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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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LosingtheTTCplot · 04/12/2019 21:06

@danielasummer hi. Last cycle was 20 days (normally 24/25) and ovulation was CD7/8 (normally CD11). Only thing I changed was I stopped taking B vitamin complex.

So I did some reading as CD11 isn’t ideal so CD7/8 was ludicrously early. Doesn’t allow the egg to mature or the lining to plump.

So I’ve started from CD2 a 50mg tablet of just B6 as the complex only has 1.4mg of B6 in it.

Figured I have to try something and it indicates B6 as the culprit.

Spoken to hubby and he is on board with SMEP this month! Woo hoo! X

fayy123 · 04/12/2019 20:34

Aww!! Hope we can get it right! 😭😭😭 are you doing SMEP this month?

fayy123 · 04/12/2019 20:33

Hope not! Xx

Wiggleyfingers · 04/12/2019 20:26

Hi everyone!
I'm ttc #2 and I'm on CD10 at the moment.
@fayy123 I'm also a teacher and hoping for a September date date for summer pay! 🤞

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danielasummer · 04/12/2019 20:12

Hi all and welcome new posters!! :)

@fayy123 so we haven't started just yet as I'm in my TWW from BD randomly when I had EWCM this cycle (not counting on it being positive though as my system is still out of whack from the miscarriage) so will start it next cycle if I'm not pregnant. How are you doing with it so far? It's lots of BD!! How are you getting on with Premom? There's loads out there so it's hard to know which is the best app! Also I don't think it matters if you miss tonight, as long as you BD every other day you should be fine.

@ChampooPapi hi lovely, good to see you back on the boards Flowers Lets hope there's no AF for you around Xmas... and lots of BD in between! It's exhausting I've heard haha.

@LosingtheTTCplot hi, welcome. I'm going to do the same as you, pretty much as soon as I've finished AF I'm getting those OPKs out! Can I ask how you delay ovulation?

My husband knows all about SMEP and he's on board with it and ready for next cycle! Woop!

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fayy123 · 04/12/2019 18:59
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fayy123 · 04/12/2019 18:59

Nice okay. I’m on CD 10. Started at CD7 🙈 just tried to BD now and husband couldn’t ‘finish’ but I’m persistent it happens tonight lol I just gave him a break. I’ve been taking OPK since CD7 as well. Took one today and it’s negative. Do you think it matters for we miss today's just in case he can’t ‘perform’..

LosingtheTTCplot · 04/12/2019 18:36

@fayy123 my third his first.

Didn’t even try with the other two they just happened! This one 7 cycles so far!

What CD are you?

Just done an OPK even though I’m still spotting and definitely negative so Hopefully I’ll ovulate later than CD7/8 as last cycle and hopefully later than CD11 as normal.

Tbh I just like POAS! X

fayy123 · 04/12/2019 16:59

Ahahaha that’s true! Yes it’s my first month trying the SMEP! Is this also your first baby? X

LosingtheTTCplot · 04/12/2019 16:37

Is it your first month too then?

I’m going to have to tell mine, otherwise he will pester me every day for it and that isn’t on unless it’s the 3 days of DTD! Lmao.

Going to do the regimented way and next month can be a little more fluid.

On CD4 at the moment, just coming off now. Will OPK tonight as really worried about missing the egg x

fayy123 · 04/12/2019 16:31

Aww I’m sorry to hear, I hope this is our month. I haven’t told mine either and I don’t plan to. I feel like it’s less pressure and they ‘perform’ better when they don’t know the plan ahaha. What cycle day are you on? X

LosingtheTTCplot · 04/12/2019 15:47

Yes first month, hubby doesn’t know it yet though! Haha!

Cycle #7 and had 3 chemicals and a false positive digi (missed OV because of it!) in that time.

fayy123 · 04/12/2019 15:12

Heyyy! Welcome to the SMEP club 😂 is this your first time doing SMEP?

LosingtheTTCplot · 04/12/2019 14:46

Hi Ladies.

Going to try SMEP this cycle although I’m trying to delay ovulation as last cycle was CD7/8. It’s normally CD11.

TTC #3, hubby’s first.

I’m going to start BDing CD6 and OPKing then as well and do every other day until first positive OPK, had 3 days worth last cycle, then every day as the SMEP tells you to. Just starting a bit earlier!

AF due Christmas Day

ChampooPapi · 04/12/2019 14:33

Oh vital statistics!

Age-32

Trying for third baby, me and my partner have 2 other girls age 21 months and 10 years.

Miscarriage/surgical management October 22nd

So second cycle on from that but first since first period post surgery

I should be fertile from this weekend but god knows so going to just have as much sex as humanly possible for the next 2 weeks

ChampooPapi · 04/12/2019 14:29

I've returned and ready to join, guess I'll be testing end of December, period due around the 27th. From tomorrow it'll be baby dancing central 🦸💜

fayy123 · 04/12/2019 13:50

I’m 24 and yes it’s also my first child x

fayy123 · 04/12/2019 13:50

I’ll download the one you’ve just told me about now. I thought it wasn’t free as if tried another one some One else suggested but wasn’t free x

fayy123 · 04/12/2019 13:49

have you started SMEP yet? X

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danielasummer · 04/12/2019 10:55

@fayy123 I think maybe Sunday or Monday.. will leave it as long as possible. AF due tomorrow/Friday which will probably show up! At least I'm well stocked for SMEP next cycle :)

Ahh is it not free? I downloaded it and I'm waiting for my next period to start inputting data.

Yes it'll be my first child. How about you? x

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fayy123 · 03/12/2019 18:55

ohh okay. When will you be testing? Yes I’ve heard of something like that but it’s not free lol. I think I’ll know when I get a positive. That looked positive to me last month! I should be fine! Hope you get your BFP this month! It’s your first as well right? X

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danielasummer · 03/12/2019 18:33

@fayy123 no not this cycle but if I'm not pregnant now (which I don't think I am) then we'll try SMEP next cycle :)

Yes I think so! Have you heard of the app 'Premom'? If you take a photo of the LH strips it tells you if it's positive and gives you a score. I haven't used it before but I've downloaded it for next cycle. Some posters were talking about it on here x

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fayy123 · 03/12/2019 18:26

This is what I got last month at CD12 using one step and another OPK from boots to double confirm. one step are pretty reliable and have some good reviews. Anyway I was just trying to figure everything out last month and only came across SMEP now! That’s a positive right? X

SMEP - feel free to join! :)
fayy123 · 03/12/2019 18:23

Yes I’m using the one cycle ones from amazon! Aww! So are you not following the SMEP this month? And I’m secondary x

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danielasummer · 03/12/2019 18:14

@fayy123 did you get the OneStep ones? Are you going to test twice a day when they start to get darker? That's what I plan to do I think.

I'm not using OPKs yet but will do next cycle. It was too late for us to think of OPKs this cycle as we weren't going to try straight away (following the miscarriage) so we decided on the night that we wanted to try again and that was that!

Ahh are you primary or secondary? That would be good timing wise! Fingers crossed that the stars align for you this cycle!! :) x

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