TTC baby #1 newbie

Hi @Frandler 😊

We are ttc our first too, currently 5dpo in my 3rd cycle. I try not to test until af is due and keep busy in the tww, easier said than done 😂 it is disappointing to get a negative result so I’d rather not see it on a test if it’s going to be negative!

Wishing you all the best in your journey x

@Frandler I've been trying for baby #1 since July, I found the first 3 months the hardest. Constantly wondering am I or aren't I, is AF coming, squinting at tests etc etc. I found it especially hard when friends and family who started around the same time conceived quickly. I'm much more relaxed about it now, just DTD every other day and when it happens it happens! I always joke with DH that I almost wish we had an accident before we started as then the waiting for a BFP would already be done

I feel exactly the same! I'm 8-9dpo too of my 2nd cycle. I feel like there is so much info out there that I had no idea about. I also didn't realise you could monitor your temperature. Does anyone have anymore information on this?
@Frandler have you decided when you are going to test?

Hi @Frandler

I don’t know if it’s normal, but I feel exactly the same way and almost wrote a very similar post earlier. I am three days into my second cycle, and had thought that at least once AF arrived I would manage to give myself a break from constantly obsessing about TTC until the fertile window but doesn’t seem to be working like that! All I can say is you’re not alone. I don’t think lockdown and working from home helps as it’s harder to distract ourselves from it!