🧙Witch day did I ovulate?!🧙

@HRP1990 that’s actually so reassuring, I’ve already got so much from this thread and thank you so much @Peachycream for making it! Yes I do temp, gives me something else to do 😂😂 so I’ll keep an eye on that and see this cycle as a chance to get to know my cycle.

Welcome @Kaz1987, sounds like you’ve definitely covered it! I’m not sure how the clear blue smiley ones work but I think the peak on the cheapy ones normally means you’ll ovulate in the next 24/48 hours, is that the same with the clear blue ones? Either way it seems like you’re covered so fingers crossed!!

@SkeletonSkins I get it! I’m on my second cycle now, only CD3 so a while until I ovulate again. I found myself abit lost last month too, Googling everything and researching every symptom/question I had. This forum and these ladies helped a lot! Especially to know we’re not alone and that there’s someone else going through the exact same thing.

Now I’ve got a cycle under my belt I feel better prepared for this month and what’s in store 🤞

Stick with your OPK’s and maybe a thermometer for your temperature if you’re not already doing so? X

Hi,

Hope I can join 34 ttc #1, cycle 7 but 1st month using clear blue opks. Dtd regularly but knowing my luck on the wrong days for the past 6 months. Had flashing on Sun and Mon but didn’t dtd on them days . Got peak on tues so dtd tues night and last night.

Does anybody know if I am still in with a chance? Also would I be classed as 1dpo today?

Baby dust to you all

Oh @Peachycream I totally agree with you. Being brutally honest life is better now than it ever has been (which is amazing given the pandemic 😂). Those feeling tend to creep up on me right before 🧙‍♀️ appears! It also doesn't help that evil ex-H threw a lot of hurtful comments at me after we separated.

I've found OPKs help a lot. Knowing the O day and that I've got 14 days before 🧙‍♀️ is pretty reassuring. I said to DP that I will probably use them indefinitely (unless back on the pill). Before using them there was a 4-5 day window when I was constantly peering into my pants and worrying I was going to be caught out!

@HRP1990 I loved it too although never had a go of the new one, maybe I’ll download it to take my mind of OPKs and bbts 😂😂

I’m in cycle one and I think I’m quite anxious, partly because I don’t really know what I’m doing and partly because I don’t really know what my cycle is doing. I think I’d feel better if a knew when I was going to ovulate but hey ho.

I've found it comes in peaks and troughs. Some months I am totally chilled and what will be, will be. Other months I'm totally worried it will never happen and I lost my "best years" to a ex-H who didn't care!

I had a little freak out on C6, just because my brain was like "we'll we are half way to infertility treatment". This month (C7) I'm way more laid back, to the point of being horizontal! I think the warm weather and being able to go out helps!

Welcome @HerbivorousRex nice to have someone on the same dpo as me, agreed though I'm trying to ignore everything but at the same time like ooh what's that haha! It's a whirlwind journey that's for sure. Let's hope for BFPs! When do you think you'll test? Xx

@Peachycream I suppose it is early days and of anything you're learning how your body operates and what the norm is.. ive learnt so much this month from the cbopks/Google and this thread.. I mean fingers crossed for you that it won't take 6 cycles but I understand how life just gets in the way now and than ❤

Also @HerbivorousRex I found the first month TTC sooo stressful. I had convinced myself I was pregnant through symptom spotting and was crushed when I got a BFN.

The second month was a bit less stressful and now I'm in month 3 I feel much more chilled about it.

@PurpleCat88 yes I did think that OPKs will be different depending how concentrated the urine is etc. I know you are supposed to test at the same time each day if possible but I never do that.

@HRP1990 I tend to test religiously (1 or 2 times a day) up until my apps predict ovulation but then I am more lazy with it. I think I need to be more dedicated in testing all the way through to AF in case I am missing a peak!

@HerbivorousRex I haven't used that conceive plus lube but your point about it smelling like those aliens literally made me laugh out loud. I still remember the smell of those sticky aliens after all these years! 👽 i may try and avoid that lube and find a different brand 😂

What I actually meant to say before my inner child took hold.. was that yes, I wish I could fast forward a couple of days too 😂

I love Dubai @HerbivorousRex I’ve been like 6 times 😂 my boyfriend insisted we went in July the last time - big mistake haha.

what bought you over there?

@SkeletonSkins omg the sims!! I loved that so much!! I know I’m 30 and I shouldn’t admit this but I’ve been so tempted to purchase it haha, the new ones look so cool 😂 however I’m certain I’d become even more of a hermit if I did!

Oooo I spent a month in Dubai before than pandemic! Was my last holiday.. its like another world!

@HerbivorousRex ❤
@Peachycream - oh really.. TTC is just so stressful isn't it .. I bet you can't wait for 🧙‍♀️ now so you can know for sure and get back to trying again .. I find the TWW so tiresome ❤

Another very negative opk which is totally expected at CD 10 just boring hahaha. Wish it was like the sims and you could hit fast forward for a couple of days 😂 is that awful to say 😂😂

Thank you such much for such a warm welcome! I’m glad to have people that I can actually talk about this with (my husband has banned me from mentioning cervical mucus again!

@HRP1990 I live in the UAE so it’s really hard to get anything conception related over here (I’m not sure why, there are about 50 different types of lube and condoms in most chemists, so it’s definitely not to do with being conservative!)

@Peachycream The buying in bulk is definitely getting out of hand. My husband was very confused when 20 pregnancy tests turned up because ‘I thought we were only having 1 baby’. Luckily he knows how much I like to plan things so it wasn’t a massive surprise (he does laugh at my notebook of TTC data though!)

@CTMcG You’re so right, I can’t believe how expensive this is (in fairness I probably didn’t need to buy all the kit in month 1).

@PurpleCat88. Those OPKs look great. Looks like you’re nearly at your peak!

@Aries491. I’m at day 6 too and it’s so hard not to symptom spot. I know that there’s almost no chance that anything I feel at the moment is actually related to HCG but I still keep wondering if I’m hot/thirsty/tired/grumpy because I’m pregnant (then I have a little panic that I’m not sure I feel any different to normal and so I must not be pregnant 🤦🏻).

@Dannii892 an upset stomach can also be a sign of pregnancy. Fingers crossed for you 🤞🏽

Did anyone else find the first month of TTC really emotionally draining/felt that it wasn’t really happening. I think I spent so long being convinced by PSHE lessons at school that if a sperm got within 500m of me at any time then I would immediately become pregnant, that it’s actually been quite hard to adjust to the thought that I might actually have to try to become pregnant (this should not have come as a surprise- I’m a nurse/midwife with a Masters in sexual health 😂)

Also, has anyone else noticed that conceive plus lube smells exactly like those jelly aliens that you used to get in the 90s (the ones where there was always a rumour that if you rubbed them together they’d have a baby 😂). It was very off-putting when I realised this!

Welcome to the thread @taytay2020 @HerbivorousRex @Sparklingwine1, fingers crossed it brings you lots of luck on this cycle!!

@CTMcG oh I hope they work for you, got everything crossed! I do think the ovulation support seems to be making a difference although I guess the proof will be in whether I ovulate early!

@PurpleCat88 seems like your peak is just round the corner, will you do another opk at some point today? See if it’s gone up more?

@Peachycream I think we need a graph! 😂 have you had two surges then?

I've found this month my OPKs have given a longer LH window than normal months, I'm wondering if it's because it's hot and I'm not drinking more to compensate?

Hi @Sparklingwine1 & @HerbivorousRex 👋🏻 I wish you both a speedy TTW!
Welcome @taytay2020 oooh! 🤞🏻then for you!

@CTMcG tell me about it! People always tell you houses & kids are expensive but no one mentioned the cost of just getting both!

@PurpleCat88 looks very promising!

I think there are quite a few of us now in the TTW, I'm hoping next week is going to be full of BFPs!!!