TTC #1 thread 1 2019

My OPKs came yesterday and I’m due ovulation on Tuesday. I had the faintest line yesterday.

People using OPKs is this normal to have such a faint line 4/5 days before ov? I don’t really have any idea what I’m doing tracking my ov as first time this cycle. 🙈

Thanks @Waiting2bMum ! Not sure how accurate as only using my app at the moment and not sure if it's just my imagination but I deffo feel like something's going on down there haha

Fingers crossed for all

Hi @waiting2bmum I've not done anymore tests as we had 6 come back positive I'm getting more symptoms very sore boobs, sore teeth and quezyness so we're pretty sure it wasn't a lie. Phoned the dr expecting to be told to come in but nope just got to see the community midwife at 8weeks. These 4 weeks waiting are already putting me on pins. Just want someone official to confirm it's all real. I saw your ovulating early hope this could be a good sign FX xxx

@fabmaz I'm 2dpo so in TWW.
Feeling very nauseous today which isn't Inuit I be honest but 🤞🏻

So, strange cycle for me (again!). I thought I was about 3dpo today. Woke up and input my temp expecting it to confirm ovulation and it's put me at 8dpo which means I ovulated 3 days after the end of my period, my bleeding/spotting happened at 3-5dpo and my cramps started at 6dpo. My actual pre O cramps must have been confused with AF cramps. Very frustrating. Going to just not think about it snd see what happens on Weds when Natural Cycles is predicting my period

Hi all,

Congrats to those with bfp!

Baby dust to all those still ttc :)

According to my app I ovulate today and me and dh have been dtd throughout my fw and plan some more today haha so fingers crossed

Any one else similar waiting position?

@LondonKez I get cramps mid cycle ish but I can’t predict it. This cycle I had cramps 2 days before predicted O on Flo and today (1 day after predicted O) so very confusing.

I’ve been on a bit of a health kick since the new year so I’ve been drinking around 2-3 litres a day, although this week has been a write off. I’ve not drank enough water and had way too many fizzy drinks.

I'm 1dpo!

I'm also in the tww. According to natural cycles I'm 2po, but it normally takes 3 days for consecutive high temps for it to calculate. I've run out of folic acid and on your recommendation I've picked up some seven seas ones instead @Waiting2bMum.

I get really sensitive breasts and cramps around ovulation @Sienna9522, but had very little ewcm in the last few months. I've heard drinking water helps, but I have to go to the loo every half an hour. I already have a reputation at work for my weak bladder (always having to step oit of meetings) and now it's just ridiculous 😂 🙈

@waiting2bmum hahaha I am too! Although I’m not as concerned give the fact my first child come from ‘bone dryness’ 😂

Just jumping in on a few of the convos. I never seem to get EWCM. Not that’s noticeable anyway, I remember vividly having it as a tennager but since I started TTC the first time, it was never there. I worried endlessly and googled my life away ‘can you get pregnant with no EWCM’. Maybe I do get it and don’t notice. Anyway, the point to my rambling is, the first time I got pregnant I had no EWCM. It was the third cycle and we had just starting using OPKs. We DTD on the day I got a static smiley on a clear blue.

For now, we’re just seeing what happens but I might use them if no joy after 3 cycles. I definitely can’t tell when I’m ovulating just via symptoms so I’m roughly going by the predictions on the Flo App and continuing throughout the month to make sure I’m not missing it. I always tell myself I’m not going to get too stressed about it, but here I am

@Waiting2bMum Wow what a journey you have had. I definitely think that is a good way to look at the MC's. As devastating as they must have been it must be nice to know that things are happening and it probably is just a matter of time. Thanks for sharing and for the advice, really appreciate it. FX for you, third time is a charm as they say!

Anyway if AF comes im ready for it as the next cycle will be the first one i'm going to take soy isoflavones and see if that helps me get my BFP :)

Thanks @Waiting2bMum, i'd love to ask you how you cope with your feelings during each cycle and the tww? I find that as the cycles go on I really struggle to stay positive and now I expect a BFN each time I do a test. I wonder if its better to have this mentality or if it would be better to think really positive each month and say to myself 'this is the month'.

I used FRER both days and my pack of 50 (!!!) internet cheapies has just arrived so I might do another test tonight/tomorrow seeing as I have so many to use but am pretty confident im out!

Thanks @Waiting2bMum! I had a definite period - the aim was to wait until that period was over to start ttc. Expected the normal change in cm as cycle goes on but got the 4 days of ewcm as soon as period finished on cd7, which is really strange. Managed to dtd once during ewcm and once after but think we’re just going to keep trying every few days throughout cycle anyway as not sure cm is an exact science - especially as got pregnant outside of the ewcm period first time round. So i have no idea if I ov’d really early but if anyone wants to take anything from my previous experience - if you’re only tracking cm and not using OPKs just keep dtd just in case!! 🤞🏼

@Waiting2bMum when I get an OPK like that I start testing twice a day definitely think you'll ovulate in a few days