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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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Newbie looking for some support

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Peachycream · 27/05/2021 20:44

Hi ladies,

I’ve been lurking for a few days, just seeing what the deal is, trying to work out some of the terminology used, mostly going to post but then getting scared and carry on lurking haha.

I don’t really have anyone I can talk about the TTC journey with in my real life as we aren’t telling anyone as it stands so I’m hoping maybe I can make a few friends here that I can obsess and stress out with 🤣

I’m currently CD 7 in my first cycle so tracking with OPKs every day right now so that I can get a clearer picture of my cycle each month.

I’m 30 and this will be our 1st,

If anyone has any advice/is in a similar position to me or just wants a natter I’d love to hear from you 😊

Xx

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SkeletonSkins · 15/06/2021 08:46

I have definitely heard that pregnancy hormones can cause OPKs to be positive, justtt saying!!

Sorry to hear AF got you @HRP1990, definitely treat yourself today.

HRP1990 · 15/06/2021 08:44

You know what would give you those answers @Peachycream? A pregnancy test Wink

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Peachycream · 15/06/2021 08:32

@HRP1990 maaaaaaaybeeee 🤪

I know right? It’s like a minuscule amount, but enough that my graph has gone from a relatively straight line, now onto a curve haha. Maybe it’s just that I’ve been progressively more dehydrated over the last few days? I have all of the questions and none of the answers 😂

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HRP1990 · 15/06/2021 08:26

@Peachycream That’s random! Are you still using OPKs to satisfy the urge to POAS? 😂

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Peachycream · 15/06/2021 08:23

@Dannii892 well that makes sense I guess, there is still hope then! 😂

@PurpleCat88 good morning lovely! Oooh that’s exciting that today could be the day!

@HRP1990 I’m sorry to hear that lovely, cheese party here we come!

I am slightly confused this morning, my LH seems to be slowly creeping up again, just ever so slightly day by day over the last 3, from basically nothing, so I dunno what that’s all about 😂

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HRP1990 · 15/06/2021 08:07

Sorry to hear about your BFN @Dannii892 ❤️

🧙🏻‍♀️ Got me at 5.20am this morning, she didn’t even let me lay in 😭. Ah well, here’s to a slice of cheese on toast for breakfast haha 🧀

PurpleCat88 · 15/06/2021 08:04

Morning all ☺️ I’m CD20 today and still no peak on an OPK. Don’t know what my body is doing! 😭 I had a slight temp drop this morning on BBT so maybe today is the day 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Hope everyone else is ok ☺️

Dannii892 · 15/06/2021 08:01

@Peachycream thanks lovely, it's just says there's a risk of getting a false negative if testing before 12dpo .. we still technically have 4days for magic to happen! But it it such looking for a 2nd line lol .. how are you feeling this morning x

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Peachycream · 15/06/2021 07:50

@Dannii892 does the box actually say that? That’s interesting! Makes sense though I guess.
Awh I’m sorry, it’s upsetting a little isn’t it, even when you’re mostly expecting nothing, there’s still that tiny part of you that’s gutted!

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Dannii892 · 15/06/2021 07:42

@Peachycream thanks lovely im going to take it as a pinch of salt.. literally everything I've read says don't test before 12dpo lol even the frer box .. you never know think ill wait till 15dpo now .. I would wait tbh lol shouldve taken my own advice 🙃

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Peachycream · 15/06/2021 07:23

Oh no 🥺 well, you still have time so don’t be too disheartened yet lovely.

I decided not to test this morning, or I haven’t yet anyway, it could all change 😂

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Dannii892 · 15/06/2021 07:11

@Peachycream morning.. 10dpo and a lovely bfn lol

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Peachycream · 15/06/2021 07:08

@Dannii892 oh my goshhhh!! I do that too!! 😂😂

Do we have any good news from anyone this morning? Sending BFP vibes xx

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Dannii892 · 14/06/2021 22:55

@Peachycream 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I know right..! Thinking of it now I think im quite hyper sensitive about my body like if I pain in my chest I think this is it for me 😂 so this could all quite possibly be me being a hypercondric 🙈..❤

@HRP1990 gotta be positive and laugh or we'll cry 😂❤

Right ladies I'm off to sleep now but I hope we all wake up feeling nautious with sore boobs back ache and all the other symptoms 😂 night x

HRP1990 · 14/06/2021 22:18

Love the positivity 😂😂 @Dannii892

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Peachycream · 14/06/2021 21:58

@Dannii892 other than that I got nothing 😂😂 bodies are so weird, doesn’t all of this make you wonder how doctors do it? You explain a load of symptoms and they’re like “ah yes I see I see, you have blah blah blah, I’ll give you some tablets” I’m starting to wonder if maybe they’ve just been taking a punt and hoping for the best all this time 😂 like, I’m in my body and I have less than no idea what it’s doing 99.9% of the time!

Yaaaaaaasssss to the BFPs!!!

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Dannii892 · 14/06/2021 21:55

Excuse the language lol

Dannii892 · 14/06/2021 21:54

I really hope we all get some BF FUCKING PSSSSSS!! ❤

Dannii892 · 14/06/2021 21:53

@Peachycream 😂😂😂😂😂 not that I'm aware of lmao!
@SkeletonSkins thank you lovely!
I know what you mean, it does feel like split lifes lol like im hiding a dirty little secret lol x

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Peachycream · 14/06/2021 21:53

@SkeletonSkins thank you lovely 🥰 we all hope so! Wouldn’t it be really nice if we all got our BFPs within the same sorted time frame so that we can all continue our group right through it all!

I get what you mean, I like to think of myself as a secret agent, mostly because it’s so much cooler than the actual reality 😂

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SkeletonSkins · 14/06/2021 21:46

Omg so many potential tests the next week or so, good luck @Peachycream @Dannii892 @HRP1990 and anyone else I’ve missed! Sooooo exciting and I just have a feeling there’s going to be a couple more BFPs at least this month in this group!

Nothing to report for me, I’m CD7 but I have long cycles, so not going to start doing OPKs until like CD10 I think as I’ve had long cycles so far and it just seems like a waste. I feel like I live two lives a bit at the minute, my normal day to day life of working and seeing friends, whilst secretly having this whole alternative TTC thing on my mind in the background!

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Peachycream · 14/06/2021 21:46

Yeah that’s what I’m like too, anything I think could be new I can explain away to myself 😂 I can’t help you with the shocks though, you haven’t swallowed a small battery at all? 😂😂😂

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Dannii892 · 14/06/2021 21:40

Yes so annoying! I mean my boobs hurt today but I've been at the gym lol any symptoms I have, I have an explanation lol apart from the shocks but I've probably had them before too 😂😂😂 fml!

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Peachycream · 14/06/2021 21:35

@Dannii892 that’s the thing isn’t it! While on birth control you don’t really pay any attention at all, it could all just be now that you’re trying you’re noticing all these things that you never did before. Up until 3 months ago I couldn’t even tell you when I was due on! I would have had a rough guess but that would have been about the size of it. I know that I generally get cramps, sometimes my hips ache and I get sore boobs, but that’s only because it’s painful enough for me to actually notice it 😂 I mean to be fair that’s all I’m really noticing at the moment so who knows 🤷‍♀️

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Dannii892 · 14/06/2021 21:28

@HRP1990 I know what you mean.. I think that's why I'm worried to test because what if I always had the symptoms I've had but never noticed before.. weve been trying to conceive for a few months but not actually trying a bit of if it happens than great but no charting at all but this month we used the CB dual ovulation kit so maybe I'm just more aware xx

@Peachycream erm tbh I've not been looking it kind of catches me off guard .. the only thing I've picked up on is I'm boiling hot and exhausted and I've been so grumpy and eating more which my OH said to me today but in my head I'm putting those down to pms .. just I can't remember if I ever get pms lol I'm still about 9 days away till 🧙‍♀️ .. I wouldn't be shocked if I got a bfn and I always got these symptoms but never noticed before xx