TTC - thread 3! A luckier one!!!

Also. I used to BBT everyday but this was just overwhelming. So now I just use the clear blue digital opk and BBt on the day after ov to confirm it.

@Peony20 welcome!!

I'm 29, OH also 29. TTC baby no.1. Came off the pill in April- I'm on cycle 7 now after having short cycles, and short LP (8days). But by taking vitamin b6 I've managed to extend it to 12 days 🙌🏼
I've had no line ever- so yet to know what this feels like, but I hope soon we all get our positives and get to share the next journey together 😊
Currently 8dpo.

@Peony20 totally agree with @TheOrangeMonster, if you dtd at least every other day throughout then you should be covered.

Im 30 (31 next month) and i live in scotland, i ttc beginning of 2019 having just come off the pill, managed to fall right away but had a missed miscarriage. Took around 89 days for my cycle to come back. We then decided to put ttc on the back burner which gave my cycles the chance to sort themselves out a bit. We decided to try again this last cycle and i got a bfp at the weekend just there. Hoping this time it sticks for us! I must admit temping etc is not something ive ever done, i think i would drive myself bananas with it and if im honest i just never really looked into it enough to really understand it all.

Random fact - i have two reptiles as pets 🤣🙊

@Peony20 thanks for asking - it's not I'm afraid. I know if you're a new joiner you won't have see what a lot of us have been dealing with - perhaps we should introduce ourselves @AnxiousAnnie86 @Blossom428 @Redfoot89 @WaitingForEgg
(The other ladies are taking some time off I think.)

I'm 26, TTC for 2 years and coming up 8 months with not even a whiff of a line, probably have a weird rare genetic condition. Waiting for final test in the hospital at the beginning of next month to see if I can start treatment. 2 awesome fur children and a bit of a caffeine addiction I'm not looking forward to having to wean myself off of 😅

I think most of us are based in the U.K. - are you?

@TheOrangeMonster thanks, I hadn’t even thought about the possibility of a short surge and had just written it off so good to have another perspective thank you 🙂. Hope your journey is going ok for you x

@Peony20 I find that worrying about ovulation delays it (mind you my cycles range from 33 to 46 days "normally" and can be as long as 60 but there is actually something wrong with me). Perhaps stop testing - just DTD every other day and you'll be covered. If your cycles are regular odds are you'll only be out a day or two, but you'll drive yourself nuts worrying otherwise.

OPKs also aren't reliable if you drink too much water, or test at the wrong time of day - any number of things. You might've just missed a short surge. 😊

@TheOrangeMonster hi, thank you!

@Redfoot89 thank you - I seem to have been averaging D13/14 for ovulation with 26 day cycles. I’m going to test again tomorrow D16 but not sure when to stop the testing? x

@Blossom428 i found the tww a chore aswel and gave in at the weekend there, dont think i was due on till like wed or thurs this week! I did a frer for the first one and it came up straight away

@TheOrangeMonster you never know it may well be the one! Tww is awful you literally question every single thing and think absolutely everything is a sign or a symptom, it drives you crazy! Yes ive heard people talk about falling once they stopped officially trying. You have to look after your mental health.

Welcome @Peony20. You never know maybe you will ovulate a little later this cycle?

@AnxiousAnnie86 @Blossom428 Starting to get sore boobs (just a touch of them) - I only noticed when DH hugged me. That's a really common PMS symptom for me now.
@AnxiousAnnie86 I don't think this can be anything, I'm only 5dpo so WAY too early for implantation. Just grasping at straws I think.
@Blossom428 🤣 I agree slow delivery is probably a good thing here! The number of sticks I've wasted in the past at 8-10dpo.....
@Peony20 hi, welcome.

Well the last couple of cycles I've hardly had any symptoms at all of PMS, no bloating or cramps, but I've had this since yesterday. And small feeling in my boobs which is weird sensation.
God I pray this is my month and this isn't all going on in my body playing tricks!!!

I've just ordered some frer's- they won't get here untill 12-14th it says so probs a good thing 😂🙈
@AnxiousAnnie86 @TheOrangeMonster

Hi everyone

First time on a thread! I am 36 almost 37, 6 months in of TTC with no luck yet. Every month I've gotten a peak result on ovulation tests but this month nothing and no ovulation symptoms either and now on CD15 (Previous predictions have been CD13/14) so disappointed, now to wait until next month. TTC is emotional and lonely :-) x

@Blossom428 I've started having weird little pulling sensations too now!
The utterly ridiculous thing is I can't remember if I've had these at 5dpo before. Probably.

Jeez, I feel like I'm on a rollercoaster this month - I'm literally flip flopping back and forth between "no way is this going to happen without medical intervention" and "what if this actually is the cycle?" It's maddening.

Decided that if no dice this time, we're going to stop "trying" altogether and test the theory that it only happens when you can't be bothered.

Haha I know, it's gone sooo fast! This year has just flown. Apart from this 2WW- this week is the slowest week ever!

Awww it just will be a lovely Christmas present won't it 😆😆
I just want to poas sooo bad 😂 I don't actually have any frer's. I've got the rubbish one step, and then a clear blue early detection. And couple of digital ones I bought early on.

@AnxiousAnnie86 last cycle I had spotting on 12dpo- which will be Friday 13th - here's hoping it's not unlucky for me 🙈
No, this is cycle 7 now. I feel like so many have gone past now. Crazy.
When have you booked your scan for?

I'd love a BFP this cycle, as then i would be able to tell family on Christmas Day!!

8dpo today @AnxiousAnnie86. Sometimes I really think oooh this could be the month. Then other times I just feel like it's not happened yet again.

@Blossom428 I’m cd 22 so I think prob another 10 days. But I don’t know when/if I ovulated.

@AnxiousAnnie86 puppy is gorgeous!!

Awwww look at him @AnxiousAnnie86 so cute!! Puppy have the terrible nipping stage where the teeth are so sharp!

@TheOrangeMonster I know. Really trying not to read into it. So bad 🙈🙈 I feel time is going ridiculous slow this 2WW. And lockdown has made it so I don't really have plans to make it go quicker.

@WaitingForEgg do you know when AF is due? Or not because not sure when you ovulated?