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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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Anyone looking for a friend

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Sammiantha2020 · 04/01/2020 22:18

Hi Ladies, any of you out there around cd 8 looking for someone to chat with during the rollercoaster ride that is ttc? A lot of my friends already have kids and I’m feeling a bit left behind. xo

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Jenna30ttc · 22/01/2020 20:45

Me too I hope one of us gets BFP soon! @Sammiantha2020 I'm from Manchester.

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Sammiantha2020 · 22/01/2020 20:42

Yip I really hope we all get our wee bundles this year ☺️. Where you ladies all from? x

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Wintergal · 22/01/2020 20:21

We all deserve the happiness

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Sammiantha2020 · 22/01/2020 20:20

@Wintergal very kind of you! x

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Wintergal · 22/01/2020 18:50

Fingers crossed although I just be happy for one of us to get a positive soon

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Sammiantha2020 · 22/01/2020 18:49

@Wintergal it might be you this wkend 🙌 x

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Wintergal · 22/01/2020 18:15

I would love to see one of us getting a BFP soon

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Sammiantha2020 · 22/01/2020 17:45

@Jenna30ttc our cycles set us bonkers, but I’m determined to be a bit more relaxed this month or at least not obsess about every little thing I feel - wonder how that will pan out 🤣.
@Alice8688 welcome back! I hope you feel a bit better!
Feb will surely be the month for one of us? x

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Alice8688 · 22/01/2020 17:05

Hey ladies. Well what a week! I've had the flu and think I ovulated yesterday (had the pinchy pain!) hard to tell re: temp charting as my temp went up to 39.6 with the virus. So I'm going purely off of pain. So will be interesting to see if I get AF on time (and have a v short luteal phase) or a 30+day cycle. Either way I'm 100% out this month as will have bd at all the wrong times!

Hope you're all doing well. Here's to a relaxed feb full of bfps! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 xx

Jenna30ttc · 22/01/2020 14:10

@Sammiantha2020 haha it's crazy how you don't want af to arrive but when it's a day later than usual you start going nuts 'I'm I pregnant, should I test?' Then you get the BFN and then you get desperate for af but when it does arrive you can't wait for it to be over. Its a hard game 😂. Im okay. I had a few twinges yesterday and I was really bloated. Today my stomach feel tender. But I'm sure I have felt like this in previous cycles so I'm honestly don't think its good news. I'm just hoping my af does arrive on time if its going to arrive.

Wintergal · 22/01/2020 13:47

Feeling the same today as yesterday only am totally wiped out today and have a headache xx

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Sammiantha2020 · 22/01/2020 13:11

Afternoon Ladies. Well 1st day of ‘heavy’ af 😔 but that means it’s a day closer to It pissing off! It is difficult to keep track of your own cycle never mind trying to remember others... so just keep me posted.
How are you both? Anymore symptoms @Wintergal x

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Jenna30ttc · 21/01/2020 22:37

@Wintergal more the merrier 😀

Wintergal · 21/01/2020 22:25

Sign me up for that plan too plan please sounds lol! Xx

Jenna30ttc · 21/01/2020 22:23

@sammiantha2020 lets do this. 🙌🏽 let us know when you finish af and ill let you know when I start af. Its so hard to keep a track of everyone's progress unless you read all the messages beforehand which I'm too lazy to do lol.

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Sammiantha2020 · 21/01/2020 21:52

@Jenna30ttc it’s ok, just one of these things that wasn’t meant to be just yet. I had surgical management so my cycles have done 42 days, 33, then 24... god knows! But after tracking my bbt I’m pleased that I now know I’m definitely ovulating...just came a bit out the blue this cycle with early ov & short.
We can do the relaxed approach girlies ☺️... well if you two don’t get some good news beforehand! I’d start a day or 2 after af, and continue til cd 25 at least every 2 days...then if it’s long/short we’re covered! x

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Jenna30ttc · 21/01/2020 21:33

@Kendrick12 let us know if you get a response and keep us updated xx I hope you get an answer soon

Kendrick12 · 21/01/2020 21:32

@Jenna30ttc thank you I'm pretty new here but I will try and start a new thread and see if anyone else in the same boat. Thanks so much for listening. Xxx

Jenna30ttc · 21/01/2020 21:16

@sammiantha2020 I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I didn't realise. I know it's mentally exhausting. I can understand actually why bbt can be good especially to check if you are ovulating. It definitely something I would consider later on. Defo going to try the no tests approach next month as soon as af ends dtd every few days. I kind of did that this month but I stopped at cd21. And didn't start as soon as af ended 🙄.

@Kendrick12 oh no I'm sorry that just be so frustrating for you. I think you should defo go to the drs and ask them for tests to be done and explain that it's really stressing you out. I don't understand anyway why drs are so reluctant to test especially when it can really affect someone mentally and physically. Have you maybe tried creating a separate post? Maybe there are other girls out there that could possibly help you with an answer? Sorry I cant help you much. Hear if you need though x

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Sammiantha2020 · 21/01/2020 21:05

Cd 19 last month*

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Sammiantha2020 · 21/01/2020 21:04

Na I don’t ovulate on the same cd every month, cd 19 this mont? Cd 12 this - I just assumed my body was still adjusting though 🤷‍♀️. I probably only get 2 days fertile cm too... falling apart 🤣 we spend our 20’s doing everything to prevent pregnancy, then our 30’s the complete opposite. @Jenna30ttc

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Wintergal · 21/01/2020 21:01

Aw just like eight so no idea what's going on with me

Kendrick12 · 21/01/2020 21:00

@Jenna30ttc I got 4 very faint positives from FRER but back at the start of January and nothing since! 😩😩 if it was a chemical I would have expected to have been loosing blood by now but absolutely nothing! I'm 10 days late! At least just completely confused and if I go to my doctor I'm sure he will say the same as my husband, just wait and see what happens but that is all very well when it's not their bodies!! Why is this ttc so mentally exhausting! 😩😩😩 xxx

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Sammiantha2020 · 21/01/2020 21:00

@Jenna30ttc this month was my very first tracking bbt, but I only did it as I wasn’t 100% sure I was ovulating after my loss, I’d say it feels less stressful than opks, but the only thing is... it doesn’t confirm ovulation til a few days after it’s happened which obv ain’t not good if your only using it to time DTD. I’m just going to do it when I feel like it this month... which is a fair amount 🤣. I deffo can’t continue as I was... #newcyclenewme x

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Jenna30ttc · 21/01/2020 20:59

Other things I read you don't always ovulate the same time each month. Also stress doesn't always prevent ovulation just usually delays ovulation. OPK tests are not the best method of tracking. As you go into your 30's the days where you can have fertile cm can decrease from 5 days (which is what you can have in your 20's) to 1/2 days for some women. Which explains why I never notice it much because I'm 30, nearly 31. Once I start to read the book properly I will let you know some useful information. How are you feeling today @sammiantha2020?

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