TTC First Baby Massive Thread.

@Delilah7 👌🏻👍🏻

@cupcakesandglitter oh no, I do this ALL the time, you would have thought I would learn. Each time they turn up eventually. I even found a ring in the rice pot once 🙄
It will turn up, you won't have lost it, just try and keep it in mind when you're doing a tidy up/ moving house.

@Delilah7 if I were you I would count tomorrow as 1dpo. It is better you're late than too early for testing etc.

@poodlepip I know the recommended is 12dpo. I have done one at 10dpo before but found it stressful not knowing if the bfn was right or not. So this time I won't test until at least 13dpo. Some people just like to poas and aren't so upset by seeing a bfn so it depends how you feel about it.

@Crossfitgirl If I were you I would ask for tests even if it is just to reassure you about the luteal phase etc. How long is you luteal phase? I think anything from 9-16 is considered normal.

@Delilah7 oh sorry haha I am probably just confused too. I had read the only constant was the time between your ovulation and first day of period which is usually 14d so you can work it out when your expected to ovulate if your cycle is regular. But that doesn't really help does it!

I say just for it more DTD the better 👍

Honestly you haven't made me worry @Crossfitgirl, I'm keen to just learn about these sorts of things and it's something I should consider if further down the line I've had no success in conceiving.
But yes it's a regular thing for me so maybe it's just normal for me. I think my luteal phase is normal as I'm regularly 28-29 days.
I'm also a fellow googler lol! Sometimes not the best thing to do! I'm sure many people would laugh at the random things I tap into google re TTC 🤣 xx

@mrsc87 this has a nice easy to read bit of info about progesterone (and other hormones) and why i was concerned

www.obgyn.net/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos/hormone-levels-and-pcos

@mrsc87 oh no, don't let me crazy worries make you worry too. I think if you usually spot before your period then that's probably just normal for you and your cycle.

I was pondering whether I should be worried for a few reasons - the first being I have a really short luteal phase (8-9 days) which I think is a little abnormal, and I know hormones can have a role to play in that, and since I have PCOS which can affect your hormones, thought maybe there's a problem. Spotting being a sign of low progesterone is purely based on my Google searches so definitely don't take my word for it.
It could just be normal for me too.

But I like to Google everything and worry. Sorry if I've made you worry! If everything else for you is normal and regular I wouldn't worry at all xxx

@Delilah7 ooh yes I'd count it as today!! Get riding again, good luck xxx

@Delilah7 do you get any other signs of ovulation that you could use to pinpoint it? The sides of my boobs get really painful once I’ve ov’ed, do you get anything like that? If not I’d assume that ov was 24 hours after the almost positive opk and count from there, so I’d say that you were 0 dpo today and you ov’ed this morning.

@poodlepip there's no too early. Crazy over here did one today, CD8, before I have even ovulated!! 😂
Earliest I did one properly though was 9dpo, (partly the reason I did another into this cycle, thought it was too early then blatantly thought I could still be pg even after AF) but mrsof20118 I am sure said she was 7dpo with her BFP this morning??
I read on some other threads people getting BFPs at 7dpo too. (I stalked the short LP crew).

@Crossfitgirl is spotting something I should worry about or go to docs about? I spot every time before AF so is this something to be concerned about?

@Delilah7 I'd see what your OPKs are like today - drink the same amount of water as you did before OPK yesterday, don't drink more!! Hold it in as long as you can do you get the clearest result. If they get fainter I'd count maybe today as ov day as OPK detect surge before ov? Xx

Hi @poodlepip, I think I've seen you on another thread 😊 this is my second cycle - last cycle I think I started at 12dpo maybe? But they were negative anyway so zero idea when the best time to test is xx

Hey guys. I've been lurking and reading again
(31, cycle 3, 5dpo, infrequent poorly timed DTD this month!)

@Delilah7 hard to say, I guess the only way to know is 14 days before next AF but hope she doesn't come!! Has your cycle been regular before?

I have a question. What's the earliest everyone has done a pregger test?? I keep thinking about it but clearly it would be negative haha

@Delilah7 @FivexFive thankyou 😭❤️ xx

Cupcakesandglitter, it may well turn up in the spare room! I also hide things a little toooo well, then forget where. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that it turns up xxx

Sorry @Crossfitgirl I didn't see your message - that gives me hope!! It's a Chanel Brooch that's limited edition so I can't even replace it 😭 I remember thinking to put it somewhere that no one would ever think to check but that's too sensible 😂 x

@Delilah7 thank god it's not just me 😂😭

@Delilah7 honestly I've even checked in my socks 😭😭😭 sorting through the spare room just in case but I can't think of anywhere else! Is it just me that hides things in really good places... but so good that I forget where it is?