TTC February/March

Hello! Hope you don't mind me joining? I'm currently CD37 normally have 33-35 day cycles. Stated on clear blue digital ovulation tests CD13 and on CD19 got my first flashy. Then I got flashys for the dreaded 9 days. I did 2 of the tests later in the day but never got a solid smiley so not sure if I missed ovulation because of that or if I didn't ovulate. Kinda hoping I actually just ovulated really late but I feel like AF is on the way. If I've no AF by Monday I'm going to test on Tuesday.

Baby number 1 for us and it's a year later than we had intended but Covid caused 2 redundancies for my partner so we decided to wait a little. I've just turned 34 & he is 36

@CeeJay1987 at the moment I'm feeling the same as you, just going to let whatever happens happen and not think too much into any symptoms, saying that, I've just got back from a walk and fell a little queasy, it was obviously because I had a heavier than normal lunch! But of course I started to think!
To keep me busy, lots of walks, it's half term next week and I'm working as well as having my son home from school so hopefully it'll be a busy week! Any recommendations on what to watch? I'm struggling to get into anything gripping at the moment. xx

[quote BWaiting]@kaylsd I have thought about preg care but some women have said it alters their cycle length so I've stayed away, not sure if it's true or not?
My husband is on wellman for conception (or whatever it's called) he scowls at me every morning when taking it because apparently it tastes like soil!!?? Haha can you imagine if they had to go through half of what we do! [/quote]
I'm unsure sweet if it's affected me but so far since starting them I've had a 33 day cycle and a 34 which is about my normal! Haha I think I'll take gravy taste complaints over soil any day! Have you made your hub change his diet or lifestyle habits? Me and mine were too laid back with that side of things as in lockdown life all we have to enjoy is good food 🐷😂 maybe it's something I might think of in the future if things still don't work out..

Hi @BWaiting 👋🏼 Oh wow we are very similar with our timings, and so sorry to hear of your 3MC, hopefully this is the month for us all! 😊

My AF is due 21st. I’m trying to stay patient this month and just wait and not tracking any symptoms, letting nature take its course. Keeping busing with walks and binging Netflix! Haha and now this group 😊

What are you doing to keep busy? xx

Hi @CeeJay1987 I'm also 33, and 3dpo and cycle #2 for baby #2 (3 MC so i was very hesitant to try again, but here we are and boy am I impatient!!) AF is due on 23rd for me.

Any plans to help keep you busy in the TWW? xx

@kaylsd I have thought about preg care but some women have said it alters their cycle length so I've stayed away, not sure if it's true or not?
My husband is on wellman for conception (or whatever it's called) he scowls at me every morning when taking it because apparently it tastes like soil!!?? Haha can you imagine if they had to go through half of what we do!

@Fifi1086 falling asleep on the sofa was my first symptom in my first pregnancy! Couldn't keep my eyes open. Fingers crossed for you.

Hi everyone, I hope you don’t mind me joining you all 😊

I could use the friendly chatter and support as I find myself constantly on google and work myself up about it all.

I’m 33 and ttc for the first time, cycle #2. My cycle is 25 days and I’m currently 3dpo in the 2 week wait!

Will be good to chat to you all to pass the time so I don’t get anxious!!

@kaylsd thank you! This is my second cycle since coming off the pill. I actually had 3 LH surges last month so I don't know when I ovulated, but it ended in a chemical loss so I know that I did. I don't know what's normal for me yet unfortunately but I felt like I was ovulating the night of cd10 as I'd cramps like I always did. I'm totally the same as you I don't think I'll ever go back to hormonal contraceptives again after this. One thing though is I'm so so tired the last two evenings I've fallen asleep on the sofa which I never do. I'm still fully expecting AF to arrive on 25th and if I haven't already ovulated on cd10 I don't think I will be this month 😕

[quote BWaiting]@kaylsd I have only been taking folic acid. I also have just found out I have an underactive thyroid so I'm a week into that medication. The doctor said it was slightly low so because I'm TTC she will put me on the meds. Hoping that isn't affecting anything. I've also had 3MC. One before my son and two after so I'm just very aware of that too. But with all of those i conceived straight away, none of this OPK and tracking!! I'm a crazy woman now! Last mc was about 2 years ago.
The first lockdown I was homeschooling and working and it was really tough as my husband is a key worker so he wasn't home till 8pm. This time around I've managed to get him a place in school so I can focus on work and keep my job! I count myself very lucky as I know there are so many parents struggling.
Haha no pressure then!! I bet you get all of those comments that you really really don't want to hear!
My son is 9 and extended family always have something to say about me not having another.
I'm also trying not to make it obvious to my husband that I'm in FW but considering pre TTC I was never the one to initiate DTD....it's pretty obvious now and I do feel like I'm putting pressure on him to perform. We've been married 13 years so not exactly at it all the time.
I hope you've been sitting on the right seats!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 xx[/quote]

I was taking just folic acid before hand then i read good reviews on preg care for him and her? I take that daily now as it contains folic acid within it but my hubs isn’t convince to take his because he said it tastes like gravy? Hahahah 😂🙈 he’s a funny dud sometimes!

Maybe with you having treatment for your thyroid it might set everything at a good equal balance for your optimum TTC 🤞🏻❤️ I’m sorry to hear about your previous MCs, I can’t imagine how it must have felt but my heart goes out to you - sending hugs, the TTC journey is such a rollercoaster of emotions both mentally and physically for a couple to go through 🥺

I’m happy to hear you managed to get a place, my mum works in a primary school and she’s finding that as the days past by more and more children are returning back as at one point the school closed for key workers as even the key workers were not sending their children in.. hoping things will only get better in terms of everyday life for us all!

It’s hard about the pressure thing because I was similar to you in a way I never used to initiate things but now a certain time frame every month he’s like 👀 what’s going on like 😂 but as the months go by he’s seeing the pattern and clicking on that it’s FW without evening mentioning anything!

Hey everyone! I'm on day 9 of flashing smileys to the point it's actually hilarious. From my bbt chart I'm thinking I might have actually ovulated on cd 10 and my lh strips are getting weaker as the days go on so I either ovulated early or am not going to. AF due on 25th 🙄

Welcome darling! Fingers crossed this new cycle is yours! Have you thought of trying anything different with this new cycle :')? X
I don't think so. First month I didn't track O, second month I did so I think I'll just try that again. Isn't it weird when you spend years trying to avoid pregnancy, you almost assume it'll be easy when you start trying!

@kaylsd I have only been taking folic acid. I also have just found out I have an underactive thyroid so I'm a week into that medication. The doctor said it was slightly low so because I'm TTC she will put me on the meds. Hoping that isn't affecting anything. I've also had 3MC. One before my son and two after so I'm just very aware of that too. But with all of those i conceived straight away, none of this OPK and tracking!! I'm a crazy woman now! Last mc was about 2 years ago.
The first lockdown I was homeschooling and working and it was really tough as my husband is a key worker so he wasn't home till 8pm. This time around I've managed to get him a place in school so I can focus on work and keep my job! I count myself very lucky as I know there are so many parents struggling.
Haha no pressure then!! I bet you get all of those comments that you really really don't want to hear!
My son is 9 and extended family always have something to say about me not having another.
I'm also trying not to make it obvious to my husband that I'm in FW but considering pre TTC I was never the one to initiate DTD....it's pretty obvious now and I do feel like I'm putting pressure on him to perform. We've been married 13 years so not exactly at it all the time.
I hope you've been sitting on the right seats!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 xx

[quote BWaiting]@kaylsd sounds like you've been on a crazy journey with TTC. Congratulations on your wedding
I also had covid, but that was back in April 2020 and I was wiped out for about 12 weeks on and off. Thankfully we weren't TTC because it just never would have happened. Im glad you had a quick recovery
I'm hoping the convenience plus has helped things get to the places they need to be! I'm worried though as we didn't DTD the two days before O. If it doesn't work this month then I think I will try the SMEP method.
I know this sounds weird but it'll be nice to have someone to test with if AF doesn't arrive before the 23rd.
Also yes, I love a light hearted watch!! Married at first sight is on my list but I just don't know when to fit it in atm! x[/quote]
Fingers and toes crossed for the conceive plus! I've seen a few people on here use it and had really good success rate! Do you take prenatals too? With your little one have you been home schooling I take my hat off to people with little ones at the moment with how much life has been thrown upside down.. have you found similar situation to me that nearly everyone surrounding you is on a covid baby lockdown boom? my lovely inlaws 🙄 have been hinting pressures towards us as my hub brother is also expecting with his partner, I just find that talking to my hub about trying to keep all that chat at bay is the best way forward for us as we are still trying to make it a fun process than a structured way forward, as much as I'm still controlling the ovulation signs I try not to make it too obvious for more pressure of my hub to perform 🙈 saying that though I keep saying to myself with all the mums to be can I sit on seats where they've been sat to see if I can get some good luck 😂😂😂 (I'm a nurse and on the wards we normally avoid certain chairs if there's a pregnancy book within the teams) X

@kaylsd sounds like you've been on a crazy journey with TTC. Congratulations on your wedding
I also had covid, but that was back in April 2020 and I was wiped out for about 12 weeks on and off. Thankfully we weren't TTC because it just never would have happened. Im glad you had a quick recovery
I'm hoping the convenience plus has helped things get to the places they need to be! I'm worried though as we didn't DTD the two days before O. If it doesn't work this month then I think I will try the SMEP method.
I know this sounds weird but it'll be nice to have someone to test with if AF doesn't arrive before the 23rd.
Also yes, I love a light hearted watch!! Married at first sight is on my list but I just don't know when to fit it in atm! x

[quote BWaiting]@kaylsd yes I'm with you, no testing before!! I'm also due AF on the 23rd according to my app that brought it forward once I added my O date. Although it could be the 25th according to my prediction.
This month I used OPK's although I bought the CB a little late so two days were blank and the 3rd day was a solid smiley and my cheapies also were dark that day too so I think O was CD12. We DTD on CD9, CD12 & CD13, I'm annoyed because i would have done it the day before O too but I think I peaked suddenly. We also used conceive plus this month too. No idea if any of that will work but 🤞🏼

What cycle no. are you? Did you do anything different this month? Sounds like you've got a good plan to keep you busy!
I have a 9yo so planning lots of walks and cooking with him as he enjoys that and it takes up a lot of our evening. The problem I have is when I'm working everyday, sat at home, at my desk, stuck to google!!![/quote]
We are on cycle 6 this month! It's abit of a funny cycle of how to count it though, I stopped the pill back in august 2020 and was really casual of if it happens it happens.. we got married just before lockdown 3.0 in November as we've been together 6 year and really wanted to get married so we snuck in a 15 guests lockdown church wedding and postponed our Receiption to the anniversary this year but 2 week after wedding me and hubs got covid so when I was fertile we were so poorly it was just non existent, December I had an anvolatory month from being poorly with covid and January my hub had food poisoning and lost 2 and half stone in 2 week when I was fertile, so this month has been the first proper month in a while that I've been able to make most of it all 😂🙈! If we didn't have bad luck I think we wouldn't have any at all! We just tried the SMEP method this month and managed to DTD on the important days and prior so feeling positive 🤞🏻 did you try anything different? I can tell you every day what get closer now don't test be strong we've got this since you may be the same testing date as me! Hehe X

@kaylsd yes I'm with you, no testing before!! I'm also due AF on the 23rd according to my app that brought it forward once I added my O date. Although it could be the 25th according to my prediction.
This month I used OPK's although I bought the CB a little late so two days were blank and the 3rd day was a solid smiley and my cheapies also were dark that day too so I think O was CD12. We DTD on CD9, CD12 & CD13, I'm annoyed because i would have done it the day before O too but I think I peaked suddenly. We also used conceive plus this month too. No idea if any of that will work but 🤞🏼

What cycle no. are you? Did you do anything different this month? Sounds like you've got a good plan to keep you busy!
I have a 9yo so planning lots of walks and cooking with him as he enjoys that and it takes up a lot of our evening. The problem I have is when I'm working everyday, sat at home, at my desk, stuck to google!!!

@bwaiting thank you 😊 my advice to all of you is dont take the OPK as gospel! This is my 1st real cycle after pill withdrawal bleed and I didn't get a peak once never above 0.5 so assumed I hadn't ovulated and I obviously did. And I'm not due AF until Monday and Already got positives so I must have ovulated early. Earlier than the app suggested good luck 👍

3dpo today, woke up feeling quite chill. Cycle #2 and I don't think it's worked this month, although that's what I'm telling myself to avoid the disappointment.
I convinced myself last month that I had all the symptoms under the sun but what was I thinking that it'll work first time? Haha silly billy.
I know the closer I get to 10DPO I'll be freaking out itching to test. Does anyone want to help make sure I DO NOT test unless AF is late?? 😩😩

I hope you're all keeping well wherever you are in your cycle.
Congrats @Hopingformydb !! I hope we can all join you with our BFP's soon!