TTC first baby cycle one! Anyone else out there?

@Fredthespider I find flo good, just have to adjust when your period is normally ( well for me I do as t can be a few days out ) then it starts to remember!

I wouldn't buy a massively expensive one yet but that's because I'm tight 😂😂 I've bought some FRERs for when I need to... when you say dpo does this mean after you've done the fertile week it's days past your ovulation day? As mine was yesterday x

@delilah7 I haven't downloaded an app yet, we're part of the clearblue study at the moment so just using that. I don't know how it compares to an app, but as I'm not long off the pill I didn't think the apps would be able to cope with the lack of a proper cycle if that makes sense!

I looked into the different apps originally, but couldn't decide on which one was the best one to get, how are you finding Flo?

Settled on some Asda pregnancy tests today, they say you can test four days early... then I've just made the mistake of reading the reviews and apparently they're rubbish... ugh. Never mind, if it's an ambiguous result then I'll be rushing out to boots to get an expensive test!

@rosesandponies have to let me know how they work. I wonder if flos accurate with them?! Oh gosh the pee cup. I find it hard to pee on a pregnancy stick so it's gonna be a difficult one for me when we need to! & weeknights are just a chore I find sometimes anyways because if we are both tired or had a bad day that's the LAST thing on my mind. I hope it gets easier for you x

@rosesandponies I could have written all of that!

@ErikaSt I'm so impatient too so if it doesn't happen quickly which I know it won't anyways I'll feel disappointed. I use flo and do find it very good. Just whether it's reliable. Trust me for me to be sexy is a big deal hahaha. I had bad experiences in the past so I have a lower sex drive than my other half which has caused some rows. But now we are baby making he loves it hahaha x

@Delilah7 Hello 😃

Sadly, I don’t think it is. I did at first because it was different to usual - that pinky brown spotting I’ve read about.....which also didn’t help the excitement! Kept telling myself not to get my hopes up, but then it turned into the usual stuff by lunch time 😏

21 days is about right for me. Last month I went 28 days and got my hopes up thinking we’d inadvertently nailed it without ‘trying’. Even did a test! I’ve been reading other threads and apparently it can take up to a year so perhaps I’m being impatient.

Is anyone else using the Flo app? I’ll try your ‘get sexy’ tip @Delilah7! I tried that last month but he knew what I was up to, so I obviously wasn’t that good at it! 😂😂

@ErikaSt hi Erika! Very very hard not to obsess I'm with you. Are you sure it was a period, I know that sounds silly but all I read about is implantation bleeds. They can seem like periods aswell as withdrawal bleeds can. Lovely that you are interested in Thai thread. I love talking to people about it. Spice it up by trying not to schedule that's one thing my partner hates hahaha. So I have to just get sexy once I know my good week is in 😂😂 x

The only upside I tell myself! 😄 One day I’ll actually be excited that I can’t open one 🤞🏻

I know how you feel @ErikaSt! If AF comes I have a bottle of white in the fridge waiting for me 😂

Hi everyone,

It’s so nice to read this thread and see so many others saying out loud what I’m thinking/wondering!

I’m also sorry to read some of the disappointing news though and wish you the very best of luck moving forward.

We’re in to month one of ttc. I came off my pill last year in preparation for us to start trying this year but due to a house move we’ve only just started.

I’ve downloaded the Flo app and love how insightful it is! Fingers crossed it helps as I have no clue after being on the progesterone only pill for so long (it meant no cycles pretty much for most of my adult life).

I’m 34 and although from a family of women who tend to have lots of children even in to their 40s, part of me can’t help but worry about the late start.

The first month of trying was interesting and didn’t feel natural - more ‘forced fun’. How on earth can we spice this up?! 😄

I had tender breasts and stomach cramps the last two days so got excited, only to AF today - 1 week early!! Was so disappointed! Bought chocolate and prosecco to console myself... I promised myself I wouldn’t obsess about it, but it’s tricky isn’t it?

Thank you @rosesandponies

@Fredthespider I've considering them! But is it much off what flo says? Great that he's showing interest! I didn't mean be sneaky I meant just try be spontaneous more! X

Thanks for the warm welcome @Delilah7 :) Using the Clearblue ovulation kits has prompted OH to ask each day what the result is, so he's showing an interest which is great, but also means I can't be sneaky. As it was the first cycle we didn't know how many 'high' days we would get before 'peak' and we ended up with 6 high plus 2 peaks days so that was a little more than we'd expected! Onto symptom spotting for the next 10 days haha

@Fredthespider Hi! Welcome 😘 I think my other half finds it hard to being scheduled takes any fun and being spontaneous out of it! Defo worth not trying to schedule but just doing it and not planning it. ( maybe as a woman keep an eye on it and know when to!) I'd say get some supermarket ones in before Sunday and see what it does! X

I'm also on the first cycle with our first baby. Clearblue says I ovulated yesterday and my poor husband has been very obliging with my demands. We did discuss DTD every 2 day during the fertile week, but he's not coped so well with it being 'scheduled' so if I don't fall pregnant this cycle then we need to think of another tactic to take the pressure off.

We've agreed to not test until next Sunday and I'm debating what type of test to get, not sure if we should go whole hog and get the FRER or if a normal one from the supermarket would pick anything up at 11DPO? But considering it's a Sunday I almost need to get a few as I wouldn't cope with having to wait until 10am when the shops open if I need to get more

@Trying1stBaby just try not to let it burst your bubble. I understand it's hard lovely. Ovulation should still be ok iid imagine but I'm a newbie x

@Delilah7 with a chemical pregnancy you haven't really gotten anyway in pregnancy terms so you can start once your period ends. I think I will try again after then but IL just see how I feel over the next few days. Hoping it doesn't impact ovulation.

@Trying1stBaby I hope it does too. Would be amazing. Hope you do too! When are you going to start again xx

@Delilah7 Aw yeah I understand! I think even a couple who are both extremely fertile can take a good while to conceive. I think a lot of it comes down to luck. So I'm wishing you all the luck in the world for you TTC time im sure it'll happen for you soon! Xx

@Trying1stBaby good idea, keep spirits high but don't obsess that's what I'm scared of. I think ' oh I'm young it'll happen quickly ' but as I'm aware it doesn't always. Just would be nice as unfortunately both my grandmums aren't here and my grandad hasn't gone long left so would like him to know I'm expecting his 7th great grandchild xx

@delilah thank you. I have decided to try again once I can. So we can just chat about all the TTC and TWW stuff hehe. I'm here too if there's ever anything you need too! Done lots of reading over the last couple months haha.