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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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First time TTC

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Mrstobe90 · 31/05/2017 14:06

Hi,

This is all very new to me so would like to make some TTC buddies :)

Let me tell you a little about myself:
Been with my SO for 2 years now and we're getting married in 31 days! I'm 26 (nearly 27) and my hubby2b is 35. We bought a house last year and feel like now is a good time to start a family!

This is my first cycle and I'm really excited but trying not to get my hopes up as seen that it's harder than it looks.

Any advice would be appreciated :) xxx

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AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 12:16

Everyone's symptoms are so confusing gaaah. But sound promising too??

I think I'm out this month. Feel nothing and non fertile CM during O. We shall see.

McTufty · 23/06/2017 12:07

They do sound promising firework, have fun at Glastonbury and hopefully next week you'll get your BFP!

Sorry to hear about AF magpie. How many DPO are you?

I've just found spotting, I think I'm only 3dpo, no idea what that can mean other than I maybe have a ludicrously short luteal phase and AF is coming Angry

MummyGofboys · 23/06/2017 12:02

@Firework83 they sound like some promising symptoms to me xx

Firework83 · 23/06/2017 11:08

I'm 8 days since ovulation and my boobs have been rock solid and tender for 5 days now which I'm sure is unusual for me. I'm also needing the loo quite a lot for not very nice reasons (tmi) which I didn't know could be a symptom. Get little waves of nausea but I'm thinking that's probably my mind playing tricks. Also keep getting dull headaches. On my way to Glastonbury now haha! 5 days until I'm due on. I'm trying to ignore the signs because I think it would be unlikely to conceive 1st time but also trying not to be reckless. Gah!!!

MummyGofboys · 23/06/2017 10:55

Oh @Magpie24 thats rubbish 😩😩 have you just come off pill? Could it be your body just sorting itself out as 23 days is short xx

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 10:24

That often happens to me too, but this is the first month I've really took note of what's going on with my cycle. Started using a tracker, but I didn't have any pre-AF spotting this cycle (Fertility Friend, it tells you when CD1 is so I'm not sure whether it would take it from spotting or full flow).

A look around the interwebz says the general consensus is to count CD1 from your first day of actual bleeding, not spotting.

Is it much heavier than spotting currently? When was AF due?

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 10:13

@AdrianaWeatherwax on the pill I never had much spotting. But since coming off I've spotted for a few days before properly starting my period each month. So it would make a bit of a difference as to when cycle day 1 is?

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 10:11

Aaw bad news Magpie Flowers.
That's a good question whether to count CD1 from spotting ... I'm honestly not sure?

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 09:46

@MummyGofboys yeah and it's a bit more heavy now so I think it's the start of AF unfortunately! Bad timing as well as I'm away all weekend'

MummyGofboys · 23/06/2017 09:41

@Magpie24 are you bleeding again?

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 09:37

@McTufty I find those charts super confusing!

Bad news guys I think my spotting was an early AF :(

Do you count your period from the first day of proper bleeding or from spotting? If from spotting my cycle is very short this month (23 days)

MummyGofboys · 23/06/2017 09:19

God I am so excited to hear everyone's test results 😊😊😊 everything crossed for BFPs xx

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 08:49

I keep dreaming I've temped or forgot to temp it's hella confusing.

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 08:45

That's normal McTufty don't worry! I was comparing charts and it happens with a lot of people who conceived x

McTufty · 23/06/2017 07:20

flashinthepan

It's my first 2ww and I'm not doing a very good job of it so I'm the wrong person to ask!!

McTufty · 23/06/2017 07:19

So this morning this happened. I don't understand and I'm absolutely gutted. I'm hoping it's a combination of a cooler night and a fallback rise but I'm feeling pretty stressed this morning Sad

How's everyone else doing?

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FairyAnn · 23/06/2017 06:50

Ah thanks Adriana your chart looks similar to mine so that's reassuring

Magpie24 · 22/06/2017 17:12

Thanks guys! It seems to have stopped now, which is encouraging. Let's hope it's not an early AF...

MummyGofboys · 22/06/2017 16:55

@Magpie24 good chance that it is implantation bleeding. I had spotting on day 15 and 16 which could have been from ovulating and then I got spotting just last week after finding out I was pregnant so I'm guessing that was implantation. I'm also a 28 day cycle. Fingers crossed eeeek

Flashinthepan · 22/06/2017 15:10

I love looking at charts! I never know if mine looks good or not. Can I ask how you all distract yourself during the 2WW. I can never keep my mind off it!

AdrianaWeatherwax · 22/06/2017 15:07

Sorry, you did say cycle length 28 days.

AdrianaWeatherwax · 22/06/2017 15:06

Could easily be implantation Magpie, how many DPO are you?

Magpie24 · 22/06/2017 14:27

Had some dark brown spotting today on CD23 (usual cycle length 28 days but hard to tell as am only two months off the pill). Implantation bleeding or AF? Anyone else experienced this before? I suffer from health anxiety so this is making me a little nervous!

AdrianaWeatherwax · 22/06/2017 10:10

Aaaw McTufty look at that wee chart :-) that's a good looking temp rise there!

McTufty · 22/06/2017 09:00

Here is my 3 days old chart! No spike but i am hoping I ovulated on Tuesday (the first entry) so it's a steady rise since then. Really hoping I've not had an anovulatory cycle, especially given all the sweaty shagging efforts, so we shall see Confused

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