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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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

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beckyBP · 21/07/2020 16:17

Hey ladies,

Thought I'd start a new thread for anyone new to this like me 🙋🏼‍♀️

We're TTC after a change of plans when COVID postponed our wedding 🙄

Currently cycle 1 of TTC WITH AF due in 3 days.. I think I can feel it coming tbh.

Didn't use any form of ovulation tracker other than Flo (which I've used to track period for years) this cycle.

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beckyBP · 24/07/2020 18:24

@PinkPlantCase some tests can show up to 6 days before missed period. I think I'd personally only test the day of if it hadn't come. X

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PinkPlantCase · 24/07/2020 17:19

@beckyBP do you know when we’re meant to test? I think I remember reading that it’s at least 2 weeks after a missed period but I’m not sure.

It’ll be a shame if you test too soon and get a negative. Though in your shoes I think I’d get a test too, I’m so impatient!

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beckyBP · 24/07/2020 17:14

@PinkPlantCase ooo let us know how it goes.
It's crazy isn't it. We get told all our lives "be careful not to get pregnant' and it's actually so not that easy 🙈

I think I'm going to go and get a test xx

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PinkPlantCase · 24/07/2020 17:11

@beckyBP surely feeling sick is good sign!! (Maybe) Fingers crossed for you x

PinkPlantCase · 24/07/2020 17:10

I brought some ovulation predictor tests today, CD 9 today and there is a faintish line. AsI have quite short cycles it thinks I’ll ovulate on CD 12 so will hopefully see the lines get darker in the next few days!

I’m so interested to know if I am actually ovulating. We used condoms with the mini pill for years because I didn’t completely trust it 😂 be typical if it had stopped ovulating all along and still is.

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beckyBP · 24/07/2020 10:51

Thanks @acaciabluebell !

Ah how lovely would that be to have that as an anniversary present 🥰

Eurgh.. it really is such a hard and brutal experience and we're still so new to it all!! Xx

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acaciabluebell · 24/07/2020 10:42

Good luck @beckyBP - sounds positive! 😊

Congratulations @Kristy17! 😊

I've also just started TTC for the first time. I'm onto cycle #3 since we stopped using birth control but cycle #2 of properly "trying'. I'm in my fertile window atm according to apps, but no positive OPK yet. This month is my husband and I's first wedding anniversary so it would be lovely to fall pregnant but I'm not getting my hopes up 😂 Last month I totally convinced myself I was pg from all the symtpom spotting, only to be surprised by AF arriving early... brutal! I'm trying to keep chill and relaxed this month.

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beckyBP · 24/07/2020 09:19

Hey ladies,

AF due today and I feel like i can feel it coming and had all the symptoms but not here yet.

Last night I was super nauseous and actually sick. I'm not normally a sicky person and that's definitely the first time this year I've thrown up!

Trying to stay positive 🤞🏽🤞🏽

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beckyBP · 23/07/2020 23:10

@Kristy17 omg! Amazing news! Huge congratulations 🥳 First go as well xxx

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Kristy17 · 23/07/2020 22:41

Hello to all the lovely new ladies 😊

Thought I’d share my news ... I’m not sure I can quite believe it!

NEWBIE 🙋🏼‍♀️ TTC first baby - anyone else new to the journey?
ohsotrying · 23/07/2020 10:52

@beckyBP dont have to pay for donor as it thorugh meeting not a clinic which does have its legal side but does make it cheap. tthis cycle cost me about £180 that included trains hotel, food etc as i ttravelled to him

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beckyBP · 23/07/2020 08:45

Hey ladies 👋🏽 of course it's ok to join!

@PabsyPops ooo I'm not actually sure when it comes to period length. Hopefully someone else in the group will be able to help. I know it's easier said than done but you've only been trying two months (we've only been 1) so try not to worry. Are you doing anything with regards to tracking ovulation or pre pregnancy supplements? I'm going to look into it tomorrow if/when AF arrives.

@HollyWell definitely! It is daunting. It's daunting once you've made the decision anyway despite being in the middle of a pandemic. It was my idea and took my fiancé a while to come around (with it no being our plan until we we're married). When he did I had a little panic like 'ahh am I really ready' I think it's so normal as it's such a huge thing

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HollyWell · 22/07/2020 23:42

Hi ladies

I hope it’s okay to join in, I’ve never posted in a forum before! But like so many of you I find not discussing TTC with friends or family so tough! I got married in September and came off the pill in March - we planned to start TTC in June but put it off for a month because of work pressures/commitments. So this is our first cycle!

Can I just ask whether anyone else is a bit anxious TTC during the pandemic? We had always planned to start trying this year and I really don’t want to delay it but find myself panicking and I don’t really know why!

PabsyPops · 22/07/2020 23:26

Hi everyone! I hope I am okay to join. I have been off contraception for around 10 months now but not actively TTC. I'd say the last 2 months we've been putting more effort in. I actually thought I was pregnant last month with implantation bleed but turned our AF just arrived a week early 🤷🏼‍♀️

My periods only seem to last a day or two... does anyone know if that's a bad thing when TTC?

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beckyBP · 22/07/2020 22:52

@ohsotrying that's amazing!! I've only recently become aware of that as an option but I think it's brilliant! Is it expensive? X

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beckyBP · 22/07/2020 22:50

@PinkPlantCase there's no harm in seeing if you ovulate is there ☺️

Oh lord the headaches don't sound good 😖 hopefully it's something that eases xx

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ohsotrying · 22/07/2020 22:47

Hi @beckybp yes it's self insembtiantiob found donor through website

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beckyBP · 22/07/2020 22:42

Hey @ohsotrying 👋🏽 of course you are more than welcome to join.

Well done you going it alone! I love that. If you don't mind me asking, is it self insemination you are doing or IUI?

The TWW SUCKS doesn't it.. It always seemed to fly by when not TTC but when that changes it drags! Xx

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PinkPlantCase · 22/07/2020 22:38

@beckyBP we’re going to carry on using protection until the end of August so I’ve had 1 full cycle being off the pill. Though I’m tempted to do some ovulation sticks just to see if I ovulate in the coming month. I was on a mini pill that wasn’t meant to stop ovulation so fingers crossed it shouldn’t take months to be back to normal.

I’m struggling a bit though with some tablets that I take for migraines. I’ve had to come off them to TTC. It’s a few weeks until they’ll be out of my system but I’ve got down to half the dose and since Monday I’ve had a super bad headache everyday by about 4pm 😴😴 so I really hope it doesn’t take us too long to convince because I can’t put up with this forever.

Hi @ohsotrying going solo does sound exciting! Fingers crossed for you! Did you get much choice over the donations?

ohsotrying · 22/07/2020 22:24

hi hope you dont mind me joining! first month ttc i m going it solo so doing it thorugh donations had first one today was nerve racking! so know in tww. got my peak at 4 in the morning but didnt test day before so hoping im not out this month! good lcuk all!

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beckyBP · 22/07/2020 22:22

@Kristy17 I'm the same, quite open with my closest. I think you've just got to do what's best for you. I've only told the people that, if the worst happened and I miscarried, id talk to and rely on anyway if that makes sense? Xx

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Kristy17 · 22/07/2020 22:16

@MintGreenLife you definitely never you, same for you. I am imagine, hope it comes soon so you can start your next cycle of getting back to normal.

Good luck @beckyBP and @PinkPlantCase

I’ve told people that I see relatively regularly, speak to most days. I’ve been pretty open with wanting to TtC baby 2 and from when, and I didn’t think I was going to be able to get the coil out because of Covid, so they had an idea. Only friends know though.

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beckyBP · 22/07/2020 20:35

@PinkPlantCase tbh sometimes I think it's good to tell someone! I've told 3 friends, my mum, sister in law and hairdresser 😂🙈

Yes definitely! I think I'm going to get some ovulation tests and some conceiving supplements.

What about you?

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PinkPlantCase · 22/07/2020 20:02

I caved and told one of my RL friends that I’ve been coming off the pill 🙈 how have you guys got on with not telling anyone?

@beckyBP are you going to try and track ovulation this time round?

I know what you mean about just wanting AF out the way! I’m just finishing what will have been a withdrawal bleed so can’t wait to have a proper period so we can make a start.

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beckyBP · 22/07/2020 15:27

Hey ladies,

How are we all? AF is due in two days for me and I'm so bloated and cramping 😫

In a way I want it to just arrive now so I can get prepared for the next ovulation window!

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