Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Original poster

My first TWW 🙈

163 replies

Hotmalibu94 · 14/06/2023 07:32

Think I'm now in my TWW at 1DPO!
Anyone care to join me? 😁
I'm on 1st cycle TTC DC1 💕 Not done anything to track except apps this time but fairly convinced my Flo app was pretty accurate so 🤞

OP posts:
Thread gallery
33
Original poster
Hotmalibu94 · 14/06/2023 11:55

@Lemonbell ah great! Fingers crossed for you!!!

@Peony2021 I'd love to catch first time but if I don't we are going away with friends soon so at least I won't have to make an excuse for not drinking 😂 gotta think of the positives haven't we! I keep thinking it's unlikely we will manage first time but then some people do, so we aren't out til we're out!

OP posts:
Peony2021 · 14/06/2023 11:44

Hotmalibu94 · 14/06/2023 11:20

@Peony2021 I'm feeling hopeful!
I think I ovulated yesterday which was CD12. I had random pains in my lower abdomen twice on CD11 which weren't associated with anything else and then EWCM started CD11 as well.
Managed to DTD on CD6, CD9 and CD12 so not perfect, but managed every 3 days leading up to and during the fertile window so I'm hopeful 🤞 if not I'll have to try and jump DH a bit more next month 😅

How are you feeling? Sounds pretty good for you! Fingers crossed we both managed to catch the window!

Ah that sounds great! I'm hopeful for you!

I'm feeling fine I have to say, not hugely hopeful as my weight is higher than I would like and I'm working on getting that down in any event. Trying to view it as if it works this month great, if it doesn't then I've another few weeks to get even healthier! It's hard with summer holidays coming up 🙈

It took us 3 months for DC1 so I'm not getting too hopeful that I've managed to nail it first time around although wouldn't that be lovely lol!!

Lemonbell · 14/06/2023 11:23

This reply has been withdrawn

This has been withdrawn by MNHQ at the poster's request.

Original poster
Hotmalibu94 · 14/06/2023 11:21

Going to try and wait to test til the end of the month as a missed period would coincide nicely with DH's birthday 🤞😁

OP posts:
Original poster
Hotmalibu94 · 14/06/2023 11:20

@Peony2021 I'm feeling hopeful!
I think I ovulated yesterday which was CD12. I had random pains in my lower abdomen twice on CD11 which weren't associated with anything else and then EWCM started CD11 as well.
Managed to DTD on CD6, CD9 and CD12 so not perfect, but managed every 3 days leading up to and during the fertile window so I'm hopeful 🤞 if not I'll have to try and jump DH a bit more next month 😅

How are you feeling? Sounds pretty good for you! Fingers crossed we both managed to catch the window!

OP posts:
Peony2021 · 14/06/2023 11:13

Hotmalibu94 · 14/06/2023 10:14

@glasspaw it really is isn't it! I didn't think I'd be this bad 😂
Fingers crossed for your static smiley soon!

@Peony2021 ah amazing! Have you tracked it or just going off estimated ovulation?

Let's hope the TWW goes quickly 😅
Is anyone going to test early or waiting for missed periods?

I used a clear blue advanced ovulation kit (what a name lol) and it essentially gave me flashing and solid smiley! Think I started testing a little late though, but I THINK we did the deed 3 days in a row including ovulation day so we shall see. How are you feeling?!

Peony2021 · 14/06/2023 11:12

glasspaw · 14/06/2023 10:02

@Peony2021 I wonder if it was better or worse before people had access to things like early tests and ovulation tracking apparatus? I sometimes think it’s amazing being able to see so much data but at other times I kind of wish I didn’t have it to fixate on!

Yeah definitely - to be fair I still had access to all of that but was totally naive about it all! Didn't realise there was anything to be done! I think it's good there's a bit more transparency about conceiving and what things can help but it definitely is making me more aware and I don't want to try into obsession with it all!!

Original poster
Hotmalibu94 · 14/06/2023 10:15

@Lemonbell fingers crossed you managed to get in the window! What makes you think you were early?

OP posts:
Original poster
Hotmalibu94 · 14/06/2023 10:14

@glasspaw it really is isn't it! I didn't think I'd be this bad 😂
Fingers crossed for your static smiley soon!

@Peony2021 ah amazing! Have you tracked it or just going off estimated ovulation?

Let's hope the TWW goes quickly 😅
Is anyone going to test early or waiting for missed periods?

OP posts:
Lemonbell · 14/06/2023 10:08

This reply has been withdrawn

This has been withdrawn by MNHQ at the poster's request.

glasspaw · 14/06/2023 10:02

@Peony2021 I wonder if it was better or worse before people had access to things like early tests and ovulation tracking apparatus? I sometimes think it’s amazing being able to see so much data but at other times I kind of wish I didn’t have it to fixate on!

Peony2021 · 14/06/2023 09:59

I'm on 3DPO I think! First cycle trying to no2. Last time I was trying I didn't even know there was such a thing as the TWW and now I'm struggling to keep my mind off anything else lol!

glasspaw · 14/06/2023 09:25

The TWW is enough to drive you crazy. I found this place really helped with my first (we are now trying for DC2). It is great having people to chat to who are also in the same frustrating phase.

according to my predictions I should Ov today so I’ll be with you tomorrow, but my chart is all over the place and the CB Digi is still flashing at me so I might be a little further behind. I didn’t track last time and was incredibly lucky to fall pregnant on my first cycle just from using the predicted fertile window in my Apple health app, so I’m pretty new to the rest of it!