Thread 4: Ttc without ease, loopy length cycles, post pill poas and everything in between!

Oh looby, sorry she got you...and so early too. If it's a lot lighter are you sure it's defo af? X

AF arrived for me today, a lot lighter than usual but after an unusually short 23 day cycle who knows what's going on! Im was feeling a bit down but after a "pull yourself together" talk from DH I'm feeling better and more positive now. On to the next cycle!
O the joys of ttc after being on the pill!

I'm on cd18. I got as many shagaroos in as poss! Ha! I aim for every other day, but sometimes life gets in the way and it will be 2 days in between. The swimmers can last a few days in there can't they so should still be ok. Don't think I've actually ovulated tho, or if I did I didn't know about it!

Got a feeling I will be on a long cycle like you but will still poas on 2nd sept anyway to get it out of my head lol. X

Luci I am 2 and a half weeks ahead of you! I hope your af turns up quicker than mine! Or maybe a bfp!!??? Did you get lots of shaggeroos (as BoBo put it!) in?

Hello lovelies... Cd37 😂😥🙄😪 might look into that seven seas stuff Sarah. How are you getting on?

Emotions have calmed down a bit especially since the neighbours have shut the gate. Had a good couple of days sorting out finances and seeing my bestie and everything seems much brighter. I have worked out that although i am so excited about ttc the longer it takes the more time we have to save!
Although I still wish af would turn up (never did I think I would want her here so desperately!)
What an emotional roller-coaster being off the pill is. I never knew it suppressed so much, always thought it didn't really effect me!

Hi ladies, hope you are all ok! I have no idea where I am in my cycle, but have decided I'm going to join the tww crew! I came off pill on 31st July with a withdrawal bleed on 5th and 6th August, so am going to poas on 2nd September. If it's neg then I'm on a long cycle so will wait it out for af. I know it is extremely wishful thinking and a bit irrational really but to be honest I just want to poas! 😂

Bobo, I agree with Johno, think you should be fine with a heat bag to relieve your pain. Of course you could wrap it in a towel first to reduce the heat a bit if you're worried. Hope the pain eases up soon. xx

bobo you warm those little eggs my lovely. Don't think it will scramble them. Obviously I picture you as a size 8 but either way there's lots of skin, tissue and organs before it gets to the magic highway. Hope you're feeling better soon x

Hi all. Sorry I have been MIA - wedding this weekend.

I totally know what you mean about wishing the time away - it's so hard not to count down to the next window of opportunity! I also have tons of pregnant friends/ acquaintances. Total count now is 6 people.

I think I am in the tww now as haven't had any more positive opk's. Off on my hols tomorrow so hopefully will be distracted and time will pass quickly. I'm due to test while I'm away so will let you know if there's any news.

I'll try to check in but we are going very rural so may not get signal/wifi. Good luck anyone who's testing before Sept and keep dtd the rest of you!!

Shoney, sounds like you did everything you could have done. Just a waiting game now, fx. Xx

Evening ladies

Just managed last night and no more, think we are both dtd out haha, def wont mange tonight but think we have done an ok job. Been at it every second day since 7th August. I have been feeling a bit crappy this afternoon, still sore boobs/nipples, nausea and cramps. Took the last opk today and a def negative so the two week wait is on. We are away for the weekend 2nd September so will test that day but not holding out much hope to be honest.

If it doesn't work we will be better at it next month because we will have the tests to give us a clear picture of when to start dtd rather than doing it all the time and save our energy.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Hey moonlight I think everyone on here can empathise with you. When you're ttc it just seems like everyone is bloody up the duff! The thing that makes me have to grit my teeth is when someone says "oh and we weren't even trying, hahaha", cue punch in the face gulp of wine shot of tequila!

I tried the pregnecare stuff but read lots of things saying not to take it. I therefore switched back to seven seas and have been taking it for ages. I also take agnus castus- the first cycle I took it was my shortest at 31 days and I was really optimistic but have since had longer cycles. Instead of stopping when I think I've ov I'm just going to take it until AF arrives or BFP. There's so much conflicting advice about AC and I've tried it one way so thought no harm in trying the other.

My theory was if I shortened my overall cycle that would have to shorten my follicular phase- however I never seem to ov any earlier that cd19.

I've had a chilled morning pottering about the house and prepping dinner. Now the sun has come out I'm gonna take myself out for a nice long walk, put my headphones in and forget about everything for a bit.

bobo you're exactly right, I had a long think about wishing away my weeks ttc when I was on holiday. And although I'm a little fed up from time to time I've decided to stop stressing and enjoy everything else and realise ttc is just a little (albeit important) part of my life.

Sending cyber hugs to everyone today X

Sorry to flood this thread girls! But johno what have tried out of interest? I've just done a quick Google on supplements when ttc and I'm very interested to see flaxseed and b6 pop up for regulating cycles. I've been taking b complex for about 6 months (since before I came off the pill) for my hair and nails so I wonder if that had a part to play in my regular cycles once I stopped taking the pill? I also have flaxseed every day on my granola for breakfast for othrr health benefits and again I had no idea that it can help with cycles.

I think it doesn't help that I realised this week I'd be 12 weeks so having the first scan. I'm trying not to be down about it but it's still very shit. Anyway, sorry to bring the mood down ladies needed to vent! Onwards and upwards and all that. Going to dtd as much as possible this month, that's all we can do!

I met up with a friend yesterday who knows I'm ttc and she told me her sister in law just told her that they're trying too. She was a bit freaked out because that's 2 of us now and no one we know has children yet and she's personally no where near ready. Obviously That's fine were still quite young and she's focusing on her career but I think she just doesn't want to get left behind. All I could think it's that it's her birthday party in October and if I see her SIL not drinking I will presume she's pg and I will be heartbroken because I would have been more than 20 weeks then if I hadn't had the mc. It was weird that I felt so angry at her SIL trying... obviously it's not just me and us on here that want a baby but it's a bit weird to hear in real life when you're trying so hard.

I'm sure some of you have looked into this already but for those who haven't, when I was researching which prenatal vitamins to take I saw a lot of women picked Seven Seas Trying For A Baby because it was recommended that it would regulate their cycle by their GPs. A lot seemed to find it did as well. Obviously everyone is different so what works for one may not work for another but if you haven't tried it yet it may help.

Sorry to hear so many of you are feeling down at the moment. Fx for you all. x

johno you're right, I suppose someone could have been ttc for the same time as you but had more chances at catching the egg with shorter cycles. Do you know if there's anything you can take to help with that? Like how there is meds for lengthening lp surely there is something to shorten the first bit so you're not waiting so long in between?

bobo it's quite sad when you put it that way! I feel that maybe now I should be cramming in more stuff I won't be able to do when pg to make the most of it and have things to look forward to and fill the time waiting. Maybe we should book a skydive lol or... wine tasting. I've wanted to do that for a while!

looby don't count yourself out yet, fx for you. Who knows what's going on in there!

It's hard to know exactly, I'm only on my third proper cycle stopping the pill and they've all been slightly different so far. I'm just going with what ovia is saying but now you've mentioned it my luteal phase would be very long if it's right this time. I'll just have to wait and see I suppose!

Hey looby. 10dpo could still be implantation. Fingers crossed for you. Normally luteal phases are pretty consistent- how long are yours normally?

moonlight tell me about it- still feeling a bit cheated that my cycles are still so irregular- if I had a "normal" cycle length I would have twice as much chance of conceiving. I basically have a 4 week wait for ov then the 2ww.

Does anyone consider with 35+ cycles that although for example like me you've been ttc for 8 months you actually may have only ov 4-5 times and had those chances of catching the egg? Maybe this is too much thinking for a Sunday morning!

Anyone testing this weekend? X

I think AF is on its way for me
Brown spotting this morning which normally starts a few days before. I am however only cd22 of a usual 28-30 day cycle. I'm still holding out a tiny bit of hope that it's a bit of implantation bleeding (approx 10 dpo) but I think that's very unlikely unless it looks exactly the same as my pre-AF spotting!
Don't you just love the ups, downs and confusion of ttc!

Fx for you bobo hopefully they get the ball rolling for you.

Why does time go so slowly when ttc? I feel like my life is counting down weeks til ov then counting down tww... 2 weeks is a very long time when you're counting! Cd 11 for me today...

Ooh thanks guys. Still waiting and feeling irritable but nothing curling up in bed with a glass of wine, mint magnum and star trek won't fix! (onto ds9 now...not as good as voyager but apparently it gets better)

Lol at Johno - chefs whites are ridiculously hot, no good for his bits and pieces...my DH is insisting on keeping his as cool as possible with some rather undesirable baggy undercrackers (ewww haha way tmi) not sexy!!

Fx for your appointment BoBo xxx