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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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SMEP - feel free to join! :)

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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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Diamond94 · 08/12/2019 19:49

@fayy123 we are very similar. Im 25! Stopped pill im october.. and you are one day in front cycle wise! Finger crossed for us both this month 🤞🏼

Diamond94 · 08/12/2019 19:46

@Healthypositivity hi 👋🏼 this is just my first cycle ttc after stopping the pill end of october. No iv no other children.. what about you?

fayy123 · 08/12/2019 12:13

Ahaha can be exciting and scary

Healthypositivity · 08/12/2019 11:56

@fayy123 wow exciting time for you TTC for your first.
I have two boys 14 and a almost 3 year old.
I may or may not take a test tomorrow. Cba

fayy123 · 08/12/2019 11:31

Oh sorry forgot to mention, no I don’t have any children. Exciting times, you might be pregnant? Have you taken a test yet? and do you have any children x

Healthypositivity · 08/12/2019 11:27

@fayy123 I am fine, am not really TTC but also not preventing. Been having some what you would call 'symptoms of pregnancy' but I am calling it symptoms of AF coming.
Haven't had a period since I came of the depo in June and didn't have periods while I was on it.

Healthypositivity · 08/12/2019 11:24

@fayy123 lol it's nice to be DTD, you might just end up with a sore vagi and a baby, so keep at it Grin

fayy123 · 08/12/2019 11:18

Hopefully you catch it this month! Seems like you’ve done well.. did you follow the SMEP to the T? X

fayy123 · 08/12/2019 11:05

Heyy I’m 24 and have been ttc since October, so this is my second cycle. But I feel that I should be DTD a lot more... maybe I would’ve fallen by now😂😂 however I’m a school teacher and always exhausted!! Thank you! How about yourself? X

LosingtheTTCplot · 08/12/2019 10:51

CD8 today for me, going to start DTD tonight (hubby keeps falling asleep and kids keep going to bed late).

Very negative OPK yesterday, so hoping OV will be slightly delayed.

TunnocksTcake · 08/12/2019 09:13

I missed the last dtd day yesterday but had my temps confirm I o'd on the last day of the three in a row days so hoping it doesn't matter too much as the egg only lives for 24 hours after that! Will try again today just in case it's wrong!
Interestingly O'd 3 days after my peak, which will mean there's lots of guys in there waiting but shows it's important to keep going for 3 days! I wouldn't do that if just going off OPKs

Healthypositivity · 08/12/2019 07:48

Good morning@Diamond94 and @fayy123.
If you don't mind me asking this, how long have you ladies been TTC and have you got any children?
Baby dust to you both 🤗

fayy123 · 08/12/2019 06:55

so I’m on CD 14 today and today is apparently the day I’m ovulating.. will do an OPK later on today. But I haven’t got a positive yet either ahaha. I haven’t BD a lot either. I’ve done cD7,8,12 only as well. Will try to BD tonight! Hopefully we’ve caught it this month! X

Diamond94 · 08/12/2019 05:49

@fayy123 hi 👋🏼 its so frustrating isnt it 🤔... i done an opk last night and was getting slightly darker.. so im CD13 according to my app, we dtd CD 8,11 and 12 so far.. which isnt alot 🙄 im going to try BD tonight and tomorrow 🤞🏼.. how are you getting on?

fayy123 · 07/12/2019 22:27

omg I’m the exact same! My CM is so watery as well! And my OPKS are negative! My app says I’ll ovulate tmmrw ahaha.. how is BD going?

Diamond94 · 07/12/2019 21:42

@danielasummer my opks are still negative. I apparently ovulate on Monday according to my app.. iv never felt for my cervix 🙈.. my cervical mucus is definitely watery but im not sure if its egg white like yet 🤔 im driving myself insane 😂

Healthypositivity · 07/12/2019 20:32

@danielasummer no I haven't done a pregnancy test. Not really bothered about going doctors if AF haven't come. I'll just use some type of contraceptive pill to bring it on. Am not too fussed about AF right now. Will probably do a pregnancy test on Monday.
These little nigglings just seem like it's my body getting back to some form of normality.
Lol or its very possible I might be in denial.

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danielasummer · 07/12/2019 20:23

@fayy123 yes I would keep BD every other day. And yes definitely - sometimes I ovulate on CD25, sometimes CD 37, once was CD20 - mine are all over the place as I have irregular and long cycles. Also remember that stress can delay ovulation.

@Healthyposivity hi and welcome :) have you done a pregnancy test? If you've been having unprotected regular sex then AF may not come and you may be pg? If not then I would wait a few weeks and maybe go to the drs in the new year if you still haven't had a period?

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Healthypositivity · 07/12/2019 20:00

@danielasummer just to introduce myself properly.
Will be 37 in two weeks, mother of a 14 year old boy and a soon to be 3 year boy.
Came off the depo in June , due to side effects.
Haven't had a period since. Since Wednesday 4th Dec, been having some lil signs like AF might be coming.
Not really checking AF symptoms, because I've never used to get any major symptoms apart from probably slight weakness in my knees to my ankle.
One thing that is slightly bugging me is I've have 3 very small episode of brown and pink/light red CM AM of wed, similar happened wed evening and Thursday night with no pink/light red, (Nothing since) And a few other little nigglings.
Since then I seem to have a lot of saliva.

fayy123 · 07/12/2019 19:59

Last cycle I ovulated CD12. Might be a bit later this cycle! Should I just continue to keep BD every other day? Do you think people Ovulate outside of CD8-12? X

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danielasummer · 07/12/2019 19:49

@fayy123 only you know your cycles but with most people the likelihood of ovulating between CD 8-12 is low so honestly I think you'll be fine. Especially if you will be BD from tomorrow and plan to up until positive OPK! Keep us updated!

Thank you, hope its your month too Flowers well we TTC before AF arrived (so still in the same miscarriage cycle) but a scan showed I had loads of follicles on ovaries but none maturing.. so maybe all of that BD was a waste of time! Think my body just needed to get AF then can start afresh. Can't wait until CD10 when I can start testing to be honest x

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fayy123 · 07/12/2019 19:46

hope this is your month!! Have you been TTC every since the MC? Xx

fayy123 · 07/12/2019 19:45

Not really no. I will test again tomorrow and see. But I haven’t really been following the SMEP guidelines. I’ve BD CD 7,8, 12 so far which is not great! So we’ll see X

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danielasummer · 07/12/2019 19:36

@Healthypositivity hi lovely, of course you can join! Good luck with whichever route you decide to go down :) x

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danielasummer · 07/12/2019 19:36

@fayy123 BD tomorrow will be perfect then as it fits with the SMEP guidelines :) fingers crossed you get your positive OPK tomorrow! Did the line look like it was getting darker today?

No, we weren't TTC when I fell pregnant in August... so this new cycle will be my first proper TTC post-miscarriage and first time trying SMEP x

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