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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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TTC Buddies Wanted!!

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zoeoliviax · 19/11/2021 21:13

Hi I'm Zoe,

24 years old, mum to two girls and currently on CD1 (period started today boo :( ) on our 10th month of trying to conceive baby number three. Miscarriage in May at 6 weeks.

Been a tough old journey, and actually a pretty lonely one too as no one knows we're trying again!

Looking for some wonderful buddies who are on a similar journey. 😊

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2019Mama · 22/11/2021 10:36

Hi hope you don't mind me joining.

I'm 27 and I'm also TTC #3.

My youngest turned 1 yesterday and I think it's the right time to try.

I have very irregular periods where I wouldn't get AF for upto 6-8 months so when trying for #2 I used opks and went by CM and positioning and conceived a month after my MC

GAAJ04 · 22/11/2021 09:36

Hey,

Can I join the buddies group :)

Trying for baby number 1 so all of this is very new to me, only 3 months in, came on my period today so onto cycle 4 I go! It already feels like I've been trying for much longer!

Xx

WallsH20 · 22/11/2021 08:59

@zoeoliviax I tried using OPKs for the last couple of cycles but found them too stressful/too much pressure, and that was before we've even started trying🙈I'm trying to track CM this month which I think seems to be working. I feel new to it all because I never did any of this before. Is it normal to feel more nervous for a second? I worry about being pregnant whilst trying to run after my 16m old!

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zoeoliviax · 21/11/2021 23:46

@AdaJones26
Welcome! Happy to have you here 😊

Sounds like you're having quite the journey too.. My AF went from regular to a pain in the ass so I know the feeling.

I'm considering taking vitamins, just unsure what's best!

@happydays89 @Sunrise321 Haha you made made me laugh with the nine months. My partners the same, here and now. Both our girls were actually pretty premature though I've never made it to nine months 🤦🏼‍♀️

@WallsH20 Ooo welcome! How exciting to start the journey again. Happy to have you here!! So you use OPKS?

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WallsH20 · 21/11/2021 23:19

Hi all, hoping I can also join☺
We are going to start ttc baby number 2 in December. I feel more nervous than I did with my first as she happened really quickly. I can't see it happening like that again! My periods have always been irregular. They ranged from 25 - 47 days before my little girl was born, and now they seem to range from 25 - 35. Making tracking ovulation seem more stressful!

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happydays89 · 21/11/2021 19:58

@Sunrise321 I do kind of feel nervous ... I mean. We DTD a lot less now than we did pre baby #1. I feel like unless I become obsessive about dates etc this one will take longer! Also that step to not using a condom seems massive 😂😂😂

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happydays89 · 21/11/2021 17:26

@zoeoliviax thanks lovely. It actually only took the one cycle. Which was a massive shock!! You?

I don't think my partner is as ready as I am. He definitely wants another. But I keep having to remind him a baby isn't going to be born tomorrow!!

Af only finished Friday so feels like a "while" yet!!

Good weekend everyone?

AdaJones26 · 21/11/2021 15:51

Hi everyone! Please can I join the group? I am TTC baby#1. I have irregular periods, averaging 31-43 cycle days. OPKs in the morning, but no peak. Have a GP appointment on Tuesday. Waiting for AF so I can take a blood sample of CD3 and send it back to the private fertility test. Currently CD32. Not knowing which day AF is expected makes TTC even harder! A forever waiting game 😒 Does anyone take any supplements? I currently take sea sevens pre-conception. I have been researching other supplements, such as conceive plus ovulation support. A lot of threads mention evening primrose oil or grapefruit juice.

tryingforbabyh · 21/11/2021 15:28

CD7 for me and I will start my CB advanced OPKs tomorrow! Tbf I quite like tracking as it gives me something to do and some very small element of control over things! I use the CB ones from now and I've got some easy@home strips that I will use from CD10! Just added some omega3 to my supplement list - you never know lol might work some magic - they do smell awful though!

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zoeoliviax · 20/11/2021 20:41

Aw it would.
I'm hoping a) for the baby, but b) being on AF on Christmas Day doesn't sound very fun 🤣

Doesn't the end of the cycle seem so far away now!

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zoeoliviax · 20/11/2021 14:58

It would be amazing wouldn't it!

Fingers crossed for us all! Are your partners wishing for it too?

I'm lucky in that mine wants this baby as much as me so he isn't sick of me moaning yet. Just joins in 🤣

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tryingforbabyh · 20/11/2021 13:41

It's so frustrating having no control isn't it!! I am so hoping this will be the month - imagine that being the Christmas present!

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zoeoliviax · 20/11/2021 12:18

@Sunrise321 @Hopefullywaiting01234

I seem have the opposite as such. Since having my daughter in Feb 2020 my cycles have jumped from predictable 28 days to 33-35.

So annoying as a longer wait each month for starters!! Then this month I've had a 29 day. Makes no sense!!

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Hopefullywaiting01234 · 20/11/2021 11:30

@Sunrise321 - I know but now I am stressed as we are 11 cycles in and not a hint of a bfp!

The doctor done some initial bloodwork a few months back to shut me up I think and he said he “hoped it put my mind at rest” which obviously it hasn’t as still nothing!

Is spotting unusual for you? X

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Hopefullywaiting01234 · 20/11/2021 11:07

@Sunrise321 yeah exactly I used the clear blue ovulation tests for a few cycles but tbh I think it made the full thing worse, constantly waiting for that flashing smiley. I haven’t used them for the past 6 cycles. My cycles are never longer than 27 days, although a few months I started spotting from day 22/23 and was worried about my luteal phase. I have never spotted before I started ttc and I am not sure if the stress of it has brought this on 😞😞😞

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Hopefullywaiting01234 · 20/11/2021 10:45

I know 😞 I am just waiting on mine arriving but I know it is immediate. I feel I am too in tune with my body since I started ttc. The worst part is the uncertainty- what if it never happens, it’s so outwith your control and that’s what I struggle with I think 😞

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zoeoliviax · 20/11/2021 10:38

@Hopefullywaiting01234
Oh hun welcome, you're free to moan as much as you like with us! 😘

It's so tough isn't it. I really struggled yesterday when I started AF. Really wanted that little early Christmas present.

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Hopefullywaiting01234 · 20/11/2021 10:26

Hi, I’m on cycle 11 of ttc #2 and expecting my period to start today 😞. I am thoroughly sick of it all and feel it is all consuming now, I can’t see myself ever getting a BFP 😞