TTC journey starting June...

@Running365 thanks Hun, it's nice to have a bit of support with it we get mixed comments off folks - especially my parents!

I'm off to do a clear blue test now I've managed a 3 hour hold 🤞😬

Bless you! It sounds like you have bought him great comfort though for all this time and although breastfeeding does have so many positives it can also become so restricting when they aren't showing any signs of stopping when you feel like it's time. That's great that he is beginning to be able to self settle at bedtime so fingers crossed the milk from daddy starts to work and your husband can enjoy doing bedtime too, and you can have a well deserved rest!! I'm sure night wake ups are harder to justify stopping though as if breastfeeding works to get them back to sleep quickly then why start messing!

@Running365 actually we've been chatting about this, I'm working tues-thurs so I think from Thursday we are going to try a cup with milk before bed & daddy can do bedtime. I would start it before but I know he won't be happy so it'll give us 4 days before I'm back at work to make a strong start (!)
Then I guess he'll still wake in the night for milk so I'll let him breastfeed in the night until he's cracked the evenings & just do it gradually. We have been making small progress as he doesn't feed to sleep at night now, he'll have a feed but happily get in his cot bed with his bear and eventually goes up sleep! But yes I am shattered haha! X

@Newbie9 have you tried offering him milk from a cup/bottle in the night? You must be so exhausted from nearly 2 years of disturbed sleep. I'm sure whatever decision you make it'll be the right for you both, and plus a brother or sister for your little one will be much more fun for him in the long term!

@Running365 thanks, yes I think I'll see how the next couple of months pan out then make a decision xx

I suppose keep tracking ovulation for a few months and see if you can identify a pattern. Like you say, breastfeeding shouldn't prevent you from falling pregnant. My DS self weaned from breastfeeding in December so I've not had to make a conscious decision to stop but if you feel like it's the barrier and you're ready to stop then I'm sure he still young enough not to remember a few unsettled nights of daddy being the only option for cuddles...

I've just read a really interesting article that's made me feel a bit better, I'm still breastfeeding my 22 month old at night. I'd like to wean but he's got other ideas 🤣
My periods took forever to come back & cycles are long, 37 odd days. This month I thought I should be ovulating by now and worrying about why it's so late but this article states it's quite normal as I have a drop in oestrogen due to feeding so takes longer to mature the egg.

How many cycles would you try like this before weaning?! I really would like to before 2 years If possible. X

@Running365 so true! He literally does not stop haha!

@Newbie9 such a lovely age but also such a lively age! I can't imagine how I'll cope with the pregnancy exhaustion this time round but enough people do it and survive!

@Running365 hiya! Our boys are a similar age! Mine is 2 in August, he is non stop!
Good luck to you x

Hello everyone! Hope you don't mind me joining you all TTC in June. We are trying for our second after our son being born in October 2018 and put off trying for our second since as we were meant to travel to Canada this summer for my brothers wedding (didn't want to be heavily pregnant or a tiny newborn) but now that's not happening this year and we've decided life is too short! Aunt Flo arrived yesterday and I've regular cycles since my period came back over a year ago. The weeks seem to fly by with a toddler but I already feel like June is going to drag with the excitement of what might be!

Yeah. 2 apps (fertility friend and Flo) both say I'm due to O on Saturday. But that's just going off a 28day cycle, so not sure if it will be correct yet. Hopefully it won't be a long cycle. Are there any physical symptoms that lead up to O, other than increase CM and the consistency?

@pabsypops I'm now using the clear blue advanced ones, was trying fermometer ones which go with the app. No lines at all apart from very faint. I'm rubbish at holding my wee though so thought clear blue might be good as it's morning. I thought I'd be due to ovulate soon but negative this morning

@blossom428 that's right you'll see a rise in body temp after ovulation x

@kate123cl ahhh i will keep my fingers and toes crossed for a BFP one day soon. Not feeling convinced that I am the lucky though!

@kate123cl yep still waiting for AF but I am in quite a lot of discomfort tonight so hopefully tonight or tomorrow. Fingers crossed for your new cycle

@Newbie9 yes I am starting to track properly as soon as this new cycle starts. Looking forward to seeing what I learn from it ... slightly nervous too! Oh good, glad to hear that your body adjusted to life post-pill quickly. This will be my 3rd cycle off it now so fingers crossed it'll be a bit more predictable soon!! Got my thermometer ready for the good old BBT chart.

Going to stay positive this month... and hopefully end positive too for us!

@Blossom428 it took me a while to notice the lines on the cheap OPK’s. I read mine between 5 and 7 minutes and now know what I’m looking for after a long 49 days of testing. I use the easy@home ones from amazon and and the Premom app

@PabsyPops yeah I've Just started using the cheap OPKs but I'm not sure how good they will be as I've read mixed reviews. Figured I would start on these for my first proper cycle, and if no luck then get the clear blue ones. I took a test today and there was no other line, so think I will keep going untill I get one (if I get one).

I'm trying to track BBT aswell, but this doesn't show up untill you've actually ovulated does it?
TTC £s start adding up, all these OPKs and pregnancy tests.
I'm trying to keep a positive mind and doing things to keep my mind busy. I've got so many friends that are pregnant right now, I hope it happens soon 🤞🏽

So a friend of mine says she she didn’t get her BFP until she was 7 weeks pregnant. A friend of a friend said she was 8 weeks when she got her first BFP. Has anyone heard of this before? It’s now got my hopes up that I could be pregnant and it’s not just the pill still messing with me.

@Newbie9 the cheap ones were rubbish for me and over the last few months I never saw a line to say I was ovulating so I got a bit worried! I decided to buy the clear blue one and so far I've had the flashing smiley face for the last two days which has made me feel a million times better! Just waiting for the solid smiley now! Which ones have you been using?

@PabsyPops hi 👋
Have you started using the ovulation tests yet? I'm not having loads of success haha x

Hi everyone! I hope you don't mind if I join in? I'm TTC 1st baby and have been off contraception since October last year. My DH and I haven't been actively trying but this month we are putting a bit more effort in currently testing ovulation with clear blue as cheapies were never any good for me! Xx

@Clover1211 my cycles were quite long after the pill a few years ago, 40 odd days but it did settle quickly. Are you charting your symptoms through the month? You might see a pattern emerging
I'm taking my temp every morning which is quite a good way to see when you've ovulated etc x