TTC January 2024 miracles ✨️ 💖

I’m CD4 and onto my 9th cycle of TTC baby #1. Not gonna lie, it’s becoming really hard. I tried to stay off threads during last month, I’ve been very active previous months but not many people know we are trying to conceive in my life, and the ones who do are people who luckily fell pregnant straight away so they don’t understand how difficult it really is - I realised how much I needed you ladies for the support, having people in the same boat going through the motions. I really do need people who get it around me!

i appreciate there are many ladies who have been trying a hell of a lot longer than myself, and my heart screams out for you girls

does anyone have any tips at all what I can try this month? Does diet really help move things along? I could do with shifting 2 stone I would say to be a good healthy weight, but I read that losing weight can alter / affect your cycle and trying to conceive but I know staying overweight is no good either. I’ve been holding off putting my all into losing weight while trying to get pregnant but maybe it’s time to get my arse into gear…. Any opinions are welcome / needed!

I also have another question, I seem to have 12 day LP (between O time and AF arriving). Is that classed as short or normal? There is conflicting information on google 🥺

sending baby dust and luck to everyone

is anyone else around CD4? Xxxx

@Floralsandsmiles hope you are doing okay lovely, I totally understand staying off the threads when you need to, I hope you get your BFP during this chill time and don’t need to come back. Sending you lots of love & luck & baby dust ❤️

Maybe I called it the wrong thing but I meant the line to the right as that has always been consistantly there everytime I've tested previously. It's showing a very faint line there now (couple of hours later).
From what I was aware there should be two lines, but the left will be the same/darker if ovulating so I was surprised to see nothing there at all.
I'm just not sure the testing & line spotting life is for me. It's just caused me issues and doubt this cycle. I'm just concious at nearly 36yrs old I can't really afford to just wing it.
Feeling frustrated today - sorry to rant x

@BB2023 there is no control line on CBAD - the one on the right is estrogen which gets lighter when it’s detected

Absolutely done with the clearblue ovulation tests now. Got a peak reading today but then there was no bloody control line when I took the test out the digital reader!
Just want this cycle to be over so I can start again and put these stupid tests behind me. x

@Mummyme87 Maybe that's where I've gone wrong in the beginning as I just trusted them and assumed they'd calculate things well.

Sorry about your chemical hopefully it doesn't mess things up or if it does that it gets back on track quickly.

(Also I just realised that I'm posting on a different account - it's just because I was too lazy to find login details on another device so just created a new account)

@TurnLeftAtTheBakery yeah the apps aren’t great for predicting ovulation are they. For the first year I tracked this time round my ovulation day was changing between CD11-CD16 so obviously cycle lengths were differing quite a bit. It’s all settled down now though, hoping this chemical pregnancy doesn’t mess it all up again

@Mummyme87 Yes, I've used the Flo app for over a year to record my cycle but it seemed ovulation never came on the days the app said it would despite testing multiple times during the days before, on, and after the supposed ovulation day. I have been testing for ovulation every day as I worried I wasn't ovulating and wanted to see if it came late or early. I got the strongest result (though not definitively) about 6 days after when the app said it would be so that's why I said I wondered if the ovulation was late.

@ThomasinaLivesHere do you track your cycles? Once you know your LP length that should always stay the same, then you can pin point period due date from ovulation date.

@jessie92 definitely trying to be positive, my work mug says ‘put your positive pants on’ ☺️ definitely recommend easy @ home OPK. Find them super reliable

@Mummyme87 so sorry to hear about your chemical. Hope you're being easy on yourself and taking time to relax 💭sounds like you're thinking about it positively, is really good to know you were able to get to that stage with egg and sperm meeting! Onwards and upwards 😊

Sounds like I need to give the easy@home ovulation tests a try. Used the boots half price ones last cycle which seemed good too.

@Vil wow congratulations! So wonderful to hear positive news you must be over the moon 😀 wishing all the best for your pregnancy

Hello, I’m 37 and ttc no.2. I had been hanging about the conception posts earlier in the year but I find it just makes me think about it more so tried to take my mind off it.

My cycle has been a bit irregular and I also wonder if my ovulation came late. It wasn’t completely clear with ovulation sticks. The last cycle was 17 days which is the first I’ve had such a short one but hopefully it’s just an outlier.

According to the Flo and Premom app my period is due today or tomorrow which would be cycle day 24. I’ve had cycles as long as 27 days in the past year so I’ll just need to wait and see if I’ve been fortunate this month. I had some cramping yesterday but no period. Due date would be start of January. I’ve got just one pregnancy test so will wait a week longer in case of late ovulation. 🤞

@Mushroo

i was pretty strict on it tbh but IVF is expensive so I just did everything they said so I wasn’t looking at multiple rounds!

Thanks. Yes, that's what I found so difficult because I didn't know when I should start testing (because I don't know my cycles yet) so I just started randomly and then it immediately went to Peak the next day.
It's frustrating not really knowing what the hell is happening inside my own body but it's only month one and I knew it wouldn't be a proper ttc month really.

@BB2023 the first reading on a CB digital is always an empty circle regardless what day of your cycle you’re at and that’s the baseline for testing. I’m not a huge fan of these ovulation tests, find they’re expensive and don’t really add anything to my knowledge. Easy @ home OPK are good and recommend them.

@Angelselevenx fingers crossed for you this cycle. I’m taking positives where I can with this CP, my body can ovulate, my tube is open and working, and an egg can be fertilised. It’s just this baby wasn’t quite right, and hopefully will open the door to another successful pregnancy very soon 🤞🏻

It's honestly a mindfield!! Thank you for replying, really appreciate it - this is very much a learning for me!
I knew this month my body would be a bit all over the place, just need to get through it really and have a proper AF then I'll feel a bot more like things are as they should be x

@BB2023 sadly I’ve just gone through cycle 7 of testing so consider myself a pro now 😂

id really recommend the easy@home strips - very cheap - on my peak or expected day(s) I sometimes do 4 a day to see what’s going on 🤣

I also look at the clear blue strips once I pop them out, but I find the LH line (on left, nearest wee end) only changes a tiny bit so is hard to read. The one on the right (closest to reader) is the estrogen line which actually gets lighter the more estrogen is defected. Just to confuse us!

@Vil this is so lovely and gives me hope!

How strict were you with the diet? I hope everything goes well for you!!

Thank you. Fully admit I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to ovulating tests as they are new to me so happy for any advice or guidence.
Although with the digital tests I can still see the lines when I take the test out as it shows the control line & test line - so can I bot track through that?
I always knew this cycle (and likely a couple more at least) would be a bit of a trial while my body starts to get into a natural rhythm. x

@BB2023 i can’t explain why it went from flashing to static (I sometimes get one day flashing, sometimes six, I find it a bit subjective!!), but once the reader reset (went blank) it’s not designed to be used again until you start testing from baseline eg CD8 on next cycle. When you used it on CD13 you were telling it that’s your baseline so it’s calibrated itself to that, and any readings after that will be off-whack. I always use strips alongside the clear blue advanced as they’re pretty fool proof - you see the LH rising each day.

@Mummyme87 sorry to hear this :( thinking of you xx

@Vil congratulations, wishing you a healthy and happy pregnancy!

@Mummyme87 I'm sorry to hear! Lots of positive stories of falling after a CP although doesn't make it any easier. I had a CP last month and now on CD16 of next cycle. I've got my fingers crossed for you, sending hugs xx

Hi ladies,

We’ve been trying for over 2 years, we started our IVF journey last December ❤️

I used to be really active on these, setting up many of the groups in 2021, but I found it so tough making friends only to always be the only one not ever getting that BFP 💔

This morning 7days post embryo transfer (12DPO for non IVF cycles) and we got our first ever BFP, I can understand that sometimes it’s hard seeing positive stories but all I can say is it WILL happen for you all whatever you need to do!

Ive has lots of genuine symptoms, trust me I’ve done my time symptom spotting! Cramps from 9DPO, headaches and nausea 12DPO, feeling like a have a fever and achy legs generally.

I changed my diet to Mediterranean/ high fibre on recommendation from my clinic.

I wish you all the best of luck 🤞🏻 stay positive

@Mummyme87 abso gutted for u sending you hugs xx

@BB2023 yup i was same there comin off it got my static 8 days after stopping pill, done the whole tww, negative test after test but every symptom goin fast forward a month later ov peak thru the roof so tech got 2 surges in the one cycle without a bleed, unfort af got me at 13dpo that time. Its guttin hormones are all over the place!! Xx

I'm so confused. I'm on my first cycle after coming off the pill. Decided to try digital ovulation sticks to help me get an idea of what my cycle might look like and to check I was actually ovulating.

On CD8 I got a Low reading (empty circle) which then jumped to a Peak reading (static smiley face) the next day on CD9. We dtd on CD9 & CD11 but I had a feeling that something wasn't quite right and it felt to early to be ovulating.

Fast forward to CD13, I thought I'd give the ovulation tests another go and got a low reading. I've done another one today CD15 and it's giving a high reading (flashing smiley face).

I guess I'll keep testing the next few days to see if it changes from High to Peak again but what a rollercoaster this is - I can only assuming my hormones are all over the place as it's my first cycle off contraception? Maybe I did the tests wrong before? I don't know what is going on x

Really sorry to hear that @Mummyme87. Sending lots of love and luck xx