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

Sorry to hear AF has come @beckyBP. All we can do is keep trying, and fingers crossed that this cycle is your lucky one.

I'm trying to wait until the end of the week before I take a test, but it's a struggle!

@beckyBP sorry that AF has arrived again! How are you feeling?
I'm very jealous, I am on cycle day 43, going out of my mind 😬😬

Sorry to hear that AF has started @PinkPlantCase, still, make the most of it while you can

I'm currently on CD28, no idea when AF is due as my cycles have ranged from 26 - 35 days long these last six months. Though my last cycle was 35 days so I'm going to go with that. Fully expecting it to arrive, so I'm hoping I won't be too disappointed if/when it does. Though I'm sure I will be!

I've no idea how many DPO I am, as I've had several LH surges though my app is telling me I'm 10DPO, as it thinks my highest (and first) LH surge was when I ovulated.

Yeah, I figured I’d be more annoyed If AF didn’t come AND I wasn’t pregnant.

I’ll ovulate this month around our wedding anniversary which will be nice 😁

@PinkPlantCase every cloud has a silver lining ehh? Lol enjoy having a little drink while you can.

AF came at the weekend, I did atleast figure that I’m allowed to drink this weekend though 😂 silver lining.

Let the next cycle begin!

@acaciabluebell, it sounds so frustrating, i know the feeling of working from home and its so easy to just go do a test and check. Hopedully you arent waiting to long, fingers crossed.

@beckyBP this is our first time ttc so its exciting but scary its just the unknown.

Hope everyone is having a good day and dont forget to enjoy DTD lol

@acaciabluebell that sounds so frustrating! Waiting for each cycle to come round must feel like forever. After a lifetime of being told it’s so easy to accidentally get pregnant and now it not just happening overnight feels really strange. Have you been ovulating?

I’ve told myself so far that I’ll only take a pregnancy test if I miss a period. Hoping to avoid any of the disappointment that could come from getting a positive followed by a period. I was amazed by how many pregnancy test reviews said they gave false positives!

@beckyBP I don’t blame you for not DTD in this heat! My DH hasn’t been particularly up for it in the last few days either.

AF is due around this weekend for me. Though I’m not completely sure what length my cycles are yet so mustn’t get too excited it’s a day or two late.

Hey guys I'm also ttc #1. AF is pretty much here so I'm about to start my 5th cycle. I can't believe I'm typing these words tbh, I honestly didn't think it would be this hard. We stopped using contraception in May and first 2 months we weren't properly trying but dtd regularly. After those 2 months I joined mumsnet, tracking ovulation and started taking supplements etc. Nothing yet, never even seen a hint of a second line on the dozens of pregnancy tests I've taken. The whole process is so stressful tbh and I feel like it's taking over my life especially as I'm working from home and have been for months, with not much else to do. I can't wait until I can go back into the office and be busy again so I can have other things to think about!

How long has everyone been trying for? Curious to hear everyones stories so far x

Hi @Meg87 its easier said then done, we are trying to look at it from a more fun point of view lots of practicing so DTD doesnt get serious if that makes sense. Im 28 and finally have a permanent job so the time feels right lets hope my overies think the same 😂 x

Hi @Bk23. Fingers crossed for you! It is quite nerve wracking isn't it. I'd love to just take it easy, but I'm not that sort of person, especially as I'm 33 and my partner is several years older than me. I know 33 isn't old at all, but if we want more than one child I feel a bit under pressure to get pregnant sooner rather than later.

It's also really exciting though, I just can't imagine how I'll feel if I get a BFP!

@beckyBP well done for DTD every other day, I'm sure I read that the days before ovulation were your most fertile anyway, rather than the day of (or the day after), so sounds like you're in with a shot! If my app is to be believed, we DTD the day of ovulation, and five days prior, which is probably too early to help. So we haven't helped our chances too much, but I'm trying not to stress as it's still our first cycle!

Hey, i just got my implant out on monday, so we are starting to try and convince. Its so nerve racking but teyinf not to put pressure on it. We got married oct 19, then i got a new job march so had to wait so i would qualify for maternity. So fingers crossed it happens x

Hi all, hope everyone's good. I've no idea how many DPO I am, as I've been pretty confused by my OPK test results! I've had a second LH surge on what my app is telling me are 4 and 5 DPO, so I don't understand what my body is doing
My partner and I haven't DTD much the last week or two, partly because he's been away for a few days, and also it's so hot! Also, I definitely think I'm putting too much pressure on myself with this whole TTC thing to enjoy sex as much as I did before we started trying. I definitely need to try to relax about it all.

I'm on holiday and completely forgot to do the OPK until yesterday and it was a solid smiley on the Clearblue kit. I'm hoping that was the first day of it!

Well we were planning to wait until next cycle but I was really upset one evening because I’d opened a crap email from at 11:30pm before bed. So we DTD to take my mind off it 😂🙈

It was 7 days DPO so I think it’s unlikely it’ll lead to anything it just made us laugh. Not exactly the circumstances expected to begin the baby making. If I do get pregnant this cycle we definitely won’t be naming the baby after my manager.

Lol 😂 promise I won’t give a blow by blow account next month. AF is due at the weekend so just have to wait an see. And then start properly next month.

@beckyBP I’m surprised by how fertile the apps etc say we are before ovulation. Apparently best case is already having sperm waiting there. So you never know, if you DTD anytime in the last 5 days it could still be doing something!

I guess the heats making everyone a bit rattier. Fingers crossed for you.

@Marden11302 is there someone you can talk to? It's incredibly hard to make a decision to TTC anyway, then to have something like Covid that can immediately place you in such a position that it makes you feel like it's not the best time to try is a horrible thing. I know I've questioned myself as to if it's the right thing to do for us at the minute.

Big hugs.