Preparing to TTC in 2022

Wow, congratulations @HippeePrincess and all of the other ladies on getting their BFP’s, I can’t believe how many are now expecting 🥰

sorry I’ve been so absent, I’ve struggled with time and this thread has moved quite quickly so just fell behind, but determined to stay up to date with it now! How is everyone doing?

@WingingIt09 I’m 7DPO so a day behind you. I caved as well and tested this morning. I feel like I will probably test everyday with cheapies because I don’t have the willpower to wait!

I hope everyone is ok, fingers crossed for some more BFP’s this month xx

@HippeePrincess @DanceWithYourBalloon my girls are a week apart so I feel the pain 😂

@HippeePrincess congrats! Despite my best efforts my two boys birthdays are two weeks apart and if this one arrives when it's meant to, it will be 3 birthdays in three weeks! 😂

Congratulations @HippeePrincess! No mistaking that line on the FRER. Definitely avoiding those other ones though, that’s mad!

@WingingIt09 the urge to poas is just too much! I was so determined to wait until my period was due this month to test but I must have tested around 10 times before that 😂

@Summerbreeze111 I know keep trying to remind myself the odds are still in my favour it really keeps me going even!

Oh it's so easy to symptom spot isn't it and the hard thing being is PMS starting can be so easily confused with early pregnancy symptoms.

Have you used flow as a way to prevent pregnancy prior to this ? I'm using Premom and Natural Cycles and have been loving both but this month my Natural cycles seems a little all over the place as it confirmed my Ovulation as CD17 and then suddenly today changed to CD 19 and Premom is saying CD18 so I'm going with that as it's in the middle 😂

Wow congrats, lovely news. How are you feeling, do you have any early symptoms yet? Sounds like you have a lot to look forward to with the new house too 😊😊

Thank you for your lovely message, I'm sorry to hear its taking longer for you than you would like, I had a Google looking at data for the chances of conception each cycle, results differed depending on what article you looked at, but it sat at roughly 18% if perfectly timed during ovulation per cycle. It shot all the way up to around 95% successful conception at the 12 month mark. Keep going, the odds are definately in your favour! I will keep all my fingers crossed.

Also really helpful with you saying about the first week too, I'm still in the first week of the tww and keep reminding myself of what you said! I felt really tired yesterday and naturally my first thought was.. could this be?? But no. Course it isn't, it's way too early - yesterday was 3dpo 🤣 I had an early night and feel completely normal today, so I was just tired. 😑

I've used flo for about 5 years but I've just downloaded premom and I have been uploading my opk results. Still getting used to it as it's all still very new to me ! Are you using opks and apps?

@dearhummingbirds I think I’m going to have to be very organised with saving and shopping I’ll have 5 late Jan early feb birthdays to buy for now 😅.

DD will be 8 and DS will be 11, anyone else got larger age gaps?

@LucyLoopyLu no we were waiting for my house to sell and for us to find a place to buy hoped to be a bit further down the line with moving, spacing the birthdays was the added bonus. At least DP passed his driving test!

@Dreamingof3 think I’m going to keep testing with the wondfo to see if I ever get a proper line.

Thanks for the congrats all, actually pretty shocked this happened first cycle off contraception at almost 35!

Congratulations @HippeePrincess that's one hell of a line! I can't believe the others though...definitely won't be using wand fo 😂😂

Still waiting to ovulate 😒

@HippeePrincess congratulations 💖

@Hippeeprincss congratulations! What was the reason you were delaying? Was it about the birthdays?

That's a really clear line though 😄 very exciting.
Such an overachiever skipping straight from not trying to pregnant 🤣

Congratulations @HippeePrincess ! 🎉 It’s almost June now anyway!
At least you can do a big birthday present shopping search at the same time? 🥲 How old is your DD?

@HippeePrincess thanks and congratulations to you as well! That's a great line 🥰

So I AF should have been here according to the apps ovulation etc. not even any spotting. Had a few days of waves of nausea so did a few wondfo’s and nothing conclusive.

Have attached this mornings FRER… and the useless wondfo

Looks like I need to skip straight to the pregnant list please @WingingIt09 🙈, just slightly ahead of schedule. Only panicking a small amount! Due date approx 6/2/23 which funnily enough I think was my dd’s due date. So much for timing it so they don’t both have similar birthdays!

@WingingIt09 oh the urge to POAS around 8dpo is real isn't it. Sometimes I use an OPK just to get rid of the urge.

I'm either 2/3 or 4 DPO one of my apps changed my ovulation day by 2 days this morning for some reason and the other has stayed the same right in between those days so I'm going with that I'm 3dpo as it's right in the middle. Got a busy week ahead to keep me busy which is good

Ah a few more newbies, welcome and good luck it seems to be a bit of a lucky thread from what I can tell!

Congratulations @Dreamingof3 , also congratulations to the BFP's @Nyxxie @Cherrymarket and no doubt the others I have missed from skimming the pages of the thread I was trying to catch up on.

Thanks so much guys, I already feel better having spoken out on here now. In my year of trying I've been a lurker on these boards hoping to find people in similar circumstances.
Currently CD16 3DPO.. I'll keep you all updated xx

@tryingtryinggone ah sorry to hear they were evaps after all!

@SylvieArth sorry to hear you've been struggling with your journey - these boards are so supportive it's lovely!

Thanks everyone for sharing which apps you're using - I might try a few of those.

Definitely agree on the time going slowly - though we're waiting until September to try, so it's a different sort of wait for us.

@tryingtryinggone I'm sorry - fingers crossed for you next cycle.

@SylvieArth Welcome! I've not long joined, but everyone's been so lovely and helpful with advice. I'm sorry to hear you're struggling, hopefully talking to people in a similar boat can be helpful for you.

@LucyLoopyLu @Dreamingof3 thank you so much for the support. This is the first time I've posted on these boards but I've been reading every thread possible for the last year searching for positive stories each month or for people that are going through the same. I'm really grateful that you've welcomed me! Sending the biggest love and luck to you xx