TTC #2 (November BFPs)

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Anyone testing soon? I’m trying to hold out until Monday/Tuesday bring 12/13dpo. Sore boobs but no more so than before af, no other symptoms. I’ve had reflexology and taken vit b complex this cycle so hoping it may have helped.

Good luck all!

Sending enormous hugs your way Lopey - if it’s any consolation, I conceived DS two days after a weekend spent almost entirely in bed with a horrid cold... I am conscious that I was at a stage of my life where I had the luxury of being able to stay in bed whilst unwell...

That having been said, I’m still semi-convinced all the Benilyn with Guaifenesin I downed may have helped so do run out and buy some if you’re not already stocked up! 😂😂

Long term ttc sucks, not least as it makes you feel guilty about not wanting to dtd when you’re exhausted or unwell (which let’s face it, evolution surely would’t want to encourage!)

I totally identify on the morning after pill front, although having lost count of the number of people I know who struggled to conceive first time round (and by that I mean those who tried for 18 months +) only to get upduffed accidentally/ incredibly quickly second time round, I get the feeling that if I hadn’t been trying it would have happened!

Sorry for the bfn Cariad. I’m due to ovulate this weekend or early next week but myself and oh are both ill with streaming colds which doesn’t bode well.....😐 I guess we’ll try anyway, as we always do....I feel a bit like you do by now: that we try every month anyway and nothing seems to work; I almost expect nothing to happen whatever we do.

And to think of the times I took a morning after pill in my 20s after even slightly risky sex, so scared was I of accidentally getting pregnant! As if!!

Good luck all. Anyone due to test? X

I really hope you get your BFP this month Mynameis but can totally identify with that feeling of knowing it probably isn’t your cycle.

Here’s hoping we’ve both got our sticky BFPs by the end of January. Xxxx

Kit - I could have shares in pre-seed at this rate, so I’m not convinced it’s making a jot of difference to our chances this time around. That having been said, I know lots of MNers who swear by it (including some long term ttcers who think it made all the difference) so it’s definitely worth a whirl.

Oh really :( anyone else tried it? It’s quite expensive but as you say worth a try.

@kit I use pre-seed, not sure it’s done much so far but anything is worth a shot!

@cariad have you tried pre seed? I’m not feeling hopeful for this month because I keep reading about CM which I didn’t really have much/any of when I ovulated so I’m thinking if ordering some having read the positive reviews.

@cariad so sorry it’s a bfn again, small slightly sliver lining that at least you can celebrate DS’s with some bubbles.

I think I’m out this month, don’t feel any different at all (although I never really do) but it’s just an instinct this month.

It’s our 10 year wedding anniversary at the beginning of Jan so a bfp for then would be lovely too!

Af is due next Wednesday, DD’s Birthday is the following Monday so will probably indulge in some bubbles on the Sunday 😊

Thank you Kit. I feel that we’ve tried everything in our armoury this year and nothing has worked, so I’m not holding out any hope of a 2017 BFP next month, but we’ll see.

Aw good luck for January I have my fingers crossed for you. Enjoy today/tonight and a good knees up at Christmas, maybe it’ll happen when you relax and least expect it!

BFN again this morning so I’m definitely out. DS turns 2 today so at least I can drink some bubbles in celebration tonight.

Onwards and upwards to Cycle 15 which handily (for my inner soft cheese/ Christmas day tipple lover) will end before Christmas Day.

We’ll try this cycle (as always) but I’m a bit fed up with 2017 (it just hasn’t been our year), so I’m not holding out much hope. That having been said, I keep reminding myself that I had a sh&£&y 2007 followed by a wonderful 2008 (I met DH in the January of 2008) so a January BFP to coincide with our 10 year anniversary would be just swell!

Cariad my HR only drops the day after my period begins. Which is annoying! Period due today/tomorrow. Fairly sure I ovulated on the 9th. Not even a hint of a line on a test and all the usual symptoms so wish it would just start so I could move on to cycle 6.

11dpo is early- I wouldn’t rule yourself out yet! I know with DD I didn’t have a positive test until what I thought was 13dpo. But wasn’t really tracking them as it happened first cycle. Kicking myself (and DH) for leaving it so long again. I wasn’t worried at all until I discovered the cervix problem- it makes me anxious about uterine damage too which might be affecting things.

I do have some weight to lose so working on that over next few months anyway.

Paranormal - There isn’t a December thread as far as I’m aware so feel free to start one. I’ll add my details to it but may take a step back for a few weeks once AF arrives to focus on other things in life (I feel that far too much of 2017 has been spent obsessing about ttc and it’s made me pretty miserable). My cycles are short so realistically (barring a miracle) my next AF should be here just in time for Christmas!

Sorry you’re having a tough time. DS was my third pregnancy and that fear of something going wrong once pregnant never went away. I shall be keeping everything crossed that you get your BFP very very soon and that you have a happy healthy pregnancy.

Sorry pressed send too soon.... I’m expecting AF on 26 November.

Flybynight - Re: The heat-rate tracker on the Fitbit, the theory is that your heart-rate should rise following ovulation and then stay high if you’re pregnant but fall back down again if you’re not.... If you google it, you will find some research that has been undertaken on this (albeit that the sample was very small). There is also a whole thread on it somewhere on the conception boards.

This is my chart for November. The first day of this cycle was 2 November. I ovulated on 12 November and I’m expecting

Sorry I’ve been absent. 11dpo today and I’ve taken two pregnancy tests (albeit neither with FMU) and they were both negative and I have literally no symptoms, so I’m fairly sure I’m out. To be honest a pregnancy this cycle would not have been ideal for a whole raft of reasons (mainly work related and financial) so I’m not devastated, although it confirms the fact that we have secondary infertility as we’ve now been trying for a whole year (14 cycles) without even a hint of a BFP.

I’ve decided that I’ll probably let my hair down in December (within reason of course) as I’m fed up of living like a nun (apart from the dtd!) without seeing any results. The lack of caffeine has also contributed to me piling on the pounds (my BMI is still normal but it’s more borderline than I’d like) so I’m definitely keen to start an exercise regime in the new year, to make me feel better about my body if nothing else.

Thanks Kit, just feeling a bit premenstrual and sorry for myself today, it will pass!

If I do manage to get pregnant I’m looking at a very high risk pregnancy (due to short cervix) so it’s going to be non-stop stress whether pregnant or not sadly!

I havent seen a December one yet. Our DS was conceived very quickly after stopping the mycrogynon, but since stopping Cerelle this time it’s taking longer, wish I’d have come off the pill sooner too as my son is 5. Sorry to hear you had a chemical/early miscarriage, really hope you get a BFP soon.

Is there a TTC #2 December thread yet?

I'm 34, have DD who is almost 4. Took us no time at all to conceive her so DH wouldn't agree to try again until summertime this year. And it's proving far more difficult this time around. Feeling irrationally annoyed with him today as my DD would love a sibling.

I had an EMCS and have got a scarred, shortened cervix (only discovered recently after an abnormal smear) as a result of the complications so am concerned that there's uterine scarring causing trouble.

I had a chemical pregnancy/very early miscarriage in September but otherwise nothing. Period due tomorrow but have terrible cramps and a BFN today so just waiting for it to start now. I know it's only been a few months but have been convinced there's a problem for some time (periods much lighter and shorter since EMCS).

Thank you flybynight, (hoping I don’t have to but will bear in mind). Only 2dpo but have have terrible back ache, gas and a sore throat, hoping the back and gas might be a really early sign 🤞🏼

Kit 🤞

Flybynight that is frustrating and such a shame that your DH has to be away, is so typical that he probably won't be back in time too. Hope he is though and you will be lucky

I've still got no period but still BFN. Urgh!

Cariad tell me about heart rate monitoring??

Feel like I'm out already too mynameis! DH is away until CD12 and we've not managed to dtd at all this cycle. My cycles are a bit variable with O being between CD12-16 so guaranteed this month it'll be CD12 just because Sod's law always prevails!

This cycle 2 years ago we conceived our little munchkin (ovulated CD12 then!) so I was hoping Novembers would be lucky for us!

Kit if you are charting then you should try doing your bbt (if you don't get lucky this cycle!), I really found it useful at tracking ovulation (although I have a slow rise so actually pinpointing ovulation can take a couple of days!) but it was insightful to me