Hoping for BFP in May

ive heard lots prefer cheapies! I’m sure you’ll be fine @BellaTheDarkOverlord

@Peonies94 thanks! I'll try some cheapies and see how they work. I do like clear blue tests so maybe progress to them if cheapies don't work well.

It can be within an hour so don't worry about specific minutes etc! The main thing is having solid sleep x

@kizzy97 are you in the TWW? If so, when did you ovulate?

@BellaTheDarkOverlord i use the clear blue digital as I personally find them less stressful than the IC but they are much more expensive! I buy the 20 boxes! I do sometimes use the one step cheap ones too though! I also recently started temping though after ttc for a year! So I’ve been temping 3 months now!

@MangoLipstick thanks xx I'll have a look at those then. Hope it goes ok for you. No one knows we're TTC either and we won't be telling until past 12 weeks so know how it feels 😊

@BellaTheDarkOverlord I use the easy@home ones ( I buy them from Amazon ) then use their Premom app to log results. It’s pretty easy and fuss free. I say this as someone who doesn’t really like using opks! 🥴

Hi everyone, I’ve be awol from this thread for a while!

I’m back to using opks again this month, cd 14 today (cycle 4 since mmc in Jan) and got a peak reading this afternoon! 👍🏽

We have dtd every other day for the past week including today, hoping to tomorrow too (as believe that will be ov day) but have family visiting so not sure if it will happen. Hopefully we have done enough!

My cycles seem to have settled and are going back to a regular 27/28 days (the same as they were before I had dd)
I’m hoping that’s a good sign, as for the last year, they have been abit all over the place.

Sorry for the essay - no one knows we are ttc, I don’t really talk about it with anyone so it’s good to offload on here sometimes 🫣

good luck everyone 💚

@LemonZestDribbles @MissBlue93 as soon as I wake up yes but didn't realise it had to be the same time every day 😫todays was at 7.10ish whereas weekdays are 6.30 when my alarm goes off. Better luck next month I guess 🙈 thanks for the tips!

Can anyone recommend any ovulation kits please? I've never tested my ovulation so no clue and it'd be nice to know when the best fertility window is 😀

Trying not to look into any symptoms this month, just going to try and relax and just test on af due date 😅 I say this every month though! 😂

Sorry to everyone having a tough time!! Hope others are doing okay! I’m officially in the two week wait! Anyone else? Good luck everyone!

Luckily I feel ok now but I think it threw my cycle out of whack! Will probably take my first test on 22nd as that's when AF was due, which would be 8DPO but only going to use easy@home strips, no FRER until I think i actually might be seeing something because I had indents with them last month and it was horrible!

@Cherrymarket I'm just on edge now that my period is starting anyway almost wish I hadn't tested🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ need to wait it out until tomorrow and hope I don't start properly bleeding

@mummyofrb id say that was positive. It’s not possible to get a coloured line if there’s no hcg present!

@MissBlue93 hope you feel better soon, blummin covid! Good news on the ovulation though.

I am 5dpo today. I’ve had a few symptoms like last pregnancy but I am not reading into it and I am not going to test at 9dpo like last time. (I tell myself it’s more plastic into landfill in an attempt to not test 😂)

@Hopefulprincess @LemonZestDribbles ahh thanks guys I also have some pink cm though which usually means af is on her way so not feeling confident at all! It was a cheap brand so maybe unreliable

Yes I hope so, long as that temp keeps increasing then it's all good signs for ov but of course none of it is guaranteed! Day 8 of testing positive for covid too 😷

You need to take your temp same time every day and make sure you've had a solid 3 hours sleep minimum otherwise it can be off. I have an alarm set for 6:40 every day even on my days off! The second I wake I do my temp orally before I go for a wee or anything. If I've woken up say 5am for a wee, I'll do temp then because if I go back to sleep I've only had 1.5 hours sleep so the temp won't be accurate. It should drop before ovulation and then rise after and keep creeping up, remaining above the previous 6 temperatures before ov! Hope that helps, I'm still learning myself and seem to have ovulated really late this cycle x

@mummyofrb looks like a line to me as has colour 🤞🤞🤞🤞

@Hopefulprincess I'm so sorry and that's so rubbish for next fw too :(

@TeddyBeans have you been temping from the moment you wake up?

@MissBlue93 time to relax now!

Think I’m out this month 😩😢 negative this am. He’s away next month entire fertile period too I think 🤔 now I’m in a foul mood 🙈

Pretty decent line too! Try a cb or frer though 🤞🙏🏻

@mummyofrb ita got colour it’s not an indent xx

Guys af is due today, does this look like indent or vvfl???

@LemonZestDribbles it's sounding very hopeful for you!

Congratulations for any more BFPs (I'm not sure if I missed any)

Apparently I hit my peak yesterday but my numbers are all over the place and the 'peak' line doesn't look particularly stronger than the others. I've had a lot of EWCM over the last couple of days which is something that's been incredibly lacking over the last few cycles. I've also had left side twinges so pretty confident I'm ovulating from the left side this time.

My bbt seems to be all over the place as well. I've never done temping before so no idea what's normal. Any advice?

I finally got my temp rise so looks like I did ovulate yesterday, providing it keeps rising! So today is hopefully 1DPO however AF meant to be due 22nd so will wait and see what happens, don't want to start wasting tests like last month!

Morning! CD10 positive OPK on CB digital but not yet on a strip test, I’m glad I do both now!