TTC 35+ Thread 7

Sorry to hear of your loss @Fredsmama I can't imagine how difficult that must have been ❤️

Welcome @Farfaraway1 another newbie here who's clueless haha on cycle one soon hopefully with a back of OPK ready to go...

@KG1145 congratulations! 🎉 I hope you can relax and just enjoy it now you've got those lovely strong lines, try not to pee on a stick EVERY day!!! 😂

The other thing that makes me really annoyed @Marvellouslymadmum is, and I don't know if the app does this, but the gadget tells me I can't re-use sticks. It's such a cheek that they programme it to do that. I inserted it once this morning and then pulled it out again too soon and it was all "you can't re-use that stick!". Erm, I think you'll find I can, and I will. I re-use sticks when one goes wrong too, I'm not wasting them, they're expensive.

I'm having a glass of wine and I'm sure these drugs I'm on are making it taste funny, same thing happened when I tried a glass of gin the other day and I couldn't drink it. I will finish the wine once the lasagne DH is cooking arrives.

@LT103 I like the cheap opks too... mainly because it’s the only thing I get a definite positive when I poas!!! 😅

@Noodella18 if you got a static smiley that'll be your peak so yes that'll be ov today or tomorrow most likely deffo get dtd

So I'm looking for your take on this, lovely ladies!

First month ttc and have been using the premom opks and a bit confused that I hadn't seen anything near a surge but chalked it up to having missed it as it's now CD17 and i have been having 28 day cycles.

Yesterday morning I did a premom and also a clear blue digital (first ever one, just as a check). Both were very negative, I got a blank face on the clearblue and a score of like 0.1 on the premom. I didn't bother testing this morning cause I thought that was that. Thought I'd just check this evening cause I've had loads of ewcm the last couple of days and came back with a 0.6 on premom and a static smiley on clearblue. :) So I'm either on the rise or on the comedown of a peak, but say that peak was yesterday afternoon, am I right in thinking that the earliest ovulation would have taken place is this afternoon today? In which case I'm still in with a shot if we do the horizontal shuffle tonight?

@KG1145 well chuffed for you!! Congratulations and best wishes for a happy and healthy pregnancy ❤

@Marvellouslymadmum I seem to get used to AF when it comes now! It's disappointing but I'm grateful for everything else in life right now, it's doesn't seem like a massive pressure like it used to. I'm hoping the 'I don't mind either way' approach will just see us with a happy ending xxx

@LT103 I'm not sure if you've seen the past posts (sooo much to get through so maybe not) but I was having lots of spotting until @Loladoodle recommended 50mg per day of vitamin B6! I've taken it this month and I am nothing short of amazed! I've reached 12/13 dpo with barely anything!

@Loladoodle you are me and I am you it seems 🙃

I’m having another horrible cycle. Started spotting 9dpo then thought I was cd1 at 10dpo as decent foe in the morning yesterday. Then pretty much nothing since!!! Did this last cycle too where I spotted for over a week!!! So annoying! Can’t wait for my referral now

I quite like just the cheap opk then it’s only about £10 for 50 of them which lasts me mo tha. I use the app to interpret them but my peak is always fairly obvious thankfully

@selina37 I always got breakthrough bleeding on the pill too 😂 are you me?!!! 😅
I know what you mean we are happy with all we have too, so grateful! But ideally would love a baby to add to our family.

Thanks @Marvellouslymadmum I’m ok I was prepared for it!

@thislittlebird it's really annoying isn't it! I'm sure they do it like that just to make more money out of us 😕

@Lalala1985 yes that's definitely a good idea!

@Loladoodle @selina37 sorry for af 😔 🧙‍♀️

@TTCat39 my app did that too but I ignored it as I'd used the cb digital so I knew when I'd ovulated!

@Loladoodle I'm just over the moon at the moment that I've got to CD24 without spotting. It is UNHEARD of for me! Even when I was on the pill I'd get some breakthrough spotting.

My OH says it would be the icing on the cake to have a baby but we are happy in our home and enjoying our lives together.

Still going to try those Opks though 🤣

@KG1145 so happy for you! Feels like one of us has graduated haha! That’s amazing news❤️

@selina37 they work grand for me I just do them from day 10 and usually get a pos day 11 the odd time day 12 or sometimes stays pos for two days. I am def less obsessing about ttc with more focus on health, exercise, weight loss and a few other things going on. Lots of welcome distractions. I think we have agreed to try until end of this year and if not happened by then will move on with our plan B - new house, dog (s), lots of holidays and a very comfortable life. Our plan A of a baby is much preferred but we do need an end game here as I feel life is too much on hold.

@Loladoodle I'm tempted but I'll save it for Friday and have more than one! 🍸
Yeah I'd like to see what happens with the opks. I gave up before, those bloody smiley faces are great but if you know how to use the cheapies I think they may be quite accurate. But I don't want to get too obsessed with them again! 🤪 xxx

@selina37 I’ve poured a gin... come join me 🍸 we can wallow together! Imagine our spotting to start same time 😅 literally in sync always!! I do cheap ov strips and they always give me strong positives so would be good to know. I usually get the pains after the pos test which would be right as test shows the surge before ovulation in 24-48 hours so my pains usually start a day or two after pos test.

@sickofthisyear I didn't let it overfill.. I get to a certain point and hold & carry on into toilet, but I just held the pot in the wrong place so first bit, splash onto hand, same just now 😅

Cd12 and line still super super super faint, tho some CM today. Wait & see if the line will ever get darker I guess! Shall dtd tonight anyway

@kg1145 how exciting!!!! Congratulations 😁

I'm going to order some cheap ovulation strips... I want to find out if the ovulation pain I get every month is before during or after ovulation.

@Loladoodle same, slight spotting has shown it's ugly face 🙄 onto cycle 3796534... 😒

Hehe thanks @ttcat39 😄

Fingers crossed for you! I hope those swimmers got their mojo back! I struggled with the more complicated apps tbh, it would consistently recalculate when my period was due based on the opks but I never got on with opks so it kept telling me I was about 6 days late every month

I can't keep up! 

Will have a proper read tonight but just wanted to 'Squeeeeeee!!!' For @KG1145 !! Fantastic to see your BFP! Congratulations.

My App is buggering around today and has moved my ovulation date because I had a second temperature dip. OPK picked up LH surge on CD10, but second temp drop means the app thinks I ovulated yesterday on CD13. We've tried to be a little more chilled out about DTD this month after trying every day for a week+ around ovulation for the last two months. Plus this month has been difficult with time we've had to spend apart. Maybe the swimmers need more time to get their mojo back between sessions?! Well, that was my thought anyway.

Spotting has started- af will be here in the next couple of days then. On to cycle 14! (Didn’t even get to use my cheapie preggo tests that will arrive shortly... meh 😑)