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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.

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TTC cycle #5 - 28 years old

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95rose · 15/06/2023 19:49

Hi everyone!

I'm new to this but have been reading (probably too much) about your success stories

I'm 28 and myself and my partner have been trying for 5 cycles, I'm in the TWW at the minute so keeping everything crossed that this is the month

I've definitely got it in my head that I won't be able to get pregnant even though I've had tests (hertility) done and all came back fine.

I've been off the pill for 1.5 years, I was using natural cycles and we would avoid the 'red' days, now we're actively trying I thought it would be a lot easier and quicker than it is.

Please can someone give me some reassurance and share your stories?

For context, my periods are regular, around 29-33 days and ovulation tests/bbt show I'm ovulating every month

Thank you!!!

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Ems1992 · 17/06/2023 17:50

95rose · 17/06/2023 17:00

@Ems1992 omg congratulations!!!! Grin so happy for you!! Did you have any symptoms before your positive??

So I had sore boobs but I get that as PMS anyway… I also had backache (I actually said to my DH that I felt as though I was getting a kidney infection as I hadn’t drank a lot through the hot weather) today I am very very very tired! X

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95rose · 17/06/2023 17:00

@Ems1992 omg congratulations!!!! Grin so happy for you!! Did you have any symptoms before your positive??

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Peachyplumm · 17/06/2023 14:39

I’m 28 too and was using the natural method to avoid days I thought I was fertile too. I have pcos as well so figured it’d be even harder. A few months in I found out I was pregnant by accident. That was last year.
In the past few months I’ve been actively trying, tracking and all sorts, and nothing so far. I sometimes get frustrated because I got pregnant when I wasn’t trying and now that I am, it’s not happening. But because I know I can get pregnant, I know it’s just one of those things. There is sometimes nothing wrong and it just depends which one sticks!

Ems1992 · 17/06/2023 14:27

I got my BFP yesterday :-) so fingers crossed for you! I’m only 10DPO… so very early in the game!! Here is the reassurance you may need that it will happen :-) xx

TTC cycle #5 - 28 years old
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95rose · 16/06/2023 12:11

@Ems1992 Hiya lovely. It's nice to hear that I'm not the only one! Two of my friends got pregnant very quickly so it's hard to not compare. Fingers crossed you get your BFP soon!! 🩷

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Ems1992 · 16/06/2023 06:09

Hello lovely,
I am 30! We are on our fourth cycle TTC too! And we haven’t used contraception in a long time, like you, using peak ovulation indicators to not do it! We have very similar stories… Currently in my 2WW, 9DPO… A negative again this morning but AF isn’t due until Tuesday. Quite down about the whole thing! Not a reassurance story as such but know there are others out there in the same position :-) x