and also while pregnant... It has 400 mcgfolic acid and 10 mcg vitiams D

Hi, I'm new on here as well, also trying to learn the abbreviations and what everything means! Everything seems quite scary at the moment and in agreement with others after trying so long NOT to get pregnant now I'm trying it seems like the hardest thing in the world. Am 30 and came off the pill after about 13years in April, got a cycle straight away which was good but nothing else so far.
Will be nice to have other people to talk to that are also trying to help understand it all!!x

Anyone else taking Pregnacare? I started in August when we agreed to TTC?

Tinaw like you the doc told me to start taking Folic acid (prefer frolic acid as the name hence the pregnacare did your chemist disagree on this?

Ella you're proudly flying the flag for TTCers yet to go mad

Thanks for the advice on the eBay sticks. I will have a look as at £2 a stick in Superdrug I will be bankrupt before a baby even arrives! I am thinking just dtd every other day for the 2 weeks after my period ends and look out for all the ovulation signs. must not turn into a crazy lady !

I meant Ella* not newly for the second one.

p.s I use Ebay cheapies 50 OPKS for £6.99

Newly well done, that sounds awful but I know someone who conceived on her first month after the Implant!

Newly don't worry, I only use OPKs when I am sure I am near to ovulating (correct CM etc) and then I do two a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. As ov can happen in 12 hours you can miss a positive OPK if you only do one a day.

Started temping this morning, I'm officially out of control
Decided to dtd every 3 days and then every other day around ov as it will be a major turn off for DH if he knows im only interested in conceiving.

Well I used my first ever OPK this morning. The clear blue one with the smiley face and I got an error message. What a great start!

Wow - great to see so many of us on here.

AF has been lighter for me this month so been testing every day hoping it's implantation bleed, as due to late OV on day 20 with a 31 day cycle it's not easy to tell - but and even I know that testing every day like this is obsessing waaaayyy too much!! But I can't help it

Ellabella - like you I'm definitely an impatient woman on these matters!

Newlywed - sorry to hear about your drama - but at least you can start now start SWI

It's official we are ttc! Implant removal was awful! Implant is out!!
But it's out!!!! Took 20mins to find it on ultrasound! Then had to be prepped and have the anaesthetic! It was 1.7mm away from my main artery and lots of nerves! It had moved down loads and to the right by a couple of cm! 1hr of digging in my arm 3 top ups of anaesthetic! Stitches need to come out next week! It had never taken him more than 40 mins from start to finish before! He said it would be one he won't forget! :-D

Will have to wait for things to settle down but the hormone had been wearing off! Going to get some frolic acid and hope for the best!

Good luck ladies!

My thermometer just has the one decimal point, and it's been accurate enough to show a shift for ovulation so far which agrees with opks.

Wow, lots of lurkers have emerged

Quick Q to anyone who temps, does the thermometer have to have two decimal places or is one place past the point sensitive enough?

Officially stopped AF now so am hoping that I'll be ov in the next 2 weeks, when Dh's Mum and Dad will be staying with us.

Hi everyone, can I join in too? I am 31 and came off the pill (Cilest) at the beginning of August and myself and DP are TTC number 1! I am already obsessing and googling like a crazy woman and finding it really hard to concentrate on anything other than baby making!

Am currently on cycle 2 so first proper cycle after a proper period and not just my pill withdrawl bleed.

Now we have made the decision to try for a baby I just want it to happen now! I am such an impatient person! I seem to be seeing pregnant women all over the place and 3 of my work collegues have announed pregnancies in the last couple of weeks!

New here also. 37 and just starting to try and conceive #2. My daughter is already 15!