Newbies: anyone else just starting TTC#1 ?

Well AF arrived today a few days early, so I'm on to cycle 2.

I've ordered some OPKs and Concieve Plus off Amazon. My cycles can be a bit unpredictable, so hopefully the OPKs will help us make sure we DTD at the right time and I didn't get much CM last cycle, so the lube should help with that.

Good luck Mary are you taking any particular approach or just having lots of sex?!

So, day 1 of my first cycle of trying! Squeeeeeeeeeeak!

Good stuff pinkie at least you know where you stand.

No experience with CBFM, I'm afraid. And I haven't taken the pill in years, sorry, guys!

Well, the spotting has stopped (I think), which is very odd. I really don't think I've had anything like this before. I'm going to wait until Wednesday (2 days before AF due, 12/13 DPO) and test then with FMU if AF hasn't properly arrived. I've got a FRER, so it should be accurate then, right? I fear tomorrow will be a very long day!

I am getting so confused with all of this!! Only on cycle 2 after coming off pill in mid aug... App said I should have ovulated that weekend there but no signs at all?? Anyone else having this issue? Hope some of you lovely ladies are getting some good news!!

Think you are all right about those diets, healthy eating and veggies it is!! ????

Xx

I have one under my desk at work. It's going to stay there for now. I borrowed it from my friend who used it for one cycle and got pregnant after 8 months of trying to calculate with apps and calendars. She is now on mat leave with 5 weeks to go

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Yes AF showed up Saturday morning. I am happy it came and was 30 days. Just wait now to see when it stops then on countdown to fertile phase...again. commencing cycle 2. At least I know my body is working :)

Joey that sounds like it could be promising. :) I'll have my fingers crossed for you for a peak in the next few days and then a BFP!

TheProof I'll keep my hopes up for you that it is implantation bleeding, but if it's AF as you say you can move on properly to cycle 2.

I POAS again, but still a BFN. No surprise there really... Now on CD42... I think the spotting was just a little spotting unfortunately. We are DTD fairly frequently, every few days or so. But add in that both hubby and I are feeling under the weather it's not looking so good at the min.

Best get DTD Joey - wouldn't want to miss an opportunity!

Any more news Ainat and pinkie?

I'm a bit at the moment. AF not due until Friday, but yesterday and this morning I've had spotting. Yesterday I was convinced it was implantation bleeding. I was ridiculously excited (but also realised that I was counting chickens and needed a slap). This morning there's more spotting, enough to warrant using my mooncup, and I reckon AF is on her way.

I know it's not over until the fat witch sings, but my cycles can be irregular and it is within normal parameters. I just hope it starts full on asap, so I can properly move on to cycle 2.

Tested this morning - negative.
Still no AF. Just have to wait for it to show. Very unnerving I must say after all this time knowing exactly when it would be!
On the plus side, this is the first day since stopping the pill that I have no aches or pains or uncomfortable-ness or feeling nauseas! Just tired.

Hi Joey. Was on pill for 15 years came off it almost two years ago, periods totally insanely irregular as they were before I went on it as a teen, almost to the point of being backwards (3 weeks on, 1 off), but got pregnant after four months of SWOI this year.

congrats on the weight loss purple. did you do a test in the end? X

cd39 and ovia thinks that I'll be in my fertile window tomorrow onwards. Go figure. I did have that spotting on day 29 but it was very light and only lasted a couple hours.. that can't have been af. I poas loads from about cd26 to 33 and kept getting annoyed with negatives so stopped..

on a different note, does anyone have a cure for heartburn? I seem to be getting it a lot lately. :-(

I'm afraid that all you can do, ladies, is take a test and see what it says.

Well done on the weight loss purplebiro and good luck to you too pinkie!

If on a 28 day cycle ovia predicted Friday 25th sept. From the Thursday night for 6 days I had bad pain on my left abdo, lower back, felt bloated and no appetite. Then all of that went and I've had a niggling pain/cramp on the left until the last few days.

Hi all - in the same boat but have been taking it a bit slowly until now:

Had (non minerva) coil removed at the end of April - no period between then and mid July and very irregular since. They were very irregular when I was younger (had coild from when I was 17 - not the same one, I hasten to add - I'm 33 now) and I've had a PCOS diagnosis (scan) and put on a lot of weight since then. So since April every time I've been overdue my AF I've been testing like mad and come up negative and AF has eventually come.

Eventually resigned myself to the fact that nothing was going to happen until I'd lost some weight but that we'd keep doing the dirty without condoms while I did (lost about 1.5 stone so far) and then refocus towards the end of the year...

But now I think I'm overdue - not recorded when last period was, plus being so irregular it's hard to tell anyway - and I've got a bunch of other symptoms (see my other thread) so will test today. Had wanted to hold off because I'm just a bit over the negative tests...

So AF was due today, if I had luckily gone straight back to a 28 day cycle. Yesterday there was a slight pinkish colour when I wiped once, nothing since. Last night I got dizzy, sweaty and had horrendous cramps and was on the loo for half hour, unable to move! Then was fine again. No AF so far today. I still have a twingey cramp on the left since suspected ovulation. I did a negative test Monday, if no show tomorrow would you do another? Obviously I don't know when AF will show as first cycle after pill.

Ainat I'd be very tempted to POAS (again?) if I were in your situation. But getting cranky with people does usually mean that AF is on her way for me. I do sympathise with you both as my cycles are on the long side.

Shellbell I'm generally not impressed by faddy diets like juicing at the best of times, but even more so when TTC/pregnant. Eat a variety of good wholesome foods, plenty of fruit and veg, a treat now and then, watch your portion sizes and exercise regularly.

Instead of thinking that I'm still only 5DPO, I'm trying to use the perspective that tomorrow it's only one week until I plan to test (as long as AF hasn't arrived early). It may or may not be helping!

Heya Emily, good to see you. Keep up all updated every so often. :-)

af has got to show up soon right? I'm on cd 38, feeling sick, feeling cranky and getting annoyed with people over stupid things, cramping, headaches, heartburn. its driving me crazy!!!

joey, what's hk? I hope AF comes soon for you, but yeah, good to get yourself checked out at the doctors. :-)

Hi girls not posted for a few weeks but I'll give you an update. After my first month of trying and getting very stressed and upset when AF appeared i have decided to not come on here as much and not look at my Ovia app and just DTD every opportunity and breaaaathhheee. I'll let you know how i get on :s haha. Good luck ladies xxx