TTC first baby cycle one! Anyone else out there?

I have a Monday story that will cheer you all up! So for anyone else not sharing the OPK and charting craziness with their DH... I hid my pee pot (a very small Tupperware) in my bubble bath box in the bathroom thinking DH NEVER goes in there. Low and behold, since we're tidying and de-cluttering to get our house on the market, he's put some of his own toiletries in there. He came to me with the Tupperware in his hand asking why it was in the bathroom! I had to make up some crap that I used it to put bath salts in, but since we don't have any he's said well it doesn't need to be in there does it... can't argue with that... He's put it back in the kitchen cupboard!!! Aaahhhh!! 🙈🙈🙈

Why is it our whole lives it’s made out if you even think about having unprotected sex you’ll be pregs 😂 And now I don’t even know if im having sex at the right time lol. Sex drive has gone up that much since I stopped the pill that my bf wonders wtf is going on 😂

@flapjackered @Crossfitgirl Thanks both! Got the husband on board with tracking my cycle so hopefully he will be up for sexy time even if I’m deliriously tired haha! And I’m just trying to eat healthily and exercise more but it’s hard when I work weird shift patterns! Anyone else finding it difficult with family members and colleagues constantly nagging when you’re going to have a baby. Don’t want people to know we’re trying as I feel like that is too much pressure but then just have to brush it off all the time ‘oh when the times right’ ‘we’re just enjoying each other’s company’ etc. Wish people would mind their own business but understand at the same time :/

@anon20something I hope it happens for you soon, I always like to think it happens when it's meant to, maybe you're just waiting for the perfect sperm and egg combination! I read somewhere recently that even if you DTD exactly at the right time every month, even in healthy people there still only a 25% chance of getting pregnant. I guess it's the luck of the draw. Most of my friends took between 6 months and 2 years to concieve so I think it's totally normal, albeit veeeerrrryy disheartening:-( I hope it happens for you soon. @rosesandponies any sign of AF yet? @scientistTTC definitely getting healthy and trying to chill out is great for baby making :-) I'm trying to lose a bit of weight, funnily enough just my belly!!

@flapjackered I'm on the wine tonight too while I see off AF! It's made slightly worse by the not 1, not 2, but 3(!!!) Facebook baby announcements this weekend! 2 of my friends have just given birth, and another just found out the sex of theirs. Happy for them but I want that too!

@ScientistTTC that must be hard with night shifts!
I am having a weekend off the healthy eating after AF starting, lots of Gin and take aways! 😋

@Anon20something - sorry to hear it hasn't happened for you yet, it is horrible this ttc business isn't it. It can take a while for your body to get back to normal after the pill, my doc said it can take up to a year - so it could be that? We just have to keep the hope as I am sure it will happen for us all, hopefully sooner rather than later!

I've been off the pill for 8 months and still nothing! Just feeling like it's not going to happen! 😭 Xxx

Hello everyone!
Been a bit AWOL as work has been super busy, bought a house and then AF arrived! But I’m feeling optimistic and realised that maybe I was being a bit too unrealistic thinking it would work first time. Been trying to eat more healthily as since the wedding I’ve been terrible and know maintaining an ideal BMI helps with baby making (hard when you’re stressed though!) . Also been trying out some new exercises (got an exercise hula hoop 😂). Trying my best to be as healthy as possible for future baba! Does anyone else do night shifts? I’m working lates and nights all over when I’m supposed to be ovulating and worried I’m not going to awake the same time as hubby to be able to have sexy time as he works shifts too! Will have to try and wake up earlier I suppose!
Hope we all have a lot more luck next cycle 🙌🏻

@rosesandponies have you tested yet? Could you be pregnant? Long cycles are the worst, so I am very glad that at least this one was normal!
@Crossfitgirl thanks, yes I am the same @Summerbab - I am so surprised in a way it hasn't happened yet but it's only been 2 cycles for me! 😂

@summerbab I'm exactly the same, we're not even in a rush to have a baby, however each month so far I've been like... I need it to happen now!! Then I think about all the holidays I might want to go on before I have a baby. But I'm still devastated when AF comes! Lol. Crazy. @flapjackered happy for you that you've had a shorter cycle, fingers crossed it stays shorter! :-)
Good luck to all those joining and in their first month! I have been very lucky and had quite regular periods and no spotting, but lots of other people have been all over the place so it can take time to get to know your cycle and what is normal for you.
Anyone else sticking to IC OPKs? I'm hoping to get at least one definite positive OPK this month and not just faint lines! Xx

Hey ladies, had a couple weeks off here as I was on holiday. Period came first month of trying and now should be ovulating according to the app. I’ve packed in the OPKs because I was just feeling annoyed every time it was negative haha.
I’m trying to be as relaxed as possible about all this but in the back of my mind thinking I WANT IT NOW 🤦🏼‍♀️

I am out 🙁 AF reared her ugly head, at least before Saturday night I suppose 🍸
But my cycle was only 29 days as opposed to 56 last cycle so definite positives there!

@rosesandponies I took my last pill on 27th June having been on it for 12 years so it’s not been long! I never had any odd moments being on the pill so it surprised me. Sorry, this is all new to me!

Thanks @organised5. AF is on its way so can't wait to start next ovulation. Will try every other day as advised and keep fingers and toes crossed trying to remain relaxed but excited we can finally start trying, that was a long 6 months for us to wait lol.

Hi ladies, feeling very confused right now. This is my first month off the pill (I’m on CD20). I didn’t think I’d ovulated as I’ve done opks. Just had some brown discharge and I’m wondering whether my period is arriving super early? Or could I have ovulated and not realised?! Has anyone else had this?

Hello all, can I join too please! I'm 2 dpo on my first cycle of TTC and also first month off the pill.

@heidi411 I'm in a very similar position to you - early 30s and realised I've been on the pill for 13 years!!

@MrsC87 we also had to wait for Zika period to pass (although just needed to wait the 8 weeks as DH had the blood test done). Re sex - we did it 3 times during the 6 day fertile window. I've read in a few places that every other day is best, so the sperm concentration is still high.

Thank you ladies for all the replies the Othwr day I ordered cheap ovulation tests and the cheap pregnancy tests on amazon to stock up 🙈. For the first time I can ever remember I had very strange sensitive nipples even when I put my Pjs on I noticed the top touching them! Thought that was strange so took an ovulation test and it said I was ovulating DTD the last few days so now waiting on my two week wait, now I’m thinking is it possible if I only had a withdrawal bleed and havnt had proper AF from coming off the pill?

*basal 🤦🏼‍♀️

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@Crossfitgirl @rosesandponies
I find charting really interesting. I think it is best used with opks. It won't show you when you're going to ovulate really but it shows you when you have ovulated, as your temperature will rise. Sometime you get a dip which gives you a clue, but I think what it does help with is to know when you're in the tww.
You just have to take your temperature when you wake up in the morning ideally at the same time. You can take it orally or vaginally (the later is better but I prefer orally!)
At the end of the tww your temp normally dips if you're going to start AF and rises if you're pregnant. Although some things can affect it so it's not an absolute science!
I use natural cycles but Fertility friend is free and pretty good.
Just make sure you use a nasal body thermometer to 2 decimal places and check it works by testing it 3 times in succession and they should be pretty much the same or it is a dud one.
Here is my chart so you can see the pattern of when I ovulated etc.
Now I am just waiting to see if it dips tomorrow or stays above that cover line!

Thanks @flapjackered, just the way it goes! I have the day off work today so I'm having a huge clear out, get rid of some stress! They say a clear environment is a clear head!
What do you use to temp with? I have not looked into temping, don't know anything about it but given I never got a positive opk on testing this cycle, I'm thinking about it for future. Going to do IC OPKs again this month just to see if I did just miss it last time xx