TTC chat thread 4

@Jacko10 congratulations!! That's such good news! 🥳

@Ncl31 I'm sorry that must be so rubbish. Hope you're feeling okay though. How long are your cycles usually? (Sorry if you've already said, I lose track).

I'm 8dpo today. Work is keeping me busy so I tend not to even think about it at the moment! But it's helping me to get through the tww. I just keep tasting a metallic taste but I tend to get that randomly anyway, just seems a bit stronger today. Nothing else to report 😊 AF due Tuesday (ish).

@monsteramunch still no sign of AF.
had a girly day out with my mum today, retail
therapy at the designer outlets. Bought lots for my darling OH.
im feeling very emotional today too, hoping AF comes soon so I can track again.

@monsteramunch it was amazing! And such a shock because I had honestly convinced myself I wouldn’t be lucky enough to have children (for no reason apart from anxiety!).

yeah I know what you mean with not being able to DTD on the right days, I tried to get my partner to do it at 6:40am the other day and he was so not up for it 😂

yes it’s so emotionally draining! And if you do it before AF is due and get negatives, you’ll tell yourself that maybe it’s too early to tell, so you end up in an anxious cycle! I’m definitely going to wait, and try and tell myself to expect AF to arrive

@Eka94

Oh wow that must have been amazing it happening right away!

Nearly a year here but I would say only 6 months or so of those really tracking ovulation and some of the times logistically (work, ugh) it hasn't been possible to DTD all of the ideal days in each window.

Keep saying on here, if I knew it would definitely happen eventually then I wouldn't really mind when, it's just the not knowing and the panic it might not happen that is so stressful. Our timings were spot on this month so got everything crossed!

All the early BFPs on here are going to make it harder to wait till AF is due to test but I am going to try to hold off as it's so draining emotionally

@monsteramunch oh yeah totally, I’m already getting excited and I’ve only just had ovulation 😂 hard not to get my hopes up because I got pregnant straight away with my first so my expectations are high 😬
how long have you been trying for?

Thank you so much @Eka94 it's so hard not to get excited isn't it! It would be THE best thing ever. Thanks for the luck

@monsteramunch I take it as the day after my smiley face, as the LH surge is just before the egg is released and then as it is released it decreases again. I don’t want to get your hopes up, but with my first baby my first sign of pregnancy was period type pains and that was a few days before my period was due. Got my fingers crossed for you!

I just got my BFP 🥰🥰 I'm sooo happy! Hoping it progresses all okay🤞🤞I felt cramps on one side on Saturday and got my BFP on Tuesday if that helps, due on Friday! X

How are you getting on @Ncl31? Hope you're ok.

Fingers crossed for lots of BFPs this month

Question (to stop me incessantly googling / my brain melting)... I use digital clearblue ovulation kit which I find really useful.

Do you think I should take my ovulation date as the first static smiley, or is ovulation usually the day after that?

Static smiley was CD15 and today is CD24.

Had stabbing on lower left abdomen this morning and now have what feels exactly like early period pains but I'm not due for another 5 days or so.

Really hoping I'm not out for the month but also don't want to test before AF is due as it upsets me every month seeing a BFN,

Cycle ranges from 30-34 days usually.

Been a little quiet on here.
im currently CD38. BFNs and just had EWCM…
really confused as what’s going on.

@Kittenmum89 I took the seven seas trying for a baby ones 😊 best get straight on them if your implant removal is coming up as they recommend folic acid 3 months prior to TTC (although obviously many people get pregnant without that so don't panic that you're too late!!)

@Eka94 aw birthday baby 😂
When I was TTC my first I was ovulating around CD14, now it seems to fluctuate, it was CD18 for a few cycles, then this cycle is CD15 so who knows 😂

Me too re Flo! I was 3-4 days out. I am really shocked at how poor my understanding of reproductive health was, it made me realise how lacking it is in schools.

@MamaSJ15 i’m on CD17 today. Now that I know roughly when I ovulate, I figured out my 2yo son was conceived on my partners birthday 😂 I had always thought I conceived him earlier that week because of the flo app!

@Eka94 yay! Great news, I had a similar thing a few months ago when I found we were trying at the wrong time too! What cycle day are you?

It’s finally happening!! Got a smiley face on clear blue and a positive test strip! I feel much better now. Flo predicted Tuesday and it’s now Sunday night. I feel better that I didn’t get pregnant last month now as I was trying at the wrong time!

@Kittenmum89 hello 😊 I can't necessarily recommend the best vitamins to take, but I can tell you what I take, which is seven seas trying for a baby 😊 good luck, its a very exciting time!

Hi everyone.
Have lurked on this thread for a while now. Will be having my nexoplanon implant removed in a few weeks and I am so excited to start my TTC journey ! I am looking for some advice on the best folic acids and vitamins to take when we do start TTC?

@Eka94 they can fluctuate a bit too if that's what you're worried about. I've been ovulating around CD18 recently, this cycle was a bit earlier so it's not abnormal to not have ovulated yet x

@Eka94 yeah definitely not positive yet. I'll show you mine for comparison. Give it a few more days but keep testing twice a day, it could happen quickly.

@Eka94

I can't see any positives there my love, maybe you ovulate a little later in the cycle than that?

Hello me again! I just wanted to know what you guys thought about my test yesterday (CD14) this looks like a spike to me, but it still says low, and clearblue was negative. What are your thoughts?

@monsteramunch i came off the pill in July so have had 2 cycles so far and I’m in my 3rd now. My cycles have been 26 and 24 days so far

@eka I get the ovulation pain usually the day before a positive test so hopefully yours won't be too long 😊

@Eka94

It's so frustrating isn't it!

Do you have a short cycle usually?