Cd1 of ttc first cycle after loss... anyone want to join me? 🙂

@Haylsttc thank you - I think these strips I'm using are pretty brutal too which can be quite demoralising but hoping for a rapid peak 😂

@SunSparkle thank you! I’ve been ovulating later in my cycle too recently, last month it was cycle day 21 and this cycles it’s been cycle day 17 😊

@Oxalis00 @ThelastRolo20 please don’t panic! For some reason last cycle I didn’t ovulate until cycle day 21, it felt like such a long wait but I finally got my peak 🥲 this cycle I got my peak cycle day 16 so just shows you how things can differ each cycle!

@Ladyinpink1 well done on sticking to SMEP! We messed up on the every other day part of it so ended up doing 8, 10, 12, 15, 16 and 17. We should technically do tonight but I don’t think we will, I think we’ll use it as the rest day and go tomorrow instead 😂 Either way I’m happy with our attempt this cycle!

@Oxalis00 oh yeah I'm using those skinny ones that show bugger all 😂 but I have had a peak on them before, I think their threshold must be quite high then before anything even shows. Just need to be patient and keep testing - just hoping I ovulate at some point. Absolutely solidarity here - let's check in tomorrow with where we're at. We're both full of cold anyway so tonight wouldn't have been a great night in any case

I completely understand what your saying. I also have no idea when I am due but feel absolutely awful, feel as though my body is trying to play tricks on me.

Thanks for the solidarity @ThelastRolo20 - it’s nice to have company! I’m sorry you’re stuck in this frustrating place too though. I’m worrying now the stress is stopping ovulation somehow, which obv makes me more stressed! What OPKs are you using? I had some skinny One Step ones which I hate, there’s nothing showing up on them at all. Easy@home are better but now I’m going to have to buy some more!

@Oxalis00 yours are a lot stronger than mine. I can't even see a line 🤦‍♀️

@Oxalis00 I'm the same.😭 Technically not expecting peak until tomorrow but they're essentially blank so can't see it happening magically overnight. Just have to keep testing but it's so frustrating x

Still no peak! Went a bit mad today and POAS about 5 times. Didn’t magic up a positive though! 😫 Starting to worry I’ve gone straight from MC to menopause 😕

@Haylsttc i did! Firstly I took soy isoflavones - no idea if they helped but I definitely ovulated.

and two I discovered the previous month by temping that I ovulate very late in my short cycle. So the previous few months we were timing it with what the apps predicted as my ovulation date when I actually ovulate 6 days later.

I was getting fed up getting negative ovulation tests and giving up for the month convinced I wasn’t ovulating but actually I was just much later.

I used Ovusense to temp but I wouldn’t say that’s necessary.

@SunSparkle congratulations on your bfp ❤️ out of interest did you do anything differently this cycle? 😊

@Bali200 aw I’m so glad to hear everything was looking good on the scan 🥰

@Bugdem123 of course, welcome to the thread 💕 Typical about your in-laws coming the weekend you’re ovulating haha! I’ve used the advanced digital opks this cycle and liked them, the smiley face stopped me second guessing when peak was 😊

@Ladyinpink1 I’m classing myself as 1dpo today too since my peak was Saturday. However I don’t temp so technically today could be ovulation day as it does say you could ovulate up to 48hrs after peak. Hope you’re not feeling too bad with Covid! I was really poorly in my last two week wait and although I didn’t get a bfp I did A LOT of googling and it seemed people had got pregnant even though they had had Covid or flu in their two week wait, so I wouldn’t worry too much!

@CluelessInLondon sorry to hear you think AF could be starting 😔

@CluelessInLondon I’m so sorry - you’ve articulated it so well in the loss of confidence comment. All I will say is that I had spotting in my first (successful) pregnancy, so much so that I thought I’d had a very light and weird period. It’s so hard to tell when there is no ‘normal’ anymore (and you can’t even trust whatever normal was). 🤞🤞🤞 x

Looks like AF might be arriving for me. 😕It's so confusing - I'm still feeling sick, which is absolutely not a normal period symptom for me, and all I've had so far is a bit of pink/brown spotting, so I guess I just need to see if it gets heavier. I don't normally get much if any spotting at the start of my period, it normally goes to full flow pretty quickly, so I might have a better idea by the time I go to bed. It doesn't help that because of the miscarriage I now second-guess absolutely everything that my body is doing in a way I never used to - it's like having a complete loss of confidence in whether anything is happening the way that it should.

@SunSparkle huge congratulations to you. Sorry to hear your epu won’t scan you routinely.

@Aaliyahrae sorry to hear you’re so poorly. I hope your GP appointment goes well and you get some meds that work better.

@Bugdem123 welcome, I’m pretty new here too. Good luck this month.

@Bali200 that’s wonderful news about your early scan.

Im 7dpo trying to remain positive but struggling. Can’t decide if to test this month or just see if AF arrives.

Congratulations @SunSparkle !

And so sorry you’re so poorly @Aaliyahrae

I’m lurking in the background while I await my second scan at EPU on Friday (I wouldn’t have been offered one routinely, only have it because of spotting). I have no symptoms at all apart from tiredness which makes me feel very nervous (I know we have to be careful what we wish for… and I had symptoms with my MMC so I know it doesn’t necessarily mean anything!) even the spotting has stopped in the last couple of days. So, we’ll see what Friday brings…

@Bali200 how far along are you now? So exciting, I’m so happy for you!

@Bugdem123 Lovely to see you over here! Good luck for TTC this month. 😊

Went out and got some tests, now very tempted to do one this afternoon/evening - which is why I made a point of not keeping any in the house! Determined to hold off until tomorrow morning though.

Hey all, hope it's okay for me to join. I'm on CD 7 of cycle 2 after my MMC. I usually ovulate around CD16 so still a few days before my fertile window. My in-laws are coming to stay this weekend so hopefully we'll still be able to sneak something in at the weekend. Feels like being a teenager again 😂.

I'm tracking with easy@home OPKs and also bought some digital advanced OPKs to try this month.

I've seen a few people mention SMEP so going to have a read of that.

@CluelessInLondon I'll keep everything crossed! I'm so impressed you've been able to wait to test.

@Bali200 congratulations!!

@Ladyinpink1 I'm feeling okay today - definitely still having some queasiness on and off, I feel as though it's been going on long enough that I can't be imagining all of it! AF due today and no sign yet, so probably going to get tests this afternoon and then test tomorrow first thing if my period doesn't arrive by then. Trying not to get my hopes up too much, which is hard!

Fingers crossed for positive ovulation tests for anyone who's testing and coming up to O-day!

@Bali200 That's wonderful that you've had an early scan and all looking good so far - how far along are you now?

Congratulations @SunSparkle! Great to have some more good news on the thread.

@Ladyinpink1 Still waiting for my peak! It was low low yesterday and temp still down so I started worrying about not ovulating. OPK a bit higher this morning (CD15) so let’s see what the next day or two brings. Though DH spent the weekend in a hot tub so it’ll be lucky if there’s anything alive in there…! 🙄

Congratulations @SunSparkle! Wonderful news and hopefully the first of many BFP’s to come this month! X

Sorry to hear you’re unwell @Ladyinpink1 hope you feel better soon x

My local hospitals (Manchester) didn’t offer the scans to me after just one loss so I think it’s a bit of a postcode lottery, but happy to report that I had a positive private scan yesterday afternoon, little bean is measuring correctly and saw a heartbeat x

@Ladyinpink1 it's been a very early morning so haven't tested but have had loads of EWCM over the past 24 hours so I'm hoping I'll peak in the next day or so 🤞🏻will do a test when I get home, last cycle I tested my peak was day 15 (tomorrow) so seems to be on schedule x

@SunSparkle this is exciting! I have everything crossed for you that this is a happy healthy bean!

@Ladyinpink1 I'm now (roughly) in the TWW! We DTD 5 days over 8 although not sure how well timed as didn't do ovulation sticks this month to take the pressure off a bit - so we shall see! Now two weeks of trying to have lots of busy plans, thank goodness for Christmas! 😂

How is everyone else doing?