TTC - First Time! (2)

tessa your symptoms sound very promising! I'd probably wait until AF is due to take another test, seeing the glaring white of a BFN is awful! You're definitely not out yet so fx for you!

Sorry AF finally arrived properly Pibbee! Have fun POAS though!

I've missed the last couple of days (work has been crazy!) so going to read what I've missed now . Had a "high" reading today on the CB OPKs following two days of "low" so going to start DTD tonight, we haven't had a chance so far! Hopefully I'll follow the same pattern as cycle 3 (getting a "peak" after two days of "high") rather than last cycle having endless "high" readings! Fx!

Morning all! Well AF has now arrived, so I shall shortly be commencing weeing on sticks! Ha!

Happy Friday!!!!!!!

Thanks @MistyBxx and @mrsjkerry I think I'll try and wait until Saturday, DH suggested that and said we can always get some more after af is due on Sunday if we need to! Have started randomly burping as well from this afternoon. Need to calm down as feel excited and this is probably nothing!

Oh my god ladies, my hormones have gone CRAZY all of a sudden. It's like 12 years of PMT all coming out at once. Work is ridiculously stressful, so that isn't helping, but work stress normally makes me a bit teary, not angry. This is like proper rage! I feel like I'm going to explode! Did anyone get this coming off the pill? I took my last one nearly 2 weeks ago. My poor husband is being very understanding.

I'm ok thanks pibbee, 6 weeks today 😳 can't see midwife til 8+ weeks so feeling very cautious and still quite unreal. I was a 28 day cycle clockwork and tested on cd31 coz I knew I'm never late. The af symptoms like cramps, sore back and cm weren't af symptoms after all. Good luck!

I would defo recommend waiting til af is a day or two late. I know it's easy to say but I honestly mean it, it's so much more reliable and bfns are heartbreaking xx

so I got a two pack of Frer from boots on my home with the plan to test tomorrow but clearly that didn't happen I tested already and got bfn. Just thought maybe as feeling sooo nauseous today after eating anything. I'm 11dpo today when should I use my second test? Wait until af due? Hope you're all having a nice day :)

I am not testing, still waiting for proper AF to rock up but it's in the post definitely. I am on CD30 which is a long one for me! But I have the tell tale signing of incoming AF so nowt to get excited about! How you getting on @Misty?

Hey girlies, how are you all? Who's testing and when? Very excited for jellybeans test!!
Anyone else coming up soon?x

@JellyBean89 I'm 11dpo

Oh my @JellyBean89 I hadn't even thought of avoiding sushi! Another one for the list!

@Pibbee the weird thing was I always brush my tongue every day and have never had that before. Starting to think I may be coming down with something as feeling bit sick after I eat anything today as well

Tessa that sick thing sounds like a reflex action to me...

@Composteleana and @mrsjkerry I have no idea when AF is due. Could be next week if my cycle stays like it was while on bc or could be in April if it goes back to how it was before Bc. My gp wants me to test in 2 weeks time and I have to go in next week if I still feel unwell. TBH I don't think I'm going to test until April, I don't trust my body right now.

@Tessapop I don't drink but always enjoy a nice BIG cup of coffee in the morning and some sushi for lunch when AF arrives lol. That nausea sounds horrible, how many dpo are you?

Ok so that was weird, I was just brushing my teeth and giving my tongue a quick brush at the end, when I spontaneously threw up a bit over my hand! What's going on??!

Yes @Compos you should count today as day 1. My AF hasn't put in an appearance which means I am on cd29. I don't think that's unusual for me although pre-Pill I'm sure it used to be bang on 28. I feel a bit AF-y so not getting excited....

@jelly I dunno but so far I can resist the sticks! I just don't want to get to the stage where I am obsessing about them. I also read somewhere that ovulation can happen up to a week after the surge in any case, so not sure how helpful they even are tbh. But will use the ones I have got, defo!

Coffee/caffeine in moderation is meant to be fine at any point. That said, I have cut down drastically - used to cane diet coke and coffee all day and now have just a couple of each per week I reckon!

Booze from time to time too. I last had a few drinks a couple of weeks ago (was in 2ww but figured it was too soon for anything to have implanted anyway not that there was anything...). Have cut down on booze a LOT. I used to be always out for drinks!! But now I can't really be arsed. Am pretty much a non drinker apart from the odd occasion!

Welcome @Composteleana I'm the same as @JellyBean89 with the spotting the day before, it's always a good reminder to check I have some pads ready! Do you guys all enjoy booze and coffee after AF arrives for a bit?

Oops just read back! Your symptoms sound positive.

Hello! Thanks for the welcome! AF started properly this morning, so I'll count this as day 1 and ignore the bleed last Tuesday - goodness knows what that was, even though that was when my period should have started.

jelly when is AF due?

@tessapop I love coffee! It was so hard to cut back to half a cup but I forced myself to, mainly because I want to cut back everything that makes me bloated so I can look good I did manage to a piccino from Starbucks today but I didn't enjoy it, and it's usually my favourite drink

Welcome @Composteleana! I usually count day 1 as the day when the bleeding starts. I get the brown spotting before AF too but don't count it as bleeding.

@Pibbee how do you resist?! lol I love a good weeing on a stick 😂

I still have weird cramps today, and I feel wet like AF wet but nothing is there.

Hello all!

Compo - I sort of use FF too but only for period days etc too. Otherwise, my doctor said the best thing to do is to DTD every 2 or 3 days. She didn't rate those OPK sticks. I have some clearblue ones but have only ever peed on one! Ha. Might try them again this cycle.

I think day 1 is the first day of actual proper bleeding. I always get the brown spotting crap before AF. Have had it for a couple of days now but it has yet to turn into proper AF. This is normal for me though...

Hello, can I join?

DP and I have been not actively trying but playing a bit fast and loose with the contraception for a while now. Since the start of the year we've been talking about how we need to start trying properly this year. Then this month I've had a bit of a funny one - last Tuesday my period was due, cycle day 31 which is not unusual for me. I only bled lightly for one day then it stopped. I've had a week of feeling generally awful, shattered, cramps, nauseous now and then. But two negative tests. Then today I'm getting brown discharge (eww sorry) which I usually get before a period, and have that heavy, crampy about to come on feeling, coupled with lots of lovely period spots on my face .

So we had the conversation about how we were both really hoping this was it, and both gutted that it's not, so it's time to start taking trying more seriously.

I'm 37.
Cycles usually between 30 and 34 days.

I'm not sure when to start tracking this month and when to work out my fertile days from. Do I count the bleed last Tuesday as day 1? Or if I start bleeding properly tomorrow as I suspect do I count from then?

I'm using an app called fertility friend - only noting period days not anything else and have used it for ages just to keep an eye on my periods as they can be odd. What do you guys use to track/work out fertile days?

I do have the clear blue opk - bought it last year on a whim but put it aside as we weren't seriously trying enough. Might start using it this month if I can figure out the right days!