TTC First Month

Hello - may I join you?
First month of TTC. Due on today. Didn't use OPKs this month, DTD every day around the day I think I ovulated. Did a sneaky FRER 9 days after ovulation - negative. Assuming I'm not this month but let's see. Am on holiday so packed a spare test!

@kjhh now I'm not so sure as my OPK's seemed to be getting fainter from Thursday, until last night I got a dark one again?! I've concluded that I'm just broken 😂

Fantastic news about the job!!!! Does this mean you can start trying again soon?! Hope everything else is going well :)

@kjhh I've convinced myself I've missed my dates this month. I'm still doing OPK's daily and they're getting fainter so def think I ovulated on CD19, so hoping my cycle won't be as long as the last one! Like I said pretty sure I missed my opportunity this month so next month is a new one isn't it! How are you?

Oh @NelleB I am so so sorry to hear that ❤️❤️❤️

I'm sure it feels rubbish now but you WILL be a mummy, I'm sure of it. Hope you're okay and sending lots of well wishes your way ❤️

@ImpatientMammy thank you xx

Hiya can I join? Entering fertile week now and this is cycle month 1 for dc2. X

@NelleB I'm so sorry to hear this xxx

@kjhh oh god. I hope you're ok. Just think as it is as if you're on pause and as soon as you can get going, you'll be even more excited and knowledgable. You might even be in a better place in your life
Oh thank you. I'm fine really, had my big cries and a mini wallow. Once this period (or whatever it is) is done I'm going back to trying. Just a bump in the road and what not. I'm probably too positive a person for my own good at times. X

@kjhh not great... I've been at a and e overnight and I'm no longer pregnant. They didn't give me much to go off.

How are you?

Oops, that should be cramping etc not etching!

Hi everyone! My husband and I have been married for just over 2.5 years, and I came off the pill at the start of October. We had a big holiday booked so decided to still use protection until we'd come back. Have now only really been TTC (and it's more 'not trying to avoid getting pregnant' than actively trying, if that makes sense!) for about 4 weeks, I took a test this afternoon after cramps etching and it was negative

I've not had a period since stopping the pill and it's making it very difficult to calculate - not like I know when/if I've missed one!

We're intending to just take it slow and when it happens, it happens. But it's all I can think about!

I think I messed up 😩 So I took an OPK on Thursday which looked positive quite quicky, we had plans so I had to go out and left it, when I came back it still looks very positive to me (I've attached a photo of it next to the CD15 one which previously looked the 'most' positive) and it's definitely the same darkness as the control. We then didn't manage to DTD that night and I was out babysitting last night until 1am. We DTD when I got home which was about 2am this morning but that's over 24 hours since the positive OPK and don't know if I've ballsed up this month for myself 🙈

@wendykennedy welcome to the club of crazy first month TTC'ers 😂 Fingers crossed for you!

Hi all, I’m on cycle 1 of my first time TTC and waiting for AF due 22nd dec but decided to test on my birthday yesterday just for the craic as I’m so impatient already and it’s only Month 1! BFN unsurprisingly even though it was super early. I’ve a feeling this is going to be way more difficult than I ever imagined

@PickettBowtruckles I got one! I didn't use it 🙈 but I had every intention too. X

Glad it's not just me @ImpatientMammy

I did 4 OPK's yesterday as well 🙈 I just don't understand why I always have some sort of line?! Aren't some meant to have no line?! I feel like I'm broken 😂😩

@PickettBowtruckles I already have a thermometer and OPKs and only first month so at least your not alone in crazy town 😂 x

I feel like a mad lady 🙈 I'm still inputting all the data I have into Ovia, think I might have to buy a thermometer to temp as well but don't want to go too OTT (if I haven't already!) when it's only month 2.

Aww you're not at all @PickettBowtruckles how is the app tracking going? X

It's official, I've been welcomed as the newest member of crazy town 👍🏻

Made DH take an ovulation test as I was convinced they were broken as all mine look the same (line, but not dark as control). He produced the tiniest but still there line (anyone know what that means?! 😂) so I just dipped one in water to prove it was broken - obviously no line 😂

You know it's bad when you're only on month 2 and already this crazy...

@NelleB you won't believe it till your scan. My fav parts hearing the heartbeat x

Thanks @PickettBowtruckles not sure I would recommend the clear blue ones when you try in the next few weeks. X