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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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Starting the TWW. Anybody want to join???

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Gillseybear · 07/03/2022 18:07

Hey all,

Simple post really, according to Flo and my current symptoms, I am due to ovulate today or tomorrow. Still trying to figure out OPK's and so not really been using them.

Just wondered if anybody wanted to go through the Two week window with me.

Have dtd a few times over the past few days and so hoping to have some luck this cycle.

Baby dust to all of you

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helloworld88 · 08/03/2022 19:55

@miamiamia869 yep planning to test at 10 DPO. I'm using the Premom app this cycle and it's predicted AF next Friday but wanting me to test on the Wednesday (so two days before AF) I will never be able to wait that long though.

For when you do test get the first response ones which are meant to be able to detect it 6 days before AF

RMS0209 · 08/03/2022 19:35

Hi!
I'm only CD10 but will hopefully be ovulating soon.

Can I join this thread? Smile

BuchananBaby · 08/03/2022 19:23

Welcome everyone! It's so nice to have a wee group to get through the TWW with 🥰

I'm definitely ovulating today I am absolutely starving and want to climb dp like a tree 🙈😳 will keep dtd for the next few days so we don't miss it.

AF is due on the 24th so will likely test on the 20th which is the Sunday before. I have never been able to hold out until AF arrives.

miamiamia869 · 08/03/2022 19:07

@helloworld88 so Monday would make you 10 days post ovulation. Is this around about the mark to test?. I don't know too much about it yet but know you can get the early detection tests which sound good....
@Gillseybear oh really that's good then and makes it easier to keep tabs. I think I had a bit of spotting on the day that I think I ovulated so fingers crossed we are both right!! X

helloworld88 · 08/03/2022 18:56

Hey can I join too please! I was part of a small tww thread last cycle and it was just so nice to go through it together! Unfortunately I ended up having a chemical pregnancy then :(
I'm 4dpo today ttc #2!

I'm trying to last until next Monday to test...

Fingers crossed for us all!!

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Gillseybear · 08/03/2022 18:16

@miamiamia869

Hi, kind of new here too. This is our first proper month of TTC and trying to read signs/aps of ovulation. Think I ovulated around Thursday. I have very irregular periods anywhere between 27 and 35 day cycles but believe I am in the 2WW now so would like to join xxx
Hey

I know that feeling but the last couple of months have been petty accurate and I have been able to tell by the fact that I have a little bit of spotting in ovulation day.

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miamiamia869 · 08/03/2022 17:41

Hi, kind of new here too. This is our first proper month of TTC and trying to read signs/aps of ovulation. Think I ovulated around Thursday. I have very irregular periods anywhere between 27 and 35 day cycles but believe I am in the 2WW now so would like to join xxx

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Gillseybear · 08/03/2022 17:34

Hey guys feel free to join.

I have defo ovulated today as I have had spotting and ECM

@Cally1980 I think you ovulate 24 to 36 hours after you get a static smiley but I am still trying to figure OPKs out myself

@GeraniumCedarwood spotting could be a sign that you have just ovulated but it's hard to tell sometimes.

Baby dust to you all

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GeraniumCedarwood · 08/03/2022 13:08

Hi everyone, can I join you? I am 31 years old. Positive OPK on Saturday, think I ovulated Sunday, so now 2dpo. I had some spotting today, which was unusual.

@Cally1980, my (non-professional) understanding is that you want to have sex before you ovulate so that the sperm are waiting in the fallopian tubes. A static smiley should mean you ovulate within the next 24-36 hours. Sperm can live up to five days, so having sex every other day when you start to get a flashing smiley puts you in a great place for sperm catching an egg. There is nothing wrong with trying again in 48 hours (especially if you don't know if you have ovulated) But it sounds like you've had sex in the right window already :)

Baby dust to you all x

Cally1980 · 07/03/2022 23:40

Hello, thought I’d join in. First time ever trying, 41yrs, partner had vasectomy reversal 6 mo ago.
I’ve used a clear blue ovulating test, 2 days ago was flashing, so tried then and also today it was solid smoky face so tried again. Do I we need to again in 48hr? We don’t even know a) if my eggs work/exist or b) if he has any useful sperm post reversal.
This is very new to me (so is this site) but I love reading the comments here. Good luck everyone!

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Gillseybear · 07/03/2022 23:18

@BuchananBaby
You are right there. I have just started a new job at a school and so I am getting used to the routine of being in a classroom and it takes a lot out of me at the moment.
Yeah I know what you mean. I am terrible as I overthink every ache and pain ect. It drives me insane at times. I am hoping we get lucky this month aswell. It's just a waiting game now.

It's so annoying that our bodies decide to be pains when TTC. I just wish it was easy to understand.
Yeah trying to conceive after the MC's makes me even more impatient during the TWW as I want to know so that I can see midwife and get the ball rolling with that stuff

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BuchananBaby · 07/03/2022 20:17

@Gillseybear I totally get it sometimes dtd is the last thing you want to do after work! I'm so impatient I just want to know there and then if it's worked or now.
That's really annoying! They do say when you start ttc your cycles go mad just to wind you up 🙈

It's hard ttc after a mc isn't it? I had a mc in January we weren't trying but got excited then we mc. Decided to 'see what happens' since so of course I've been tracking everything 😂 luckily DP is quite happy to just go with it!
Fingers crossed this is both our month 🤞

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Gillseybear · 07/03/2022 19:00

Hey @BuchananBaby

Thank you so much for your reply. Yeah it's a weird one and we have been trying but we have both been busy with work this past week and so it's made it harder than normal.
I hate the TWW as it drags by and I just want to know what's going on.
Although the past two cycles have been super weird and out of whack. It's super annoying as I have no idea what is going on and I am trying to change doctors at the moment as my current doctors will no longer see me as I am not longer a student and so cannot use the student branch and I am out of the main surgery's catchment area.
This would be my first baby although I have had two Mc's before and my partner does have a 9 year old daughter.

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BuchananBaby · 07/03/2022 18:47

Hello @Gillseybear

I'm using Flo due to ovulate tomorrow too 🥰
This time is so awkward isn't it because it feels like you're wishing time away!

We've dtd pretty much every day since af stopped so hoping this is our month 🤞

Is this your first? We have a DD who is 1 today and second month ttc #2.