Anyone looking to start TTC in New Year?

morning all! Sorry I have had such a busy weekend I haven't been on.

Tested this morning after a really vivid dream of doing a positive test to the point I woke up and was like omg how do I tell everyone. Then realised I hadn't, and actual test was negative. was a FRER and I'm due on tomorrow so think I'm out now - my temp had dropped so I figured I was but it's come back up and it looks like a classic implantation dip (but I know they don't really mean anything!).

Anyway I have a weird mix of emotions as stuff happened at work last week that mean it really really is better not to be expecting September, but obviously I am still a bit disappointed as had been secretly hoping we would be first month lucky!

On to cycle 2!!

@rhirhibumblebee did you test again?

Congrats @Spark27 and everyone else!!

Hi everyone.....we started ttc after Christmas but I'm just joining here now. On cycle 2 now and going to try and reign in on the symptom spotting madness from cycle 1. I was convinced I had all symptoms of pregnancy but nope! Hope everyone is well here. I'm on cd4 is anyone else around same point? I have pretty short cycles at the moment of 26 days. Age 37 and ttc #2, fingers crossed.

@Anon87 the trying is so much fun 😂. Don't rely just on the apps, Clue had me down as ovulating later this week but my CM definitely looked egg whitey yesterday so think it's already happened.

Like at the moment the wait to ovulation just seems forever I don't know what's wrong with me!

I don't know why, but now we have decided to start trying I feel I can't stop thinking about being pregnant how do you all deal with this nervous excitement every month? I fell pregnant quickly with my other 2 but now I'm older (38) I'm feeling a bit nervous

@Ginger87 I had mirena coil (3 years). The nurse said there would be a slight chance I'd get caught straight from removal as we DTD a few nights before but my app prediction shows I wouldn't have been ovulating anyway (if it's predicted right).
Be a bit poop to miss out on the fun of trying anyway 😆

@alliejay81 I'm 12 hours in to the TWW and getting impatient already lol. Though did have a minor freak out last night when I realised that we could have made a baby already... Also if DH asks me one more time if I 'feel pregnant yet' I don't know what I'll do 🙄

@Anon87 yeah I know what you mean, I told myself when I came off the pill and couple of weeks ago that we'd just see how things go initially, but that just didn't happen 😂. I'm useless at remembering dates so at least tracking things will help me remember when things happen. What were you on?

Hope everyone's doing ok! Congrats again to everyone with BFPs already! I'm due to ovulate at the end of this week / beginning of next so I think I'm going to try using OPKs today and see how I get on with those!

@ginger87 I'm new off contraception too. Never tracked before (never had to) and waiting to start is doing my head in!! Feel like I've not got much to join in with 😄

@Ginger87 let's wait together then . I'd recommend clear blue, they are expensive but are so easy to use!

@alliejay81 yep! Though I'm still not entirely sure if I've ovulated... not been off the pill for long so still new to all the tracking...

Congrats to the BFPs, fingers crossed for February to the BFNs. Anyone else strapping themselves in for the TWW? I quite like it until the PMT starts!

Thank you @Spark27 and @rhirhibumblebee I've ordered some cheapy tests and they're due to arrive tomorrow. It's completely stopped now, only started late Friday afternoon 🤔 it's really bizarre. My cycles have been irregular in the past but not like this or to this extent really. I didn't measure ovulation this month either but probably will next month to get an idea of when I actually ovulate.

Congratulations on all the BFP's!! So exciting that it's happening so quickly for some of us!

I think (very much think) I had some EWCM this morning but only a little bit. Only finished my withdrawal bleed last weekend so probably too early but who knows...

@yoomoo BFN for me too !

@DontGoJasonWaterfalls Have you tested again? If not, maybe try and see? Like @Spark27 said it could be implantation bleeding. X

@DontGoJasonWaterfalls do you know for sure when you ovulated? Did you track it with tests or are you going by previous cycles (sorry, too many comments to look back through). It could be that you ovulated late and so implanted later than you would have thought. Things that I have read talking about implantation bleeding say it is usually shorter than AF, around 2 to 3 days.

10 days late for AF seems a long time, but if everything happened late it could just be taking time for hcg levels to get up. Are you going to test again?

Also, how regular is your AF? If your not too long off birth control you dates could be off as well.

I'm sure you are thinking all this anyway. Fingers crossed you know what's going on soon xx

Congratulations to all the BFPs!

I'm in limbo here. AF was due anywhere between 10 days to a week ago. I tested 10 days ago and got a BFN. I had pink spotting about 7 days ago. 2 days ago I thought AF had started but its minimal amounts of (Tmi alert!) brown/black blood.

I've not had this before and didn't have anything like it when I was pregnant with DD. Any ideas?

Thought I’d give y’all an update!!!!

Congrats to everyone else who’s had BFPs in the last few days and good luck to all of those trying and testing soon! ❤️

Thanks @rhirhibumblebee good luck to you too!

@alliejay81 Good luck! My AF is looming and any day now but keen to get in the TWW again even though I hate it !

@loveandsparkles Good luck, I'm still tempted to get some but keep putting it off. I think I will order as soon as AF comes on Tuesday.

I bought some ovulation kits today currently on my period according to Ovia I'm fertile in 11 day's , congratulations to those who have been successful wishing luck to everyone else xx

@charlesthekudu

I'm going to sound super thick here - sorry... what's the benefit of testing after peak? And why do you need to plot the LH dip?

I really need to do more research!

@alliejay81 I agree those clear blue digital OPKs are so easy to use! Frustratingly though once you hit peak you can't retest that cycle. So I ended up using internet cheapies every day along side the digital ones. Then I could test twice a day with internet cheapies and also track the dip of LH which I couldn't do with the digital.

@hannah17381

I bought the digital clear blue ones - it took the subjectiveness out of it (I'd drive myself mad with water lines). Not convinced it will ever happen but you've got to be in it to win it! 🤷🏼‍♀️

Good luck!