TTC Thread #2

Woke up this morning to test and noticed brown blood which I normally get before AF. Absolutely gutted. Just want to crawl back into bed now 😔

@SVC11 Hopefully your luteal phase will continue to get longer. I read somewhere that the herb vitex can help regulate hormones, I was looking at it for regulating my cycle but it also mentioned that it can help lengthen the luteal phase. I think it takes a while to work though, so it might be worth looking into now if it's something you would be interested in trying.

@Bam27 yeah couple months off the pill so gonna see how I got for the next few months before trying anything other than diet to lengthen the lp. I know it can increase naturally as time goes by. I think it's so easy to compare yourself to others. So many of my friends seem to have got pregnant within 1 or 2 cycles?! Onto the next one anyway! At least short cycles means I don't have to wait as long for af!

Sorry to hear that @SVC11! Hopefully next cycle will be better for you 😊

@Bam27 that's cute that your OH wants to be there for the tests! I don't know if my DH is bothered that I test alone (I know he knows he never says anything).

My FRERs arrived today and I hid them away 😬 too afraid of the disappointment lol

@Bam27 my OH is the same, he wants to find out together. If he didn’t, I’d go like 35 without him 😂

@SVC11 sorry to hear AF has shown her face! Don’t stress too much about the LP being, short there’s things you can do to lengthen it? Unless you have had trouble previous to this and it has been successful? Try not to be too disheartened x

@SVC11 also sorry about AF arriving 💐

@SVC11 have you recently come off the pill? I'm sorry I cant remember because there are so many of us in this chat.

Ahhh af arrived for me today... So that puts me at a 25 day cycle and only a 10 day luteal phase. Worry that this short lp will mean we will struggle to conceive...

I am 5-6 days PO today, tww is going so slow 😩 can't even symptom spot yet a sits too early 😂😂

@acaciabluebell @Daffodil21 I'm the opposite to you two 😂 always take any pregnancy test with OH there. I took one without him at the Begining of trying when AF was late and he was upset when I told him. He wants us to find out at the the same time, so I'm forbidden 😂 which works out pretty good actually otherwise I would take them all the time and drive myself crazy.

@Daffodil21 😂 I find that it gives me time to emotionally deal with it first. Although on Wednesday (when AF is due) DH has a day off so he'll be there for that!

Hey @acaciabluebell keep us posted! Here’s hoping for a positive result ☺️

Hi everyone, hope you're all doing well 😊 Last I mentioned on here was that I was peeing a lot at 9dpo... well as soon as I mentioned it on here it went away 😂🙄 And I've been experiencing zero symptoms since then. No cramps, even my boobs have stopped being sensitive which is so weird. I remember in my last cycle I stopped experiencing PMS symptoms immediately before AF, so I feel like that might happen now.

Sunday tomorrow and I'll be 11dpo which is when I said I would/might test. I've ordered some FRERs on Amazon prime which will arrive tomorrow but I'm feeling too scared to test lol. Might hold out until Mon/Tues when DH is away at work and test then. AF is due on Wednesday.

@SVC11 definite win if you can lengthen the luteal phase. Let’s hope you get to 14 for the test!

AF type cramps can potentially come with implantation apparently but someone who has experienced it would be best placed answering.

@Rm20 yup just got to wait. Although haven't come on af today which I count as a win! As tomorrow will be 10dpo which is still a short luteal phase but more normal than 9 that I had last time. Will wait until 14dpo if I make it that far then test I spose.

I'm wondering if anyone had af type cramps and had a bfp... Cos I've had af cramps for the past 2 days.

@nervousnoob, it’s amazing how relief we can be when AF arrives and how equally disappointed at other times. Hopefully all is good though!

@Daffodil21 @JTB123 I think I may join you guys next month and not do OPKs. I will do this coming month just to see when I ovulate again. I’ll then switch to every other day too 🤞🏼

@Bam27 completely agree, it’s just assumed that the guys are constantly up for it but not always, just like us.

There’s still no sign of AF for me! I had the Very light bleed on Thursday, a little tiny bit dark brown and then today like cream in colour but elastic like? (Sorry TMI). Cramping has also gone and period was due next week, albeit according to the app. I don’t know what stage I’m even at any more 🙃

@Rm20 @Daffodil21 I think it's sometimes underestimated how difficult it can be for the male to just "perform" when they have to. My OH really struggled the other day when I had a positive opk 😂 but we persevered and got there in the end. The reason I didn't use OPKs for first 6 months of trying was because I didn't want to add to the pressure but this month I just wanted to make sure I was ovulating! And make sure we were doing it at the right time. Same for us we never had any problems before ttc.

@Daffodil21 no OPKs for me next month either! DRD every other day 🤞🏻

@Bam27 it’s the same with us, it’s the pressure of the schedule. We never have had issues at all but when he’s being told, I don’t think it’s the same. I try not to say, “right we need to do it now”.

@Daffodil21 that’s it, when you get a positive on the OPKs it nearly feels like you have to do it immediately. We panic don’t we. Think I’ll be switching to every other day next month too. Everyday is a lot, for us anyway!

FINALLY got AF today .. CD38. It was an anxiety inducing time for me. BFNs and no sign of AF. I was never on BCPs, and had fairly regular periods. I did get in touch with my GP though, she was quite reassuring 🙂 Asked me to get my thyroid checked. So I'm booked in for a blood test next week. I was never so happy to meet AF as I was this month 😂 But then, hopefully next month is "the" month for us 🤞🏻 However, now my cycle is completely disrupted 😒