Pre-conception, planning and trying!

@sunflowersaremyfav93 fluffy socks are a must!!! The cycle I fell, I wore socks all day all night during my TWW as I read that keeping your feet warm helps your circulation and therefore implantation. No idea if its a pile of toss but I am not gonna argue!! The first cycle I also used conceive plus lube is also the cycle I fell so would recommend that! I also eat an entire pineapple in my TWW (not in one day but over a week) as apparently that helps with implantation too lol.
You will have to keep us up to date and let us know if AF shows up!! So funny about cockblocking yourself! It kinda reminds me of when I was at Uni and I had a wall of photos opposite my bed with pictures of my family and friends, and I refused to have sex in my room with my at-the-time boyfriend because I felt like my family were watching me!!! LOL so I am inclined to agree with your OH, don't think I would want to do it with a dog in the room too! lol

Good Morning Ladies

Hope you are all well. Stillll no sign of ovulation for me. All my CB digital tests are blank circles and IC's are still showing the same levels as they have done for the last week (most likely my baseline) and dont even get me started on my BBT, its all over the place!! But on the plus side, managed to DTD Saturday and Sunday. Going to give OH a break now and get at it again on Wednesday. My aim is to make sure that theres sperm in me all the time (just incase ovulation comes out of nowhere!) but not wear OH out either, so every Sat and Sun and Weds for the forseeable future. He seems happy with this as well as he prefers weekends and this way he only needs to do it once during the week lol. Of course, he also knows as soon as we get a peak then its all systems go!

@mackjm20 your temps look a lot like mine at the moment, very up and down! In regards to confirming your ovulation, I would probably go by your LH strips because of your sleeping, so I wouldnt rely too much on your BBT as your temps are very rocky. How is your TWW going?

@clouless how are you feeling today! When is your AF expected? Are you going to be testing soon?

@bells3032 lovely to hear from you! glad to hear your cycles have been a bit more settled recently. Congrats on your house move as well. Not long till IVF starts, which is exiting! You will have to let us know how you get on

@olderthanyouthink ahhh lovely not long till your scan!! You will have to show up a pic of little peanut! I had to leave the Aug group, didnt mention my loss but did see there were quite a few sadly. I feel I kind of jinxed myself for joining so soon so wont be doing that again!

@sunflowersaremyfav93 You defo have some symptoms that sound very pregnanty!! You are very strong not testing this weekend! I would have caved! Any sign of AF today? Nope.... still no positive OPK for me! Driving me insane a little bit. Had bit of a meltdown this weekend because its taking so long, lucky my OH has been amazing and so supportive.

@Clouless you are welcome :) good :) yes same here to be honest glad for a busy week at work for that reason :) also my temp was really low this morning so my hope is minimal which in a way had taken a lot of pressure off this tww :) ah same with me 5th cycle first tracking it’s alot to get your head round isn’t it :) x

@mackjm20 Thanks so much for the kind message. I feel much better this evening. Probably because I've got a manic week at work coming up, which I've been preparing for. That will keep me occupied. What will be will be! This is my 5th cycle since having my implant out and my first using opks. X

@sunflowersaremyfav93 I’m good thank you! Was stressing this morning but have kept myself really busy today so feeling a little better. Also have a really full on week at work so hoping time will go quickly,l. If I get any symptoms I am going to test 10dpo if I don’t get any I’m going to just try and wait for af.

Ah thank you it’s all so complicated isn’t it! Bless you sorry to hear you have been feeling unwell. So strange that you have had so many things this cycle. Fingers crossed but if not hopefully you get the delay to allow you the ovulation start of feb :) xx

@olderthanyouthink Omgosh finger nails wow that’s amazing! Oh bless you I hope the nausea passes for you soon! Oh no I’m so sorry to hear that! Good luck for the scan on the 21st :) oh no I’m so sorry to hear that :( sending lots of positive energy your way xxx

@mackjm20 still pregnant as far as I know nausea paused for a bit but it's back and I'm tired and uncomfortable, still doesn't feel real but last night I Googled 11 weeks and it has fingernails(!) which makes it more solid in my head weirdly. Had a lot to deal with since finding out so really not been too on my mind sadly.

12 week scan is on the 21st 🤞 seen lots of loses on the August due date groups sadly.

@Bells3032 congratulations on the house move :) ah that’s so exciting I thought you had said around jan /feb so that’s why you popped to mind :) Ah fingers crossed covid clear :) keep us updated but keeping everything crossed for you :) xxz

@mackjm20 ah that's so sweet. I am doing OK here. Feeling calmer than I was a few months ago. My ivf will hopefully be starting 2 weeks today. But we have moved house this week (hence the delay) so need to ensure I'm covid clear before starting.

My cycles seem to have settled a bit more and I'm currently ovulating so dh have been enjoying trying even if the chances of it working are very minimal. Haha

How's everyone else doing.

@Bells3032 you keep popping into my mind as well how are you? How’s everything going ? Xxx

@sunflowersaremyfav93 how are you feeling? Any more unusual symptoms at all? X

@KittyT30 @HeyDW96 @Lollipop87 @olderthanyouthink how are you all getting on? :) hope your journeys are all going really well :) xxx

@Clouless oh gosh bless you I feel your pain completely! Problem is because AF symptoms are very similar to what the symptoms are said to be before a BFP it can drive you mad. I think a lot of people report more cm so this could be a good sign :) I usually start testing at 9dpo but it’s not healthy and just makes me sad each day so I would advise read a book, schedule a zoom with friends anything you can to distract yourself until 12dpo :) I’m keeping everything crossed for you and you can always pop on here when it gets too much my dh is the same! Doesn’t want to hear about it lol! I’m 2DPO and already lost my head this cycle haha! Remind me what cycle is this for you? Really sending so much positivity your way :) x

Morning all. I'm starting to go a bit stir crazy. 9dpo (I think) but feel like AF is on her way 😕. I've had a lot of CM over the last few days and weirdly my teeth are painfully sensitive but I think really my brain is just about the explode! Trying not to overthink but massively failing. I just need to stop moaning and thinking out loud to DH as he doesn't need the stress. Sorry for the morning rant. Hope you're all ok xx

@Curiosity101 no I don’t tend to get any so will be symptom spotting like a crazy person :) I’m sure by next cycle I will have got my head around all this hopefully honestly 2DPO and it feels like my first cycle all over again lol! Going to work today to try and distract myself :) how are you getting on? Xx

@mackjm20 It's really difficult to say from your BBT data. But I only ever used OPKs and I did find they were reliable. It might just be that BBT isn't suitable for you if you're not a consistent sleeper?

I considered tracking with BBT for this pregnancy but I can't guarantee my sleep pattern because of DS. For all I know my graph could've looked just like yours! But I definitely ovulated.

Do you ever get PMS symptoms after ovulation time? Sore boobs are one of the most common ones, they're as a result of the progesterone increase and tend to come on over the week or so after ovulation.

Previous message was supposed to say bfn** xx

Morning me again :) so ovulation was predicted by my LH results as the 8th. This morning the app is saying ovulation cannot be confirmed due to my bbt readings (which as mentioned are all over the shop-picture attached) and that LH may have been caused by a hormonal spike and ovulation may occur later in the cycle. Everyday since my rise the LH has been back low so I’m totally baffled now lol! Is it just saying this because my temps are all over the place? 2DPO cycle 5 first cycle tracking and I’m slowly losing my mind hahaha! Honestly even if I get a bfp I’ll be okay with that I would be sadder to realise I’m just not ovulating as silly as that sounds lol. Lots of love from a sleepless ttc’r x

@CookieMonster3001 yea I think that’s what causes it to be so different each day :) thank you! I’m hoping it goes quickly but have a feeling actually having the positive opk the pressure will be higher if that makes sense. Albeit good to know we hopefully Atleast timed it right! Ah fingers crossed it comes soon and one of those little swimmers will be ready :) xx

@Curiosity101 its absolutely normal to be nervous! As much as I cant wait to be pregnant again I am so petrified!!

@mackjm20 you may find if your really restless then thats whats effecting your bbt! Mine shot up again today but I was tossing and turning for an hour or two befoew I woke up! Yay your officially in TWW, hope it flys by for you!!

Still no sign of ovulation. Blank circle on CB and pretty low still on IC. Had to buy some more CB tests cus I have one more left and have a feeling its gonna drag out longer.

DTD this morning and will prob tomo morning too as may as well make most of the ease lol. Think just gonna try keep up the BD every other day or every 2 days (so we dont wear ourselves out) until I get my peak then can go for it! I read some people ovulated 1-2 weeks later and I really dont have the patience for that!!

@CookieMonster3001 really hope it happens for you over the weekend and you are able to DTD without any work stresses :) any sign yet? That is amazing well done you has put you in the best health now I’m sure :) that’s so good another 1lb woohoo! You are welcome same! I love this group and feel like we are actually forming real friendships! I literally tell you guys things I could never tell my irl friends :) so we dtd thurs and fri- plan to DTD today and tomorrow just to cover all bases. App still predicts I ovulated yesterday as Lh is back to low now. My temps literally came up this morning saying warning very inconsistent haha! Honestly change every day but I know it’s cause I move in and out of the covers so much sometimes I wake up hot sometimes cold I am a very light sleeper haha I’m going to keep temping and doing opks but think opks will be more reliable for me :) guess I’m on 1dpo today! Aw thank you was so chuffed with the 7lb going to keep going until I either reach a healthy bmi or bfp :)

@Curiosity101 thank you :) as above my bbt is crazy erratic so keeping my fingers crossed :) that’s good to know your opks dropped after too thank you :) ah thank you so chuffed! Ideally I’ve got about 2 stone to lose to be in the middle of the healthy bmi range but I’m trying to be super sensible and eat 3 meals a day lots of veggies and fruit and 10000 steps so nothing that will hopefully cause any damage whilst ttc :) normally I love a fad diet but just think it’s not healthy for me at the moment :) Really hope your nerves settle soon and your therapist is able to help! You are doing great :)

@CookieMonster3001 Thanks, I'm just so so nervous. I need to get scheduled in for my weekly session with my therapist, we skipped a couple over Christmas / New Year as she was taking a well deserved break . But I definitely need her to help get me back on the straight and narrow!

Good luck for this weekend, you could easily peak tomorrow or Sunday, but it wouldn't be unusual for your ovulation to be a little later than expected.