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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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danielasummer · 03/12/2019 07:34

Hi everyone, just making this thread as it seems a few of us will be trying SMEP to TTC! Adding these lovely ladies in from another thread but I hope everyone feels free to join! All welcome :)

@Devgirl31 @fayy123 @NCON @MrsKJW19

Some stats about me:

TTC #1
27 years old, DH is 28 years old
Missed miscarriage in October 2019 at 7+2 weeks
Still in that cycle (no AF yet)
Long and irregular cycles, some anovulatory
Suspected low progesterone/hypothyroidism (I think this based on symptoms, not diagnosed yet!)

Hope we can all provide support for each other in this crazy TTC journey.

Feel free to introduce yourselves :)

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HE88 · 14/02/2020 17:34

@Shazzzzz congratulations lovely news 😁. Nice to see some more bfp sending lots of baby dust to those still waiting 😘 xx

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danielasummer · 14/02/2020 15:57

@paintfairy I would still input it as FF should be able to find a pattern at some point. It will discard it by itself (I think?) if it's super out the ordinary. Don't quote me on that though, but I'm sure I've read that. Just keep DTD I guess until there are 3 high temps. x

@Shazzzzz I'm so glad you told us - I can imagine you're bursting! Really great news. Keep us updated x

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Shazzzzz · 14/02/2020 15:49

@danielasummer im waiting until 12 weeks but i couldnt make everyone on here wait that long 🤣 im dying to tell people to be honest so at least on here its taken away some of the urge to shout it out 😂 oh good, baby dust to you and everyone on here hopefully this is your month 🤞🍀

paintfairy · 14/02/2020 15:20

@danielasummer yes I think I had. Thir dsy I didn't input cd10 was 36.56. Which looks pretty much correct. However that would make 36.38 low for today because it should be going up now? Rarely/never do I ovulate after day 13 (today). So I can't work out if it's today or happened the other day or what. 😂 Been DTD anyway.

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danielasummer · 14/02/2020 15:04

@Shazzzzz ahh bless you. I'm really so so happy for you 😁 are you planning on telling people or waiting? I'm good thank you. Just happy I've got a static smiley to be honest haha x

@paintfairy had you had more than 3 hours solid sleep at 4am? If so, count that one as normal. I never go by wake up times and have tracked for years. I always go by the longest stretch of sleep, as long as it's 3 or more hours. That should still allow you to find and follow your temp pattern x

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paintfairy · 14/02/2020 13:16

@danielasummer Here it is. I'm furious i woke at 4am today. So I'm none the wiser. It was 36.38 at 4am and 36.68 at 6.35am but I'd only been asleep an hour! Same thing happened on that missed day on my chart. So it makes it difficult.
I've also attached my opks.

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Shazzzzz · 14/02/2020 09:18

@danielasummer i dont feel like its real🙈 it will probably sink in in a few weeks, im testing everyday to see the line get darker 🤞 how are you doing? Xx

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danielasummer · 14/02/2020 08:28

@JoesM12 hi lovely, how are you getting on? Have you tried the soft cups and preseed? I've used preseed a few times but we don't normally use lube so I'm not sure how much of a different it'll make for us really. I guess I don't have much cm so it might help in that way. Sorry you weren't successful last month, fingers crossed for this month - a few of us seem to be taking the relaxed approach and it's paying off with all of the BFPs lately! Exciting that we'll be testing around the same time! I'll be testing when my period is a day late, so either the 28th or 29th :)

@ChampooPapi bless you, you are so bloody lovely. You too are extremely brave. I'm so glad you're feeling back to normal. There is no time-stamp for what we have been through. We're on this journey together, wherever this journey may take us. P.S. I don't feel overly brave at the minute though - unfortunately I have developed a phobia for ultrasound scans and I have to have one in a few weeks (I've found a lump under my armpit so my gp wants me to have a scan just in case, but I'm not worried) so trying to muster up my emotional strength for that.

@Lnix 2 or 3 times a day is about right. The follicular phase (days before ovulation) can vary cycle to cycle based on stress, illness, lots of factors, so don't worry if your O date is a few days later than normal. Hope you got lots of DTD in! I certainly have haha, trying to cover all bases. Have seen a marginal temp rise so hoping I did actually O. Did you look into the Natural Cycles app? Also I'm loving the more relaxed posts too! :)

@paintfairy have you got a picture of your chart? That sounds confusing about your OPK, although you may have ovulated in a short window after the positive OPK?

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danielasummer · 14/02/2020 08:13

OMG @Shazzzzz I realise I'm late to the party but WOOOOOOHOO congratulations lovely!!!!!! Eeeeek so happy for you and an amazing line! Ahh that's made my Friday - brings so much hope to this thread. How are you feeling? xx

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Shazzzzz · 13/02/2020 19:56

@Lucy5546 it is! Thank you 🤞 and i will do 😄

Lucy5546 · 13/02/2020 19:40

@Shazzzzz i was the exact same the month i conceived. Took a step back from symptom spotting and researching everything. Its mad how the body and mind work. Hope it all works out for you this month. Keep us updated

Shazzzzz · 13/02/2020 18:16

@Lucy5546 to be honest i dont know! I didnt do any O tests, ive not been checking CM or symptom spotting. The only thing that i thought was weird is my boobs have been sore for over a week and normally that happens a couple of days before AF but i waited and shes not here, then remembered im going out tomorrow so i thought it couldnt hurt to do a test just incase 🤷🏽‍♀️

@Lnix i basically just stopped over thinking it, and had regular sex🤣 didn't do any ovulation test as they stressed me out last month so scrapped them not good for my health it was putting me down never getting a positive!! And last month i was obsessing over pregnancy tests and did around 10 before i accepted it was negative. I just relaxed and let nature do its thing and looks like it did 🙊

I think it can get so stressful and that cant be good for your body, time has gone quicker too when i let go and thought what will be will be xx

Lucy5546 · 13/02/2020 16:50

@Shazzzzz no it looks very strong. How many DPO are you now? The relaxed approach seems to work best. I did that in dwcember and it worked for me too. Im so thrilled for you. Im nearly 11 weeks now. Just waiting on my scan to confirm dates though. Longest wait of my life!!

Lnix · 13/02/2020 16:11

@Shazzzzz congratulations! Tell us about your relaxed approach...I'd happily never do another opk again, am sick of the things!!

Shazzzzz · 13/02/2020 16:06

@paintfairy Thank you!

@Lucy5546 i know its actually not that faint! How far are you now x

Lucy5546 · 13/02/2020 15:27

@Shazzzzz wow i can never usually see those faint lines. But i can see that one. Major congrats and welcome to the club!!

paintfairy · 13/02/2020 14:49

@Shazzzzz Congratulations!

ChampooPapi · 13/02/2020 14:11

@Shazzzzz that's a good line, huge congratulations 🙌

Shazzzzz · 13/02/2020 14:08

@ChampooPapi thank you!! I only tested early as im suppost be going for a drink tomorrow 🙈

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ChampooPapi · 13/02/2020 13:38

@Shazzzzz show us the test woman! Boom, the relaxed approach got you there in the end. So happy for you lovely

ChampooPapi · 13/02/2020 13:37

@Shazzzzz oh my god!! Amazing news 💜

Shazzzzz · 13/02/2020 12:52

@bluemoon2468 Thank you!!!!

bluemoon2468 · 13/02/2020 09:54

@Shazzzzz amazing!!!! Congratulations!!!

paintfairy · 13/02/2020 08:59

My temp (and pains last night) show I might have already ovulated. Which means I missed DTD the day before ovulation as I didn't do it that day! Only got my peak OPK yesterday morning though?

Whatever, I'll carry on and do tonight (did last night). Frustrating though!

Shazzzzz · 13/02/2020 08:52

Guys!!!! I got my BFP this morning 😭😭😭