TTC first baby... mega thread!

@Lov3Rosie sending hugs. Feeling rubbish too. Just had a bit of spotting... working away at the moment, just want a cuddle from DH. Not sure if the spotting is a good or bad thing?? I think it means I'm out 😕

Big hugs ladies... thank you xxx @Delilah7 @Lougg @sunshine1987

@crossfitgirl I also considered the conception lube but for the time being I am convincing myself it would be a waste of money. But every time I read the reviews on Amazon I almost persuade myself into buying it.

@Lov3Rosie it's shit isn't it. After a few months of trying but not trying my best friend told me she was going to start trying for her second. One month later after she had sex once in the month she was pregnant, I was so happy for her but also so annoyed it took once in the first month 🙈

@Lov3Rosie it's so tough when you suddenly feel surrounded by pregnancy and babies. You're so happy for them but it's just a reminder that it's not been your turn yet. Only a few more days to hold out, but I totally get that the not knowing is just the pits. You spend two weeks basically acting like you're pregnant and then bloody AF rears her ugly head. Got my fingers and toes crossed for your BFP!!

@Lougg I am at 10dpo and my AF/hopeful BFP this coming Sunday. It's just during this 2ww, it feels long... it feels we're pregnant but not. I attended a work meeting yesterday and an ex-colleague was there and found out she is due by end of October and a colleague's wife gave birth today. It's like... I want to have babies, too.... xx Sigh. 🙄

@Lov3Rosie I feel you honey. Keep strong. ❤️

@Lov3Rosie oh no! Sending positive vibes your way. What CD you on?

I'm tired and felt down this TTC journey... wish I could also join in the BFPs. Need some power up to uplift me. Maybe it's the hormones.. 😭😭

Example of mines from this month xx

@BabySquid I suppose you could do, I just read it off my report thingy in the heart rate section. I know I ov'd on the 15th / 16th from the opks and it shows a dip of 2bpm in my resting heart rate on 15/16/17 before going up again. I don't think it could be considered an exact science but I have looked back at other months and it seems pretty consistent although I wasn't tracking ov

@Cat32tt I’ve just bought a Fitbit so I can try tracking my hr! I thought temping would be a struggle cos I wake up a lot in the night and sleep in at weekends. I read that resting hr reflects the same pattern so decided to give it a go.

Had to buy a new Fitbit cos my Jawbone has stopped working since the company went under

@Crossfitgirl haha I have some sitting in my drawer but I haven't dared show him yet!!

@BabySquid haha you're probably right! Step away from Amazon! We should really go into the fertility aids business, it must be very lucrative! They're certainly taking a lot of my money recently.

@MrsC87 I usually ovulate CD14 currently on CD15 still flashing smilies on CB (6th day in a row) and just starting to get some darker lines on OPKs. Not nearly positive yet though. Also previous months my temp dropped way down before Ovulation and then back up again after. No happening at all this month. Just as I felt like I understood my body!

@Lougg I think we all feel the same, if only we could control getting pregnant. We've just got to stay positive!
Can I ask when do you normally ovulate, what cycle day? Are you using OPK's.
I'm on cycle day 12 and OPK's show no sign of a line.

@Lougg I'd never even heard of saliva ferning!! I think that would be something to look into after that year mark haha. 🙈
We're all so bad aren't we!! I'm now thinking that my friends mum is a biomedical scientist and maybe I could give her my spit every day to look at 🙈🙈

Hope everyone's had a good day and not driving themselves too mad with symptom spotting!

I've not even ovulated yet and already planning what else I can add to my fertility arsenal next month 🙈. Has anyone used a microscope to look for saliva ferning?

I'm only on cycle 3, Christ knows what I'll be trying if I'm not preggers in a year's time!!

Thanks @MrsC87 😊

Just catching up, Congratulations @purplestar9 that's fantastic news! 💕

@Cat32tt that's interesting, I think I'll start monitoring mine (if this isn't my month). Do you think you'd have to chart it same as bbt? I personally would have thought so.

@sunshine1987 Friday babe xx

@Crossfitgirl not sure if you have a Fitbit/ similar but I noticed that my heart rate went down for two days when I ov'd, obviously if you don't track you HR then it won't help but thought worth mentioning as I didn't know x

Thanks everyone, still don't quite believe it!
@ChaosMoon I feel pretty normal still at the moment to be honest, except some nerves! And I don't know what I want to eat most of the time! The one thing I'm really noticing is my muscles (mainly in my legs) are aching so badly!! I'm going to try and do daily yoga if I can now to keep them stretched out.
How are you?