10th Month TTC..anyone else in a similar boat?

Yes definitely. I was a stone or so lighter when I was pregnant so I’m hoping a wee bit off will help this time around and I’m trying to get more active. Can only be a good thing surely. Here’s hoping x

@Watsochick oh thankyou, yes I hope so! Maybe having finally moved, it'll allow me to relax and then I'll conceive??
Exercise definitely sounds like a good plan. When I did conceive my daughter, that was the month my husband had joined the gym and I had joined a studio with unlimited classes. I was doing bodypump and all sorts. Maybe something in that as well? xx

@tingalayo hey aww happy new house!! New house and new babies hopefully !!
im approaching my fertile time aswell according to my app.
all the best and maybe with your new surroundings and more enjoyment of DTD in your bed it will all be positive and worth it in the end :)
iv started calorie counting and out walking/jogging more to shift a bit of weight, I’m heavier now than I was when I had my first wee one so I’m thinking I’m too fat to get preg the now hahaha !!

Hi, how's everyone doing now? I moved house last Weds which is the day AF came too, had a lot of distraction luckily and my new house is lovely so I was feeling okay. My fertile time is starting in a couple days now though and I'm feeling a bit dispirited, like it's cycle 12 now, what's even the point? It's not going to work is it. One thing that will be nice is now having moved our daughter is finally out of our bedroom and we can have bed sex instead of sofa sex 😂 we were both so utterly sick of the sofa!

Hey thanks @Watsochick yeah our bodies can be so cruel I never had any pain like I get only normal af. So not sure what is happening this month.

Hey @Xtina1986 This has only ever happened to me once and it was like 2 cycles ago!! It was very cruel as AF did show up after about 2/3 days which was rubbish I was very hopeful and thought it had actually happened, I’m sure the same time I got an evap or a faulty positive and AF was a day or so late for me so was all positive signs and then AF proper flow did start eventually, was just really odd as I usually get few streaks then the flow. But I will say it wasn’t all brown there was some pink aswell therefore maybe a bit different for you and it’s some days leading up to BFP !! I hope it is x x
Im CD8 so start of all the nonsense again 😂 although I’m not proper tracking this month I’ll just DTD every other day see what happens.

Hey so I stated spotting brown on Monday nothing went onto at pad at all just when I wiped was a bit stringy aswell brown spotting continued into yesterday again nothing on pad just when I wiped. Have been so drained fell asleep yesterday for two hours in the afternoon very unlike me. Spotting has now completed stopped I checked cervix yesterday it was high up and closed so feeling very confused not my typical af at all. No sign of red blood for those days and no flow either. Wasn't due af till Friday so not sure what is happening has this ever happened anyone? Haven't got a test in the house but will get one today so afraid to even take it as its the disappointment of it all.

Hey @tingalayo I'm way over the year mark for trying 2 months were out due to covid. I've been seeking fertility accuapture for two months now as an alternative I promised myself I would only do 3 and then I would go to the doctor so last month for me. Started spotting yesterday however its weird I've woke up nothing on pad again last night it was stringy brown discharge (sorry tmi ) but not alot of it nothing on pad only when I wiped and nothing in the toilet. I know it's so hard and so disappointing sorry to hear your spotting also hopefully we get a bfp next month.

@Xtina1986 I started spotting today too and it's exactly on time, I must be out this month 😥 This was 11th cycle trying for me, what was it for you? X
I'm so devastated. 11 feels important because now there's only 1 more try before we're off the doctor's. I thought it would be alright this time TTC because I got pregnant naturally with my daughter and I don't think I ever thought I would get to one year trying for the second.

Hey All!
hope you are all well and fingers crossed those who are still in with a chance this month!!!
Iv decided to just be chill this cycle see what happens, i can’t be bothered with the constant testing - plus I have my wee girls birthday in August so plenty to keep me busy (imagine a wee sibling surprise for her tho telling her one’s cooking away) cute!

Bug hugs and good luck x

So stared spotting today wore a pad all day nothing on it just when I go to to the toilet and wipe but it a pretty minimal pretty sure this is af arriving early as I'm on day 24 today period wasn't due until friday going by my regularly 28 day cycle have sore boobs which is prob not uncommon for and off work this week so going to keep busy with sorting the house out and hope next month will be better. Just ordered the clear blue ovulation sticks and have decided I will temp this month.

@tingalayo ah I am glad I have managed to help you!! I have to say when reading the doses of what you need in some of the key supplements, I checked the pregnacare ones I have as they are the same as yours & I increased both of us on CoQ10, vitamin D, C & E. Maca root for him & also added extra folate for us both. I love that! "Isn't it pretty too think so" that's fab!! I genuinely don't allow myself to go there. I have sore boobs now which means AF is coming! I don't mind onwards and upwards! Hopefully you don't start spotting and it's your month!!

@Angie2018 thank you so much for that long message. I had heard of the starts with the egg book but haven't had time for reading so it's good to know some of the main points. Very interesting. I was trying to research vitamins a couple months ago and found it overwhelming so just started taking his and hers Pregnacare and Wellman Conception and omega 3. They contain Q10 already but I don't know if it's enough or of they just have a tiny bit in there so they can say it's in there, if you know what I mean 😕
@IslaO try not to be too hard on yourself for letting yourself believe, I go through it every month and while it feels crushing afterwards, it feels so nice doesn't it just to feel like you're pregnant for a couple of days. I call it the "isn't it pretty to think so" time.
I'm 10dpo, sore boobs not much else. I ALWAYS start spotting on or by 11dpo so I'm prepared that tomorrow will be my difficult day depending on how distracted I am by moving. We have the removals coming early to pack and then moving Wednesday. I'm sorting out a holdall containing both period stuff AND a pregnancy test!

@IslaO fingers crossed for next cycle!! AF almost away for me!!
I had covid in June so that’s probably why my body’s Broke this cycle 🤣 after reading the comments about covid !!
x

Hey girls!

@Angie2018 I think I need to have a read of these books! They sound like they would be so interesting!

@IslaO so sorry you're having a hard day, it doesn't ever seem to get any easier but one lucky thing is having all of us on here to vent, rant and support eachother going through the same thing and knowing exactly how you feel! ❤️

@SFrancis1 I also didn't realise there was seperate folate different to folic acid...I swear all I seem to do is buy different vitamins or stuff to help with conceiving on amazon 😂 what you said about it being worth the wait when you hold your bundle and realise that's why it took so long makes it seem that bit easier why it's taking so long!

I have also had a bit of a crappy afternoon, I was at my OH family BBQ and his cousins girlfriend announced she was pregnant with her 2nd......my heart honestly broke a little right there 😪 about 5 minutes later another woman I don't know walked it also pregnant.....like really, for fuck sake....I just broke down in tears to my OH as soon as we got in the car... x

I am having a B12 injection soon, after this cycle if not pregnant. Also evening primrose oil is what helps EWCM. I normally get enough but I thought even more must help !!

@SFrancis1 haha I know! I've read up on them all and know they are good so just take them! Yes folate is better than folic acid I got mine from Amazon. Defo research but it's also in the "it starts with the egg" book!!

I forgot the 6 on Vitamin B6 😂

@Angie2018 I didn't realise there were folate supplements aside from Folic Acid......of I go again to research 😂

I started Evening Primerose Oil this cycle and I had a small amount of EWCM, which I have only had once before. Not sure if it was a coincidence or not. I also take Zinc, vitamin C, iron and a combined magnesium and vitamin B. I take Vitamin D during the Autumn and Winter. To be honest, I can't remember the reasons behind individual supplements, I have googled that much in the past 10 months it is all a blur.

@SFrancis1 yes that is amazing! We also take folate (better form than folic acid as your body can absorb it unlike folic acid), Vitamin D, C & CoQ10. And then I take evening primrose oil up until ovulation and then my other half takes Maca Root. We both take the pregnacare conception multivitamins for him and her. We have made sure we are both over the upper intake levels too.

I have just spent my break from gardening reading up about CoQ10. I need to order some!

What supplements do you and your OH take? If any.

It will @IslaO !!!! We will get there ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@SFrancis1 yeah it's a shitty virus isn't it! And yeah it really does take so long to return.... so to be honest, if he had it before you started TTC and again during, that's likely why you haven't been lucky yet. You need 3 months to have passed and then do all the right things for another 4 months and hopefully during that time you will get a BFP! That's how I am seeing it. X

That really resonated with me so thank you!! You are right! When we are holding our babies we will be grateful for the wait x