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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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6dpo carry on thread number 3

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PADonk · 09/10/2023 08:19

Starting a new chat as we filled up the last one. New members always welcome 🤗

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PADonk · 21/11/2023 22:15

@BB78910 hahaha, I know what you mean. I love it when it’s super quick now, and I would have been fuming in the old days 😂😂😂 hopefully one day it’ll all be fun again 🤞🏼

I’m 34. How about you?

We’ve both had those 23andme tests and nothing flagged up, except I’ve got that gene that means you don’t absorb folic acid properly. Not sure how you can get proper testing done, but no doubt that’ll be next on the list if this doesn’t come up with anything 😆

yeah I can totally believe the whole more fertile after a mc stuff is crap

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BB78910 · 21/11/2023 22:07

@PADonk ahh okay gotcha. Yeah maybe you’re right - just tick off all the boxes at once. I wonder if sometimes they can refer for genetic testing too as some of that can be caused by being a carrier of certain things. I reckon you just had a couple of bad really unlucky tries and actually the next one will be much better. I also didn’t conceive the cycle after my MC - I’ve read somewhere it’s actually common to not ovulate at all in the immediate cycle, like the hormone builds up but the egg never releases. How old are you if you don’t mind me asking?
and yeah I’m gonna treat that as a positive - we did DTD but it was so quick I’m hoping it actually did anything 😂 gonna try tomorrow too and just be done with it it’s exhausting. And funny thing is I used to enjoy sex so much now it’s like a chore

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PADonk · 21/11/2023 21:41

@BB78910 problem is you have to get it done at that time of the month, so it’s just a case of postponing if we decide not to this month. At the minute I’m leaning towards just getting it out the way and risking it - odds are it it’ll be another BFP month anyway so no harm done but I won’t then be like shite, I couldn’t got pregnant that month. Re the GP they’ve been pretty good actually - I’ve had an ultrasound, physical exam, hormone tests, thyroid, full bloods and blood clot ones. All fine 🫠 would much rather have a problem and then feel like could fix it. never had progesterone but EPU said if I get pregnant again ring them and they’ll prescribe, though this Coventry clinic seems to say you really need it before you get a BFP so hoping at the very least they’ll sort me out for that - ugh the whole thing is just exhausting 🥱

That test looks pretty positive to me like - presume you’re on it tonight? 💃 sending you all the good vibes xx

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BB78910 · 21/11/2023 21:31

@PADonk you know what - I think its good you’re having a look in to things - I think there should be a lot more support for conception on the NHS. What tests did you manage to get from your GP? I think you’re so close to TTC week I would hold off? Book in for a couple of weeks time then you have a plan just in case? Did you get progesterone last time round?
for me flo app says today but could be off by a day - depends on tomorrows OPK x

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PADonk · 21/11/2023 21:16

@BB78910 do you normally use boots or one steps? I need to get to boots! When were/are you due to ovulate? Feels like you’ve been on the cusp for ages bless you

I just found it when I was looking for what’s available after 2 mcs given the crappy rule about nothing until you’ve had 3, and as every test I’ve managed to squeeze out of my GP’s come back normal. I think they do a load of research trials. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/biomedical/tem/clinic/ As I say it’s pretty expensive but we had the consultation and the Dr was great, and I figure if it saves us going through another one and/or giving us some answers it’s worth it in the long run. Just really don’t want to risk losing a month 😥

Implantation clinic

Implantation clinic

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/biomedical/tem/clinic/

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BB78910 · 21/11/2023 20:37

@Roses12345 it makes sense what you’re saying - you don’t know if you can deal with the TWW. did you go get him in the end?
@PADonk ooh the clinic sounds interesting - is this something you researched or was recommended?
did an opk today - almost positive on boots but one step still faint! So kind of think I’ve been missing my peaks cos I’ve been using cheapies 😡😡

6dpo carry on thread number 3
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PADonk · 21/11/2023 08:54

@Roses12345 i totally get it - you just get sick of it and want your life back. For me, I think it would be balancing it between whether the TWW is more stressful or potentially regretting not having tried, but if you don’t think you would regret it then it definitely sounds like a much nicer fortnight

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Roses12345 · 21/11/2023 08:48

@PADonk tbh I don't really know its not nothing major it's a pink tinge when wiping thats all not alot but there and I have only had that about 3 times in my life, im assuming I should get ewcm today or tomorrow latest though tmi I usually get that after number 2 🫣 aswell , and two minds as to even try now x

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PADonk · 21/11/2023 08:46

@Bl1991 ah good 😪 I’m ok thanks - AF over so got about a week until ovulation 😴

We’ve had a consultation at an implantation clinic in Coventry (nowhere near us 😩) where they’ll take a biopsy of your womb if you’ve had recurrent miscarriages to see if there’s any issues with the lining causing them - issue is it’s self-funded so pretty £££ and you’re not meant to try the month you go as there’s a slight chance of mc… everyone else on MN seems to be very good and not try but I’m struggling with the thought of wasting a month. Plus I figure after 2 in a row the risk is pretty high anyway so what’s a smidge more? You have to book in on your peak day though for the procedure to happen 7-10 days later so need to just decide in the next few days

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PADonk · 21/11/2023 08:20

@Roses12345 i was thinking that’s a very efficient service 😂 in 2 minds as you can’t be bothered with the stress of another tww, or because you don’t think there’s much point now? I’ve never had ovulation bleeding, does it mean it’s coming or already happened? X

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Roses12345 · 21/11/2023 07:06

@BB78910 not now at 7am like but today haha x

Roses12345 · 21/11/2023 07:05

@BB78910 hey , well yesterday I had specs of ovulation bleed when wiping this morning bit wet watery when wiping so I'm in the 6 days of it now 💯 not had no sex since Thursday with him so that's no good but im in two minds as to get him now n go for it or not im bit confused x

Bl1991 · 20/11/2023 23:44

@PADonk ahh bless you, no not at all, I love having the support of everyone on here and find the site so helpful for endless searches!

I think it’s where my first pregnancy wasn’t planned so I was a bit more naive of what to come and didn’t have the stress of trying that time round!

howre you getting on lovely? X

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PADonk · 20/11/2023 21:11

@BB78910 what cd are you now? I think the onesteps are always pretty faint - they’re the ones I use and I hardly ever get a proper positive

@Bl1991 ah bless you - sorry if this thread has contributed to that. So weird how pregnancy is the one time you’re really hankering to feel awful. Just try and remember the odds are overwhelmingly that everything will be fine x

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Bl1991 · 20/11/2023 20:26

@BB78910 hello lovely - ahh sorry it’s all been so confusing for you, they really do play with your mind those lines done they! Do you temp too? How’s that been looking if so?

Still doing ok here thanks - no real symptoms to report yet but only 4+5 currently and don’t think my sickness started with my DS until about week 7 (but then through to about week 19) I just feel so much more nervous this time and getting myself so worked up at the thought of miscarriage but for no particular reason other than I’m much more hyper aware of it this time.

xx

BB78910 · 20/11/2023 20:05

@PADonk @Catson @Bl1991 @Roses12345 how you ladies doing?

I’m so stupid - I kept taking the boots LH tests and then yesterday I took a one step as they arrived with the cheapie pregnancy tests in a bundle - that was so faint I thought I ovulated super early and then today I just thought I’d take both a boots one and a one step at the same time to compare them and the boots one is still quite dark… maybe I haven’t ovulated and the one steps are just rubbish.. I’ll have to do another boots one tomorrow to see if it’s going up or down in shade. I have jelly stringy CM and I wonder if it’s EWCM but as it dries on the knickers it changes to gooey?

6dpo carry on thread number 3
BB78910 · 19/11/2023 22:41

@Roses12345 honestly when you know you want a baby it doesn’t matter what happens in the future - it’ll still have two parents that wanted them and love them so whatever. It’s the 21st century you have all sorts of different families

Roses12345 · 19/11/2023 22:03

@BB78910 I suppose good question though because maybe when he gets another gf that will be over I hadn't thought of that until now , but at same time I'm this close on giving up anyway what will be will be x

Roses12345 · 19/11/2023 22:01

@BB78910 Always ha, he's wanted it as much as me for so long that he's on board fully with it if i want to go for it he does too 🙂 x

BB78910 · 19/11/2023 21:02

@Roses12345 got ya! So is the ex on board to dtd?

Roses12345 · 19/11/2023 11:59

@BB78910 I'm hoping u got this covered just keep dtd either way if u can , and I'm 12day past my period I will be coming up soon so not just yet my body will let me know when I coming up, I will get wet watery when I wipe after a wee so i know that is start of it then get ewcm then i feel my ovulation I feel it proper lol in my left side , so next few days I should be starting it x

BB78910 · 19/11/2023 11:03

@PADonk ah hopefully you have a short AF and get to try again!
LH tests just stayed the same shade so I hope I haven’t actually ovulated yet. Will do another one tonight and tomorrow to see - I have been having slight EWCM in the last couple of days so hoping that the other night was maybe just delayed whatever from DTD the night before and I’ve still got a chance
@Roses12345 when do you ovulate do you know?

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PADonk · 19/11/2023 10:43

@BB78910 update please 🙏🏼

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Roses12345 · 18/11/2023 14:45

@PADonk ffs 🤨 not ovulate yet me x

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PADonk · 18/11/2023 14:19

@Roses12345 yep, AF now arrived in full flow. Shite. How’s you? Have you ovulated yet?

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