TTC FIRST BABY - THREAD NO.8

Welcome @autumnfires !

@Crossfitgirl in that case I would test on 12dpo if no temp drop (although I probably would end up testing on 11dpo...or 10!)😂

@AngeloMysterioso sorry to hear about af lovely. At least you can enjoy some mulled wine in the run up to Christmas. Small bonus!
Opks you can either get the cheapie ones off amazon which you start taking depending on the length of your cycle around cd10-14. With the cheapies you want to test 2 or three times a day. I do morning, around 2pm and last thing at night. With these you need a line as dark or darker than the control line. Then once you get this you are likely to ovulate between 12-36 hours after.
Then there are also the clearblue monitor ones which detect two hormones, you do this with fmu and it gives you a flashing smiley when you're approaching ov and a static smiley when you are about to ovulate (again 12-36hours after) clear blue are easier but more expensive, the monitor lasts 2/3 cycles.
Hope that helps!

@flapjackered it's been between 9 and 11 days, it either varies - or I've maybe tracked my ovulation a day or two out each month.
@cupcakesandglitter I count from the day after my positive OPK to the first day of my period for my LP xx

Thanks @Mrsr16! Still trying not to get too excited, will test again once my AF is actually late!

@autumnfires welcome! I have been TTC casually since April but properly for 6 cycles - I was pregnant in April but had an early MC. So if I really have managed to fall pregnant this month it’s happened again very fast!!

Oh wow, how much did I miss?!? Huge congratulations @sunshine1987 @CookieWaffle and @MrsEG - spread some of your amazing babydust! 😊 xx

So, now I'm back on CD1, can someone please give me an idiots guide to OPKs/charting/FF app etc? I am literally clueless about that whole shebang.

@BabySquid I feel your pain. I'm really struggling too with my dodgy tubes. I just feel like such a failure. Look after yourself and we're here for you. X

Scratch my last post- looks like AF is finally on the approach. I'm almost happy about it as I didn't think I was pregnant- if anything I'm annoyed at how much money I wasted on tests!

Hi guys, massive congratulations to @CookieWaffle and @sunshine1987

I think I've taken my BFN yesterday harder than I thought and with us taking a break from trying for a couple of months I've decided to leave you all for a while. I wish you all the very very best of luck. 😘😘

Hey @autumnfires, I'm 40 and have been wanting kids since my 20s but life never goes the way you want it to ;) We started trying in April and if this one is successful I should feel quite lucky really! Good luck to you for this cycle xx

Plus welcome @autumnfires, these girls are the best 💜

@flapjackered not yet, was going to wait but I don’t know if I can, just in case. In reality there is no way I’m going to get through Christmas/December without them all guessing anyway as I’m a bit Prosecco lover 🙈 would rather we told our family than they guessed based on me not drinking.

@autumnfires I came off the pill last December and decided to see what happened but properly trying, this is cycle 7 x

@sunshine1987 @cookiewaffle @MrsEG how long have you been trying? I absolutely love a bfp story. Good luck and congrats!

I've been silently lurking for a little while now and it was starting to feel a bit weird 😂 This is by far my fave thread on here. But I must confess I'm ttc my second babe. I had my ds 11 years ago. Different circumstances. Different OH etc. Feels like lifetime ago.

I'm 31, Got married in August and we're on to cycle #4. Finding ttc a bit intense. Have had a regular 27 day cycle since forever. Always start with couple days spotting then heavy two days then tails off. Then all of a sudden this month; 29 day cycle and 9 day af 🤯 nightmare! Not sure why it changed 🤔 maybe I want to be pregnant so much I actually willed myself 2 days late !! or just biological response to pregnacare and reflexology.

Currently cd11, ovulate in couple days so just got to sit tight and let nature do it's thing I guess.

Love following you ladies- keeps me going throughout the month and bfps are so reassuring. Thought it was time to say hi 🤗

@AngeloMysterioso do it!

Thanks ladies and thanks @MrsEG, it's not been easy! :)

Morning all!

Still no sign of AF. Quick straw poll- do I POAS today, Y/N?

@cupcakesandglitter i temp and take opks so I know when I ovulate then your lp is not really meant to change more than a day or so each cycle, are you taking opks?

@sunshine1987 have you told any of your family yet or are you going to wait?
Also out of interest what cycle is this for you?

@MrsEG Can totally see a line! Congrats!

@cupcakesandglitter I can normally feel when I'm ovulating so, for me, LP is the time between that day and proper AF (not spotting). I remember you don't temp due to your schedule. What's the best you get out of opks? Do you get a positive? And how long does it last, if you do? I read you don't ovulate during the surge, so worst case, it's 48 hours after your last positive. Guessing these internal processes that are so important is so annoying.

So happy, I was starting to get annoyed! It’s actualy gone slightly darker too xx

@MrsEG I can see a line!!!

@CookieWaffle losing a stone since September is amazing, well done!

@Crossfitgirl 😂 I am the same with the boobs! They were a bit sore just after ov, now nothing. Got bugger all symptoms at the moment so not particularly hopeful but desperate to poas anyway with all these bfps.
Isn't your luteal phase normally 11 days? If so I would definitely not be able to wait longer than that! 😂
I think I will test on Friday if I can hold out!

@DayDreamer1707 that's a positive! 🎉 hurrah!!!! Get bd-ing!