Anyone looking to start TTC in New Year?

I'm not much of a drinker, so will be easy to get away with just "having a coke"
Took my first BBT this morning, just want to start getting into the habit of it since AF still hasn't arrived got that heavy feeling in my pelvis, nausea and exhaustion. But then again I've also got a stinking cold!

Hope everyone has a lovely New Year's Eve!

@lucymagoo with my first I managed to be 'busy' for the month after I found out. The next month I had to cancel going out for my birthday as me not drinking would have been obvious. I blamed it on a dodgy prawn . If you have to go out try and get your OH on side and swap drinks with them (although they may end up really drunk!) Or sneak to the bar separately and order things that look alcoholic but aren't. Tonic without the gin, etc

Anyone else's DH not want to know when they're ovulating etc?! DH said not to tell him as he doesn't do well with the extra pressure to perform so to speak but I can't see how I'm going to hide it when I want us to have Dec 3 or 4 times in a week...it's a bit more than we'd normally do the deed! Ha

Thank god for dry January as an excuse to not drink this month. Not sure what I'm going to do after that as my friends are all huge drinkers, I feel like they will tell right away if I'm not drinking especially where my partner and I just got married and all the questions seem to be about when we are going to start trying 🤦🏻‍♀️
Anyone else using dry January as an excuse?

Hi ladies, hope everyone had a good Christmas and now have a bit of time to calm down from all the holiday craziness.
So my AF was 100% in line with my period tracking app this month (crazy as it was 4 days early last month) so I'm now on CD7. App is telling me to start using OPK in 3 days time, but expecting to actually ovulate on around CD15.
I got some cheap OPK tests from amazon (One Step, I think) and they worked for me last time, so hopefully they will help me again.
I have considered tracking BBT but I know I'll forget. Esp with DD shouting at me in the am.

I've been taking folic acid for about a month, and will start with the vit D once/if I get pregnant. I'm going to keep drinking up to new year (not heavily, being hungover with a 2yo is terrible), but will then lay off it a bit.
Fx to everyone x

Nearly 34 and decided that time is right to start trying in the New Year!

Pre-conception vitamins and we’ve both stopped drinking!

@yoomoo haha, that's good! I've ordered some now which should be here in time for my fertile window in a few days 😊

@BernadetteThreep all good here, AF has just finished so nearing time to try! Flo says fertile time is around 3rd Jan onwards with OV on the 9th. We've never DTD without protection before, which I'm weirdly nervous about even though it's what we want!
Hope AF appears for you soon, I felt like that last week as cycle ended up being longer than I'm used to. Wish they gave more information about this before you start the pill, I never really thought about how it affects everything until now!

Let us know how you get on with the BBT, I've not tried that before 🙂

Welcome @fluffysocks10

How is everyone doing? My DS came home from spending a few days at his dad's, so it's been a lovely distraction. He left on boxing day so he's had all his presants back out.
13 days post contraception, no AF yet, but have a "heavy" dull ache so maybe it's on its way? Didn't have periods on the implant (been on it for 5 years so think I've forgotten what it feels like haha).
Been feeling a bit disheartened from that crappy false positive test the other day.

My BBT thermometer arrives today, so going to start the habit of using it tomorrow AM.

Ah that’s a shame that it hasn’t settled down but you’ve done the best thing by coming of them last year.

Thanks @lucymagoo 

@1987Nic I took my last pill in July 2018 and got my first period end of August 2018. My periods are still irregular and when I thought I was getting somewhere (I had 3 cycles in a row at 43/44 days) I had a 5 day really intense heavy bleed in October and then nothing until this past week! I'm going to book a docs appt in the new year because I'm fed up of not knowing if I'm coming or going!

Am loving all the positivity here!
As for quick 'happenings' yes, my DS is the result of a bad case of food poisioning on holiday-
Which must have messed up my pill at the time

How long did it take to get your first period? interested as I’ve been on the same pill for around 10 years too. @Fluffysocks10

It’s not like me at all, glad it’s calmed down ha. @lucymagoo

Welcome @Fluffysocks10!

Hi everyone, am I ok to join? Me and OH had a chat the other morning and we both agreed on trying . I’m 28 and came off Cerezette last summer (I was on it 10 years and didn’t have periods whilst taking it).

Soooo nervous now we have decided to try!

Yes it's definitely worth remembering people get accidentally pregnant all the time, the science behind it is a little daunting and makes it seem way more complicated.
I have no idea if I'm going to be able to track ovulation having just come off the depo injection in August and then the mini pill until two weeks ago. Depo can take up to a year and a half to get out of your system so I'm an idiot for doing it. Just going to hope for the best until I get a regular AF.

@Rainbo83 Good Luck! Only you can decide, but if you feel it in your heart then go for it 😀. I really wasn't sure about going for #3 but once we decided, it just clicked xx

Ah @BernadetteThreep That's so confusing for you. I hope when you re test it's there again. Fingers crossed!!

Those that have had AF what CD are you?? I'm CD 6 so counting down the days to see if I ovulate next week 😬. Should I quickly order some ovulation tests? Or wing it 🙈

Here you go @yoomoo, hope the link works!

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@Rainbo83 if it's on your mind then I'd have a chat, it's a hard topic to bring up but you'll feel much better being open about it 😊 and who knows, your fiance might have been thinking the same thing!

That's a shame @BernadetteThreep! I'm sure it won't be too long until you get a BFP for real :)

Thanks @yoomoo @Bims2019
I have been reluctant to suggest stopping the pill in case it gets fiances hopes up, I have a DS10 and don't know if its worth me ttc but thinking why not? Time to have a little chat

It appeared within the 5 minutes and continued to get darker through out the evening. But alas it must have been faulty because taken a FRER this morning and got a great big enormous BFN. So it's back to the waiting for AF game

@bernadettethreep how long after poas did you read the result? That looks like a bfp to me!

That’s what I’m thinking too! It might not even be possible to pick up/conceive yet, which is why I’m dubious. It could just be a big old evil evap line. Shall see in the morning