End of September bus

@Sophieb15 I hope so... there was a gap of dtd from CD9 to CD14 so I'm worried if I did ov early that I didn't catch it.
I've got some twinges today but no cm. I don't know whether to test again this evening or just leave it until tomorrow fmu.

Keeping everything crossed for you and @mrssunshinexxx x

@mrssunshinexxx If you do tonight you have done 4 times in your fertile window so your def covered this month. All we can do is be positive every month.

Hopefully we will both be loading our BFP's this month. So if O day is today if you haven't got AF this day 2 weeks time you have a great chance of getting a BFP. xx

@Tamalama You have DTD loads anyway so you should be covered.

@mrssunshinexxx Tell him it has to happen tonight and in the morning egg stays around for 24 hours so if you released this morning that will be another 2 BD's done in your FW.

When we are not TTC we are like a once a week kinda couple so this is a lot for us too xx

@MrsD0147 @Fredthespider Thank you ladies, it's so confusing isn't it?

@mrssunshinexxx I'm sorry DH was acting that way, but it's great that he apologised and you're definitely in a with a shot regarding ov!

@Sophieb15 When I ran out of test sticks I threw the holder away, I guess it's now just like starting from scratch again 🤦‍♀️ having said that, lines on the clearblue test I took yesterday evening and this morning were so faint, as was the line on the cheapie I did too so I reckon if I did ov its been and gone v early... I'll still stick to my dtd plan though. As of Friday I won't see DH until 14th sept...

@mrssunshinexxx Static yesterday means O day is roughly today so DTD tonight if you can and you should be covered. Is he there tomorrow too? Maybe you could too tomorrow too? SMEP says to DTD the 3 days from when you get your static!! Men are so clueless I went through a month or 2 at the start where I used actually get angry with him over it. You actually have to sit them down and explain it so they understand. I had to do that with my OH the start of last month and in fairness we did everything we could. He has started off this month great too so far.

I caved and got the CB O sticks they arrive Thursday which will be CD 12. My plan was not to test with O sticks and do CD 7,9,11,13,14,15,16,17,18 and cd 20 for luck but thought that was a bit excessive so prefer to do SMEP do every 2nd day until my static take a break and one for luck. 6 days together i just can't do LOL

@Tamalama do you still have the holder you got your flashing on? Use that one don't use the new one!

@Sunflower2019 It does get stressful try not to argue about it though I've learned that in the last 8 months!

@Lauralozzle Congrats on the job I'm doing SMEP too but I'm doing it on the odd days instead to change it up. CD7 and CD 9 done so far.

@Tamalama i agree just stick to your original plan as there could have been a fault on the sticks or anything, Ignorance is bliss i think but that is easy to say as when you are trying to TTC i think you think about and analyse everything. I apparently ovulated 5 days ago wwhich would have been early so don't know what my body is doing but we will see in a couple of weeks.

@mrssunshinexxx i know exactly what you mean - my DH doesn't actually understand that there is a small window you can get pregnant in i think he just thinks every time you have sex might the time...they must have skipped biology i think !!

@Tamalama sorry to hear it's all a bit confusing for you, but good to stick to your DTD plan and try not to get disheartened.

@Lauralozzle congratulations! That's so exciting :)

@mrssunshinexxx massive hugs, I know you were really excited about this month. I hope you manage to find time to DTD soon x

This is prob tmi but my partner always gets worried about me hurting him when we are dtd.. I was lubricated and he kept saying it doesn’t feel right 🙄 he snapped his thingy years ago and it seems to be an issue.. anyway so I got in a grump and he did and ended up just going to sleep 🤦🏽‍♀️ This whole process has been a lot more stressful than I was intending x

@Lauralozzle congrats on the new job!

I think I'm out already 😕 we dtd CD7, 9, 15 & 16 and got flashing smiley on CD15. I then ran out of tests but I caved yesterday and bought a new box of clearblue. I know that using a new test holder gives a low reading for the first test so I wasn't surprised by that yesterday evening, but I've just done an fmu and it's still low. Now I'm wondering if I've ov at all this month. I actually had more some cm and twinges last week when I kept getting low readings and the blue lines were stronger than what they've been the last few days, even when I got the flashing smiley. So now I'm confused that maybe I did ov last week with low readings due to the other symptoms or that I haven't ov this month... either way, I'm still sticking to my dtd plan. Just wish I hadn't bought any more tests, sometimes ignorance is bliss 🙄

Oh wow, been away from mumsnet for a few days, will catch up later.

CD8 was yesterday so SMEP started all over again. I get a day off today :) DTD CD 8 ✅

Oh, and that job I applied for- I got it! Don’t know when I start yet, but I’m well chuffed!

@mrssunshinexxx Well I only started using clearblue opks last month and I went straight from low to static, so I've never had a flashing smiley before until this month. X

Hey everyone,

So been a little M.I.A finished AF and not near ovulation day as yet so didn’t feel the need, currently on cycle day 8.. so from about cycle day 13 I can dtd as it’s in my fertile window, last month got a positive opk on cd15... so maybe I’ll be fertile sooner this month, who knows!!
AF due 25th.... I’m gonna be super upset if it’s another month with nothing.. my dp is getting a sperm test done as he has twisted veins in his **lls but I’m sure we are both fine for fertility so a waiting game ❤️

How’s everyone? Xx

@mrssunshinexxx Yeah I agree the more expensive ones are better but I ran out of clearblue sticks yesterday and couldn't really afford to buy anymore this month. I'm just going to test every morning and evening with cheapies until Thursday. Good luck for this month 😊 I think it's a good thing you've not told your other half about the static smiley.

@Sophieb15 Yep just going to dtd tonight, Tuesday and Thursday and just hope I ovulate at some point in between! I've had cramping off and on today but no cm whatsoever, even though I got flashing smiley yesterday.

I guess it's out of my hands this week with DH going away for 9 days as of Friday...

TTC #2
Cycle 1
Currently 2 dpo 🤞

@Sophieb15 I think we were on the same August bus. Let's keep our fingers crossed for each other this month xxx

@mrssunshinexxx just try make it interesting without letting him know.
I've just told my OH we have to do every day if possible from CD 12 on wards xx

@Lucylou22039 Welcome I'm not due till the 22nd or 23rd so I'm near enough to you. x