TTC October anyone want to join 😊

@Rightnow1245 fingers crossed these symptoms are the right ones! Are you defo gonna wait til Saturday ?

Thanks @Rightnow1245 I will start using the opk’s tomorrow morning as i will be on CD 11! Thanks @EmmTTC sounds good i may give it a go @Abzi hope something happens soon so you can carry on the ttc journey let me know how you get on! i will start using opk’s tomorrow so will let you know how i go

@pinkstar01 ah didn’t realise you’d been trying so long. Did you try for a while for your first? What do you use? Apps, opks, Cm? Or all of the above?

I think its because it's been almost a year since I started ttc for #2..in the beginning i used to get excited and test before AF was due and always negative...so now I'm just scared of doing it! I'd rather wait than be disappointed :/

@Decgal88 yeah I love flo! You can add in DTD, symptoms, CM and look back at other months to compare. If just gives you the ‘norm’ ovulation day so to be specific I’d use OPKS if you wanna. It’s also got a really good pregnancy mode once you do fall pregnant. Let me know how the opks go! I’ve never used them.. and wouldn’t know where to start.

@pinkstar01 good on you for holding back on testing! That’s one thing I am terrible at and go through tests like crazy every month 🙄🙄 thank goodness they are pound shop ones or I’d be bankrupt!

@Rightnow1245 everything you said is true. She isn't spotting anymore. And no AF..she did a test today whilst I was at work and it was negative. We just have to wait and see now cause not knowing when she ovulated we really don't know how many DPO she is. Could be ten could be 8..who knows 🤷🏼‍♀️

Aww thanks @abzi, I hope you can sleep away the flu tonight! As they say, your not out til AF arrived so keeping my fingers crossed for you too!

Hey all! So 5 days late and still no sign of AF or a bfp 🤦🏻‍♀️ I've had no symptoms at all, so don't think this is the month for us! I think I am coming down with the flu though. Nose is completely blocked up 😫

Fingers crossed for you for Saturday @Rightnow1245 🤞🏽🤞🏽 I hope you get your BFP!

Thanks @Decgal88 I'm just waiting for af to come now so I can get back to ttc! Keep me updated on how your first time with OPKs go, cos I'll probably order some as well!

Ditto to you @Cloclopops with OPKs! Sorry to hear AF came. Hope this cycle is the one for you 🤞🏽 I've been taking Superdrug own brand folic acid and vit d tablets for the past few days as recommended by the ladies here (had no idea about it either!)

It must be so frustrating and confusing for you right now @Dosmamas to not know what's going on! The female system is all over the place! So stressful 😫 hope it was just implantation bleeding and you still get your bfp 🤞🏽

@decgal88 I think I'll start using them Friday or Saturday as I usually ovulate CD 11 to 14. Are you supposed to use them twice a day? I haven't really looked into how to use them properly yet. And I'm scrolling through Amazon trying to figure out which supplements to buy... I didnt realise there were so many!

Hi @Cloclopops sorry to hear AF came it came for me too last Tuesday! im currently on CD 9 and planning on using opk’s too! when are you going to start using them? I started taking folic acid and vit d combo about 5 weeks ago xx

sorry i forgot to @ you @EmmTTC! is flo an app i think i have heard of it epuld you recommend it? This is my first and desperate for it to happen this year!! I had the implant for 3 years and had it removed beginning of July then i was on the pill for a week after that so i guess you could say i have been TTC from August! yes happy we are in this

@keaps fingers crossed for your bfp 🤞🏼is flo an app think i have heard of this? for me and my partner its our first, I had the implant out beginning of July and used the pill for about a week after that so i guess you coukd say i have been properly ttc from August! really hope it happens this year for all of us xx

Hows everyone?
I think I'm atleast 10dpo now and just 'feeling' something...I ate a late lunch at 2pm today and now my stomach is so empty I can feel the acid. That was my earliest symptom with my son too....feeling hungry. Also feeling sleepy but that could just be the regular progesterone rise that happens before AF.

I have a clearblue test sitting in my room and I'm just too scared to use it...because at least until i don't test there is some kind of hope. Sigh!
I might wait a few more days as I'm not technically due AF for another week.

@Rightnow1245 I have a feeling that because we didn't capture our exact ovulation day it has thrown my chart into a bit of a spin. Fertility Friend is saying that we are technically 8dpo because we most likely ovulated last Tuesday. I haven't asked anymore about the spotting from my partner. It causes arguments between us, her stance is "if there is any changes or symptoms I'll tell you, don't ask me" which is her final demand! 😂 it's not how I want it to be, but Its not my body and I don't want to be controlling. Basically I've had to take a back seat and just wait until AF properly turns up and then I will know for sure then I guess.

I'm pissed off aswell cause our tracking is messed up due to my partner refusing to take a Clearblue digital to pin point her ovulation day, so in reality we have no idea when exactly that occurred. We could of inseminated 6 days early for all we know. Anyway rant over!

I hope you girls are keeping positive, I have my fingers crossed for you, that's so cute @Rightnow1245 that you save the good HPT for Saturday. It's like a little ritual!

Cycle #3
TTC baby #1
26 years old

Hi all! I'm so behind on this thread. AF came 4 days early for me last Thursday and I was absolutely gutted. Back on the baby making train now though! CD 7 for me with ovulation predicted on Monday. I've bought some ovulation strips for the first time this month so fingers crossed they'll help with the BFP 🙏 Is anyone on here taking folic acid supplements? I only recently read that aparently you're supposed to take them at least a month before ttc and for the first 3 months of pregnancy but I'd never heard that before 🤔

@Decgal88 Hi. Yeah currently on cycle day 10 with ovulation supposed to happen around Sunday. My husband doesn’t get home until Sunday from work so hoping it’s a later one this month. I’ve only ever used flo. No opks. Seemed to work for me before just pin pointing ovulation date and working around that but last month and previous it just didn’t happen. 🙄🙄 I don’t want to start using opks because I know TTC will then control my life! But if it doesn’t happen for me by January I’ve said to myself I’ll do that. What about you? Is this first baby? Atleast we have someone to be in he TWW with! 😘

Hey @decgal88. Hope you good and preparing for the work of trying to get pregnant as your fertility window approaches. I am currently 7dpo and waiting patiently. Cheers.

@EmmTTC i just read your post and you are similar to me in your cycle only about a day out I am currently on cycle day 9! do you use opk? how do you keep track of ovulating etc?xx

@hellobrass thank you, I found completely contradicting accounts online when I was looking, but not that one. I'll forward that link to DP too, so he doesn't get too excited. To be honest, the broken sleep thing is the thing making me feel the most positive about it as I'm almost 100% sure I had this at the same time before my BFP with DD. Obviously it could be my mind racing that's waking me though! The joys of symptom spotting 😂🙈

Fx for you @SwimSwim

But without wanting to piss on your biscuits, I read this this morning as I was tempted to do the same

www.babymed.com/opk-as-hpt-test-pregnancy-test

I read another thread on here which said you can get an LH surge before AF, so I thought whatever the result was, it was likely to mess with my head!

I do really hope it's a good sign for you though x

I meant to add, currently 10dpo x

Hi all! My DP talked me into taking an ovulation test last night as we have loads, so I did on the understanding it meant nothing and we are still waiting to take a proper test. It was positive! So I've now been googling furiously to see what that means 🙈😂.

Symptom wise, I'm now having terrible broken sleeps and waking up really thirsty. I think the sleep thing also happened with DD, so I'm back to thinking more positively again. Roll on Friday morning as due to the ovulation test, we've decided to take a test then, just to see.