Hoping For a BFP in April

I'm joining from March thread, AF started today, well will properly be here in the morning so will class that as day 1z This month will be #2 ttc. Will probably start using the Clearblue Advanced ovulation tests around 4th April, I have 5 strips left from last month will they won't in the machine that gave me a static smile face? Fingers crossed for this month everyone 😁🤞🏼 x

@Hopefulprincess I’ve never experience anything exactly like that, but I have been told by the doctors that if your periods are less than 35 days and regular then you probably are ovulating. So maybe you are and the LH surge is just being missed on the sticks?

Hi All,
I hope you don’t mind me jumping on here. I’ve been following these forums for a while but never had the courage to post 😳 but I think I have all the abbreviations…we’ll see 😊
I’m 33 and was on the pill since 16 so before I even had regular periods. I came off in October to just prepare my body and see what happened. I think I’ve been lucky in that my periods have been around 29-31 days pretty much straight away. Having a little bit of acupuncture to help and the last one was bang on 28 days - 5th March.
We have decided to start trying and dtd this cycle every other day since af left. So now I am day 17.
However over the last couple of weeks I have done ovulation tests every other day and having nothing at all. They were from boots and I’m assuming pretty reliable. Should I be worried? I know it might not have happened yet but with my cycle now so regular I thought it would have. We will keep going every other day for a bit and I guess I’ll test for pregnancy on April 2nd 🤞
Sorry for the long post but I wondered if anyone else has experienced no ovulation on a stick but getting pregnant or just ovulated really late in a cycle but still being around 28/30 days?

Hi all. Thought I would join this thread. TTC number two. I seem to get pregnant easily but struggle to get them to "stick" with my first had two v early MC (chemical pregnancies) before successfully having my son. Now with number two got immediately pregnant and had a mc at 7 weeks. That was only two weeks ago but looks like I may be ovulating (cm) so trying again straight away.

@Willow1982 Hi! Glad you decided to return! It really is mentally consuming, I've literally just started TTC no.2 and had forgotten how stressful it was! I convinced myself I'd be different this time around and take a more relaxed approached but nope! Im just as crazy of not more so this time 🤣🤣 Happy to keep you company on this crazy journey Xxx

Hi ladies I have literally just come from the March thread, hoping it’s ok to join you all here, I used to be active on the TTC threads last year, had a little break as I think we all know TTC can be tough on the mind sometimes!! Feel ready to get back into sharing and reading all the stories here!! I’m currently cycle day 21, my cycles are usually 31days, TTC #1, (cycle number - god knows, a lot!!) I’m 40 years old this year, so need a good group to keep me motivated!! Good luck for all the BFPs this month xx

@Beeyellowmumma yes I would definitely up it if you can especially if tomorrow is your predicted day, test again this afternoon/evening and see if it's any darker! Fingers crossed xx

Thanks @graceybaby, I've just been doing once every other day so far

I would keep testing, looks like it's getting there! .. how many times a day are you testing? I'd up it of only testing once a day to try and catch that surge. Good luck! xxx

Think I have now attached a pic?

I keep trying to post with a pic, apparently unsuccessfully, so sorry if there are lots of posts for same thing for me...

I am trying to work out if I am ovulating or not, first time using OPK and I'm not sure. Got a relatively darkish line, my period tracker app shows tomorrow as a guess. I'll try upload again, but if someone can let me know an opinion of if I am or close or what, I'd be grateful 😅

@Hopefulprincess, that's odd?! What did it look like once it had dried? I cant make it out but is there a hint of a positive? Fingers crossed!! xxx

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@Decaffe I feel this. Our 1 yr old is becoming hard work sometimes 😆

Is there anything worse than having to have sex when you’re both exhausted and can think of nothing less appealing?! 🙈

@MangoLipstick, I think so, I did for the 6months I was trying to conceive my son. I had no symptoms at all when I tested positive, slight nausea a few weeks later but that was it. Sometimes I'd only get to 9DPO that's why Id test plus I was too impatient to try and wait 😂 xxxxx

@Purple29
Thank you, I hope so too🤞🏼
I gave my fingers crossed for you too.
That’s good to hear about you ovulating - It sounds positive to me. Oh gosh the 2WW, doesn’t get any easier does it! 😫

@Graceybaby have you always had a 10 day LP? That’s brilliant that you had a line at 9dpo, what prompted you test at that time, did you have some symptoms? X

@allthingssparkly Yes! I will make sure to check in and see how you’re getting on! 💗

@MangoLipstick At least we can be cycle buddies together 🤞 hopefully this is our month ⭐

@MangoLipstick a short LP will have an effect if it's very short but 10 days is fine. It took me 6 months to conceive my first and it was the month I started taking the vitamin C and B6 that I got a faint BFP on 9DPO, maybe just a coincidence though of course! 😁 xxxx

@Mangolipstick I really hope it works for you. We have done that method again this month and this is the first month since before my loss that I had the nipple sensitivity while breastfeeding again during ov. So I hope this means I've ovulated and that gives me a reasonable chance!!!

@Graceybaby that’s good to know, thank you 😁💞 I’m read things about how a short LP can make it more difficult to conceive, so I automatically started worrying x

@MangoLipstick I conceived my first with a 9-10day LP, tested positive on 9DPO so it's definitely do able! 🙂 Fingers crossed xxxxx

@allthingssparkly that sounds like a good plan of action! I think it’s good to try and take cues from your body, like CM, if you can. I go by EWCM and twinges and aches I get on one side. I usually get them a day or 2 before ov.

Plan of action this cycle is to try a similar approach to ‘the purple method’ advised by @Purple29 👍🏽
so dtd y’day, (will wait 3 days for swimmers to replenish) then dtd every other day. I think this will take some pressure off and keep it fun.

Good luck in your 2WW purple!

Good luck @FreckledMouse
Prepared and ready for action 😆🤣

I’m cd 11 now, last month I ov cd 21 on a 31 day cycle ( my LP was only 10 days so too short really) it used to be 12-14 days. I’ve been taking vit c and b6 to try and lengthen it abit, hope it works.

@Aimee1995, I am in the same boat however only just finished the pill after being on it for a year, currently on the breakthrough bleed stage atm but will begin opks once that passes to see if/when I'm ovulating! This is baby #2 for me, I had forgotten how consuming TTC was!! Fingers crossed we both get to test in April! xxxxx