Feb 2017 bus is ready to go! TTC this month? Hop on.....

Hi lexi! I'm new too!

I know misty I was actually confused and so was my OH! Bizarre!
You sound like you have more self control than I have! I told OH I wouldn't test last cycle and ended doing 3 pg tests in one day! 😳🙈 this cycle is different-trust no one! 😂😂

Can i jump on please

AF has just arrived 2 days early.. gutted so here we go again... whilst ive just poured a wine

30 yrs old DH 29
ttc #1
cycle 3

baby dust to all.. heres to November babies x

Oh wow EM! How clever are our brains though? It's like they say people who are terrified of spiders are more likely to see them in their room?!
Ladies who are ttc get given much-wanted symptoms and then it's like "haaaa jokes!!"
😈
Defo best to ignore everything and wait for the pee! Totally easier said than done though! I've done loads of tests 🙈 (not this time, in the last few months!)
This whole thing certainly is a minefield 😳

I got my fake implantation bleed and cramping 11 days after suspected ov and 10 days before Aunt Flo was due. Big fakey fake implantation bleed! Body you are not to be trusted-brain you are also not to be trusted. 😂

Blue I was like that last month! Had such sore boobs which I never usually get, had funny taste in my mouth, shattered all the time, and tummy felt crampy etc. Af arrived like clockwork and I felt so disappointed and stupid. I swore to my best friend, I'm not gonna trust my what my body says this month, it lies to me!!😂 gonna rely on science and pee!!
So I'm intrigued by implantation bleeding. It appears to be a good way of guessing pg before test, but it is sooo close to people's af dates, it's almost impossible to tell surely 🙈

You are quite right to do what suits you both! Every couple is different.
I'm probably going to adopt a similar approach.... how do folk find time to have sex most days is beyond me! Ha! I
Hope for a Saturday/Sunday morning ovulation peak! 😂 knackered during the week!
I was obsessed symptom spotting last cycle and have promised myself I won't do any pg tests until I'm one day late..... if I actually manage that it'll be a miracle in itself! I'm the most impatient person on the planet!
Like you said you spend years preventing this for you then to expect to fall pg as soon as you want!
Eeeeek 2ww is the hardest! Be strong and seriously don't symptom spot! It's a head wreck! x

Oh god I am symptom spotting already, have been fairly casual about ttc so far but for some reason this cycle I am starting to obsess a bit. Keep feeling a slight twinge in my left boob (only the left!) and wondering if it means anything Also tmi but had brown muscusy discharge today, only 4dpo so too early for implantation bleed but not sure if I usually get it? Think am just taking far more notice of everything than usual!

Not gonna lie, I tell my hubby nothing. Nada. He's a worrier, and he works long busy hours, I don't want to put any extra stress on him!
It's pretty much the same as our wedding was... I do all the planning and he just turns up on the day lol. So when it comes down to dtd, I just give him the nudge and off we go haha.
We've discussed about having babies of course, but he's happily putting it to the back of his mind and waiting for the "surprise!"
Everyone is different, but that's how we are 😂
You're due to ovulate just before I'm due to test/af! It's gonna be a long 2 weeks lol

Well I again did the same as you! Downloaded clue app went on that..... but it's out compared to the other 2 apps I have since downloaded 😂😭

Are you telling your other halves when you are ovulating? I think I'm due around the 4th but my sister and her bf are staying with us that weekend! 🙈

Not sure if I should say to my OH I think it'll make him feel too much pressure! Poor guy bought me flowers as I was so convinced I was pg and when Aunt Flo came we were both surprised I wasn't! Argh 🙈

Hi Em123, you sound similar to me, I'm 32 ttc#1 cycle 5!
Least you did some creeping. I joined last night and have been spamming ever since lol I'm MN addicted already lol.
I'd be interested to try the CB opk coz as you said, the lines are confusing on the little sticks! Or maybe I should have just read the instructions more
When roughly are you due ovulate? I thought i was due Saturday according to one app, then yesterday according to another app but my stick had 2 very dark lines last Thursday! I dtd wed night and yest morning and I'm on the 2ww now either way!

Hello,

I've been creeping for the last month and would be keen to join in before I go insane.

Ttc#1
Age 33
Cycle 4

Going to try and use the cb opk this month- previously tried the cheap ones but like mistybxx I confused the lines

Was utterly convinced I was pregnant last cycle ...."implantation bleed" sore boobs, nausea going off food I love and smells really going for me too only for my period to arrive spot on at day 30! #facepalm my OH thinks I'm nuts, I think I'm nuts, then I read your posts and thank god you guys know the feeling.

Anyway I thought I would join and end the creeping!

doctor are you sure you're not me? Teaching and shift work don't mix well with TTC!

Finally got round to joining the bus.

First official month of ttc#2 after coming off the pill mid December.

I'm CD16, but no idea how long my cycles are as haven't had a "proper" AF since well before DS.

Hoping I've ovulated already as DH is on nights for the next week and we barely cross paths!

Thanks Blue - good to get different perspectives on this. My cycle lengths are pretty regular at 28 days, so I'm following the "norm" having high readings yesterday and today, which should mean a peak tomorrow (CD13), but the cycle before last I didn't ovulate until CD16 so it seems too early (couldn't pin point ovulation at all last month using IC OPKs). DTD yesterday and today as I'm off work and DH is on nights this week (pounced on him as soon as he woke up bless him ) so fx we're covering all bases!

Hi ttcnovice this was my first go at using CB dual hormone too. I started on CD15, then got high reading for CD16 & 17 and got my peak on CD 18, first thing in the morning. So only two days of high fertility reading. But I have read it can vary a lot especially for longer cycles.

Best to try and dtd just before you get a peak as well so that they are in there ready and waiting!

Thanks Magpie this is my first month of using them, so just trying to get used to how often to test (would be kicking myself if I missed the peak). I guess I'll wait and see what it says tomorrow morning, but it seems really early in my cycle to be ovulating yet based on previous months I've had O confirmation, so I'm expecting another few days of high readings first.

I have only used the CB dual hormone OPKs for two months ttcnovice.

The first month I got a low, left it a day, then the next day got peak! Took me by surprise!

This month I had two highs then a peak. Which was four or five days earlier than the previous month. So another surprise!

Can I ask those of you who use CB dual hormone OPKs - how many days of "high" fertility (flashing smiley) do you usually get before the "peak" (non-flashing smiley) appears? I'm on CD11 today and day 2 of "high" readings so just wondering when to expect the peak.

AF due 3rd Feb for me according to FF app but cycles not known for their regulatory! My OPK did fit in with a shorter cycle this time though so here's hoping!

Thank you Barnetts, the thing that looks odd is that with Clue, on the 6 day FW, the day before last shows the expected ov day then the very last day after that, chances drop dramatically (which I believe is the case because the egg only lasts a day or so) whereas with Ovia it says the chances of fertility are highest right in the middle of the 6 days and shows I should still be fertile for another 3 days after which I don't understand.
Saying that, Clue could peak the day the egg pops out and Ovia could peak the best day to dtd...
I don't trust apps 100% and I'm using opk sticks also (although my positive LH surge on a stick didn't match either app!!) but I'm trying to combine all methods as I'm getting very little physical hints to my own ovulation, little to no egg white, no pain etc.
I'm hoping I'm definitely ovulating though as my periods are like clockwork, but can't help wondering why after 5 months ttc and trying to correspond with all calculations I'm still not pg. I'm mainly worried because of my age (32) and I've never been pg in any form previously having spent 15 on the pill trying to prevent it lol. Hubby has one child from past gf who is now 13 and had 2 other pregnancies in his youth (which did not produce a baby) so I'm fairly sure he is fertile (although as a chef, he's spent 18 years in hot stressful kitchens and is now 36 so I hope his swimmers are still active)
Doesn't appear I can do much more this month, af due 5th Feb so I'm at the bus stop til then!!
Good luck all xxx

Should have said CD15 here. Usually a 28 day period.

Fingers crossed barnetts, it must be so frrustrating with cycles that long, my longest has been 45 and that was bad enough!

I'm on 4dpo, had light pink discharge the day after I ovulated (according to OPK) so pretty confident they were accurate.

Be so careful using Ovia, I found it way out and was the reason why we missed the right time the first few cycles of trying. Think the apps are good for keeping a record for dates but I wouldn't rely on it for deciding exactly when to dtd!

I'm still lurking. Cd41 today. Not tested yet as back in November I had a 67 day cycle. Trying not to symptom spot but my boobs are killing and lots of cramping around my uterus. Could be either AF or pg. Really hoping for a bfp this cycle as dtd every day when I should have been fertile. Good luck everyone.

Hi all, CD15 today and 5th day of high reading with clearblue monitor. Desperately hoping for peak- if I don't get it, it'll be the 3rd cycle where I haven't got it. Have an appt at the docs in 2 weeks anyway so will definitely be mentioning it!! I'm assuming it can only be one of two things, either the LH surge is too low for it to detect, or I'm not ovulating... 😭