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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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1992EM · 28/12/2020 11:09

@apwilso @Tabbycat92 @laura2093 @TtcPhee @LRW26 @Highfalutinlootin @Mummy2girlz @laurielo @DNpink82 @Lozza85 @Dex1521 @Misty84 @Marcella84 @MiniBaker @Amy95 @MrsLauraM

I have made a new thread as the last one is almost full. I hope this ok @apwilso and have added as many people as I could find to it.

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Dex1521 · 19/01/2021 10:53

I did an IC this morning and it was stark white so wouldn't recommend 9dpo

Misswhoshallnotbenamed · 19/01/2021 10:07

@Dex1521 another blood brother then 🤣😘. I must be around the same then, as I didn’t track my ovulation, just guessed. So when’s the best to do a test, I assume 9dpo is too early? X

Dex1521 · 19/01/2021 10:01

@Misswhoshallnotbenamed I'm also due Sunday haha we share the same cycle 😂 9dpo today for me

Misswhoshallnotbenamed · 19/01/2021 09:59

@1992EM haha thank you 💗

Thanks so much for the advise! I really appreciate it! And for the acronyms! I will get looking online to order some OPKS & CB (woohoo now I know what they mean) and try again next month.

I look forward to this journey with you all and getting to know you and sharing tips/advise. I honestly hope we all get what we wish for 🤞🏻

Yes I’m due Sunday so we more or less blood brothers already loool🤪.

Hope you have a nice day x

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1992EM · 19/01/2021 09:51

@apwilso and @dex1521 I only have a name for a boy . No idea about girls names. I think my first will be a boy and don't really know why 🤣 . Tbh I don't care I just want to know I can get pregnant.

The spotting has continued but is very intermittent and barely noticeable but obviously I am going looking for it 🤣. Had to go back to bed earlier as felt really nauseas and light headed . Feel absolutely fine now though . I am 11dpo today. I have told.myself I will test tomorrow but I no doubt will chicken out last minute x

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1992EM · 19/01/2021 09:43

@misswhoshallnotbenamed Firstly, I love you name 💕 welcome go the ttc journey and wish you the best of luck in ttc. Please do not be to hard on yourself if it doesn't happen this month . It is very rare for it to happen the first time trying. I would buy cheap opks(ovulation tests) alongside CB(clearblue) smiley tests. Once your opks get darker start using the CB to confirm . The CB are expensive but worth it. To get a positive opk the test line has to be as dark as the control line, if not darker. You might find you don't ovulate when you think you do and can sometimes vary each month. I use Flo to track ovulation and record opk readings and symptoms and use this to compare each month . It is now really accurate.

Here is a quick run down of the abbreviations :
BFP =big fat positive pregnancy test
BFN= big fat negative pregnancy test
AF= aunty flo (period)
OPK= ovulation predictor kit
CB= clear blue
FRER= first response
DTD= do the deed
TWW= two week wait after ovulation
DPO= days post ovulation
Luteal phase = the time from when you ovulate to when your period arrives.
OH- other half
DH- darling husband

I think that is the most common ones. I am also due to start AF on Friday. The one bit of advice is don't test too early , it isn't worth the heartache. Good luck x

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Misswhoshallnotbenamed · 19/01/2021 08:38

Hello lovely ladies. So I am new here and been skimming through. Firstly I wish you all the best on your journeys and hope you get gifted beautiful bubba’s soon. And to everyone who has had BFP’s, congratulations!!!! What a wonderful start to the year!!
I am not quite up to terms with the acronyms I.e AF, FRER, BFP etc. Maybe one of you could give me a quick rundown if that’s ok?

Anyway me and my fiancé were due to get married 2020, but it was postponed to 2021, however after lots of thought we knew we wouldn’t still be able to have the day we wanted so we pushed it back again to 2022. We’ve now decided we want to start trying as it gives me abit of time to try loose the baby weight after to fit into my dress. This is my first month TTC, not sure what to expect. At first I was soo nervous but now I am so excited and fidgety wanting this to happen. This month we didn’t use any ovulation trackers etc, just DTD around the time I thought I was ovulating and that was it. Am regretting that now as my period is due in 5days and I’m getting all the tell tale signs it’s going to arrive... obvs am naive to think it would happen straight away.

Sorry to ramble... but that’s more or less my story so far.

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Dex1521 · 19/01/2021 07:39

@apwilso we have a list of first names for both a boy and girl lol and yeah you're right I'd take anything at this point too lol. We decided middle names for the first child would be for a girl my nanas name and for a boy my OHs dads name. As both are no longer with us

apwilso · 19/01/2021 07:36

@Dex1521 never really had a preference but just imagine myself with boys and seeing evening with my partner I just sense a girl! So weird. I said I'll take whatever at this point 😂

We said we don't think we would want to know but we're both as nosey as each other so god knows. We've already got our names listed up because I'm also a control freak so we've got first and middle names the lot!

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1992EM · 18/01/2021 22:44

@dex1521 I think I would find out . I am not bothered what gender but I am a control freak when it comes to organising and I would need to have everything in before baby was born 🤣. I also would need to know the name 🙈 x

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Dex1521 · 18/01/2021 22:21

@apwilso I really want a girl but both me and my mum can only see me with all boys...she even said 3 or 4 of them 😱 like calm down mum I've not even had 1 yet. I think this adds to my urge to have a girl plus HOW CUTE are girls clothes and I am a pink lover 😂

Interesting question for everyone ... would you find out the gender before giving birth?
I always said I wouldn't but since ttc I have decided I probably will reason being OH wants to find out as he can't wait to get a nursery all done up and ready and I thought because I want a girl I would hate to go through brith etc and then it be a boy and feel upset (dunno if that's the right word) which sounds really obnoxious but I mean it gives me time to prepare for whichever gender I'm having both physically and mentally if that makes sense.

apwilso · 18/01/2021 22:08

@1992EM I'll squeeze it all in I'm sure 😂

@Dex1521 always wondered about the cervix positioning but I've normally got some obnoxious acrylic nails on so don't want to claw any organs out whilst giving it a go

I've just a weird feeling recently of having a girl and I just find it quite overwhelming 😬

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1992EM · 18/01/2021 20:59

@Kaz1987 ahh another cycle buddy. How long have you been ttc for ? Good luck and fingers crossed we will have some positives x

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Kaz1987 · 18/01/2021 20:55

Hi All
So happy I come across this thread looks like everybody’s cycles are similar 😊.
Fingers crossed for Friday guys ❤️❤️❤️

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1992EM · 18/01/2021 20:50

@dex1521 that would be a lovely present for your Mum . X

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Dex1521 · 18/01/2021 20:29

@1992EM I'm desperate for it to be this Month as I love October and I may have predicted My due date using a calculator and I'd be due on my mums birthday 😂 that would save me buying a present 😂 but honestly it's just a blessing falling pregnant no matter the month

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1992EM · 18/01/2021 20:24

@dex1521 it would be amazing if it was this month. Perfect timing in lots of ways but things never work out like that. I am usually such a positive person but with ttc my default is negative as it hurts too much to get your hopes up 🙈. Even if I got a BFP I am not sure I would actually believe it 🤣.

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1992EM · 18/01/2021 20:22

@dex1521 I have no clue about cervix positions. I know there is a difference just not sure what it actually should feel like. x

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Tabbycat92 · 18/01/2021 20:12

@dex1521 I have literally no idea about cervix positions. I've never been able to reach mine! Either I have short fingers, or it's down to my tilted womb

Dex1521 · 18/01/2021 19:59

@1992EM it would be too good to be true if you could tell the difference 😅 got my fingers crossed for you would be nice to see 🤞✨

Has anyone here ever tried to check their cervix during their cycle? I've been trying a bit this cycle and before ov i think I was touching my cervix and it felt like a hard ish ball like the end of my nose. It's gets higher and softer during ovulation and if you're pregnant (like your earlobe texture) and today has been the first time it's felt softer (not sure if it's really higher or low still). From 5dpo to 7dpo it felt how it did before ovulation but today it felt softer I'm thinking maybe to do with implantation?

I've also had really mild dull cramps on and off and electric shock type feeling going through my boobs once or twice today and last night

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1992EM · 18/01/2021 19:50

@Tabbycat92 and @dex1521 Thank you, I really hope it is . I am totally exhausted today and have a sore head . I have looked back at all my symptoms on 10dpo and haven't ever spotted that early but at the same time I don't want to get my hopes up as I know by Friday if not before AF will rear her ugly head. I just wish you could tell the difference between symptoms. Will see what happens tomorrow and if spotting gets heavier x

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Dex1521 · 18/01/2021 19:15

@1992EM I'd say the same could be implantation. I've been checking the toilet paper like a mad women for implantation spotting but had non yet I feel like I'd have some sort of reassurance if I had it 😂

Tabbycat92 · 18/01/2021 18:54

@1992em could it be implantation? It can happen as late as 12dpo

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1992EM · 18/01/2021 17:13

@dex1521 still in with a chance as they aren't as sensitive.

I think I am out . Spotting has starting even earlier than usual . I am not due AF until Friday and this has freaked me out a bit as I am only 10dpo. 😭

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Dex1521 · 18/01/2021 13:29

@1992EM Yeah true I should've known better. It was only an IC I used too so dunno what I was expecting but thought there might have been a shadow of a line maybe

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