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

@ThelastRolo20 yes i am excited to be in the TWW! being on letrozole is just game-changing, i think i ovulated on cd17, in normal range, when normally, my cycles can be up to 40-50+ days! i got a positive opk at the weekend but with my pcos i don't fully trust them, and my bbt didn't seem to rise as much as expected, so I was so relieved this morning when I had a proper rise and FF confirmed ovulation for last saturday.

will be testing at 14dpo if I don't get my period before then! might try to push it to 15dpo as we're hosting a big christmas dinner for my husband's side of the family on the 14dpo saturday!!

hope you're feeling better soon and the bug doesn't affect you the rest of the month! <3

@Ladyinpink1 I'm definitely hoping for a load of BFPs this month! @graceinc22 already in the TWW! how exciting - how are you feeling/ do you have an idea of when you'll test? X

Ooh! I might try SMEP next month, if I don’t get pregnant this month (fertility friend says I’m 4dpo). Fingers crossed for us all x

@Haylsttc that's great timing! Fingers crossed this is the month for you. Still only cycle day 9 here - world's longest cycle. Will start OPKs Friday, but not expecting anything until Monday/ Tuesday

@ThelastRolo20 @Ladyinpink1 we’re also going to attempt the SMEP this cycle! Never tried it before and not sure we’ll manage all of the days either. I’m currently cycle day 13 and we’re on track so far. Just got a flashing smiley on my clear blue ovulation test this morning too so hopefully it should go to peak in the next couple of days which times nicely with the weekend for the three days in a row when neither of us have work 😂

@Ladyinpink1 not currently feeling that enthusiastic about SMEP 😂I'm going to go for Friday, Sunday, Tuesday. And maybe an extra day depending on OPK.

I must have had a really weird virus, felt rotten last night but today I'm okay.

@ThelastRolo20 Hope you are on the mend soon!

@Ladyinpink1 I always have a line on my OPKs - sometimes very faint but sometimes a bit stronger. I used the Clear Blue digital test to triangulate with my cheapie OPKs this month which seemed to work quite well, got a nice dark line and a static smiley on the same day.

@Gem0302 Oh no, hope you get your doctors appointment soon and can get things sorted out. ❤

7 DPO here and still symptom spotting! Started feeling nauseous during my exercise class last night, but I think I'm being overly optimistic and I was just working a bit too hard. 😂

@Ladyinpink1 i use the easy at home opks too along with clear blue just to be double sure 🤣. I find that i always a faint line and then as ovulation gets nearer it gets darker but I’ve never had what they show as a peak. The closest I get is the lines being equal. Clear blue has shown a peak though so who knows.

Im 1dpo today and I’ve got a uti 😭 currently waiting for a doctors appointment and I imagine a course of antibiotics. Anyone conceived before when taking antibiotics? Trying not to to google as it will only stress me out more.

@Ladyinpink1 I think some colour is normal :) what day would you normally ovulate?

I'm actually feeling a bit better, I think it's just a 24/48 hour bug and I'm not due to ovulate for a week anyway so I'd be surprised if it affected it!

I think I'm coming down with an awful virus. Typical - hoping it comes and goes before ovulation but not sure it'll throw things off! COVID skewed my cycles in summer so knowing my luck it'll be COVID and will happen again 🙈

Yep that’s what I get with easy@home ones @Ladyinpink1 - you’re looking for the strength of the line, it’s always a bit pink I think. Hadn’t really thought about it before tbh! Gonna start my opks today (CD8) and definitely not going to manage SMEP! DTD three times over the next week would be good…let’s see!

@Ladyinpink1 its cycle 5 for me. To be honest, my cycles have been short (23/24 days) since I got my period back while breastfeeding my daughter. But i didn’t pay it any attention as we weren’t trying to conceive. Before I had my daughter they were 28-30 days.

it’s only now I’ve been looking at ovulation that I’ve realised they are short cycles with a short luteal phase.

my GP has also offered to send me for hormone blood tests for day 2 of periods and day 7 days before my period which I will do this week and into next cycle if I’m not pregnant.

Hey everyone long time no speak, I hope you’re all keeping well 💕 so sorry to read about your loss @Liz2681 sending you love.

I had to take a break from thinking about ttc when my period arrived a couple of weeks ago as I felt really stressed about it.

I’m cycle day 11 today, we are still trying this month but I’m trying not to obsess too much as it’s been taking over my life the past four months 😔 So I’m doing the clear blue ovulation tests this cycle as I only need to use them once a day, rather than the strip tests which I was using a couple of times a day. They’re more expensive but Amazon has money off them at the moment for Black Friday so I’ve bought 20 tests for the price of 10! And to be honest I’m kind of enjoying the blunt answer it gives you each day 😂

@CluelessInLondon completely understand waiting, I normally would but my work Xmas party is on 9th which should be 10 DPO. I'll have to decide nearer the time whether to test or not!

I know, most of it is just spent waiting for time to hurry up 😂 luckily work and Christmas is keeping me plenty busy, the week will fly by I know it.

@ThelastRolo20 I'm not intending to test until/unless my period doesn't arrive when I'm expecting it - I really don't want to turn into a crazy lady doing tests every day! Period is due next Monday (probably - one of my apps says Monday, the other says Tuesday but based on what my cycle was like pre-MC it's probably due Monday) so I'll test after that if it doesn't show up. Makes the wait longer but also means I don't stress myself out doing tests every day!

I can't decide what's worse, the start of the cycle and waiting to ovulate or the end of it and the TWW - seems a bit ridiculous that there are only 5/6 days in the month where you aren't just wanting everything to hurry up!

@CluelessInLondon the two week window can do really funny things to us 😂 when are you planning on testing?

I have over a week until ovulation and that feels like an actual lifetime. Trying to be productive in work/ life in the meantime.

@Ladyinpink1 I also use Premom - I'm not that convinced by the line ratios it throws out, for example my peak OPK this cycle looked like the test line was as dark as the control line but the number it gave me was only 0.75. But I find it helpful having somewhere to store all of the tests so I can look at and compare them.

@SunSparkle That's good that you've got the reassurance that you definitely ovulated this month. Fingers crossed that you got your timings right! Good luck for your appointment on Thursday.

6DPO over here and slowly descending into madness - I swear I woke up during the night with really sore boobs, but they felt absolutely fine this morning so I'm wondering whether I just dreamed it! 😅

Good luck to those having a go at SMEP this cycle - I absolutely do not have the energy for that!

@Ladyinpink1 I also use premom. I'm cycle day 7 - haven't used their pregnancy ones though. I'm also basically going for SMEP this month. How long is your cycle normally? Looks like we'll be similar timing @SunSparkle hope the tests all go okay, fingers crossed you ovulated and it's good news this month x

@Ladyinpink1 i use the Premom app. It’s free for all the features I need and I found it so much easier than just eyeballing the strip as I never really knew what I was looking for.

im CD22 and period is due Wednesday. I ovulated on CD 16/17.

I had a trans vagina scan as part of my fertility MOT last week and she said she could see a corpus luteum so I had ovulated but whether or not we timed everything right, I don’t know. I feel like with such short luteal phases it’s going to be impossible.

consultant appointment on Thursday to give results of the tests and by then my period may or may not have come. Who knows.