Preparing to TTC in 2023

We have a holiday in Italy booked in July. I am slightly nervous about being in the first trimester as that wiped me out last time. I was fine otherwise right up to the end and could have done a walking city break up do my due date.

Congratulations @becomingfall !!!! Happy for you!
And hope it goes well @Mummymidwife33

I'm close to end of 2WW now. And really hoping for BFP, keep getting loads of Tik Toks coming up saying I'm pregnant with a baby girl, not that I believe it the videos I just hoping it could be strange coincidence!!

Ive been a bit rubbish at logging on so going to introduce myself again!!
Im TTC no.2, cycle 3 and CD 13 getting loads of EWCM so very much DTD whenever we can this week (harder than it sounds with a 2 year old!)

@happyfeet5 when you come off the pill it can take a while for your cycles to settle down and there is no guarantee they will be the same as they were before either so I would pay more attention to the EWCM than the app until you have a few months of data. Mine took 4 months to actually get into a pattern and they were longer after the pill than they were before. You will probably still ovulate while they settle down but it likely wont be the same day every month for a while.

We have booked a holiday in June which will be safe enough if I fall now onwards, I would say that if you are 6 or more months pregnant you wont want to be walking around a city but would welcome a beach break, and definitely get a holiday in with your OH before baby if its your first, you wont get to be alone like that again for a looong time!! Also you dont know how long TTC will take so having things to look forward to is always a good idea :)

Congratulations! @becomingfall

Thanks @CRbear and @Mushroo I still have it today, confusing. I know the app is just a guide but expected it to be somewhat right given my cycles are usually 28 days. Oh well. I guess EWCM is a good sign, whatever happens?

Is anyone planning holidays for this year? I know @Mushroo you were thinking about it. I’d love to do a couple of mini breaks somewhere in Europe, but don’t know if it’s very silly to be planning this when factoring in TTC. Could be in 1st or 2nd trimester or still waiting for a BFP. I know I will be such a worry-Wendy. Can you walk around cities when pregnant? I know you can but maybe it wouldn’t be enjoyable if you have a lot of symptoms, so perhaps it’s better to hold off planning.

@becomingfall congratulations!! Lovely seeing the BFPs come in

Hi am I too late to join?

TTC for 7th cycle now after a surprise pregnancy (and miscarriage at 9 weeks 😔) last year made me realise how much I want to get pregnant (even though my morning sickness was awful!) I thought it would be super easy as the first time was a fluke and getting a bit disheartened by all the BFNs 😞 but keeping fingers crossed for everyone this year!

Where is he having it mummy? No need to respond if you don’t want to say! I hope his recovery is quick and easy, that is the bit I am worried about with DH.

Good luck mummy! I didn’t know you were another vasectomy reversal TTCer!

@becomingfall congrats! Amazing news

Today is the day!
DH has his vasectomy reversal this afternoon. Please keep everything crossed for a successful reversal for us!

Hey, congrats to those already successful. I'm going to be ttc in 2023.

Age: 37
TTC no: 2
Starting: June 23
(My first is a summer baby so hoping for a spring baby this time though don't know if we'll be as lucky as last time which was just 2 cycles for success)

Thank you so much!!
definitely thrilled but also terrified, I have one FRER so I’m going to use that when I wake up this afternoon as technically that will be my FMU.

im 12dpo today :) x

@becomingfall omg congrats! There’s no mistaking that!

How many days DPO are you?

You must be thrilled :)

Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing ok on this crazy rollercoaster journey!

we’ve been ttc since late august, had a chemical pregnancy in September and nothing since. Got some blood results back from the GP this week that suggest I have PCOS so I’ve been stressing about that!!

just got home from work and done this test on a whim, fully expecting BFN……omg I am literally in shock!!!! Chucked my pee straight away as well or I’d do another 50 😂
haven’t even told my partner yet, he’s on nights as well and I feel bad waking him up 😂

I had absolutely no change to cm when ovulating after getting the coil out so I used a clearblue OPK and got my BFP cycle 1 😊

Agree with @CRbear - EWCM is normally in the run up to ovulation so I’d say it could have been today or might happen tomorrow.

At the moment, the app is just guessing based on an average woman, so don’t go by that.

I’ve found having been off the pill for around 18 months, I tend to just know roughly when I ovulate, based on a mix of how I’m feeling, EWCM and my heart rate on my Fitbit.

I have longish cycles so I normally ovulate around day 19.

EWCM usually in the run up to ovulation @happyfeet5 but can be a bit random. Unfortunately without temping there’s no way to guarantee you ovulated.

So, in a bid to better understand my fertility and cycles, I hope someone more knowledgable than me can advise on these ovulation signs

I don’t know when I’ve ovulated, basically, as I’ve just come off the pill. I had my withdrawal bleed on Dec 27th, so this is day 15. I believe my cycles should be 28/29 days, as this is what they were the last time I had a break from the pill.
I have an app to track my cycles and it was predicting ovulation for yesterday obviously as that’s day 14. I am just not sure how I’d know if I did ovulate?
On Day 12 I had a sharp pain for maybe 10 seconds at the left hand side, no discharge or other symptoms so might’ve been unrelated. Yesterday on day 14 I had pink spotting and a headache all day, then in the evening a little bit of EWCM. Today (15) I’ve had more EWCM. Sorry for TMI but it hasn’t been there all day, only this evening

So my questions are:
Based on this could anyone have a guess at when I might have ovulated? Does it sound like it was yesterday? Can EWCM be present after ovulation or is it only the same day?

Not trying this month just trying to get to grips with it all!

Hi @JRabbitx 😊 it’s a hospital one my boss gave me. I work directly with covid and flu positive patients so kinda had to tell my
boss there’s a possibility I’m preg x

@Newchapter23 £156.66 per week. It's a pittance

@Newchapter23 just under £150 a week I think. Not very much!

Hi all. I was wondering what statutory maternity pay is? Does anyone know? Thanks 🙂

Can I ask where you got this test from? I’ve never seen one like it! X

I can definitely see a line on that one too!

Today I'm in a big old grump - I'd talked myself into thinking my one day wonder at the start of the month was my first AF after my coil came out (light, but I always had been pre-coil so hardly a surprise). Maybe it was, but it's back again today which has made me dead sad about my optimism that I had the beginnings of a sort of regular cycle post-coil :(

Hi girls hope you’re all doing well! at work this morning fmu still v faint. Got gp for something else today going to ask them to do bloods x