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March bus

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littletandme · 07/02/2020 12:43

Just thought I'd start a March bus for anyone just edging into the next month for testing/AF due!

I'll start with my stats:

Trying for baby #2 with a 2.5yo DD
Cycle 2 (although first full cycle after having the implant removed)
CD1 today
AF/BFP due sometime after 5th March depending on what my cycle wants to do this month!

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Adrianoska · 10/02/2020 19:07

Hello everyone! 🌸
I am 36 and have two kids from a previous marriage (12 and 6).
Now my husband and I are trying for a baby. We have been TTC for 3 months. This month is the first cycle I used ovulation sticks. It was nice to know that I ovulated yesterday or today 😁. We did BD last few days. And will do again tonight 😉.
I am drinking Proceive Max this month (50 guid?? 😅). Before that I was taking pregnacare conception... I was so disappointed that I didn't get pregnant first two cycles that I start researching like crazy! Now I am eating a big breakfast and drink organic ful fat milk 😜. I also bought Conceive Plus Lube... But we used it only once. I usually get so wet (sorry, tmi 😂) that using extra lube meant that my husband felt like he is sailing the sea 🌊🤣. My husband wants baby so much!
He is younger than me, he is 30. We both don't drink or smoke at all... I am just so paranoid that I will not be able to get pregnant... It drives me crazy! 😒😅
Good luck to everyone 💖

karenkeys · 10/02/2020 18:34

@MrsB2019x I just googled that was wondering the same 😆 it seems it means Sperm Meets Egg Plan!

MrsB2019x · 10/02/2020 18:31

Can someone explain what SMEP is please? ☺️

Bunnycharm32 · 10/02/2020 15:49

Hey, I'm please can I join?
I'm 39 trying for number 3.
CD23 of 25 day cycle
12/13dpo - had strong o pains 36 hours of so after a positive CB digital OPK
Slight spotting this morning on inspection (sorry) and cramps during the night.
Thought I was in for a chance this month.
Feeling a bit deflated but I keep hopeful

littletandme · 10/02/2020 10:10

I've just sat and worked out DHs shifts for this month to see how well we might be able to do SMEP 😂 as long as I don't ovulate on CD12 I think we'll be in with a good chance!

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Kitttycatt · 10/02/2020 09:51

Can I join please? First time posting, but it will be 5th month of ttc. I'll be 35 in a couple of months too, so I feel time really is ticking for baby number 1.
AF arrived yesterday and trying to stay positive!! I also seem to get every symptom under the sun and never noticed them when I wasn't trying, it def does make you go crazy!

elysiann · 10/02/2020 09:40

I know what you mean @littletandme, I feel like I check my app multiple times a day to see if I’m any more fertile ! I was so determined not to become crazy about it too... oh well!

karenkeys · 09/02/2020 22:14

I’m really not sure when ovulation will happen too @littletandme so going to just focus on DTD every 2 days as soon as AF has finished. I have a feeling the CP might screw up my cycle this month a bit. Hopefully your chance will be better this month since the implant was only just removed before the last

littletandme · 09/02/2020 22:08

Quite a few of us on CD3, don't you just hate the waiting for ovulation to come round?! I don't even know when I will ovulate this month. It was CD21 last month but that was only 8 days after I had my implant removed, so this is really only my first proper cycle.

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MrsB2019x · 09/02/2020 21:33

Can I climb aboard please? CD1 today 👎 Next AF is due around 7th March according to Clue.

This is our 5th cycle off the pill, TTC #1. I’m 28 and DH is 29.

Hope we get lots of BFP’s on this bus! ☺️

Nat4392 · 09/02/2020 18:22

Hi everyone!
TTC DC1, cycle #6. Currently CD3, I really thought last month was the month and it absolutely floored me when AF arrived.
Next AF is due around the 3rd March, I’ll be away in Italy during that time so if she arrives, at least I can drown my sorrows with wine!
Fingers crossed this is everyone’s month 🤞🏻

elysiann · 09/02/2020 18:14

Hi - I’d like to join.
This is our first proper cycle of trying but we’ve been waiting what seems like ages due to one thing or another!
On CD3 and AF due 10th March. I jump between trying to not put any pressure on and just seeing what happens and obsessively checking to plan when I’ll be fertile! Feel like I’m going a bit crazy already. Pleased to find people in the same boat Smile

littletandme · 09/02/2020 18:09

Welcome everyone Smile

My first "proper" period since coming off the implant seems to have been very short, just a bit of spotting today (CD3) so wondering if I might ovulate early like I did the cycle I conceived DD. Might start doing OPKs from tomorrow!

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Dreamz00 · 09/02/2020 15:17

@Amy5665 I swear it feels like everyone I know is announcing their pregnancy, although I am really happy for them, I can't help but feel a bit sad. Haha, yeah I think if I told my DH anymore he would think I've lost my mind 😂. Glad there's others out there that think the same.

Amy5665 · 09/02/2020 15:01

@karenkeys I am only thinking about this, so many friends of mine started conceiving early and I also see so many pregnancy announcements on social media lately? I feel
Like everyone around me is getting pregnant I am just doing my best I guess...I want a 2020 baby so bad and I feel so stupid for waiting so I feel you, but lets just think positive! This is gonna be our month!!!

@Dreamz00 I have promised myself I won't tell my DH every symptom I have anymore.I don't want to get his hopes up and don't want him to think I m crazy.So happy to find this website where we can be crazy together hahaGrin

karenkeys · 09/02/2020 14:55

@Amy5665 I’m currently eating chocolate and feeling sorry for myself too on CD2. Fingers crossed we will have some luck and get a nice birthday present next month (it’s my birthday in March too haha)

Amy5665 · 09/02/2020 14:29

Hi! I’d like to join if you don’t mind.
This will be cycle 4 of TTC our first baby.First two cycles were relaxed, without using OPK, just my Ovia app.Last cycle however, we took it seriously and used clear blue digital ovulation kit plus some cheap strip ones and also ConceivePlus.I was 100% sure I am pregnant after having so many symptoms in the second week and some unusual cramps 8-9dpo(which I thought are implantation cramps).Had Bfn everyday and here I am CD1 laying in my bed and eating chocolate after having a good cry.I knew it’s gonna take a while but damn...it’s harder than I thought.Next AF due 5th March when is my birthday also so NO EARLY TESTING,just hoping it’s gonna be a nice present and not ruining my bday. Wanted to try SMEP but I ovulate day 10-11 so not sure when to start...
Good luck to you all!

karenkeys · 09/02/2020 12:34

@littletandme we’re thinking the same with waiting a month or so if we don’t have luck with this cycle to avoid a Christmas birthday. It’s making me feel more pressure though since this is the last chance to have a baby in 2020. I’m a bit of a wreck today as well. The chemical pregnancy is harder to take than I thought it would be I keep tearing up 😢 I’m worried I might have left TTC too late as I’ll be 32 next month and didn’t realise this can take a lot longer than you imagine.

Dreamz00 · 09/02/2020 12:31

Hi all,

I'm 30 TTC baby #1 since January 2019, I'm on CD8 and have 31day cycles. I am using OPK and temping.
Think I just needed someone to talk to about all of this, can't really say all this to my DH he would just think I'm crazy 😂. Looking forward to seeing positive stories 😊.

MaryCh17 · 09/02/2020 12:22

@littletandme, I also use ovia app so just going to aim for as much as possible in the window. Looking back we actually inadvertently did SMEP on first cycle. Who knows!

Anyway, did an exercise dvd this morning and trying to be super healthy now - PMA 💪🏼 we got this!

littletandme · 09/02/2020 12:00

@MaryCh17 not religiously, but in the month we conceived DD, we DTD every other day from when my period ended then day before and day of ovulation (just so happened that I ovulated CD11 that month anyway so SMEP would have been spot on. I will be following it this month in case I do ovulate early again.

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MaryCh17 · 09/02/2020 08:39

Has anyone tried SMEP? X

LollipopLolly · 08/02/2020 23:21

Hello,

I'm looking to the end of march, due to dp being away over ovulation this month.

Still confused with my body this month, I think my period showed up on Wednesday but it wasn't overly heavy and had gone by Thursday lunch time. I took a test this morning and that was negative.

We are ttc baby 1. I am using opk and temping with ovusense.

Fingers crossed for everyone.

Mycrazylife85 · 08/02/2020 22:51

I'd like to join please. I didn't last month in case it jinxed it. What tosh really. It made no difference.

34, ttc baby 1 for 13 months. PCOS and long cycles. This will only be cycle 8 since coming off the pill. Last cycle 37 days the only before 87.

Currently CD12 but if o have a 37 day cycle will be due March 4th.

I'm using OPKs and temping. No alcohol since December. Husband has sperm analysis and were waiting on results. Finding the long cycles tough and emotionally driving at times. But I do ovulate. Hurrah. Looking forward to waiting with you.

littletandme · 08/02/2020 22:23

I've decided to buy some Preseed lube for this cycle, really want to conceive this month as otherwise we might be missing a cycle to avoid a Christmas due date!

Also we conceived DD on cycle 2 so I think I'll be really disappointed and probably worry a lot more if it takes longer (although I know we were just really lucky!).

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