June Bus - who's on board?

@SmileyT sorry to hear about the MC...got everything crossed for you for next time

@Skip86 thank you! This thread has already been reassuring for me.

I only have the cheap opk tests with the lines....and an app so can imagine they're not going to be in sync!! First time ever tracking ovulation, what do you all recommend or is that ok for now? I am CD7 now but have a short cycle so have been using the opks for practice really and I don't want to miss the peak!! Also, it says on the tests that when you get the surge the best time to DTD is after 24 but before 48 hours? Any advice is welcome, thank you!

You buy the sticks pee on them then stick them
In and it does the rest! So don’t need to bother with other apps to log everything as it does it all for you x

Morning everyone! I hope you are all doing well ❤️ Just popping on to say sorry I’ve been a bit quiet on here the last few days (just had my first cycle TTC #2 and it was unsuccessful after some faint positives then AF arrived) I understand how this is nothing compared to what some of you have been through but it just really threw me because I caught 1st month with my DS but I suppose I was 22, actively eating healthier and weighed like 8 stone 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ I had a feeling it was just luck and it wouldn’t be as easy this time around so just taken a few days to get my head around how you can have so much sex and it not get you pregnant?? Honestly hurts my head when all you’re told growing up is that you can get pregnant at the drop of a hat! But when you TRY it doesn’t work?! 😂 doesn’t help that my DH hates baby-making sex though 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m currently on CD 4 now of this cycle and hoping that because I’ve been on vitamins for a good few weeks now that I will hopefully go in my favour for a chance of catching soon 🤞🏼Baby dust to everyone as always 💖 hope you’re all staying safe and enjoying the sunshine x

@KateColx I know it's so sad at the moment I really do feel for everyone giving birth at the moment it makes an already scary experience even scarier! Yeah they're both safe and well so that's the main thing ☺️ very proud friend🥰x

@lucyrp @Skip86 yes this is the one! It’s like a little computer it reminds me of those dear diary things that were out in the 90’s!

@Minster2012 I know she's only young and it's her first so I felt heartbroken for her especially as she was trying to stay at home for the birth! I've just had a facetime witj her and baby now she had a little boy but she lost a lot of blood so mum is allowed to stay with her on the ward at the moment which is good ☺️

@lucyrp oooh flashing smiley sounds exciting! And exciting for your friend although it must be awful having to do it alone. I have a friend due to give birth in a few weeks too!

Thanks @Skip86, that's very true.

@KateColx sorry I should have clarified that the time I ov'd much later than I thought was a few years ago when I conceived my now 2yo. I think I still had all the usual symptoms I thought were ov on about CD14.
I'm using the same CB tests this time (this is first cycle TTC) and had peak on CD16 (again, I thought it would be on about CD14 but was wrong).

Oh wow I've never seen that one!! 😍

@Skip86 I believe the CB one @Cocoblue22 is referring too is this one

@SmileyT thanks lovely! That makes perfect sense now. Only month one of testing and I'm overthinking it all 😂 I'm CD12 today so hopefully it'll make an appearance soon ☺️ x

@Skip86 oh really? How interesting that you even felt like it was CD14 but it was actually later. Did you still feel like you had the same pains etc around CD14 that month? Aw fingers crossed my first month of CB testing is as successful as yours! ☺️ x

@lucyrp yayyy for the flashing smiley!! Fingers crossed everything goes okay for your friend. My best friend is pregnant at the mo, due in Aug, and I do feel for her. It's not the pregnancy you expect to have is it 😔 but as long as they're safe, and I'm sure your friend won't mind as soon as she has her baby there! 🥰 x

@Skip86 that’s interesting & yeah could def be to do with cycles, but I haven’t been ovulating for those 10 years as have been on contraception til last may.

@Cocoblue22 the flashing smiles are for the run up to ovulation so is that the eastrogen surge? We get the flashing smiles then a static one for ovulation in the next day or so - I’m now on my 5th day of flashing smiles though & ive only got 2 sticks left 😬

@lucyrp yay for flashing! That’s not great for your friend, she’s the only person I’ve heard of who can’t have anyone in for Labour?

Day 5 of flashing smile & im bored now. I also got really miserable last night 😥no real reason just felt really down

@Cocoblue22 this one?

@Cocoblue22 I'm intrigued by this CB 'computer' you speak of! Or are you referring to the digital one (purple, low fertility ⭕️, high fertility flashing 🙂, peak fertility static 🙂). I have the purple one but didn't realise it stored ) months of data?! Is that right?
Flashing smiley means it has detected that your oestrogen is increasing, which is usually followed by LH surge in coming days.

@Cocoblue22 the flashing smiley on the digital CB test sticks means that its high so il probably have a few days of this before my static smiley which means peak x

@BumDiggyDiggyDiggyBumDiggyBum I have the CB machine (recommended by a friend) and I like it it worked well with DC1 so I’m hoping it will help this time too! CD10 today and it’s just said high! Exciting! Although last time (almost 3 years ago) I remember not getting the high until quite late I remember getting do day 13 ish and it still being low and feeling fed up and then it went high and peak within a few days! And later that month I got BFP! In my experience it works well and it records everything for you so don’t need other apps or to enter anything. It stores six months of data xx

What does flashing smiley etc mean on your tests? Mine just says low or high oestrogen and then LH peak on the square CB computer one xx

Morning Ladies, I have just got my first flashing smiley this morning 😁 got so excited to see it on the screen!
Currently waiting to hear off my friend who had to go into hospital last night to speed up her labour after waters being broken for 24 hours and she was very upset as this is her first DC and no one was allowed in with her! This covid is actually heartbreaking when it comes to things like that ☹️

@minster2012 no constipation for me. The exact opposite. I get diarrhea around ov and before/during AF.

(PS, definitely no such thing as TMI with me - I have bowel disease and talk shit (literally) daily 🤣🤣)

@Minster2012 so funny you should ask that about constipation and ovulation. Last night I was having a whinge about being constipated. I always blame my crohns for fluctuations between diarrhoea/healthy stool/constipation, but then I had a lightbulb moment - maybe it's not bowel disease but my lady cycles that are the cause! I was constipated on ov day, and for the day after, and finally thank god had a BM today.
However if you haven't had an issue like this for 10 years (and I assume you've been ovulating during those years), perhaps ask your specialist or gp for advice?

@watermelonwizard @TheGirlWhoLived @TheGirlWhoLived and anyone else I've missed, welcome!! Sorry to those who have had MC, CP, long time trying.. you're in a good place here for support 💗

@Katao @KRK05 @Ltay2 on no there must be something in the water this month! Medical probs delaying TTC for all of you, but know what? The baby you do end up with will be the one that was meant to be! I hope you're all ok, and will still hang out with us 😃

@KateColx I used to have very regular 28 day cycles and would've sworn I ov'd on CD14 every month going by CM and pains etc, but first time I used CB digi discovered (for that month anyway) I actually ov'd on CD17! I conceived my DS that month 😍 so definitely a chance you could ov later, don't stress about the ⭕️s just yet xx

Hi Mococo 😊 sorry to hear about your MC hoping this next cycle brings you all the baby dust. xxx

My Femometer app has changed my ovulation day from 22nd to the 21st since my CM changed tonight and my LH came in at a 13. Wasnt going to DTD tonight as we're late to bed already, ie not even there yet... But we'll have no chance in the morning 😭 We did DTD last night so fingers crossed that covers us if we don't manage tonight.

Hey guys can I join this bus?

Just got AF 6 weeks after miscarriage on the 15th May so hoping to start ttc this month onwards c