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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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Our first month ttc our first

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rosiej95 · 02/08/2020 12:03

As soon as AF disappears, which will be soon 🤞 me & my partner will be ttc :)
I've been keeping an eye on my cycles for a little while using the flo app & have been taking pregnacare.
Is there anything else we should know or do to help prepare ourselves? :)
Exited to go on this roller coaster of a journey & as no one knows of our plans would be lovely to hear off people ttc too :) xx

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rosiej95 · 14/08/2020 19:10

@beckyBP 😂😂 evenings the worst because you end up sitting there thinking about all these symptoms!

I've never known time to go so slow! 😳😂 xx

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beckyBP · 14/08/2020 18:56

Ok.. call me Ms symptom spotter.. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I'm currently having loads of weird twinges in what I assume is my ovaries.

Fast forward to AF due date please!

peachypetite · 14/08/2020 18:02

Yeh mine was 5/6 days off so I’m glad I didn’t wait too long. The clear blue were fab and worth the extra money. Easy to decipher.

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rosiej95 · 14/08/2020 17:05

@peachypetite ooo that's interesting!
I think if it hasn't worked this month I think I might try them. I've got the flo app too
I dtd 2 days before it told me i was ovulating & then on the day of so hopefully Ive covered if it was a couple of days before or after 🤞

@maudesid my app is saying I have another 10 days until AF I'm hoping to hold out until then 😂
I'm quite an impatient person tho so we shall see ha!
Ahh like you say that's annoying but at least you have an idea for next cycle? :D

@AlwaysLay8 I don't think my partner would let us have dtd every day 😂
🤞 hope this works for you!
You will have to keep us updated! 😊 xxx

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beckyBP · 14/08/2020 17:00

@maudesid AF is due in 8 days for me so a while left before I can test. I think I'm going to try (which means I probably won't) and wait to see if AF comes or not.

@peachypetite flo has me wrong for ovulation too!! I only started OPKs this month so didn't know i was so off!

beckyBP · 14/08/2020 16:57

@AlwaysLay8 definitely not ridiculous!! At least you know you're doing everything you can to help!! 👏🏽👏🏽

peachypetite · 14/08/2020 16:22

Folic acid.
Clear blue digital ovulation - I started out using my flo app and it wasn’t working. Once I started using the clear blue test (used to wee on it first thing) I realised my app was predicting ovulation several days too early. Got pregnant second month of using them.

maudesid · 14/08/2020 16:18

Wow @AlwaysLay8 that is a lot but I really hope it works for you, fingers tightly crossed for third time lucky!

@beckyBP @rosiej95 when can you both test?

My app is pretty confident I O'd on CD33 which would explain all the negative OPKs around days 17-20 when I should of O'd based on last two cycles (How bloody annoying!) so AF due next Friday

AlwaysLay8 · 14/08/2020 15:44

@beckyBP Lol i know, ridiculous right ..
In a way having all those strategies makes me feel a bit more relaxed about it all tbh, maybe i am just a control freak lol.
Only time will tell whether they actually do anything tho!

beckyBP · 14/08/2020 13:10

@AlwaysLay8 wow that is a lot! You'll have to let us know how it goes. I don't think I could handle the pressure 😅

AlwaysLay8 · 14/08/2020 11:44

I'm ttc no.1, 3rd cycle (hopefully 3rd time lucky ?!)
This month I have so many strategies in play I feel like I should be a coach for a sports team.. i literally have a list with timings and everything

After two months just DTD every day of FW with no BFP, this month I am using:

  • SMEP
  • Pregnacare for me and DH
  • OPK (CB advanced)
  • Evening Primrose oil for me
  • inserting softcups after DTD
  • Preseed
  • Fertility massages regularly (every day of Follicular stage when I remember)
  • Castor oil packs
  • Pomegranate juice and grapefruit juice
  • Omega 3
  • D3
  • Fertility tea

Also planning:

  • mucinex during FW
  • Progesterone cream after ov
  • Bromelain and Brazil nuts after ov
  • massive hydration push (lemon water)
  • meditation to relax

Whew Halo

somanystars · 14/08/2020 11:32

Morning everyone, hope you're well 😊

Definitely agree there should be some sort of conception detection test!! It would cut out so much of the stress.

I'm 4DPO today, it really does feel like it's dragging! Got really sore nipples, but I've had that post ov the last two cycles so not getting my hopes up based on that just yet.

I have family staying this weekend so I'm hoping that takes my mind off things for a bit!

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rosiej95 · 14/08/2020 10:23

@beckyBP
Hopefully They do 🤞
I've been taking mine for around 3 months wish they would taste a little better but suppose if they do the job the taste doesn't matter 😂

Im on 5dpo & because it's our first month I haven't even a clue what to expect. Ive fainted twice now as well so wondering if that's a sign I originally thought it would be to early for things like that?
Hopefully AF stays away from us both! xx

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beckyBP · 14/08/2020 09:55

@rosiej95 exactly!! It would be great. The TWW is the worst. Before I was trying I felt like my periods came around so quickly.

This month is my first month of taking vitamins so it would be great to see how they/if they do anything x

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rosiej95 · 14/08/2020 09:43

@beckyBP that would be the best thing ever!
Think it would stop my googling 😂
I've got cramps & feeling a little bloated apart from that I'm fine 🤷🏼‍♀️
It feels like it's dragging so much allready! xx

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beckyBP · 14/08/2020 09:39

I think we should try and invent a test that could tell you as soon as conception happens.. we'd be rich!!

beckyBP · 14/08/2020 09:37

Hey @rosiej95 also in the TWW club. I've got really minor cramping but I feel like I did last month too! Who knows 🤷🏼‍♀️

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rosiej95 · 14/08/2020 08:15

I feel like I'm going crazy with all this 2ww & symptom spotting
How's everyone else getting on? :) xx

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rosiej95 · 12/08/2020 11:19

@maudesid don't beat yourself up lovely
It's hard because we spent most of our time growing up avoiding pregnancy & the pill is a great way to do so.

Have you spoke to the docs about your endometriosis?

I'm having to go for a blood test because I fainted.
I'm pretty sure It's way to early to even think if this month of trying has worked so I'm not putting it down to that but they're wanting to check to make sure I'm not low on iron or anything
I thought the pregnacare vitamins have all that in tho? 🤔 xxx

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maudesid · 11/08/2020 17:34

@rosiej95 I think if it was CD 19 then I could test in the next day or so but if CD 33 we probably missed it. Think I will give AF another week and then test. Can't believe how complicated it all is, I do kind of wish I hadn't been on the pill for so long and not sure how much my endometriosis is messing with it.

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rosiej95 · 11/08/2020 14:45

@maudesid hopefully your not waiting to long for answers?
When are you able to test? xx

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maudesid · 11/08/2020 14:20

CD 35 here! My app is telling me I ovulated CD 33 after first telling me I had on CD 19 so what on earth is going on I don't know still no AF

beckyBP · 10/08/2020 11:29

@ClaraGill exactly! We're 12 years down. Xx

ClaraGill · 10/08/2020 09:13

Nah not at all! We've been together for 15yrs so it makes no difference 😊

beckyBP · 10/08/2020 09:05

@ClaraGill how lovely! It doesn't matter what order anyway does it! Xx

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