TTC Thread #2

oh thanks @Bam27 wasn't sure if I was just seeing something because I wanted to. Still a bit worried that the line is this faint on CD37 but I suspect that I may have ovulated around CD25.

I'll try to test again tomorrow or Friday and see if it gets any darker...

@SaraVB I see a second line 🙂 it's looking good 😃

Last night on the way home from work stopped and bought a test. It wasn't a particularly good one but all they had available. Couldn't wait until then and did an internet cheapie and thought I saw a really faint line. Not sure if I'm fooling myself at this point...
Took the other test this morning and got results below. Do you see anything or am I losing my mind?

Argg hate to wish away time but I can't wait until I can test! Currently 7-8 days PO.

@JTB123 sorry about bfn💐 hope it is just too early!
@SaraVB good luck with your test 🤞 keep us posted 🙂

I'm currently CD36 still no sign of AF. Usually have 30-35 day cycle but have never gone past 35 days before. I did a test last Sunday so CD34 and got a BFN but still no sign of AF.

The test was a CB digital one which should be quite accurate. I'm trying to assume it's right and not to get my hopes up but it's a bit difficult especially after googling and seeing a lot of reviews of CB digital with false negatives. I've been feeling AF-like cramps for over a week now but it seems to come and go. I'm thinking if AF isn't here by tomorrow I'll try to do another test.

Sorry about your BFN @JTB123 Hopefully it's just too early..

BFN for me this morning :( unsure when I even ovulated, I really think it was mid last week so if so it would be too early to test anyway! AF due in 4-6 days

@acaciabluebell
I think you have to do what is right by you. It is hard to not Google things though, if you find a cure for that please let me know!

@acaciabluebell the more I think about it, the more I agree with you. It’s getting a bit too obsessive for me too. I also think my OH thinks I’m losing it a little 🙈 I also don’t want to spend my time looking at calendars and living on Google too!

I'm actually thinking to avoid the OPKs and just dtd every other day for the next cycle. Might make things less stressful/less obsessing and googling symptoms if I don't know how many DPO I am lol

@Milliemoo222 oh I can definitely relate, my OH is lost when I talk about all the details. Best save it for on the chat 😁

@Rm20 - I know we should be, but we really wanted to relax with it in the first few months, but after this month we plan to be better and use OPKs to be more precise.
I think that is why I finally decided to comment because we are all in the same boat and I think my DH gets a little bored of me going on!

@acaciabluebell thank you! I know, it is so hard to understand all the terms and timings and so different for everyone! We really will get there with it, just might need to use some tools to help!

Thank you for welcoming me to the thread!

@Milliemoo222 welcome to the thread! I’m still relatively new to the group but it’s been so helpful and sharing the experience makes you feel as ease as there our more of us all going through the same thing!

I only started with OPKs the month just gone and I didn’t ovulate until nearly a week after I’d estimated. If you aren’t using them the EWCM is the best thing to go by I think. Good luck! X

Thank you! I think if we do not get a positive this month we will start tracking better, just didn't want to get too caught up in it all, already read and go crazy about it as it is! we DTD yesterday, so will today too (sure DH will not mind!)
Routing for you all on here and super glad to be part of this thread! So hard to not feel and think about every twinge and change when TTC, I should calm down about it but it takes over!

Hi @Milliemoo222 and welcome. I'm no expert at all but afaik EWCM is a sign of being fertile. So you can get it leading up to ovulation, some people get it for a whole week, some only get it right before ovulating.

There's no way to know if it's too late unless you use some method of testing (ovulation strip, basal body temperature) to know when you've ovulated. But definitely I would recommend DTD as soon when you see ewcm. Good luck!

Hi all. Eeks, first time poster on anything like this, but I have been reading lots of posts and has really been setting my mind at ease.
We have been TTC since April when decided to come off the pill. It took me until May to have normal AF again, so last month and this month has been easier to track and understand my cycle. This month I estimated ov around 14th, but today I have noticed EWCM, so will have an early evening tonight really excited to find out if this month we get lucky! AF is due 28th. Silly question, is EWCM a sign of fertile days or the actual ov process? Sorry still v new to this all. Ie is it now too late to try?
Thank you!

I'm now holding off testing now until Friday if AF hasn't arrived by then as she is due I think sometime Saturday-Monday 🤞🏻

Anyone joining me!!

#testingaddicts

Has anyone tried an at home male fertility test? Are they reliable?

@acaciabluebell don’t be annoyed at yourself. It’s so easy to get your hopes up. I think it’s hard when trying for a baby and you get any symptoms, you just automatically hope that’s what it is. I don’t think anyone has a regimented cycle every single month where they have a period, ovulate and luteal phase is bang on every single time? Considering our bodies respond to a number of different factors. At least the lP hasn’t gone below 10. That’s a positive.

Thank you girls.... so AF has started properly already, 2 days early 😔 I normally have a day of light spotting as a 'warning', but nothing this month. I guess this means I have a 12 day luteal phase and not 14-15 like I had thought. Is it normal for LP to change?

I am sooo annoyed at myself because I genuinely felt all these strange symptoms and now I'm wondering if it was just all in my head. I'd never felt as weird as I have this past month. I feel like I've genuinely made myself crazy 😂🤦

@acaciabluebell sorry about AF 💐

@acaciabluebell so sorry :( I normally get brown 2-3 days before AF also.... would be due it any time this week before suspected AF at the weekend. X

@acaciabluebell I’m sorry AF is arriving 😔 it’s so disheartening isn’t it but hopefully today won’t be a bad day for you! Next month 🤞🏼