TTC Jan 2021

Just folic acid, very cheap on Amazon!
Interested to know if anyone recommends anything else?

We are trying for our first!
We did start trying the end of 2019 and then when covid hit we stopped, but we started trying again in November 😊
I'm pretty useless at the ovulation sticks, not sure if I just don't do them at the right times or if it's because they're cheapies but never seem to get a positive ovulation stick.
Going to try and make sure I do them every day this month and hopefully read them properly.
Fingers crossed for you all 🤞

@MrsE95 hi, please can i jump on this thread. Im back TTC this month aswell. Had a misscarriage in december, started trying late oct so haooened quick. Im scare because of the misscarriage but just have to keep going. @Fifi1086 like yourself i have an 11year old and unplanned at 20. Also new to this so took me a while to find a thread.

Have any of you bought any supplements to take while TTC? Xx

Hey ladies. Can I join please? I’ve copied my intro from another group cause it took me so long to bloody write 🙈

My name is Nat, I’m 36 (37 next month 🙈) I have 2 boys from a previous relationship aged 13 and 10. I’ve been with my partner for 3 years (he has no children of his own) and we’ve decided it’s now or never really!

I had my coil taken out in October as it had been in for 5 years and my partner got all excited. He’s been desperate to have a baby for a few years but I was a little more hesitant due to being a single mum when the boys were 2 and 4, it was hard work! But after losing my mum in November and miraculously my partner is still around after putting up with my erratic mood swings and at times diva behaviour, I thought, fuck it! We’ve been careful up until I got merry at Christmas (most of it if I’m honest) and was like, it’s fine.. crack on! Now I’m waiting to see if my period comes on Friday and secretly symptom spotting and pissing on pregnancy sticks daily, even though I know it’s too bloody early. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Good job I do the banking cause it’s a more expensive habit than my wine.

Anyway, enough of me rambling! Hope you’re all having a fab Sunday!

@MrsA9 I just got a cheap box from Amazon.
Some people testing multiple times a day in the fertile window... I just want to use them for the first couple months once a day to work out when my window is and roughly when it peaks. You can record the levels on most apps I think!
There's always one pink line, and the darkness of the second line is what your measuring... you're at your peak when the second line is darker than the one given.

Please correct me if I'm wrong!

@MrsE95 it is #1 we're trying for. I already have a stepson but so excited to be trying for our own (also absolutely bricking it!)
Are we all recommending opks then? What exactly do I do with these and what does it mean? I know the general gist of it tells you when you're ovulating. I so wanted to be relaxed about this but massively tempted to just go for it now 😂
I'm using the Ovia app but obviously only got 1 AF logged so the fertile week it's given me will likely be a stab in the dark

Pill* 🙄

@MrsE95 as I'm a bit naive to it all my my pull has stopped my stopped for the majority of my adult life I have a few as the date predictions seem to vary slightly.. my fav I think is Premom, then I have the free version of Flo and Ovia - I don't intend to keep them all it's just interesting while I'm getting settled down!

@MrsE95

Ah that’s really good to know! Hopefully that was the case with stopping the pill and my cycles will be a bit more regular from here on out.

With number 1 I didn’t go through all this. Stopped the pill a few months before we planned to actively try with the attitude of if it happens it happens and it happened the month after my first AF so didn’t have to think about it at all.

I think if I’m worrying I’ll maybe try OPK’s for a month or 2 to reassure myself then go with the flow. I’m using the ovia app to track cycles but mainly because i forget when my period is due rather than using it to track ovulation. That makes sense so thanks for that advice ! :)

@MrsA9 exciting stuff! I was very surprised also 28 days exactly but I'm trying not to get carried away assuming it's going to be clockwork after just one month... who knows!
Going to use some cheap OPK's from this week just to see when/if I'm ovulating as I know it might take a while to settle down properly.

My partner would prefer a girl.

I would love another boy but would also love a girl. So I honestly don’t have a preference

@MrsE95 I am using Flo app atm x

@mrsE95 thank you i know it would be AMAZING 😍 so poetic haha and really hoping for a boy this time so I have 1 of each and them im done. Hope you get you BFP really soon, plus everyone else on here
》♡♤baby dust to all ♤♡《

We are TTC number 2. Stopped cerelle on December 10th, had a 1 day bleed on the 15th then the 28th had what I assume was AF so been DTD every other day since, trying to avoid OPK’s in case I get obsessive but I’m already worry so much.

Scared because I was basically 18 days between stopping the pill and AF and it just seems so short. Scared my cycles are going to be all over the place and it’ll take ages.

Hi all - I've just found this thread. Totally new to this but we're planning on TTC this month. I've bought the Clearblue ovulation kit. This might seem like a totally stupid question but do you just wee on the stick once then throw it away and use the next one? x

supposed to say DD is 9 im 29, we will be 10 & 30 in October**

Same here stopped pill in December had withdrawal bleed 22nd-27th Dec and DTD ever since no idea when AF is due, theoretically 19th Jan but who knows. My DD is 9 in 29 30 and 10 in October so it'll be 10 years on 16th Jan when I had my BFP xx

@MrsE95 I've added and removed them from my basket more times than I'd like to admit 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ really determined to just take it easy though, we'll see! I've ordered cheap pregnancy tests and started taking folic acid and that's about it so far xx

Ooh @Glow92 I'm 2 days behind you, my last pill was 9th December and just coming to the back end of first AF. Cerelle stopped my cycle completely too so I'm surprised it's happened bang on 28 days after all the horror stories I've read!

Thanks @MrsE95! Not sure if it's just wishful thinking that my cycles will have settled down straight away but we're going to go for it anyway. I thought for the first month at least I'd take a relaxed approach and just see what happens, so no opks, temping etc. Although I can see me getting very obsessive very quickly so we'll see 😂