TTC August 2023

14dpo of cycle8 for us and it's stark negative ☹️ all the symptoms of AF x

Best of luck 🤍

Hi all. This is cycle 3 ttc baby #2 for me. I’m DPO 9 and tested negative today but I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Jumping on here as I got a BFP on Friday at around 11 DPO but is turning into a chemical unfortunately. So just waiting for period so can start again. Cycle 3 TTC2 for me. Wishing everyone lots of luck!

Hey ladies how are we all doing?

@HopefullMumto4 I'm 6DPO and the urge to test this cycle is slowly taking over even though I know it's crazy 😂

No symptoms, everything feeling normal. I didn't have any symptoms with my last pregnancy (aside from a kind of chest tightness and high RHR during what should have been my first period). Desperate to test. feeling really angsty this cycle, not sure why. A lot of my close friends have had their second baby this year or last year and it just feels like it's happening for everyone except me 🙈

I keep getting random twinges but I am only 3DPO and I’m already like… is this a sign or do I just have a funny tummy 😂🤷🏻‍♀️ Overthinking everything!

I wish I had that kind of willpower - I just need to know as soon as possible!

I was thinking the same, we went from maybe a 4th at some point to removing coil and full on TTC within a week 🤦

I have a friend who bought one test when her period was due and that's it. And I'm like how???

Hi all,
Could have written the above post about deciding to 'just try' myself, now I'm reading up on TTC and forums every day and can't seem to stop myself! I'm 12 DPO on first month of TTC. Had BFN 10 DPO and again today at 12. Not even a hint of a line. I know it's rare for the first month to be successful but I stupidly felt really hopeful. AF is due on Tuesday so it's just a waiting game now. No real symptoms other than being really tired a couple of days ago but that could have been from anything.
Side note, the hidden costs of TTC are unreal - ovulation tests and pregnancy tests are not cheap, nobody prepares you for this!!

@HopefullMumto4 don't do it! 😂you can hold out another few days!

I'm 5dpo and already feeling the urge to test. What is wrong with me 🤣 I KNOW it wouldn't be positive anyway, why do I insist on wasting money

@chelau I think that's how we all ended up here 🙈I always wait until the day I'm expecting my period or later to test - I figure that should be a definitive answer! I don't think I could handle getting a negative test and still not knowing either way! That being said, I did test (using an early test) at 6DPO one month because I wanted to check I could drink alcohol and got a BFP- I think that was about as early as they ever get though!

Hiii! Can I join? :) This month has been the first month of trying… I am currently 2DPO and feeling very impatient. Me and my boyfriend went from the “we’ll come off the pill and see if it happens” vibe to me reading up on all things conception and buying the OPKs in the space of a few weeks 😂 When do you suggest I wait to take a test?

@Grumpymummy78 Sorry to see AF arrived! Stay positive x

Oh bugger, AF just arrived, sad times!! oh well.

Lots of luck and fairy dust to you all! I'll be back next month x

@HopefullMumto4 hi! Yeah I’m planning on one around the middle of the day and another at night. They have been reading 61 last 3 tests but definitely going up, so I presume this means I am indeed ovulating which has been my fear, I had a 21 day test a few months back at my GP and they said it came back fine but I’m in this never ending cycle of worry. How are you feeling today? 3dpo! X

That's probably the healthiest way to be!!

@HopefullMumto4 thanks! Honestly though, I've spent so so much over the past year on tests, googled the hell out of my symptoms each month to no avail, so I'm trying a new approach: I'm trying the 'if it happens, it happens' way of thinking and forgetting about it. Let's see how long that lasts! 😂

@rangu If you haven't tracked ovulation we can't be much help I'm afraid! Other than suggesting testing every other day from now to see if anything shows up :)

I've managed to catch my son's cold! Just in time for a very busy weekend 🙄 Oh well, fortunately it's not hit me too hard so I'll just dose up on cold and flu tablets and get on with it 😂

OPKs are still hovering around the 0.6 mark so I feel like it'll peak soon but still no idea when. The cold will likely throw it off now anyway 🤦🏻‍♀️

@Ecj92 Ooh looking good! I would add a third test in if you can! I got my peak in the middle of the day this cycle and totally would have missed it otherwise.

@Grumpymummy78 I envy your will power! I'm absolutely ridiculous with testing and end up doing it multiple times a day

I think my chart is looking good but time will tell I guess!

@rangu your cycles can be all over the place for a while after coming off hormonal contraception. Especially if you're not tracking ovulation/temperature etc., it's pretty impossible to know whether your body just hasn't got around to ovulating yet, or if you did ovulate and might be pregnant. Just a waiting game I'm afraid!

Hi ladies, can I join? TTC since Sept so..feels like a while! Currently 14dpo (know I could test but deciding to wait a little while as had BFN at 12dpo), lots of cramping from 6-9 dpo but nothing much now except a funny taste in my mouth last night.
Mind and body seems to plan tricks on me some months though with lots of symptoms!

Hey guys! A wee update …. First month doing OPKS and there are starting to go up! How is everyone getting on? X

Ttc a while...been reading all the these threads for months...find it reassuring .....said id join yee,
Cd 1, staying optismistic, haven't used ovulation sticks...think I will this month...used the preseed Lube this month, found it helpful...
Best of luck for this month ahead to you all...

hi everyone

jumping in this thread with a bit of a weird situation which is kind of freaking me out.

i stopped taking the pill on 1 june and haven't had a period since then. i haven't tracked my ovulation either so i dont know if i've ovulated or not, i wasn't thinking very hard about it until now.

from about 4-7th august i had a very strong metallic taste in my mouth, along with bad cramps, dizziness and nausea. since then these symptoms seem to have got better. i'm sure it must have been hormone related, i looked into possible other causes and nothing checks out. no sign of any period. i have taken a few tests which are negative.

if i'm not pregnant i'm a bit stumped about what those symptoms were. could it be ovulation? i've never had the metallic taste with PMS before. am i possibly pregnant but it's too early to detect? all rhetorical questions but it is driving me slightly mad 🙃.