TTC - First Time! (2)

Hello ladies.
AF has officially left the building (a couple of days ago now) and I'm on to cycle number 2.

DTD with DH earlier and he announced 'I think I've done it this time'. Then I had to explain the whole fertile window and how it was pretty much impossible that 'he had done it this time'.

He looked devastated and then said 'draw up a schedule and let me know when I can have another go then'. Bless him!

Is everyone using OPKs?

Hope you've both got the weekend off to recover before going back to work Flat!

Enjoy your bike ride Pibbee hope the weather is as nice as it is here wherever you are

@Twisted the CB sticks are great....When they do what you want them to! The rest of the time they are incredibly frustrating!

I just did another IC and there isn't even a hint of a line. Which I am taking as a good thing.

In any case I am off on a bike ride now. Need to get out of the house and stop weeing on things! Ha xx

@ttcnovice yes it was! We had such an amazing time. Can't believe it's all over now! In an '8 hours behind' jet lag vortex today. Feels strange (and exhausting!).

Really? But they are nowhere near as dark as the control line.... But maybe I missed what would have been the positive ones as I wasn't doing them at that point. If it was 20/21 then that's good though. Thanks for comments!! Xx

Pibbee it could have happened overnight as the others say. I'm starting to think a clear positive opk is an elusive thing!!

If I'm not pg this time I was thinking of splashing out on a cb but after you & ttc I'm already dreading the smiling face!! Maybe I'll just buy a truckload of ICs & pee on them every stinking hour until I see that dark line!!

(Sheeesh I'm ranty today)

Pibbee I agree with ttcnovice. Looks like it was between 20th and 21st xx

Pibbee your IC from the 20th looks like it was either heading towards or away from a positive doesn't it. I'm not an expert on them but maybe your surge was either in between the 19th and 20th IC's, or else in between the 20th and 21st IC's - if that makes sense!

Yes same here - last month I got a blank circle, 2 of the flashing buggers and then the solid one following day! I just assumed that would happen every time. Silly me...

Ha Pibbee I feel you at getting angry at seeing the flashing face! It's there every day with its smug smile flashing away! I too was so excited to see it for the first time the first month, now I dread it .

I've had these prolonged "high" days for two cycles before this one now. Previously I've stopped testing after about 8 days of them, so I'm going to carry on right the way through this time just to see! My first month of them was so simple - two days of "low", two days of "high" and then a "peak"! How naive I was to think that would ever happen again 🙄.

Other pic was a bit blurry so try this...

Here's my OPKs for the last few days. I did 4 yesterday wtf!!! Need to stop with the crazy. But I'd have thought (and perhaps someone with more experience of these ones can comment), if I was heading towards ovulation they would have started to get darker by now?

Wondering if it hasn't happened yet this month and for some reason my body geared up for it but then it didn't happen. Who the hell knows! Will keep going with them but I am scared I am heading into crazy person territory!!

@ttcnovice I have sacked off the CB ones for this cycle. I have nearly run out, the cheap n cheerfuls are not indicated I am heading towards a positive, plus if I see that stupid flashing idiot face again I'll be really peed off! I will try one in a couple of days I think, just to see if it's gone back to blank circle therefore done for the month. In the meantime I will keep going with the ICs cos might as well really.

I feel your frustration at 5 days of the flashing dude!!! Did you have same last time? And exactly like you, I am on CD13 now and had the flashing one from CD8. I had previously thought lots of flashing days would be a good thing, as more opportunities, but now I'm not so sure as it just means more pressure to keep going! thinks back wistfully to the days when dtd was fun....

@Twistedsister7, I'm also symptom spotting! I'm not sure when ovulation happened (my Ovia app says Monday, but I get a feeling it was slightly earlier), but the only symptoms I have are sore nipples (had this last month though!) and crazy back ache (probably from sitting in an economy class plane seat for nearly 11 hours!). You're so right - TTC is so hard! I honestly thought as a teen that you'd have unprotected sex and fall pregnant straight away . If only!

here's some cake for your realist brain Twisted . Symptom spotting is our favourite activity on this thread after all .

Pibbee I think it does sound like you might have missed the surge in that case with your pains having disappeared now. Fx if so as I know you covered those days with DTD!

I had yet another "high" reading today. I wouldn't be concerned about not having a "peak" yet ordinarily as I'm only on CD13, but with getting "high"s from CD9 it is bloody confusing!

Welcome back Flat was your honeymoon as amazing as the photos looked?!

OPKs are so frustrating. I've only ever see a clear positive like twice. Listen to your body as well.

Well I am 3dpo & symptom spotting!! Sore boobs, huge appetite & weird dreams!! I should mention that all those symptoms have appeared before & meant nothing but my dreamers brain ignores that whilst my realist brain is telling my to stfu!! I can quiet that one with cake though!!

Ttc is HARD!!!

Welcome back @flatwhite! Sounds like you had a great time!

I'm coming to the conclusion that my LH must have been and gone and I missed it. It was probably during that time earlier in the week that I didn't do any tests as me and DP had that stupid argument about the whole thing. If that's the case then that's fine as we are pretty much covered. Other possibility is that I haven't ovulated yet. I am only on CD13 so that's a possibility. In the past I have ovulated before and after CD13 (as far as I know). However, if anything the OPKs are getting lighter not darker. I'll post a pic when I can be arsed . I'd have thought if I was heading towards Ov they should be getting darker by now? I had high fertility from CD8 so it's probably been and gone. I also don't have crampy pains anymore which suggests it's all done!

Hi lovely ladies! That's us back from honeymoon. Apologies, but I'm too knackered to reply to everyone individually! Our flight left at 1.30am BST (5.30pm to our body clocks!) then landed just after 11.30 BST, which to our body clocks was 4.30am! We have just had dinner feeling like we should be eating breakfast, and are both bloody knackered!
Doubt DTD will be happening this weekend, zzzzzzz, but fertile window is over anyway. I just have a gut feeling it won't happen for us this month. If not, I'll be using OPKs next month. This is going to sound ridiculous as we are only on cycle 2, but I have this anxiety about this all being really difficult and never happening! Anyone else get that?
Anyone testing soon? Xx

Unfortunately not @pibbee! I usually bring a cardigan or jacket and didn't bother today because it's warm 🙈
Me too. Still anxious to see what they say on Tuesday though.
LOL - imagine the look on their faces!! You could've said something like "I'm testing the water quality" but if you're anything like me then you wouldn't have thought that quick!
I think it's probably has been and gone. I've had 3 months of using them and only detected 1 definite positive but the other tests have shown peak levels and then trailed off to a point where there hasn't been a second line!

Oh no @littleemma do you have a jacket you can put on to hide the nips?! And yes what is it about toilet mirrors!?!

Glad to hear your pain has nearly gone. Great news!

I did another silly OPK earlier and the line looks even more pale than the others so maybe my 'surge been and gone' theory is correct! Had a fairly comedy moment earlier though as I couldn't for the life of me find the bit of paper I've been sticking them to anywhere so had to spend a good 15 mind rifling through all the papers on my desk looking for it....Would have been a bit awks if I'd had to explain that to my colleagues! Eventually found it in my bag....

Ps. For the first time in weeks my pain is practically none existent!! 😬 Definitely still going for the ultrasound on Tuesday though.

@pibbee I'm terrible for attachments too!
Nipples still strangely sore, and pert as I discovered. Didn't really pay that much attention to them when I checked in the mirror before leaving the house this morning but mortified to notice when washing my hands at work (why are the mirrors always so big in toilets?!) that they're very clearly perky as I can see them through my bra and 2 tops! 😱 Now trying to sit at my desk for as long as possible so anyone else doesn't notice.
And also, on the topic of men being slight dingbats at times, I had to explain to my OH last night how female reproduction works last night as he was clueless. Like yours @pibbee he thought you could get knocked up at any point. No darling, dearest, it does not work like that!

Ha @ttc it was drummed into me when I was a trainee to always double check a) recipient and b) attachments so I'm fairly good at that on the work front, less so out of work though!

No my OPKs are not in the slightest bit positive. I was rather hoping that that was because the surge had been and gone. That said I have still got lingering slight cramps in my side so God knows what's happening. I'm now wondering if there is something wrong with my CB reader and am even debating buying a new set but surely that way madness lies!? Also it's another 30 quid but I can justify that by saying I don't go out getting hammered any more so am just spending the money on peesticks rather than cocktails

Annoying that yours hasn't peaked either. Although both of us are still in the window of what's normal for number of days of high fertility.

Pibbee I'm laughing at your technology fails . I forget to add attachments to emails in work all the bloody time if that makes you feel a bit better .

Hmm I'm not sure about your IC's, I wouldn't say any of them are near to positive are they. If I was taking a guess I'd say you're still waiting to ovulate, but I'm definitely no expert either! Bloody confusing these OPKs and yet here we all are peeing on them every day!!

Still "high" this morning for me 🙄 I've come to expect it now! I'm going to carry on testing every day until either a peak or AF comes though as I stopped out of frustration last month so didn't have any answers either way then!

Oh wow and there is is twice #technologyfail