TTC FIRST BABY THREAD NO.5!

@MrsC87 Thursday. I'll try to hold off for a few days! Crossing everything.

I can see a very faint line @ValidUser. When is AF due?

Feeling really odd and poas.

I feel like I see something, and so does DH, but only 10dpo and may be overly optimistic.

10dpo. Usual little bit of spotting. At least I've now confirmed I'm ovulating.

We're getting DH semen analysis this month (just to be sure - have good private cover).

SSP rearing her head. My front bottom smells mildly oniony in spite of a very recent shower. Trying to ascribe meaning to this is surely pathological.

@Delilah7 could we give our next thread a nice name? Like the broody nymphomaniacs or something?

Well AF crept up on me overnight and almost a week early!
Not too bothered as last month was a bit on and off for deciding if we were ttc yet. So it now starts properly from today !
Cycle 1 or cycle 10 including mc in cycle 7

@robync19 it could be both. I had this last month on 7/8 dpo then it stopped and started again just before my period unfortunately x

Ok help I'm 7dpo just went the toilet and had very stretchy but off coloured cm. I might be symptom spotting could this be implantation bleeding or am I just going to come on x

@FlapJackered very regular, which is why it's so unusual. The only difference this time is the thyroid medicine, maybe my body is adjusting to it. Getting blood tests done on Wednesday to see if the full month of it got it under 2. Since there were no symptoms, I can't tell if anything has changed. Wohoo for upcoming O and regular dtd-ing for you!

@KatBeCool - do you normally have regular cycles? Did your temps stay up for more than 3 days? Maybe it is just a dip and they will go back up. It is so frustrating when you think you have ovulated and you haven't though, that has happened to me a few times now.
I am in fw, flashing smiley and tons of ewcm this morning so I am hoping ovulation is coming tomorrow. Been Dtd every other day ish. so hopefully covering bases!

I'm 6 or 7 dpo is wind a symptom cause I have been very gassy apart from that nothing bar the odd twinge mild headaches and a hot face, also thick creamy cm but this could all just be pms
I'm 26 ttc baby 1
This is my 3rd cycle on cd 28 didn't ovulate till around cd 21 have only has two periods since coming off the pill one took 85 days to arrive and lasted 6 days very light then 44 days later my last one arrives lasting a whopping 15 days again very light

Been staying away as this cycle is odd. I had a temp rise right after the O but then it's been slowly dropping and is now almost down to the pre-O temps. I'm only 6 DPO. Usually by now my boobs would be super sore. I'm filling some some pinching in the lower middle, but at this point I'm thinking it's probably bloating. Somehow it almost seems like I didn't even ovulate. Tried an OPK, it's negative.

@Dosmamas it's possible to go from no smiley to peak without it ever flashing.

@FlapJackered has your FW started?

@Dosmamas that is not unusual, all it means is that both hormones that the clearblue tests for have risen at the same time rather than oestrogen rising first then LH...I think!

@Delilah7 that sounds like a really sensible idea to not pressure yourselves while you're not on top form. Hope you're feeling better soon though.

Sorry to hear about af @MrsC87 but the one pro is enjoying the junk food and wine guilt free. That's great AF is looking more normal too.

@starkid I am in the same boat as you, and aiming for roughly every other day. 🤞🏻

@Dosmamas if she ovulates tomorrow, if needed, maybe organise all donations pre-ovulation next month? Egg lives only about 24 hours after it's released. Swimmers can live up to 5 days on the inside.

I really can't wait @FivexFive bring on winter nights 😉 😍

Hi girls. We are waiting to have some sign of impending ovulation here, definitely need to start temping. Partner is due to ovulate tomorrow so fingers cross it happens on time. We are going for a donation tomorrow and Monday night (I'll push for Tuesday too if the donor is okay with it).

Anyone here have only a short time to catch their surge? Last month we OPK'd for the entire FW and nothing, no pale line that got darker. And then after a mini wobble due to my partner needing constant reminding to POAS she did it being snarky and there it was suddenly on both the OPK and Clearblue her solid smiley no flashing, straight to smiley. It had appeared in full force in a few hours? Is this normal? Is it a healthy sign? Given that we have had nothing so far and FW started Thursday I'm thinking this month is the same.

@MrsC87 glad DH is looking after you. Have lots of yummy things to cheer you up.

We just had my brother, his wife and their three kids over. My two year old niece just randomly said to me " have you got a baby in your tummy?" Randomly hoping kids have some weird sixth sense for pregnancy 😂

@FivexFive loving the different room challenge! We might need to get some curtains before we try that or our new neighbours might have a bit of a shock!

@Starkid, me and dh are similar. It's not like we hardly ever dtd, but we tend to have phases. Like one week it happens a good few times, but others we're just not bothered. So getting into the headspace to jump each other every other day feels a bit daunting. At the same time, saying we Have To dtd more just when I get a smiley face can feel too forced/pressured.

So, ladies, I'm thinking of proposing a kind of 'challenge' to DH for next cycle (if needed! Tww is upon us)
We commit to dtd every other day, just for that cycle, to see if it works? We could mix it up, like one week aim for different rooms each time, or something? I'm just rambling now, trying to think of ways to keep it fun :) Any suggestions welcome! X

Hi everyone! Congrats @summer28 :)
Just got AF a couple days ago, and so annoyed at my cycles! Since coming off the pill in April it's been anywhere between 25-33 days long. Makes it so hard to judge when my fertile week is going to be.
So I think this month I'm going to just try and dtd fairly often from maybe cd8 just in case and see how it goes, and ignore my app. I'll still do opk's at some point and log temp, but try not to schedule it into a certain timeframe. We're not usually at it that often so going to be tricky to get into that mindset!

@MrsC87, I am sooo feeling the excitement for the colder weather and darker nights! Get the throws on the sofa, put the fire on and stick a casserole in... then yes, as you say, a little on the rug action!! Good times :)

@Delilah7, hope your chaps bad chest feels better soon. Xx

Thanks @Delilah7 & @Lougg feeling okay, hubby has been super lovely so we're going to pig out on crap food and booze tonight!
Have to take the positive from this AF that I didn't spot for days like last time. Feels like a normal period for me this time.

@Delilah7 sounds like you need a snuggly day on the sofa- hope you and OH start to feel better soon 😘

@Lougg it still could be too early to show on a test. My friend got her BFP 1 week after missed AF. Keeping everything crossed for you 😘

This weather has made me super excited for winter & snuggly sofa days. Shut the curtains, get the fire on & a "romp on the Rug" 😜😂😂 I really hope we all make a baby this Autumn/Winter 🤞🤞🤞

@MrsC87 oh no! I'm sorry

BFN this morning but still no AF. Think I must have got my dates wrong. Will wait a few more days and see what happens