NEWBIE 🙋🏼‍♀️ TTC first baby - anyone else new to the journey?

Thanks so much everyone, it's still not really sunk in! I have to wait a couple of weeks for a telephone drs appt but hoping all's well. Wishing you all lots of luck, keeping my fingers crossed that you all get your positives next cycle!

Congratulations - that's amazing news!

Omg congrats! That's amazing news. Happy and excited for you. Wishing you a happy and healthy journey!

@AtLeastThreeDrinks Congrats - amazing news!!!

Thank you so much! 😊

@AtLeastThreeDrinks oh congratulations on your BFP!! 🥳🥳

Sorry to hear that @PinkPlantCase. Wishing you all the best for the next cycle.

And @unCliche, your positivity and baby dust worked –I finally took another test at 12 days late and it's positive! We're in shock I was convinced AF was just mega late!

Hi all, AF came for me today. Right on time! Atleast that explains the BFNs.

Onwards to our next cycle 😏

Good luck to those of you who are just getting to the TTW. I need to symptom spot less next month, went a little bit mad with the wait!

Ahh thanks so much, and same to you! Let us know if you test again!

Oh wow @AtLeastThreeDrinks! I really hope you get your BFP. I'm sending positivity and baby dust your way! Keep us updated but I really hope it is good news for you!

I have no idea. It took me a while to figure out that it could be pregnancy related, so when I did, I went down and ate an olive (because I definitely know what an olive should taste like) and that had a bitter aftertaste too. I have tested but it's been a BFN so far, but I am only 9 DPO today.

Hey @unCliche, no AF yet I'm now 10 days late. Going to take another test tomorrow morning, although I have no other symptoms (boobs not as sore and cramping has stopped) so I'm not expecting a positive. But if it's negative I might book an appt with the nurse to see if anything else is going on.

How strange about your dinner! Have you taken a test? Fingers crossed for you!

Hey ladies! Any news??

@AtLeastThreeDrinks, did AF show up?

AF isn't due until the 12th but last night the strangest thing happened. I cooked a meal and when I went to taste it, it was horrid and I actually proclaimed to DH that it was the worst thing I've ever made in my life. DH said it tasted fine and I was just like whatever, he's only saying that because he loves me (and will eat anything). It didn't even register in my mind that it could be pregnancy related!

Enjoy your weekend away @PinkPlantCase!

I tested this morning as still no AF but it came out negative. Period is six days late, but I have been dropping things and knocking stuff off counters today, which I'd completely forgotten is a pre-menstrual symptom for me

Thanks @Meg87 for the welcome, I’m so sorry to hear about your chemical pregnancy, and really hope that the rest of your ttc journey goes smoothly.

@PinkPlantCase still very early days so keeping fingers crossed for you, enjoy your weekend away and try to keep your mind off things!

AF definitely on its way finally - 5/6 days late which is very unusual as I have been regular for past 2 years since coming off the pill - so trying not to read too much into that, but at least it means cycle 1 can begin!

I know I was being a bit silly for testing so early if I’m honest. It’s just so easy to get caught up with it all.

I also went down the rabbit hole of searching ‘BFP 8DPO’ 🤦‍♀️

We’re away for a long weekend now so should give us some headspace.

Hey all, and welcome to the newbies

Hope you managed to get away from it all @beckyBP. I've only had one cycle and I'm already feeling a bit stressed! I was thinking about everything in bed last night/this morning and getting all panicky. So I've just had a chemical pregnancy (or lost the pregnancy just before the 6 week mark, not really sure what counts as a chemical pregnancy!), and now I'm a bit paranoid about my partner's sperm as he and his previous partner were trying for a baby for a while and she had two miscarriages (both around the 11 week mark), followed by an ectopic pregnancy and then they stopped trying. I know early miscarriages are fairly common but I got myself into a bit of a state last night worrying that I'll never be able to hang on to a pregnancy if there are any chromosome issues with his sperm. And I'm only one cycle in, this is crazy!

@PinkPlantCase you never know, it could be too early to test. Doesn't it sometimes take a couple of weeks for the egg to implant, so you wouldn't get a positive test before that?

@AtLeastThreeDrinks for now, I'm going to assume it means that we're extra safe and very responsible Good luck with your test, let's hope these next two days fly by so you can get the news you're hoping for!

@PinkPlantCase I do also think that it's a little bit early, so give it a few more days and see what happens!

@unCliche I feel the same, zeros 'scares' or 'accidents' so I've never taken a test before! Not sure if that's unusual but all of my female friends have had to at some point.

Sorry to hear that @PinkPlantCase. I read earlier that 20% of women who are pregnant who test before their missed period will get a false negative. Not to build your hopes up but I just thought that was interesting. I'm trying to hold out til the weekend! My partner wanted to test last night but work is mad this week and I don't know if I can cope with news either way until the weekend

Morning all, I caved today and took a test at 8DPO, got a bit BFN but I think I feel a bit happier for doing one. I just want to know whey I’ve felt so sicky 🤭 hope it’s not the worry of it all.

Think I’ll leave it a week till I next test

Thanks a lot @izzyboo22!

Yeah, I feel like there's always something new in life you have to consider before TTC, new job, buying a house, COVID, etc, but life always has a funny way of working out so might as well just go for it.

Let's hope life surprises us and we can get pregnant in our first month of trying! Fingers crossed for you too!!

Congratulations on getting married @unCliche

I know the feeling on negotiating best time to start, my partner and I have been having the discussion on and off for about 18 months now, and definitely had a few months of being less cautious around contraception (no pregnancy scares), so I've convinced myself it may take a while.
I recently changed jobs and so now feels like a good time to take the plunge (other than COVID hanging over everything).

Fingers crossed this is your month!

Hi all,

I'm new here too also TTC my first! I got married in March (week before lockdown - absolute nightmare) and my husband and I decided we'd start trying in October (actually managed to negotiate it down to end of September).

Anyway, because I'm a bit of a paranoid weirdo and I've never gotten accidentally pregnant before (which in my mind could mean something's wrong with me), I asked him if we could DTD just once when I'm most fertile and for some reason he agreed.

So we DTD either on the day of my ovulation or the day before. I'm 4DPO today. I'm being realistic and not expecting pregnancy but it's fun to see if anything will come of it!

Hi, hoping I can join the ttc 1st baby gang Planning to start ttc this month/from whenever my period decides to show up - on CD33 so already 3 days late with no sign (definitely not already pregnant). Planning to stop drinking while ttc so trying for a while will likely become a dead giveaway to friends and family, but its so hard to predict - could take a few weeks, could take years! Good luck to everyone here, I hope you all get your BFPs soon