Preparing to TTC in 2023

@LeopardLover I’m keeping everything crossed temp went up slightly today at 7DPO. Today was also my first day to start the Proov tests to confirm ovulation and the test was positive and the app says I definitely ovulated so that’s good just have to do another 3 over the next 3 days to see if the pdg remains elevated up to 10dpo if it does will feel a little better about progesterone but still intend on getting it checked via blood work but Proov will do in the interim

@CGallo95 So sorry for all your loss. Here's to a successful 2023! I've only ever used the CP lube but I've seen lots of threads about preconception vitamins messing with cycles. It's so hard to know!

@Foreverhope82 You never know - fingers crossed! And hopefully you did get extra blood work.

@Firsttimetrying2022 Ah, this is so tricky! Of course you're happy for them but it must be really hard to hear. When I was TTC it consumed me and all pregnancy announcements would get to me a little. Hang in there! As the others have said, your timescale so far is perfectly normal. Not that it really helps when others seem to fall pregnant so easily. In my NCT group, apart from us and one other couple, everyone fell pregnant after month 1! Crazy.

Oh thankyou, thats good to know!

can you find your local sexual health clinic COL? They remove them much quicker.

Evening all, been thinking about ttc no2 for afew months now. Asked at GP today when in for a blood test about an appt to get coil removed & told there was a 3 month wait 🙄 Ive got a holiday end of Jan anyway so not in a massive rush but still annoying!

Hugs First but try and remember that the average is 4-6 months and up to a year is completely normal

@Firsttimetrying2022 I know the feeling. We have been trying for the same time and feels like it's so easy for everyone else. My friend has just got pregnant after 1 cycle!

It's important to know that everyone is different and it can take longer for others and that is normal. I am in the same boat and fingers crossed it happens for you soon.

Just found out today that my sister in law is pregnant with their second after only two months of trying which has been hard to hear ... obviously happy for them but hard since we've been trying since august

Welcome Gallo. I am so sorry for your losses and I really hope that 2023 is your year!

I just ordered the Baby Mad thermometer to do my BBT as that is what I used last time.

Well I have gone past official ovulation and we did BD at the right time I think. My temps confirmed O happened but they seemed low to rise now 6 dpo and they have risen today to what they normally are in my LP but it makes me not feel very confident about this cycle. As I’m 40 I’m concerned about progesterone amongst other things.

I have an appointment with the GP on 11th Jan so hoping they send me for blood-work to check it all out!

I thought been in the dreaded TWW would be easier over Xmas and new year because we would be busy turns out I was wrong it’s still dreaded 😂

Hi! TTC for 3 years, a couple of early miscarriages but 2023 is the year of focusing on loosing a couple of pounds and really focusing on having a miracle! Especially now the wedding stress is out of that as we finally wed in June 22.

I have very irregular periods but the last year they have become more regular thankfully.

my husband and I started taking conceive plus tablets last week and yesterday I noticed I was spotting, which I took as a good sign for ovulation. But today I’m having cramps and have a lot more than spotting but not enough to warrant a period, has anyone tried conceive plus and could shed some light on similar experiences? Not sure whether to continue them or stop. (Note, I had a period 17th-21st December) I did also take an ovulation test today and was negative.

age:27
TTC our first

@Hopingforno2in2023 Thank you! Wow, 7 years - that's so lovely.

@SweetLion Congratulations on landing a great job! If you did fall pregnant soon, like the others said, I'd just keep quiet until 4 months. They might be really lovely about it! And a few of my friends have discovered they were pregnant after a big night out - all had perfectly healthy babies. Sometimes my period is late if I'm stressed out about it.

@WolfMother326 Oh that sounds like a plan! How exciting you are writing a book - one of my NCT friends wrote her book when we were all postpartum. She was writing and I was barely getting dressed 🤣 so impressive. We stopped sorting our house out when our son came along is I am doubly impressed 😉

@Ella31 So sorry for your loss 😔 Easier said than done to relax. It took me 3 months to fall pregnant with my son, but I thought even that was quite quick - it will happen for you!

@happyfeet5 Why not then! That is exciting 😊

@Mushroo@MushrooSince having my son my CM is about 10x more haha. So I'm looking forward to a clear signal when we're ready! It's a shame the timing isn't right for you!

@AROSE9 I can't really offer any advice but it took my periods a few months to settle down after my period returned - so hopefully you just need a little more time!

Did a test and it was negative 😅 bug relief for now but also a tiny but sad as I thought it would've been a slight fertility miracle and worried why my period has not shown up.

I’m out for this month I think! TMI but I just had the best EWCM I’ve ever had in my life. It was textbook, I took a picture I was so impressed but we’ve got family here for the next few days and won’t be able to DTD! My body is cursing me 😂

So I’ll be end of Jan I think when we properly start.

Thanks @happyfeet5 and @WolfMother326 annoyingly as my job is in education the summer holidays mean I would only be there a very short time in a senior role. It really would look awful. But I will have to live with the consequences. We will see! I am off home to test now 😫.

It is funny how we worry so much about fertility and then also can panic so quickly when timing is not right. It is hard to navigate it all.

I imagine it's just my cycle playing up as it's quite soon since I stopped the pill and I have been stressed and unwell this month taking all sorts of medications etc.

Hey everyone and welcome

@SweetLion I wouldn’t worry too much! As PP says you won’t need to disclose till you’re as late as 4/5 months if you don’t want to!

I’m in a conundrum. Off the pill now currently having withdrawal bleed so first normal period should be circa 24th Jan, I’ve had a break from taking the pill before and cycles returned extremely fast and were 28/29 days each time, so hopefully that means it will be straightforward. We’re planning on using condoms until then, but, I have wondered if for the sake of a month and since the fertile window in reality is fairly short, we could just track my ovulation. If it happened now it would not be a huge problem but we’ve just got a busy January and I’d rather have a period first, if that makes sense.
Excited!

Can I join please. Mc in August 7 weeks....took a break for 2 cycles to recover. Started TTC 2 cycles ago no luck at all. Yet I literally fell pregnant the first time on my honeymoon first week of trying unfortunately lost that bubba. Maybe you ladies can give me so advice how to calm the ### down this month as all anyone keeps telling me is to relax , it will happen.

Hi everyone. I’ve been TTC since August when I came off the combined pill. However decided to have a break from tracking and hoping to try again properly in January 2033

Age: 25
TTC no: 1
Start date: January 2023

My cycles have been long and irregular since coming off the pill (48 days and currently CD75) and from when I tracked I ovulated around CD37. I have had bloods done at the doctors and all came back clear but really concerned and I still have no sign of AF. I thought PCOS but not sure if bloods would have picked this up? Any advice would be great!

I am also taking fertility plus ovulation and fertility supplements and hoping cycles will clear up.

Any advice or positive stories would be nice! Looking forward to sharing this journey with you all 😀

@SweetLion it will be ok if you are pregnant! Your job will understand. You'll still be able to start and work there for a good period of time. They legally can't change their offer, and when something similar happened to me with my first everyone was very understanding. Just don't say anything to them until you're 3 or 4 months along, that's normal anyhow. You'll probably be with that job much longer than your leave period and it won't matter in the end! Also the drinking doesn't really matter, it happens to so many people who didn't realise they were pregnant.

@LeopardLover we are in a very similar position! I'm a little older but we are also going to wait until April to start trying because we've got some things we want to achieve at the start of the year, like finishing getting settled in our new home and also I am finishing a book and know how sick I was last time around so will use Jan- Apr to make some progress. Also, like you I want to get in a bit better shape! I'm both eager to start and pretty nervous.

Hi there

We are planning to ttc around April/may. I am 30 and this will be baby 1. I came off the pill last Sept as we were originally going to start in Jan. I got a big dream new job which I couldn't turn down. It begins in feb so I want to settle in and make sure I'd be there a year before mat leave.

My cycle went back to fairly regular 29 day cycles quite quickly although short 3 day periods and on the lighter side.
Small twist...
A few weeks ago our confirm split. It was the day after I finished my period so we decided to risk it. I'm using premom app to track and it said outside fertile window.
I am now 5 days late on my next period 😱. i also have bad cramping and have been very emotional. I am going to test later today when I get home (at relatives for Xmas and trying to ignore what might be going on). I am not sure what we will do if I am positive. I have been crying thinking about it. It is the absolute worst timing with this job and I have been drinking fairly heavily and doing a lot of intense non- pregnancy friendly gym exercises at HIIT classes.
Absolute nightmare! But tricky as in many ways we are just about ready for a child.

If it isn't that I'm pregnant, it's then the worry of why my cycle has become irregular and what the cramps are.

Welcome leopard. It is 7 years now since I joined my first MN TTC group and we are still in a Facebook group together sharing so much with each other.

Hey everyone! I'm so excited to join this thread - I joined a thread in 2020 when I was TTC my son (now 20 months) and most of us are still in a Facebook group together, it's been such a great support.

Age: 37
TTC: #2
Starting: April/May (probably)

Similar to you @WolfMother326 I had a traumatic birth, so I haven't really started thinking about TTC until now. I'm really keen to get back to the gym and sort my diet out before TTC #2. I'm very much aware secondary fertility is a thing, so although ideally I'd wait until Summer, I might just crack on once my son is 2 as who knows how long it'll take! 😊

I will probably order the concoction I used last time to conceive - Pregnacare Conception, Conceive Plus, Calc Fluor (for implantation) and some OPKs! I was using BBT last time (which totally works) but I got a bit obsessive so I'm trying to be a little more chill this time. Lovely to meet you all!

This was my first Christmas as a mum. Last year I was 22 weeks pregnant with DD.

It was different not drinking all day but wouldn't change it for the world. DD crawled for the first time on Xmas eve . On Xmas day she crawled to her presents and we caught this and her tearing off the wrapping paper on video. It was priceless.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Me and my fiance had a drunken conversation on Christmas night about how this may be the last Christmas spent this way for a while (pissed as farts basically). As hopefully I'll be preggers next Christmas!

I actually felt a but sad (not about the lack of drinking) but more about the potential change in tradition. I absolutely love Christmas as it is with my close family (all adults) and even though it will a completely different kind of fun with children and I'm looking forward to it and kind of mourning that it'll never be the same - anyone else get this or just me ?😂

Hope everyone had a good Christmas? I am getting v excited now it is almost 2023!