7 months ttc (cont of 6 months ttc)

@fifol I'm so sorry AF has arrived. Make sure you take care of yourself over the next few days, onwards and upwards for next month.

I've upped my water this month, cut the caffeine, and I've been eating cereal because I've heard that fortified cereal and grains help. Hopefully itll make a difference.

AF has landed! Taking the positive in that this was another 32 day cycle so at least my cycles seem to be bedding down and my cramps weren't as awful as they usually are, yet anyway.

I feel sad but I'm not even crying I feel like I'm numb or something

Might try cutting out my coffee this cycle and see how that goes. I think I will use the clearblue opk still as I like to be able to pinpoint ovulation but I think we will just dtd every second night especially around the middle 2 weeks of the cycle instead of agonising over the timing. I don't think I'll temp this time, I didnt find it too bad but I dont know if I need something else to be worrying about.

If anyone else is trying anything new as well let me know.

This ttc is absolute crap. For the last few months I thought our timing was perfect and still no luck! So onto cycle 8 and as has been said on here, one step closer to the bfp....

Fingers crossed for us all this month ladies xx

So if you got the static on Tuesday does that mean Wed would be ov day? Approx...

I use the internet cheapies so I'm assuming your static smiley is like my dark line.

Awww I know what you mean. It always means more when you can link it to a special event. This month I really hope I can tell my Mum and Dad on Father's day. That would be so special. Although it would be super early for me they are amongst a few of people I'd tell before 12 weeks.

@Annny27 @PinkFlamingoGirl yes definitely good to have a break from DTD...

I got my static smiley on the CB OPK on Tuesday afternoon so when do you start counting how many DPO?

Also AF due on my LGs 2nd birthday, would feel so right if this was the month it happens after almost a year... I always manage to find a reason why every month would be special but this month just feels even more so.

@PinkFlamingoGirl I am always grateful for the rest after ovulation haha!! 🤣

Typo...day 3 of NOT DTD** that's important lol

@DSC1 yeah I think we are. How many DPO are you now? Well done that sounds exhausting...I know how you feel. I'm on day 3 of DTD and 3dpo (notice a pattern??) and it's great to have a rest 😂😂.

Evening:) thanks for the welcome all! The 6 month plus club isn't a club I wanted to be in but I am glad we can support each other haha!

@jessmcg perhaps if she doesn't arrive full force tomorrow then take a test. But often I have spotting (which is sometimes red sometimes brown) before AF!

@DSC1 its exhausting when you have so many fertile days! I had 7 days of ewcm this month and I am glad to have a break from dtd now haha 1dpo at the moment:)

@Fifol when I was pregnant I had lots of AF type cramps so you are never really out until she shows!

@PinkFlamingoGirl I am only 1dpo but tired - think the progesterone has kicked in haha

@Twinkletoes85 I tried temping but it didn't suit me as I got stressed every morning wondering what my temps would be and I got less sleep and probably skewed results because of it!

@Twinkletoes85 lol and we all wonder why we're going crazy🤣

@Twinkletoes85 my friend said she had two af while pregnant, obv not af but heavy bleeding and enough to think it was af, she didn't realise she was pregnant until after 12weeks🙈

Hi Ladies!

So glad I found you... @Twinkletoes85 thank you for setting this up. So many messages to catch up on. For those of you who have had AF arrive, I hope you are all ok xx I keep reminding myself what someone said on the previous thread about each BFN being that step closer to our BFP... it has really helped me a lot as I was feeling a bit low.
I am now in the TWW - had 8 days of flashing smileys before the static and so we have DTD 7 times within 10 days. Really feel I have given it my all this month! If I remember correctly @PinkFlamingoGirl we are at pretty similar stages in our cycles?

Loads of great info on here which I am definitely going to look into.

@Annny27 welcome to the group xx

The whole ttc is cruel.

I've been having cramps coming and going all day but af not here yet. By the cramps I feel I'm out but im still hoping af doesn't show

@jessmcg bodies are cruel, I agree. Last month 4 days before my period was due I felt nauseous for 2 days. I never felt sick on pms - but bfn 2 days later. This month - nothing. Feel like this is the start of pre-menopause.
@KK251289 I feel I can tell early too - about 2 dpo. and then I change my mind. and change it again. great times.

@PinkFlamingoGirl @hoping41 and @Nat4392 hopefully itll happen while we're all still working from home. My usual commute was an hour and a half so by the time we both got home we'd be exhausted. Plus I cant imagine using an ovulation test at 7am before work, then if its positive sitting at work all day thinking about it.

@jessmcg I like to think anything unusual is a good sign. Fingers crossed for you!!

@PinkFlamingoGirl I watched a YouTube video about pineapple core so thought I'd give it a go last cycle, cm definitely improved last month, maybe a coincidence but I'm gonna do not again this cycle.

Only reading the second page of messages @jessmcg finger crossed, definitely sounds promising xx

@jessmcg Bodies are too cruel to us sometimes! I'd wait it out and try not to get your hopes up, sorry about your BFN. Hope you're doing ok with all this confusion!

Hey everyone!!

Sorry to hear about af @jessmcg it just sucks doesn't it.

All you ladies who are taking bbt, if your temp doesn't rise then drop before af does it mean you aren't ovulating?first month of tracking and first month getting positive opk, temp stayed high for 2 days into af, then went to 0.1 above control line from this morning. Have myself convinced I wasn't ovulating and just looking for confirmation.

Any if you like me and believe you'll be one of the women who experience af for the first few months of pregnancy, I manage to convince myself each time that maybe it's implantation bleeding, driving myself insane and being even more disappointed!!

Hmmm that is weird @jessmcg
I have spotting before AF comes on fully that sounds a bit like that and always give me hope to cling onto (even though I know it's AF). If you don't usually spot then that could be a sign of something else? How you feeling otherwise?

What's the deal with pineapple? I've seen folks on other threads taking about it but what is it supposed to be good for?

I'm starving and tired and lethargic! I was the same yesterday too. I'm only 3dpo so I know it's not anything pregnancy related but I read a post on here that said you have a drop in oestrogen after OV which can make you irritable etc! I did not know this and it makes a lot of sense!! Not sure if that's why I'm hungry too or if I'm just plain greedy 😂😂😂 xxx

@Posy1 @seafrontsky I’d be 13DPO I think? Didn’t do anything different this month that would affect my cycle I don’t think? I did start taking Symprove every morning but I doubt it’s that. I think my body is playing tricks on me. I’ll wait a bit and I think if it’s still not here in the morning or at least tomorrow afternoon I’m going to test Saturday morning. I did a test yesterday at what I thought was 12DPO and it was a BFN, so I’m probably still out I think.

Hmm that is weird @jessmcg. It could be spotting in the lead up to AF. Did you do anything different (supplements, seed cycling, pineapple etc) that might have altered normal AF? Or could be implantation spotting (although have heard this is rare). How many DPO would you be if it's not AF?

@jessmcg how many dpo are you. If temp is still above cover line, it sounds hopeful. Are you going to test?

Hi everyone. Sorry for the random message but something odd has happened. Obviously had bleeding when I wiped this AM, so thought AF was here. Popped in my cup (sorry if TMI) and was surprised all day that no bad cramps like normal but thought that maybe as I’d had some the past few days it was them. When AF comes for me she arrives in full for be on her first day if you know what I mean... anyway, took out my cup. Nothing. One tiny bit of brown and one little red dry clot. Again sorry if TMI. I’m going to leave it overnight and see if she comes, but WTF??? The body is cruel? What could this mean?! I don’t want to get my hopes up, so I’m choosing to believe that she’s just decided to play a game with me. I had a small temp dip this AM, but not below my cover line (for those who temp), but I thought probably enough to be AF, plus there was a bit of blood so I just presumed. Hmmmmm. I’m probably overthinking this.