TTC January 2024 miracles ✨️ 💖

4dpo and it is already dragging. I’m really quiet at work as well which isn’t helping at all.

Temp shot up further today so either a good sign or I’m getting sick 😂.

Anyone else early in the TWW?

Sorry to hear you’re feeling fed up with it all. I’m new to all of this, on second cycle but it’s already consuming me a little so I can only imagine. Sending you lots of positivity and luck!!

Hopping over from the December thread. AF due tomorrow but a negative test today so I’m out, and so so fed up 😢

my back story is, I am 36yrs and OH is 45. I have two DS (5 and 8), first was unplanned and second took 6 cycles. I had an unplanned pregnancy in summer 2020 which resulted in a ruptured ectopic so lost my right tube. Had a mirena coil put in after that and had it removed October 2021. Have been TTC ever since with no positive. I do OPK, and get a peak every cycle, but have done a few progesterone blood tests which show I havent always been ovulating. Have been on the verge of going for private fertility investigations but it’s just so expensive so continually putting it off.
so I’m going into like cycle 22 or something, I can’t even remember now, cycles are 25-27days obviously depending when I ovulate which is usually CD13 (although this cycle was CD15). Just feeling really lost in it all, why am I not getting pregnant anymore? It was never an issue before…

Can I join please?

I posted a couple of times in the December thread but then stayed offline for a while as I was just fed up after having a weird cycle with very late ovulation.

CD2 for me today. Cycle 3 TTC baby #2. My daughters birthday is in January. I don’t really fancy another January birthday but that’s not going to put me off trying!

Yeh I’m having mine retested next Tuesday so will see and ask some questions on impact etc. will let you all know what they say!

@Sierra26 thanks! I’d also done a gym workout the day before and was super achey when I had mine so hoping it was just a blip.

It seems a coincidence though that I always spot.

Let us know how you get on :)

@Caroline1989 @Mushroo no more insight than you both im afraid… but it’s frustrating as I’d read the same re luteal issues (which I have!) and my gynae wasn’t bothered by the high result. Maybe as my progesterone test was fine 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’d been running late and literally had to run for the bloods appt so may also have been down to stress.

My GP is going to test it again in a month or two as apparently it can fluctuate a lot. So once I’ve had that I’ll hopefully find out more!

@Caroline1989 i also have high prolactin and my GP didn’t really say much other than it can be caused by stress and to retest.

From googling it seems it can interfere with progesterone and cause spotting in literal phase.

@Sierra26 also interested if you have any more insight

@Sierra26 i had a blood test and my prolactin was high. Do you know what that means with regards to cycle?

@Sierra26 no I don't temp, I don't think I can handle any more things to keep track of, I'm hoping this was early ovulation and that this is implantation 🙏🙏🙏 I was so calm about it and now I'm symptom spotting lol 😆

@Babydustthisyear could be! Do you temp?

I had peak static smiley on CBAD yesterday, plus high reading on easy@home strips. But this morning I had even higher on strips, and temp is still low so while I was hoping I’d ovulate overnight it looks like it’s still building! CBAD seems to catch the first sign of a peak but not the actual one.

We will not be DTD again today 😂 so I’m hoping we caught it

Hi again all.

I’m 34, TTC#1, currently on O day for cycle 7.

I’ve had investigations for luteal phase spotting but all tests and scans looked normal (except for prolactin which will be repeated soon).

DH is booking SA analysis today.

Im taking high strength vit c to support luteal phase (i think it’s lengthened time to spotting), folic acid, vit d and vit b complex.

DTD with Fertilily on Fri and yesterday, and added pre-seed lubricant to the mix.

🤞🏻

@Sierra26 it's weird, I'm wondering if I ovulated early maybe I didn't realise I had a 26 day cycle last month which would make my fertile window 5-11 April and I could be 5 or 6dpo. I use pre mom and clear blue but after some research it is possible to ovulate with low number, I suppose il find out soon lol x

@Babydustthisyear i has this one cycle recently. It was strange as I’d never had it before!

@DHB @Feliciacat I've heard this to! Fingers crossed for us 🤞🏼🤍

@Feliciacat Thank you 💗 I’ve heard the same too so I’m hoping that’s true for us.

AF finished last night, so a short 3 day period woo! 😂 Taking the the OPKs from today!

@CinderRosie yes I'm sure it is more likely to be that, I have never had this before and as it's only 3DPO I'm assuming that's more likely, just been reading about it, never heard anyone mention that before. We learn something new every day 😂😂 thanks 😊

@Babydustthisyear could this be some slightly late ovulation spotting?

Hey Ladies I'm 3DPO today and Iv had light pink bleeding, I track using Premom strips and clear blue digital, I'm so shocked at this as it is way too early for implantation bleeding and I'm also worried something is wrong, anyone know anything about this?

Hi everyone, I’ve been watching these threads for ages but haven’t participated since last March and think it’s time I got involved again!

I’ll be 31 in a few weeks, we’re ttc baby #1 cycle 5 although I am just the other side of a CP so not sure how this cycle will go.

We fell pregnant unexpectedly last year but ended in mmc. Found out I was pregnant a couple of weeks ago, exactly a year since I ended up in hospital but looks like it wasn’t meant to be again. Fingers crossed our rainbow comes soon and I wish everyone a successful cycle!

@DHB welcome. So sorry to hear of the mc though. I hope your cycle stabilises again soon. I’ve heard that ttc within three months of an mc tends to be more likely to be successful.

Really nice to read everyone's stories - helps in normalise the TTC journey 💗

I will join you all 💗

Early on in this cycle for me! CD4 for me tomorrow, miscarried at 8 weeks on 5th March so not sure how this month will go due to being the first period after it!

Fingers crossed to you all and looking forward to this months journey with you :)

Oh thanks @Angelselevenx 😊

Thought this would be a useful link for everyone, you pop in your expected ovulation date and there's different ways of trying to time DTD (romantic right?!)

https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/tools/intercoursetimingg_calculator.php