1st month TTC

I've not been charting, temping or taking any notice of my CM. With the hpts I've also ordered 50 ovulation sticks and a basal thermometer. No idea what I'm doing with them, but it's a start!

Apologies for tmi, but I've been wearing my mooncup for work in case AF shows up, and when it comes to taking it out it feels much higher than usual, don't know if that means anything, haha! And CM seems pretty dry tbh.

Blah. and I don't know if the stomach cramps are real, or nerves, or in my head!!

I was going to wait till my tests arrived to test, but I'm thinking it's been long enough since my last period that a bfp should show up so if I got a bfn it would definitely be a bfn if you get me?

DH is just worried about money, and we're putting the house on the market in the New Year so ideally he'd like that all sewn up before we have to think about babies.

It'd be some impressive Super Sperm if I was pg though

U sound as confused as me retrohippy! Altho my DH is as obsessed with me and as soon as i toldhim we had a positive opk he was dtd like mad yesterday! Bleeding/af or whatever it is has stopped again. And as gross as i think this is i have been watching the old cm and it went watery the last few days and now today is starting to look more like ewcm. But how when i was bleeding last night and thismorning? I just dont get whats happening.

Sounds positive for you tho hippy, u should test to find out either way... And even if timing isnt great i know from experience that u will work around that and be fine.

Need to vent! DH is showing serious lack of interest, lol!

Came off the pill a couple of months ago, had usual 'pill bleed' straight away, then next period 26 days later, but was very short, only two days and light. Then a week or so later I had very very light spotting for a couple if days and crippling backache. I thought that might be ovulation bleeding, or a bit of a remnant from the very light period.

We're using condoms, and haven't DTD that much anyway, but it's now been 36 days since and I'm going nuts! I'm constantly thinking I've come on, had light stomach cramps for a week or so, but stronger today, but it might be in my head. Ordered a load of internet cheapy hpts, they aren't due to arrive till next Monday, so if still no sign of AF I'm peeing!

I know there's a stupidly small chance of being pg, and it's most likely to be my cycle settling after coming off the pill, but I'm still wondering!

We're planning on ttc in the new year, if I was pg now it wouldn't be a disaster, but would fit better with work if we wait a couple of months who am I kidding, I'd be over the moon

Sick of waiting!

Well if i wasnt confused before i bloody am now! Opk stick said positive yesterday.... Last night spotting...and today it seems like af is back, 8 days after last weeks one day bleed. So confused and annoyed after the excitement of the opk result yesterday to now think i have no chance of my xmas bfp :-(

She's back. January bus for me!

Hi nzkitsune! :)

AF has disappeared. Turns out it was only the tiniest bit of spotting yesterday. Hope she turns up today or I will reach peak levels of confusion!

DP said yesterday that when we get our BFP he's gonna want to tell the whole world right away due to excitement! I think he's worse at getting his hopes up for a quick BFP than I am, if that's possible

Glad you now know you've ovulated MrsW - get shagging!

MrsW I have the same feeling! Not told anyone, feel like I could talk to someone but I know I can't! My friends have been discussing babies and marriage, none of us are engaged or have/had even been thinking about babies, at least to my knowledge.

I have a friend who will prob go crazy if she isn't the first to be pregnant/married and I just wish it would happen now rather than later! Want to blurt it out to my mum and dad and even my OHs parents but I know it will just add pressure of the questions from them all the time. Something I can do without!!

So glad I can vent on here!!

Haha that's awesome that you got a positive result with the ovulation sticks!! We aren't using them yet, just trying to go off CM. We'll see how things track though and if no progress in a few months I'll switch to using the ovulation/temp tracker stuff.

Oooooh that kind of thing could get tricky with your friend.. I hope she gets pregnant first too!! I have a few friends (and a sister-in-law) with kids already, but none of my friends are TTC as far as I know!

I haven't told anyone except my Mum and a couple of good friends. I really don't want the pressure of people asking "so how's it going?" haha. That makes sense about how you feel 'sneaky' not telling your friend. I definitely think you have good reasons though for not telling her. You can just tell all of us here instead!! :-)

Welcome nzkit! Im in my first month too, finally got a positive result from my cheapo ovulation sticks today :-) i spent all day randomly smiling over the buzz of finally getting somewhere with them sticks! We also dtd twice last night and 3 times today just to celebrate lol.

One of my friends has told me a few months back that shes ttc her first but she doesnt know iv had my coil out 2 weeks ago and ttc myself now as i had planned to leave it a year or so from now so im really praying she gets pregnant before me as i know shes the type of person to be really pissed off and itl put a huge wedge in our friendship which i dont want. So awkward, i wish we could be trying together but DH doesnt want me to tell anyone which is fair enough but makes me feel like im being sneeky by not telling her. Does any of that make sense? Have you told anyone youre trying?

P.S. I am totally new here - I have little to no support locally, and thought it would be a good idea to get on the forums... so I am reaching out to the Mums online!! Eeeee!

We are starting ttc as well, both of us are 25. I am SO nervous. I am a bit of a worry wort so I am freakin out that it will be such a huge change and I won't know what to do!

Currently on cd35..still no AF. Normally arrives on day 28 or 29. Have poas (cheapy ones) earlier in the week and negative. But whyyyy is af not being her regular self?? I've not even felt crampy as I usually do the day before.

Haven't been actively trying the last month, barely dtd at all to be honest. I know it only takes the once but I'm doubting that I could be pregnant. Do I poas again or wait it out?!

I've just seen slightly pink discharge so think this must be AF starting :( oh crap!

Yes I know Jess!!! Wine in hand right now!
Will you be watching the alcohol in take over Christmas? We might be in the 2ww by then (boo)

God, faerie I know exactly what you mean. 8dpo today I think...extreme thirst/dry mouth, headache, nausea backache and snotty cm. The only I trust not to be imagining is the cm

FX AF doesn't turn up for you and you get the first BFP on the thread.

I'm in a quandry as going to an xmas party tonight...advice I've had on another thread is to behave as normal but don't go OTT on the alcohol. So difficult to know the right thing to do

Still no sign of AF! Feel unbelievably tired, had to nap yesterday and I may have to have a snooze now too. The wait is torture!

Morning! :)

Woke up this morning with my boobs not hurting so I knew it was over! Just crazy hormones this month it seems. AF has started in her usual initial form.

DP managed to make me not-upset because he's a miracle worker. Here's to LOTS of SWI over Christmas for us, toots

Well my AF just made an appearance! Woo!! It arrived 5 weeks after my pill withdrawal bleed so not too bad.

So December will be our first proper month of trying (and knowing we might actually make a baby!)

Never been so excited about my af ever haha!!!
Already worked out if we conceive when the baby would be due (3days before my birthday! )

Happy Saturday girls

Jess - that sounds logical re: ovulation days, keep holding on, you might be surprised yet!

MrsW - I "lol'd" at the image of you erasing your internet MN history in work, I love it!

Anyone tracking symptoms/days etc, I've been using ovufriend, I find it a little easier to understand than fertilityfriend, and seeing everything charted in front of me helps me feel a little more in control! It even tells you when to test etc...

Not that there's any control to be had, but it helps my control-freaky nature!

Ah, just my body being weird then. That seems normal

This is a whole thread of frustration at the moment it seems!

i did have the hormonal one Jess, the mirena - so my periods stopped for over 2 years. Just hope it was so i can get tracking cycles etc..

Also, not sure if half a day would count MrsW - but it's very weird that our bodies are misbehaving considering we were both on non-hormonal contraception! They shouldn't have gone funny at all

That's right QueenFaerie, then you should definitely get a correct answer!

I have decided in my infinite wisdom that I'm actually running a week behind schedule cycle-wise. Because I can be irregular, I could in fact have ovulated 5-7 days after I thought I did. Which would make me only 9dpo-ish and explain all the symptoms but BFNs. This decision will allow me to keep my spirits up in the face of zero AF and continuous BFNs...

if my half day bleed was my AF last week then officaially my next AF is due the 28th according to my maybe baby app not that i check my app daily at all!but like hell am i going to be able to wait until then to test! lol. Il be testing christmas eve and if its by some mirical postivie il buy an expensive test for my DH's present on xmas morning to tell him :-)

When is it best to test? A few days after your were due on? I didn't test with my first dc until I was two weeks late because I didn't realise I was so late!