TTC a first

@UserL95 I hope you’re doing okay xx

I’m now 12DPO and had some slight light pink discharge. Been testing every morning getting bfn. Thinking this may be AF showing up now. Don’t know how much longer I can cope with these high emotions and disappointment.

@UserL95 I hope you’re okay! Try not let anything at 6DPO get you down!

I’ve read how even at 10dpo on your morning wee a test would only be 65% accurate (depending on brand) and how 11-14dpo is most accurate. A friend who’s a midwife once pointed out at 10dpo you’re only 3 weeks 3 days so it’s still very very early so remember you’re not out yet!

it’s really difficult isn’t it, so easy to just want to POAS so you know as soon as it happens and if it’s happened! I’m not on my TWW but I was just like this last month and it’s stressful! For me it’s the lack of control during TWW!

I hope you’re looking after yourself and try not let it overcome you too much!

I started testing from 6DPO (currently at 8DPO) stupid I know but I couldn’t help myself. Obviously all negative. Also trying not to lose hope. Also not that easy to do so. Just wish this wasn’t such a stressful process.

Anyone else on this thread in their TTW?

I’ve been looking up so much random stuff. Does RHR mean anything? When does blastocyte usually implant? What’s earliest day for BFP on internet cheapies? How to overcome POAS syndrome?

I think I’m going crazy!!! Lol

@Thatskindafun yes if someone had a glass ball and said “you’ll get pregnant in x month” I’d be so chilled until then 🤣

I’m just trying to bbt this month to try capture my ovulation confirmation vs LH as I think it might show how long between my surge in LH and when I’m ovulating! I could be wrong in how it works but we’ve hit ovulation with dtd for days before and during for the last few months so wanted to triple check timings! I’ve not been LH testing for months but going to do it again this month as my cycles have stabilised to 29/30 days whereas before they were 26-29 so I want to check it is around CD16 and it’s that my LP has just lengthened!

@Thatskindafun you worded that perfectly. It's quite daunting thinking there's no guarentee and then only starting to try and forgive out other options years down the line if necessary. Hopefully won't be needed but it's certainly not a great feeling.

@Bananatoast123 I might have to start trying to think of it without the Covid months in cause you're right, it does sound better!!

@Beth290fox fingers crossed for you! I’m trying to bbt each morning but I keep forgetting!

@Emmalou0607 this happened to us! We both got covid two cycles and that was us out! Although on cycle 9 and I forget this and it makes it sound better that we are actually cycle 7!

@Thatskindafun @UserL95 you also hear where people try for a year and are missing their fertile period! I’m too impatient and a control freak to just be chilled for a year!

Oh gosh I’m the same during a TWW! I really hope this is the one for you!!

@Thatskindafun totally understand you saying about the guarantee within 1-2 years.

Im 6dpo and symptom spotting like craaaazy. Feel emotional, more anxious, breaking out, wanting to eat the entire worrrrld. But I’m worried I’m just symptom spotting because I so badly want to believe I’ll get a BFP.

Hey! Late to join this three but TTC #1 and already panicking what is somethings wrong. Just starting our 4th cycle trying (first cycle missed ovulation due to DH having Covid and cycle 3 I had Covid over ovulation time although we still tried.) in reality I know I’m probably being silly and impatient but it’s the unknowns

@Bananatoast123 the app confirmed my ovulation much later than I expected so I think it's unlikely this month. Still a small chance though I've just got to wait for AF to arrive or not. Another week to go.. fingers crossed for us all! X

@Staciejade54 no I did mean @Beth290fox - I saw no-one had responded!

@Staciejade54 how are you getting on anyway?? I’m CD5 and trying to focus this month a bit more!

@Bananatoast123 I’m not sure if you meant to tag me instead? But I did keep tracking my temperature then a few days later my period started unfortunately, more weirdly my temperature rose slightly higher once it came too

@Beth290fox How are you getting on? Was the temperature rise a sign of a BFP? I was reading into bbt and I think the slight dip before AF and then rise can indicate implantation! I’ve started bbt this month after 9 not doing it - find it difficult to remember every morning so don’t know how you do it!

@UserL95 @Bananatoast123 @buttercupbee thank you, I will keep testing. I only finished af on Sunday, so sounds a little too soon to have peaked? But again I'm so new to tracking I'm still trying to figure out what's normal for me. I have had a stressful week at work so that probably doesnt help. I'll keep testing and see what happens. Thanks again 😊

@ScarletDreams this happened to me this month, I had a reading of 0.7 then it dropped right back down. I kept testing and 4 days later I got a peak of 1.31. So like others have said I would keep testing just in case!

@UserL95 ahhh good to know thanks! I might try everything separately for 3 months and see how I feel! Yeah I’ve been reading here Mumsinthewood … although hard to know whether it’s right but it’s similar stuff to what I’ve seen before! Seen a bit on robitussian which sounds like the cough syrup stuff!

@ScarletDreams I’d keep testing for a few days incase your peak comes back! If your body fails to ovulate it’ll try again and you’ll get a LH surge! It can fail for any reason like you had a stressful day or got a cold etc! But if it doesn’t it means you’ve most likely
ovulated! I think you ovulate 24-48 hours later so just because your lower you’re still in your fertile period!

I’ve got a peak above 1 a few times but I think it’s just down to the timing of testing! Once you get an increase make sure you test like every 3-4 hours as some people peak quickly and come down again! You can peak over a few hours or days, everyone’s very different.

if you’re fresh off contraception too you may find next month you have different results too!

I’m like @UserL95 I don’t test anymore as did it for a few months and I now know my body as to when it’s happening! And I didn’t like to “force” dtd because I knew it was ovulation day! Now I try to dtd at least every other day around that time and for a bit after!!

You’re doing great though! You’ve got this!

@Bananatoast123 we still have Mens and womens conceive plus tablets left over so will continue to take them until they finish but are taking individuals alongside it as it’s only really the folate that is enough in the womens ones. Then once’s the conceive plus finish will continue taking all of the individuals with the addition of a 400mg folate supplement too! Not sure on taking more, I haven’t read into that. Share your knowledge haha !!

@ScarletDreams i just use amazon cheapies if I’m honest with you!! I use the Premom app to get the numbers but my peak is never over the 1 number either - not sure if this is good or bad as never had a pregnancy. I do know that the peak (lh surge) will grow steadily and then come back down so I wouldn’t worry too much about that. I don’t always test anymore as my cycle is pretty regular. Don’t worry too much!!

pic for reference - the strength of the line is more important than the number:

One cycle I tested from cd9 and surged on cd16
On the other cycle I tested from cd13 and surged cd16
You just want the first line to be darker than the second x

So this is my first month ttc and I've started tracking with the easy@home tests and premom but my chart seems to be all over the place. Yesterday it looked to be in the way up getting a reading of 0.7 but today it's crashed all the way back to 0.17.
Do any of you track with these too? I don't know if this is normal or not . I'll try to attach a photo to show you.

@UserL95 I know right! He mentioned it again last night 🥰

for your vitamins - have you stopped the conception vitamins now and gone straight to taking them separately? I might switch mine to the pregnacare and then top up with some others but also thinking of taking them all individually but seems a lot! I’m also reading how more than 400mg of folate acid can help?

@Thatskindafun i had heard this too! But I think the consensus is that fertility friendly lube is still better than any other types of lube/make-shift lube. And much better than spit! Haha sorry if tmi

@Bananatoast123 so exciting!! I’m sure a proposal would definitely help distracting you from TTC for a while!

@UserL95 @Thatskindafun interesting! I’ve never thought to try it yet as my EWCM has never been an issue!

my OH keeps talking about getting married and I think he’s thinking of proposing in the next 6 months… I keep thinking as soon as he does we’ll get our BFP just as I start planning a wedding, and it’ll stall that!! Almost like a nice distraction to ttc!