RESTART TTC DECEMBER CLUB

Thought id update on my tests- I know my times are so early but i get up and wee about 3 times a night (my 2nd doesnt sleep through!!) so I dont think it counts as FMU. Today says fertile window so I will just start from now lol. Don’t know if I can go everyday haha…. After a week he will be wondering why its all stopped 🤣🤣🤣

Fingers crossed everyone ✨✨✨

@LuceNumberTwo we use home artificial insemination - my boyfriend struggles to finish from sex so it means we actually have a chance! Got pregnant that way in July (sadly miscarried) now onto month 4 of doing it again!

Haha! This is my thoughts exactly.. Does the job!!
So yeah, I bought a kit of amazon.. I'll link it, & just follow the instructions, the kit comes with everything sterile - wee pots, long syringes, gel stuff which is meant to be good for his swimmers to swim..🤣 etc! & it gives you a step by step guide. To be fair it really takes alot of pressure of, it's made our sex life so much better, I feel 'trying' can become mechanical after a while... So having this time out makes it better lol. In my opinion! Xx

Ps God my amazon orders are not it.. pregnancy tests, pregnancy tests, trying for a baby vitamins, ovulation tests🤣🤣🙈🙈

Here's the link:

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@LuceNumberTwo I might sound silly here but how do you actually do home insemination 🙈 he finishes then using insemination kit? I’m totally open to any way main goal is to get pregnant no matter how you do it 😂

@H938 @Saffie920 we’re not an every day DTD either! I dunno how people do it 😂 maybe if I was still early 20s but now 33 with a 2yr old, full time job and no sleep we just about manage a few time over the fertile window 🤣 but that’s another reason I’ve started using OPK just to try time it. With our first we only DTD twice!
@H938 if you’re starting your fertile window today and want to try OPK I’ll pick up some from boots/Amazon next day now’s the time to try! Are you BTB as well?

My DH suggested home insemination too. He struggles sometimes with the pressure. I might try if I'm unsuccessful after Christmas.

AF is kicking my arse at the moment. Back to back 12 hour shifts and heavy bleeding don't mix well. I've also worked out that if I ovulate when I usually do then smack in the middle of my night shifts and DH is on days so we literally see each other for 5 minutes when handing ds1 over in the car park. Let's hope i ovulate a few days later this month!

No peak today. Line is definitely gradually getting darker but I'm cycle day 16 today.
Welcome to everyone, have a really good feeling about December 🤞🏻

@LuceNumberTwo I dont think theres anything wrong with it!! Also on here you can say what you want 😊

@Saffie920 hooray for AF... I feel like December is for us all this time 🤞🤞

@Elg90 welcome! Sorry to hear about what you've been through, massive loves! Hopefully this time is yours too 🤞🤞

@H938 I know eh 🤣🙈 I've not told anyone about it because I'm like you will 100% think I'm a weirdo 🤣🤣🤣

I mean if it works it works! Who cares how you get there haha! X

No judging here @LuceNumberTwo ! Whatever works for you 💪 Plus I think my AF has finally just appeared! Can’t believe I’m celebrating getting AF this much 🤣 but at this point I’m just glad to be onto a new CD1 😊 Welcome @Elg90!

🤣🤣 it can survive 15- 30 mins
But its not left out long, pretty much straight away! I know so many other ladies do it, its a bit taboo but there's actually a thread about it on here x

@LuceNumberTwo no judgement here. I would not be going everyday 😂 but I did think that once sperm hits the air it doesnt survive! Im guessing thats not true haha

Joining :)
Trying for baby 2.
MMC in Feb, been trying since and no luck 😔
AF due tomorrow. 🙏🏻

OK.. I'm going to admit this & judge if you like, I've so far gotten pregnant twice with this method.. We don't DTD every day
We use a Home insemination kit 🙈 that way it takes the pressure off him, as well as not having to be at it constantly as our DD, life, work & everything is constant 🤣🤷‍♀️

Sorry btw I have no idea why it keeps switching between 2 different usernames for me 🤣

I (and DH!) definitely can’t manage every day of the cycle! We are planning every other day of the cycle next month (when AF finally appears!) and probably a bit extra if/when I get a positive OPK. But not sure if we have the stamina 🤣 we don’t have any children yet though so imagine that helps!!

Wow you lot doing it everyday 😂 Im lucky if I can stay up past 9 - i better up my game haha

Did you track ovulation this cycle? Early tests tend be a bit more sensitive to hCG so I would suspect a late AF that far along the cycle.

Late AF probably more frustrating than early ones conversely

Thanks for your replies @H938 and @LuceNumberTwo i know, rationally I just really don’t think I can be pregnant but then it’s so strange that it hasn’t arrived. I had a couple of twinges more near my ovaries today (so not my usual period pain) but literally nothing else. I’m really not sure when I ovulated. We DTD from CD8 to CD17 and just missed one day in that time. I didn’t have my usual ovulation pain this month which I usually use to tell by. I’ll just keep holding tight but it’s so rubbish. I’ve bought ovulation strips and pre-seed and everything for next month so I just want AF to arrive so I can move on!! I’ve never been pregnant before so I really just don’t know what ‘normal’ might be like for me

@H938 well I'd say let the baby dancing commence!!! I'd go as far as to go every day/other day up until the 3rd/4th December... But that's just me & my desperation to get pregnant haha!

@Saffycat92 Aww no, that's odd! It could be late ovulation but I'd have thought you would have seen even a faint line by now. Our bodies like to trick us I'm sure, in November I'm pretty sure about 3 (myself included) ladies got AF around 5 days early🤦‍♀️ it's like your body knows your waiting for it! Hope something happens for you soon 🤞💖

@Saffycat92 thats really odd!! I would think it would show up on a test if you was late but you never know. Maybe you ovulated later and its still in progress?? What day did you think you ovulated x

Came off the threads for few months...still no luck...going to join the December one...keeping finger crossed...

@LuceNumberTwo @Willow89 @Mama09876 okay think I got it from your replies, thank you!! I will put what my app says below - I will try this month just doing these tests and basically DTD as much as I can 🤣🤣 so mine says my fertile window starts tomorrow but who knows! I didnt even realise that I had 26 day cycles until I came on this month which I thought was early - turns out it wasnt, which means in Nov I probably completely missed ovulation 🤣🤣🫣 im learning haha!! X