TTC January 2024 miracles ✨️ 💖

@TTCing sorry to hear about your early losses! Your feelings are completely normal after your experiences.

My daughter is a similar age - recently hit the 15 month mark. I’ve only been trying since January though as that’s when my period finally returned and that was only after I stopped breastfeeding completely. I also want two (or more) close in age so have been putting a lot of pressure on myself around this.

Sorry to hear about your losses @TTCing and @Daniki and @Angelselevenx 😞 ttc is tough enough without miscarriages. Totally agree about the jealousy, I think if people who fell pregnant quickly understood how difficult it is for others it would be a lot easier! Wishing all the best for the next cycle 🍀

@TTCing sorry for your loss and just to know your feelings are completely normal and totally understandable. I also get like jealous of people who fall pregnant easily and have never experienced a loss as they can enjoy their pregnancy without much worries, I know if I get pregnant again and it's successful I will worry until the day that baby is born 😩 very tough to be pregnant after a loss!
Wishing you all the best, I'm also trying for baby number 2 since July last year had 2 miscarriages and started trying again in feb this year after a 2 month break and getting frustrated it's not happening quick enough 🤪

@TTCing welcome! Sorry to hear of your early loss last week, how do you find tracking via OPK?

I'm going into my third cycle trying for our first, I came off contraception in December and we started trying in February, fell pregnant in March but like yourself, had an early loss. The bleeding has stopped now so I'm into my third cycle, track OPK and BBT. Not sure how my cycles will be affected to started tracking my OPK already incase it comes early later.

The feelings you're feeling are completely normal and probably the same as a lot of us within these groups. Don't give up, as hard as it may be xx

Hi all,

Hope I am okay to join.

TTC baby #2. I’m 29 and my husband is 31. My husband has a known fertility issue. WE TTCd for over a year, had a chemical pregnancy and then shortly after fell pregnant with my daughter. My daughter is almost 16 months now. I’m still breastfeeding my daughter (but only a couple of times every 24 hours now). We’ve been TTC baby number 2 since July 22 (which is when my periods returned). I had positive digital pregnancy tests last week and sadly had an early loss 3 days later. So I have had two chemical pregnancies but have my healthy darling daughter.

TTC is honestly absolutely draining to me. I have cried a lot since my most recent loss and just feel like giving up. I hate to admit I feel resentful of other people who get pregnant quite easily and who have never experienced the heartache of a loss. I feel like a terrible person for saying that but I just can’t deny the pangs of jealousy and intense hurt it causes me.

I desperately want to have two children with a close age gap.

I do track my ovulation but don’t track bbt. We usually try and aim for every other day for 7 days.

Good luck to you all ❤️

Hi all - names I know and some I don’t, on my way from Dec 23 thread.

AF due in next few days, still testing negative / so will be back on the thread for my next month of TTC 🤍

Hi everyone, I would like to join. Im ttc #2 and this will be my cycle #3. I have a 2.5 year old son. Im 34 years old. My af is due in 2 days, already tested and it was negative.

@jessie92 I temp. Similar to you it can be a bit all over the place but it does enable me to identify ovulation, as it goes up and stays up during LP. Sometimes I get the rise the day after my LH peak, other times two days later. Today I got a half rise and expecting the rest tomorrow.

So doesn’t help with planning but I like knowing that it has occurred and when.

Hey ladies. Hope you're all well.
I got peak fertility on a Clearblue ovulation test on 10th so DTD twice that day and again this morning.
Not sure I trust it though as it's my first cycle off the pill and it went from 'low' (with a blank circle) to 'peak' the next day and no 'high' (flashing smilie) in between! Never used ovulation tests before so all a bit new to me. Will just have to see how things go but not holding out much hope as no idea what my proper cycles look like yet. x

Just come home to another box of FRER from Amazon which I didn’t order. Random. I got the email saying it was delivered so must have sent a second in error. I also bought the pink dye boots ones aswell as 2 for less than £6 and they’re good

@Caroline1989 I'm due AF next Tuesday-Thursday 💭luteal phase seems to be 16 some months and 14 others.

Ahh yes I did the whole test too early thing one month and then kept googling whether it was still possible before testing a couple of days later. 😣try to avoid that kerfuffle now!

Do most of you ladies temp or not really? I've found it useful to help check ovulation has happened but the ups and downs do cause me some stress/confusion!

@Caroline1989 we can try and keep each other sane!!

I normally spot before AF anyway so will only test if I don’t have any.

@jessie92 yeh I get that, when are you due AF? I don’t temp but would rather see that than a BFN.

@Mushroo same, I think I’ll test 22nd too. I’m determined not to test before though, as last month I tested around 10dpo and it was negative so spent the next few days convincing myself it was too early. Would have been far less stressful if I had just waited 😬!

xx

@Caroline1989 Think I’m going to test around the 22nd (if I hold out that long!).

Definitely before 24th as I go on holiday then!

@Mummyme87 so sorry you’re struggling. ❤️.We haven’t been trying for as nearly as long as you but I’m also find this all very hard. It’s SO all consuming. The tracking ovulation and BBT, timing sex, symptom spotting, wondering if something is wrong, feeling like it’s NEVER going to happen and then negative test after negative test, it’s all getting a bit much 🙁 sending you lots of love xx

Recognise a few names from previous threads. Nice to see familiar names but also wish you had your BFP's and didn't need to come back!

Cycle 3 of TTC number 2. First cycle ended in miscarriage and no luck last month as my ovulation was a bit weird.

I'm on CD12 of this cycle and gearing up for DTD in the next week!

@Caroline1989 yes I find myself googling too much which is probably not good! Currently on 9dpo but have some cramps which feels just like AF approaching in a few days... will see if temp drops and if it hasn't by the end of the weekend will take a test. Sometimes seeing bbt drop is less disappointing than a bfn! How about you?

Same!! Fingers crossed for us! Just need to keep myself occupied until AF due. Will you test early or hold out for AF?

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind if I join. Have been ttc #1 for almost a year now (since last May/June) so need all the help I can get! Have had male factor tested - all normal. Amh is normal too. Next step would be hycosy for me. So currently haven't found any reason for infertility. Have been tracking bbt, tested ovulation this cycle and we're timing everything right... keeping fingers crossed 🍀

Sorry to hear about AF @Daniki but sending baby dust for a jan baby!!

Thanks @Mushroo , hope you get there too 🥰

Cycle 3 of ‘officially’ trying and it’s been a good month so I’m hoping for the best. Ovulation on time, DTD the right days, relaxed over Easter.
Keeping fingers crossed for us!

@Daniki sorry about AF. Jan baby wil be the one!

So iv started spotting, 2 days before AF so defo out this cycle!
Cmon jan baby, really wanted a Christmas baby 😂 I bought ovulation strips to start tracking this month, wondering has my ovulation changed since my miscarriages!

I’m 3 dpo. Trying not to think about it but failing! What cycle are you done? I’m only on second but tried Smep and preseed to the T so fingers crossed for some good news!