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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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TTC #1 thread 1 2019

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Waiting2bMum · 07/01/2019 13:47

Hi Ladies,

Thought it would be good to start a 2019 support thread for all of us who are trying to conceive. Any one welcome, please join!
I will start:
Age: 26
TTC: baby no.1
Trying: 20 cycles with 2 chemical pregnancies
Currently: 2 ww, due on tomorrow with negative HPT's so far

Would be great to hear your stories and support each other along the way. Wishing you all baby dust☺️💐xx

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flimsyforay · 15/01/2019 23:01

Hello can I join please? Getting fed up with this TTC business (again)
Age: 38
TTC No 2
Cycle number 7
Have just had several positive opks but no temperature rise so think might nip off shortly and dtd Smile I would recommended fertility friend app and taking basal temperatures to anyone TTC!
Good luck and baby dust to all in 2019

ale2992 · 15/01/2019 22:52

Well I've got my first negative pregnancy test today post miscarriage so it feels like it's finally over for me now.
I am also ovulating already 6 days post MVA so very quickly

MrsP4 · 15/01/2019 22:21

Ahh thank you @LondonKez that's out my mind at rest, I had a positive OPK yesterday and negative today so hopefully I've done enough, my LP the last couple months since stopping the pill has been 13 days so guess I'm now officially in the TWW! 🙈 the crazy woman (ME) is back Until AF arrived and I tell myself I'm going to be calm and more relaxed next cycle 😂

MrsG7718 · 15/01/2019 21:13

@PaintingOwls 6 months full pay is bloody good so I get that. If you was to start looking you can always be cheeky and ask if they would honour your current terms and conditions. No AF just yet, last cycle was 4 days late so got excited, this cycle I'm now 2 days late but don't want to get my hopes up yet x

PaintingOwls · 15/01/2019 21:00

MrsG7718 thank you. And sorry to hear AF got you too.

I had a teary chat with DP today because I am unhappy with my job but I don't want to leave and risk losing mat pay (6 months in full pay!) and he thinks that I am too stressed with it all and over-analysing and obsessed with apps and ovulation sticks and all my "accessories" so maybe I won't tell him about the pre-seed lube I bought then

He says that kids are expensive and that 6 months pay is a drop in the ocean of what we will end up paying for them.

LondonKez · 15/01/2019 20:35

*folic!

LondonKez · 15/01/2019 20:34

@Dosmamas I use Superdrug own brand folid acid with vit D. I was using pregnacare but had a really strange cycle and got a bit worried! They're also really expensive!

@MrsP4 your LP will always stay the same. So if you ovulated later in your cycle, your AF will be later. As I understand it, your LP will only ever shift by a day (which is why they recommend testing the day after the first day of your missed period). My cycle varies between 26 -29 days depending on what day I ovulate, but my LP is always 12 days (except last month when it was 11 and I freaked out and googled it!) I think it only really changes dramatically if you're taking something that can alter your hormones Xx

LondonKez · 15/01/2019 20:23

I haven't used them in a few cycles @Waiting2bMum but I had a positive for 2 days one cycle, and then only once on one day the others. So I think it can vary by person and by cycle. If I don't have any joy this cycle, I'm going to order some more and try the preseed again x

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Waiting2bMum · 15/01/2019 20:11

One question iv been meaning to ask all of you...when you use OPK non digital how many positive do you get and for how many days??

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Waiting2bMum · 15/01/2019 20:10

@Kat9707 that is so frustrating, I do feel for you. A few of my cycles were 40/50 days long until I starting taking seven seas vitamins. There is always the odd chance you could be, I'm not getting your hopes up but I have read so many threads that some peoples were hiding from pregnancy tests. Either way I hope you either get a positive or AF shows up asap so you can start TTC again x

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Kat9707 · 15/01/2019 09:05

@Waiting2bMum, I really have no idea what is going on. I spoke to gp on the phone yesterday and he's said there's nothing he can do until my period shows up. When it does I've to book app with nurse for bloods to check my progesterone levels. So basically just need hang around and hope it shows up soon... keep telling myself that while there's no period there is still a chance of a little bean hiding somewhere but chances are probably pretty slim at this stage.... it's so frustrating xx

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Waiting2bMum · 15/01/2019 08:17

@Kat9707 aww so sorry to hear that! It's quite common to have a long cycle especially if you've had any stress to through it off track. If you don't come on at your expected next one I would perhaps have a chat with the gp. Still hoping it's a bro hiding for you x
@LondonKez I have had this before, and recently was only a little pink though x
@MrsP4 I'm really unsure on that one, my cycles are normally 32 days and after tracking ovulation it normally happens for me around CD19 x

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MrsP4 · 14/01/2019 22:11

Hi girls, had a positive OPK today CD17 so guess I'll ovulate today or tomorrow so CD18 my cycles have been 27 days the last two months and the month before that was 30 days. Last few months I've ovulated mid month but it's later this cycle so does that mean I'm out for Jan as I've ovulated later because now my LP will be short 9-10 days, or will AF be later as I Ovulated later? Sorry I'm fairly new to all this so I'm not sure, I was unwell couple of weeks back so blaming that for messing with my cycle

MrsG7718 · 14/01/2019 20:33

@PaintingOwls I'm sorry AF was cruel I normal am on the day but last cylce was 4 days late and got my hopes up.

LondonKez · 14/01/2019 17:41

Hello to the new ladies and sorry to those who have had AF arrive.

I have a weird one. I'm currently in my FW and after sex last night, I had blood in my cm (it was pink). All day today I've had red blood when wiping. We didn't have rough sex and in my 2 years off the pill and 1 year ttc I've never had ovulation bleeding, so that also seems unlikely to be the cause. I'm freaking out a bit because it's bright red rather than pink or brown. Has anyone had this before?

Kat9707 · 14/01/2019 17:30

@Waiting2bMum, my average cycle from August till now had been 25days. I've done 4 pregnancy tests and all showing negative 😢

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Waiting2bMum · 14/01/2019 16:45

Hi @Kat9707 welcome☺️how long have you cycles been before this one? Have you tested yet to see if your pregnant?
@PaintingOwls only thing I can think is that you missed it as may have ovulated on the 26th or later as you said.

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ale2992 · 14/01/2019 16:43

@Waiting2bMum not 100% as I haven't had a period since my MVA, I was ovulating yesterday according to my test. Just waiting for today's to see what that says.

PaintingOwls · 14/01/2019 13:16

DTD on the 27th Waiting2bMum.

Kat9707 · 14/01/2019 10:44

Age 37
Ttc #3
Trying, 5th cycle trying.

I am currently on day 50 of this cycle and really dunno where I am at as cycle has never lasted this long 😭

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Waiting2bMum · 14/01/2019 10:36

@ale2992 what cycle day are you in?
@Dosmamas welcome☺️good luck for TTC and fingers crossed the new vitamins work!💐sorry to hear about your mc. I personally use seven seas folic acid, I really like them.
@MrsG7718 have you tried frer? The are really good and pick up really early. When are you due? Fingers crossed she don't show💐
@MrsE95 welcome☺️I used the Flo app and use ebay cheap ovulation sticks, I find them really good. I sometimes get cramping on one side I am ovulating, only slightly and some EWCM but not an awful lot.
@sjkent18 welcome! And good luck. Ohh I'm not sure in that one, some people are different, give it a bit longer and see.
@PaintingOwls I am so sorry to hear this😞sometimes we can ovulate but not release and egg or the egg doesn't take. When you get a positive test it means the egg is coming12-36 hours later, did you dtd then?

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PaintingOwls · 14/01/2019 07:52

Well, after going to buy a frer yesterday to test this morning ... AF arrived right before bed. I'm really upset as I was 6 days late and had really convinced myself that I had a Christmas miracle.

I've thought I'd ovulated on 25th December, but AF arriving yesterday means that it was actually 30th December, right? I had a positive opk on 25th so I really don't know what to think.

sjkent18 · 13/01/2019 23:58

Hello! First time TTC, stopped the pill a week ago after being on since May 2018 and it's been like bunnies ever since. No withdrawal bleed yet so wondering if this could mean anything?! Xx

ale2992 · 13/01/2019 23:56

@MrsE95 I tend to get ovulation pain but I'm also using ovulation tests as I've suffered a MMC and want to track my cycle as best I can. I got pregnant using flo on my first cycle.

MrsE95 · 13/01/2019 23:44

Please can I join?

Age: 23
TTC #1
Cycle 3 now. Desperately trying to play it cool but secretly obsessing over ever detail like everyone I’m sure. Currently not tracking anything except using an app. Recently came off the implant after having it in for six years with a little gap between year 3/4. Currently still trying to work out my cycles as never really had regular cycles (had implant in when 16 so can’t remember what they’re like) but so far I’ve had a 27 day cycle and a 28 day cycle.

I’m wanting to check/track ov. What are the best ways? What symptoms do you ladies get when ovulating?

I’m excited for another month of trying. Baby dust to you all. X

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