Who wants to buddy up?!

The only thing I've changed diet wise is I've cut down on my coffee- limiting myself to 1 coffee shop cup (medium) a day now. I don't really drunk much alcohol anyway. I'm also taking folic.

Does anyone else go on to those online due date calculators and work out what their due date will be if they get pregnant this cycle? I know I shouldn't but I can't resist! If I get my bfp this cycle my due date will be Dec 31st apparently.

I think there's a lot of apps about. I've had about 6 different ones in space of a week lol.
mines working for me at minute so we shall see.

I haven't changed anything diet wise really....taking folic acid but that's about it.

just got fingers crossed now as according to app today is the day to start the dtd marathon .

I know that app violet! I found it too hard to read and got fertility friend instead. You get a free month on the premium version too which is nice.

Has anyone changed their diet, or stopped eating/drinking certain things? I don't really drink alcohol that often, usually only when we visit my dad actually, so not sure how I will explain that one away yet! I'm limiting coffee to one cup a day, normally its about 3 or 4, and started taking folic acid at the beginning of March.

Also does anyone in your real lives know you are trying? No one knows we are trying yet and think it would put more pressure on if people knew. My two best friends think were starting trying in December, one of them I may enlighten in the near future, or I may just wait for that bfp fx! So its nice to chat here about things, with other people doing the same!

I like the app Issie, as I'm not using opks it gives me something to work out ov from, and if youve recorded your cycles for a while it should be pretty accurate.

Nicky on my phone its this spinny wheel thing, and a really hard to work out calender, with all these different sorts of flowers on, and i cant work out what flowers means what lol!

Ooh those apps sound good, I feel left out that I don't have an app, I may have to download one.

Nicky's right, sperm can survive for ages, I'm sure I read that they can survive up to 5 days inside your body so you've definitely still got a good chance this month Violet.

I think it's about 72 hours.

I have one where it maps it out on like a chart and the high chance of pregnancy the higher the block is on the chart. it's quite a good one. I've got samsung s4 so may vary from phone to phone x

Does anyone know for how many days the sperm can survive inside waiting for ovulation? We started dtd marathon today, and will do tomorrow but then will have to miss tues, wed and thurs, as thats when OH is away. My phone thinks ov will be next monday but i think it could be earlier than that, as its only the third proper cycle post pill, so don't think everything regulated itself yet. Hopefully ive still got a chance, with only friday to mondays??

Issie - that sounds like a good plan,.

Nicky - ive got ovia but i find it a bit confusing tbh, its the one with the wheel isn't it. Ive got another, thats just called my calender and that one seems easier to use.

Well my tactics this month is to dtd every 2 days between 2nd and 14th of April (ish) as I'm due to ovulate about the 8th and seem to be pretty regular. Hopefully that should defo cover the key days whenever they fall!

I've got about 5 clearblue ov sticks left over to use up too so started them yesterday but not too bothered about the sticks this month- have been using them since December and no luck as yet.

I too have an app on my phone. .ovia fertility so I'm just trying to follow that at minute. I do have the ovulation strips but there only cheap ones and think a bit rubbish.

I'm still not 100% sure I'm right with my cycle as it's first since coil removal.
I had it removed on 26/3/15.
I started bleeding next day and bled for 5 days so I've just inputted that info into app and seeing what happens this time really. fingers crossed it works. x

Violet I'm not sure on it as day light savings came 3 days after ovulation and messed up the timing so made my temp rise look a lot lower, plus I had positive opks after ovulation. But my temp chart shows a slow rise as my body adjusts to daylight savings so i think I probably have ov'd.

4 of you so close together? That'll be a fab week when you test!

Im not sure as im only using a phone app to track ov, so dont know for sure when's best. Also this month only really got fri, sat, sun and mondays due to OH working away during mid week. So will just have to do what we can. Nicky - are you temping or opk'ing etc? Would have thought mon, wed and fri would cover the bases though, what about the following week though, isnt it possible you will ov that week? x

I'm thinking mon - Fri....altho maybe pushing my luck there lol. oh works long days so might have to go with mon, wed and Friday so we may have good chance. altho he may surprise me and be happy at the 5 day stint lol. I think if we only manage dtd every other night at least still good chance...hopefully.

how about all you other ladies?? what's your plan of action? x

Wow so four of us all pretty close together, that's exciting. Nicky when are you starting your dtd marathon then?!

CuppaSarah - how come your not sure on your cycle this month? when are you going to test?

Good luck everyone x

Thanks Brooke, I understand now, so I'm CD13 today then and due to ov around the 8th (31 day cycle).

AuntieDee sorry to hear about your mc

CuppaSarah, how dare he rebuff your advances, outrageous! Haha. Sounds like me and my oh at this time of the month

I've always understood that cd starts from day 1 of Af, so if you came on today, today would be cd1. Hope that helps :) cd12 for me today, had tons of Ewcm this morning again, so definitely going to try and dtd lots over the next few days. :) fingers crossed for lots of bfp's :)

I'm really sorry to hear that auntiedee here's to your next pregnancy sticking!

After my dip last yesterday my temp went up higher than it was before! So that's gotta be a good sign. I did try and coax my other half into a safety shag last night, in case this was ov but he refused me! we've obviously been TTC too long of he refuses sex!

Sod the legs in the air thing - a good orgasm and dipping the cervix in the semen is enough ;)

I'm also TTC #1 - just had a MC though so need to get back on the horse

violetibiza88. ..I'm exactly same as you cycle wise..8 days after cycle began. sprinkling baby dust to us and all the other lovely ladies xx

violetibiza88. ..I'm exactly same as you cycle wise. sprinkling baby dust to us and all the other hopeful ladies fingers crossed xx

Ha it's not the most comfortable position to be in lol....laid flat on your back with legs in air lol....my oh just shakes his head x

Oh and if the whole legs in the air thing is a myth that would be great as I hate it!!

Hi Violet, I have no idea what 'CD8' etc means but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be along soon.

I think you need to be trying to dtd in the few days before ovulation or the day of ovulation to maximise your chance of getting pregnant (but I'm no expert!) It's kind of a good idea to dtd regularly in the middle 2 weeks of your cycle (so a week either side of the day you think you'll ovulate) as it's not an exact science...I think that's right anyway!

^that should have been 34 days not 334 days lol

I'm CD8 today (if that means 8 days since day 1 of cycle when last period started) sorry still getting used to the terms. My app thinks I will ov on the 13th, but its predicting me a 31 day cycle. Based on the fact that ive had two periods since stopping the pill, the first being 334 days and the second 28 days, so i think it split the difference to predict the next one. But I think ive got back to normal now so wouldnt be surprised if its another 28 day cycle, which i always had before pre pill. So based on that could be due to ov on the 10th. When should I start dtd?

I also thought the whole legs in the air thing was an urban myth. Think with the force of ejaculation anyway it wouldn't make much difference tbh
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