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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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TTC Thread #3

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Daffodil21 · 15/08/2020 12:15

Continuing the previous thread:

TTC Thread #2 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/3941503-ttc-thread-2

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Bramleyapples13 · 27/08/2020 20:46

@Daffodil21 are you okay? Can your in-laws come back and keep your mind off things?

I'm out too. AF started today! Did a test for no real reason other than I like the challenge of trying to pee straight but it was a BFN!

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Daffodil21 · 27/08/2020 16:21

@CEW19 it may not be AF... keep us posted!!

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CEW19 · 27/08/2020 15:09

@Daffodil21 I don't really track ovulation, but I have a pretty consistent 28 day cycle (since coming off the pill in October) with AF coming Fri to Sunday. So for it to have come on a Wednesday is a massive change from the norm.

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Daffodil21 · 27/08/2020 14:46

@CEW19 where are you in your cycle?

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CEW19 · 27/08/2020 14:38

@Daffodil21That's good. Another day or two of distraction tactics to get through then! I'm confused as hell here, bit more bleeding when I wiped this morning, nothing since. Don't know what is going on in there this month!

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Daffodil21 · 27/08/2020 14:32

Thanks all

@CEW19 I'm still living in hope so don't want to risk wine until AF appears on either Sunday or Monday.

DH said at least I've got a spare test if I'm late. I told him obviously I'm going to test again on Saturday as I have no self control 😂 I don't think he quite gets the obsession of knowing you can test early etc as I usually don't tell him!

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Tofu35 · 27/08/2020 14:22

Aww @daffodil21, that sucks. You're still early testing though, so hope there's still time this cycle for your BFP!x

CEW19 · 27/08/2020 14:12

Ah @Daffodil21, that's shit. I'm sorry. Are you doing ok? Take some time to yourself tonight - bath, chocolate, bottle of wine and a straw

BellaBella84 · 27/08/2020 10:23

@Daffodil21 I'm gutted for you 😩@Bramleyapples13 Good luck keeping your Zen until then 🤞

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Daffodil21 · 27/08/2020 08:31

BFN 😒😒😒

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Bramleyapples13 · 26/08/2020 23:16

I'm due AF tomorrow. We have made an agreement that I will wait and POAS on Saturday if I'm late so we can do it together. Has anyone else's OH wanted to POAS themselves just for fun? 🙄

Tofu35 · 26/08/2020 21:54

Bahaha! I don't think I knew what POAS was until now 😂 @daffodil21 good luck with your morning pee tomorrow!

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Daffodil21 · 26/08/2020 15:50

DH managed to pick up some FRERs in town earlier so I'll be able to test from tomorrow. He's not even back yet and I already want to POAS 😂🙈😳

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Tofu35 · 26/08/2020 14:13

Exactly, those first few months were a trial period, now it's the big guns @bellabella84! I said the same to DH, that we'd only been really trying since Jan/Feb and he was horrified that I would discount months.

BellaBella84 · 26/08/2020 14:06

@Tofu35 I think probably 4 or 5 cycles but I have a shocking sense of time! Only been trying OPKs and SMEP for 2 cycles though and as an 'all or nothing' kind of girl I'd argue with myself that can I really consider the cycles prior to that?!

Tofu35 · 26/08/2020 14:00

Hah yes reflexology sounds much less pointy than acupuncture! @daffodil21

I'll be a year next month @bellabella84, although I stopped for a month during early covid because of 'end of the world' worries (and my cycles were all over the place). In the early months I didn't do the ovulation tests or the temping. It was very informal 😂
what about you?

BellaBella84 · 26/08/2020 13:47

@Tofu35 Do you mind me asking how long you've been trying?

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Daffodil21 · 26/08/2020 13:43

@CEW19 it's going to be a long 1.5 days! Yesterday I googled how early frequent urination starts (it's not a symptom, it's just me and my pathetic bladder!). Today I've been convincing myself that my boobs are tender and a little bigger, when realistically it's just lockdown weight!
Oooh keep us posted... it doesn't sound like you're out just yet...

@Tofu35 it's reflexology, not acupuncture. I'm too much of a wimp for acupuncture although I might brave it if we're still TTC in a year! Reflexology is good, ive had 3 sessions so far and feel like I have much more energy so I think I'm going to keep it up. I've dropped down to just once a month now though. I did have a flashing smiley at start sooner after reflexology, literally the next morning! But overall ovulation was 'usual' for me, and it just meant I got 9 days of that bloody flashing smiley face.
Also nothing wrong with early testing!

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CEW19 · 26/08/2020 13:33

Thanks @Tofu35 @Daffodil21. Feel better now that I've got some tests booked in, makes me feel a bit more in control. Though I'm second-guessing myself now too. AF would usually come between Fri-Sunday and I haven't had any bleeding since I wiped first thing this morning. Going to see if anything else happens over next few days, but probably just overthinking. Again!

Good luck with the TWW @Tofu35!

Hope you manage to distract yourself from now until Friday @Daffodil21. 1.5 days to get through!

Tofu35 · 26/08/2020 13:26

According to my app, it was meant to be next Friday, but it's changed now to next Wednesday @Daffodil21. So if I'm impatient, I'll probably do an early one on Monday, otherwise I'll test at the end of next week (although the mood I'm in just now, that isn't going to happen 😂).

How is your acupuncture going?

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Daffodil21 · 26/08/2020 12:00

@Tofu35 when are you planning on testing?

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Daffodil21 · 26/08/2020 11:59

@Tofu35 I wish I ordered them a bit earlier so I could do one tomorrow morning but never mind. I'll just have to distract myself with work. Having the in-laws to stay was lovely. We managed to go out and about and do some lovely things which is something we haven't really had chance to do since we moved here because of lockdown!

@BellaBella84 oh no!! You should write on your mask 'it's ok, it's hay fever' 😂

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Tofu35 · 26/08/2020 11:49

Haha @BellaBella84 they are definitely preparing the quarantine cupboard for you! I'm in the same boat, 35 TTC#1.

How were the in-laws @daffodil21? I think testing Friday for a AF on Sunday is okay, it's not too early. And as you say, if you're going off grid next month, this can be the final splurge on early tests!

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Daffodil21 · 26/08/2020 11:40

@CEW19 oh no! Hope you're okay!!

Currently 10dpo. The wonderful distraction of the in-laws visiting has gone so now I'm back wfh obsessing. Ordered FRERs to be delivered tomorrow so I can indulge myself and test early. They won't be delivered until mid morning so I won't be able to test until Friday. AF due either Sunday on Monday. Wasn't planning on testing early ever again, but I figured this is the last month of tracking so the last month I'll know for sure when AF will be so may as well just go with it and put myself out of my misery sooner rather than later!!

How is everyone else doing?

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BellaBella84 · 26/08/2020 11:39

Cheers @Tofu35! I've got one week until I can test but at 35 TTC #1 I never let myself get too hopefull. Also, sneezing when you work at the hospital is hilarious! It's like I've sneezed into my elbow, I've got a mask on, I promise it's just hayfever, please don't lock me in a cupboard! 🤣

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