Whose trying to conceive baby no2 this year?

@Chocolatehobnobs2948 @Wyewaving @Swirls346 @deliwoman1
It's such a deflating feeling isn't it when we see a negative or get our period but I'm trying to keep positive and think it means onwards to the next month of trying.

Im only 4DPO and keep feeling pms symptoms already so thinking I'm out this month too - the TWW seems so long each time!

BFN yesterday for me 😭 It's only been 2 cycles but I'm so impatient, with my first I was pregnant by now. Hoping for 3rd time lucky in October.

9DPO here and I just caved and did a test. Negative. I was kind of expecting it to be positive based on how I feel this week. Going to re-test in the morning with FMU.

With my daughter I tested at like 3pm 2/3 days before my period and got a strong positive right away so thought the same might happen if I tested now but hey ho.

Hi everyone!
Thinking of you all. We are still ttc naturally , just ovulated so really hoping for a miracle. I know chances are low but really trying to remain positive . I'm booked in for blood tests and partner a semen analysis and then they'll refer us and can discuss him having the operation for the varicocele.
How is everyone x

10dpo today ladies, and a BFN. No symptoms either so I’m certain that’s me out.

I’m wondering now whether I should get some fertility tests done to see where I’m at. DP too maybe.

Good luck to those of you still waiting to test!

@KM8 I think the LH surge only lasts up to two day maximum which is why Clearblue states that.

Ovulation itself only lasts for 12 to 24 hours.

If your surge was on Sunday I’d do it again tonight just to make sure you don’t miss it. X

Just a quick one....my clear blue ovulation test showed a peak on Sunday, I read on the instructions that it stays as a peak for 48 hours and says not to test any more in the cycle as it causes an error?
Is it possible to have a peak that lasts longer, in which case if I don't test I won't know?

Any help is great! Total newbie to ovulation testing 🤦‍♀️

@KM8 2 DPO- sounds like you are similar. Hope you get well soon.

@Bells3032 sorry to hear this. I agree, we all get our hopes up each month but you’re right, only around 30% chance each month so I’m not expecting this month to be a success at all. Good to have other women going through the same process though isn’t it.

@Cressie2 where abouts in your cycle are you? 😂

@KM8 in the same boat. GOOD EFFORT 😂

Sorry to hear periods have arrived for some of you, but onwards to the next month and lots of baby making 😉

I've come down with such a cold, sex is the last thing I feel like but as I'm in a peak and could be ovulating today, I'm powering through to DTD tonight!

If we don't catch this month then I really don't think we could have done any more.....feeling sexed out haha 😂

Good luck everyone!

So I am officially out this month. Af, after a couple of days of playing a weird game with me, finally made her full apperance. I'm a little upset but not as bad as I thought would be. Maybe for the best. I have my COVID jab on Friday so maybe best not to have that at 5 weeks and my bil is expecting and they'd have only been like 6 weeks apart or maybe less even so better for my in laws.

I guess I always thought it would happen quickly but even the healthiest couples only have a 30% chance each month. Onto the next one with some fun, sexy times ahead

After moaning earlier this month that I would be away for ovulation, I ended up having to come home for one night during my holiday (I was only 1.5 hours away). I came home either the day after I ovulated or the day of ovulating depending on which app I listen to.

It means I'm now in my 2WW. I'm due on either on Saturday or Sunday. If I've not started my period by Sunday I'm going to test with a cheap strip test I've ordered.

We'll be incredibly lucky if we have caught but I'm still symptom spotting 😬So far in the last couple of days I've noticed that my sense of smell has increased (when I was pregnant last time my sense of smell was ridiculously high) and I've experienced weird stabbing pains on one side of my abdomen. Could be nothing though.

Good luck to all those in your 2WW!

Can I join you all? I am trying to conceive #2. I have a 2 year old and we have been trying for #2 since March but so far not a sniff.

a few things against us. I'm 39, we have conflicting schedules so finding time to DTD never mind at the right time is difficult. And my 2yr old is a boob monster and so I think still breastfeeding is also working against us.

I started my period today so I'm out this month but it's made me realise I really do want a second and I need to start taking matters in to my own hands and not just go by the fingers crossed method.

@hydrangeaan I went private for a prescription. I'm ovulating but I have pcos and my cycle is a mess (cramps and spotting).

@SillyFillyDress good luck 🍀, if you don't mind me asking did your GP prescribe you meds or have you had to go private?

I'm on cycle 7 and not convinced I'm ovulating

After 1 year of trying this is my first month with ovulation induction. Hormones are driving me crazy but I hope it will all work for me. It is so weird to have a schedule for sex 😅

Thanks everyone for helping with understanding it all - definitely a newbie to the OPK's as we were so lucky to conceive quickly with our first!

Hoping we've caught a few chances within the fertile window.... 🤞🏼

Good luck to everyone trying!

Welcome @FigandHoney

@KM8 yes a solid smiley is peak. It means that your likelihood of ovulation is at its highest. The LH surge (static smiley) indicates ovulation will happen on average 12-36 hours after. So to err on the side of caution you want to have sex in the few days before (flashing smile), the day or the static smiley and two days afterwards.

Anyone else 1DPO or 2DPO?

Hello 👋 We started TTC last night... 👀 after my being a solid one and done girl for the last four years (PND did me dirty). DD is 5 in January and is the loveliest girl who would be such a caring big sister.

We were lucky with TTC with her and I fell pregnant first round. I'm dubious it'll be that easy now, with my legs being in my early 30s and a good 5st heavier - so that's worrying me.

Hello everyone. May I join your thread?
We are on to our 2nd cycle trying for baby n2. Currently CD3.
It took us 15 months trying last time to get pregnant with our son. So not expecting things to happen fast this time.
I had promised my husband we wouldn't go crazy this time trying. As last time really took a toll on our mental health.
However I have just had a really weird cycle. With spotting and cramps from 8dpo. Was convinced we were pregnant.
And now I am starting already to feel desperate again. Tempted to test with ovulation strips, do SMEP, and the whole hog. Ergh
I did go buy us some Proceive Max Plus though. Plus Ashwaganda and Fenugreek for my husband. Anyone used those before?

First day on clear blue is always negative as it's setting baseline. You need to read the instructions and start on a certain day of your cycle. If you did then yeah you probably ovulate v early and it's a peak already

@Bells3032 if the slight bleeding has stopped it could be implantation bleeding, but I know they say it's a light colour? Or it could just be old blood due to implantation. I would test again in another 3 days or so and see!

So after people recommending the clear blue digital ovulation tests, I've bought them! Yesterday I had a negative result, so was thinking today would be the same, but it's a solid smiley face meaning peak fertility??? Am I right?

Did two first response and not even the slightest line

It’s hard to say @Bells3032 . It could be implantation bleeding but difficult to know. I’d wait another week and test then (says she who tests loads!). Really hope it works out for you. Have you done a boots early test or a first response? X