TTC baby no1. Looking for fellow crazy TTC friends!

@CAG14 I guess I'll just wait and see if AF comes now lol. So excited for you to test! 🤞 @LT103 @Jadeb1995 I know the whole, "don't think about it and it'll happen" thing is really annoying and honestly it p*ssed me off so much hearing it for 2 years but guess what.. That's what happened for me haha. I lost 4 stone and doctors decided I was a healthy enough weight to now refer me for fertility checking. This began in November and I was awaiting AF to arrive to go for a HSG test end of February. We stopped tracking and being on edge as soon as we got the go ahead that we were getting help and there we go, pregnant in March and never made the HSG test lol. It's impossible to relax though! We only relaxed because we literally handed our health into someone else's hands. Now we're back to obsessing 😣

@Jadeb1995 so true!! I’ve spent far more time than I should googling everything about it instead of just taking it easy. Hoping it gets better with time and not worse 🙈

@LT103 it's so hard isn't it! It's when people say "just don't think about it and it will happen" well if I bloody could I would haha!

I totally started this journey saying I’ll be relaxed and let things happen naturally and I’ve been anything but! Haha. Just heard from boss that I’m not back til 20 July do think I need to ban google searches between now and then. At least pregnancy related ones. Just need to learn to relax and make the most of it!!! But it’s definitely easier said than done!!

@CAG14 that's so lovely thank you. That's such a good point as well, for soooo long you're told how not to get pregnant! If only all this was taught in biology hey! Haha

@JanQi I have never read a post that I relate to so much!!

I am exactly the same as you, very early on compared to other people who have been ttc for a longer time.

I find myself sitting and thinking about it so much because I want to do all that I can but then I also find everything very overwhelming.

I've also suffered from anxiety in the past and my partner is concerned that I get too stressed out about it so I tend not to tell him as much now because he is very "let's just go with the flow and it will happen" but I don't know how I would mentally be able to deal with it taking too long as it consumes so much of my mind.

Sounds like we're in the same boat, I tracked my ovulation last month but only on an app and I've figured out it must have been wrong as my period come early. We've made the decision to dtd every other day after my AF has finished, that way I'm not going to concentrate on my ovulation and hope for the best. However I know that if it doesn't happen next month, I'll be worrying again and googling everything!!

Hope you ladies don't mind me jumping on this thread. I'm only on my second cycle TTC baby #1 and I'm feeling really overwhelmed today. I'm furloughed so I've had too much time on my hands and I've gone from being really relaxed about the whole thing to massively stressed about what I should and shouldn't be doing.

It's so difficult to know what to do for the best when there's so much info out there! I don't want to go overboard with the obsessing and lifestyle changes because I know it could be a long time before anything happens but the more I read the more overwhelmed I feel.

I have anxiety which has been under control for a while but I can feel myself getting worked up about all this.

Sorry for the rant! I can't talk to anyone IRL about this so I'm so glad to have found this forum!

@CAG14 My understanding is temps should stay elevated if pregnant due to progesterone but this is my first time ever trying it. You're supposed to have uninterrupted sleep for at least 3/4 hours before testing so I've always thought it was useless for me but I've decided to try anything since my miscarriage lol. When are you going to test?

How are we all today? Super groggy here and was lying in bed with waves of nausea before I had to force myself up or I'd be late for work. My temp was 36.17 though so I reckon I'm out of the running and it's just AF working 😔

@CAG14 It's got heavier today so thinking it's AF but if I continue to not get any period pains then I'll defo test. I've read that some people have had really heavy implantation bleeding so I guess you never know!
Thank you for your advice. Xx

@CAG14 ahh I have everything crossed for you. Yes usually very regular every 29 days so a bit strange but I'm going to start using OPK this month
@stabal sorry about your BFN :(

@CAG14 🤞would you normally get boob pain during your period? I usually have sore boobs just after ovulation then as soon as AF comes they stop. They were the worst they've ever been when I was pregnant and I remember thinking why are they sore for 4 weeks and not stopping 😂 I hadn't been tracking anything as we were just finally starting to get some help with fertility so I gave it all a rest, putting my problems into someone else's hands I guess. So I never even thought it could possibly be pregnancy.
I have a sore back today but that could be anything. Today I've convinced myself it's just AF building to a god awful cycle. Caved and took a cheapie strip test and got BFN. Not holding out much hope but hey ho, we'll see.
@Jadeb1995 sorry it seems to be AF. But I hope it finished quickly so you can try again!

Ahh that sounds positive @CAG14
Did you use OPK to track?
I'm pretty sure AF has come 5 days early, I did wonder if it was implantation bleeding as I've not had any period pains at all and usually do. Plus I just don't feel like I'm on my period but I also don't think I'm pregnant haha!

I know me toooo!!
If it's not this month I just want to get AF over and done with so I can try again!

@Jadeb1995 to be fair I'll probably give in and do one 🙈 but I'll be sure to update. I'm so nervous for all of us haha

@stabal just re read your post about the tests, hope you can hold out on testing till next week!! It's so hard isn't it but then when I get the negative I wish I'd waited!

Aww fingers crossed for you, keep us updated @CAG14 I've had some weird twinges, been quite constipated and got sensitive gums but it could be anything couldn't it!
@Stabal excited for you to test Friday. I've seen lots of people talk about the FR tests so might have to purchase some of them.

@CAG14 with first response probably in a weeks time but I'd like to hold off for a better chance. I'm so scared of it being negative even though I know I shouldn't be so hard on myself!