TTC February 2024 ✨

@Linalou12 the cycle i conceived but unfortunately lost at Christmas I continued my gym workouts but its weights not HIIT. I have been doing that for a good while though and they say not to change what you're doing?

This time I have been carrying on like before but listening to my body. I am 7dpo and this morning I couldn't face going to the gym to go on the treadmill and am seeing that as my body telling me to rest.

This is the first TWW since the loss and I am going a bit mad, it took a year to conceive the first time round and I don't remember ever being this insane about it but I guess that happens after a loss.

Praying for sticky babies for you all ladies 🫶🏼

Im trying so so hard to stay positive today but I've just got home from work and had to have a big cry. Still have cramps & I noticed a sharp pain in my uterus/that area earlier. I then went to the toilet a few hours later and noticed a small bit of blood (barely noticeable but there) on the tissue so I'm pretty sure AF is on the way for me as I'm due on Wednesday 😔 so sick of this!

I am 6dpo today and I am feeling soooo distracted. I was OK over the weekend keeping myself busy but work today is just not cutting it. Maybe I will do an OPK in a couple of days just to get some testing out of my system!

Hi ladies! I hope you don’t mind me joining this thread a bit late- it’s my LH peak day today and I think I’ll need the support for the tww. It’s cycle number 5 ttc baby number 1 for me.

Really sorry for your loss @KittyFantastica - wishing you and everyone lots of luck 🍀

Does anyone have any views on exercising during the TWW or when ttc more generally? I do fitness classes like hiit and circuits 2 or 3 times a week but I recently read I should really only be doing mild or moderate exercise like swimming or cycling during the luteal phase when ttc. Has anyone else reduced their exercise? I feel like cutting out mine will make me obsess even more about getting pregnant!

Thank you @LillieAsh and @ButterflySkies ❤️. I did tell Hubs, I couldn't keep it to myself any longer, I just had to find a quiet moment. The idea of having to tell him it was a loss before he even got to know it was a possibility broke my heart.

Funnily enough, @ButterflySkies, he also said he could see it a bit easier and thinks it's a tiny bit darker. I'm too scared to hope and think of it were sticky then the line would be quite dark by 13DPO. My last loss wasn't until 5 weeks, but the tests never progressed beyond 11DPO really.

I'd also say, my cramps were really strong last time and only stopped once my lines started to get fainter. I'd be glad of someone cramps right now as weird as it sounds! It felt like someone moving furniture around in there. I have all my fingers and toes crossed for you, lovely.

@KittyFantastica it is darker lovely! I can definitely see it's darker.

You can tell DH still, im sure he would understand.

I'm similarly anxious. My cramps are quite bad (and getting worse). If i hadnt tested early id 100% say AF was imminent.

Sending you a hand hold xx

OMG, so it’s true! I’m going out to get a HPT as soon as I can, but maybe I will try an opk! Huuuge congratulations to you 🥰

I’d definitely say the top one is slightly darker and definitely positive!! Wishing you all the luck!

Aw @KittyFantastica. I hope everything turns out okay for you. I have no advice, but I'm thinking of you. Do tell your husband if you need his support.

Good luck @LillieAsh!

2DPO here. Feels like forever already 😆 I'm looking after a friend's toddler this weekend so she can go for a private scan with her husband and then announce her pregnancy. I'm thrilled for her, but I swear, I'm surrounded by babies. It's the strangest feeling. I am very lucky to have a lovely toddler, but I really thought he'd be a big brother.

Taking the morning off this morning to go to toddler club. It'll be full of babies too, but hoping it gives me a boost!

Thank you ladies ❤️ I tested again this morning and I don't think there's been any progression. I know the hormones take 48 hours to improve, but I've seen so many progression pictures where there's a notable difference. I'm 13DPO now, AF is due tomorrow, and I think they should be darker by now.

My last pregnancy, I tested positive 9DPO and lost it at 5 weeks, so even going beyond tomorrow when AF is due is no real comfort. I had symptoms last time as well and this time nothing at all still. I'm driving myself mad with desperation.

I did a digital yesterday and it was negative, I can't bring myself to do another one. None of the other tests I have (just some boots cheapies) are sensitive ones. I did one, but it had the faintest squinter I've ever seen and I'd have thrown it away without knowing if I hadn't had other positives. I haven't told hubs yet as I planned to last night, but his mum ended up coming over and she stayed quite late. He's out tonight and has a work event tomorrow, so don't want to put it in his head until after those. I do wish I'd told him when I first got the positive. Lesson learned if there has to be a next time!

Attached a picture. Bottom photo is yesterday, top photo is today. They're just so faint 😢.

Here’s the tests I did

On Friday just gone I was 8dpo when I did my tests, I did a FRER, an easy @ home preg test and just for good measure I did an easy @ home LH test. All from the same pee sample. The first one I did was the LH test and it came up roaring blazing positive so I knew that I was probably going to get a positive on the pregnancy tests too (I had a feeling as my temps indicated a huge implantation dip on 6 dpo then a huge rise after. Sure enough I then got vvf positives on the preg tests.

Ah @meepthebeep im really sorry to hear that! Pleased you're doing ok though lovely and staying quite positive. Cheering you on for next month lovely.

Have resisted testing this morning, slept awfully worrying as im super crampy and got up for a wee a couple of times so didnt think there was much point testing! I dont remember cramping at all with my first so im not filled with confidence about this. X

Will grab one first thing tomorrow. I’m too impatient and don’t want to get my hopes up! Absolute emotional rollercoaster TTC!

@LillieAsh worth taking a test to be sure! I personally wouldn’t rely on an OPK to tell you. Can you get a test tomorrow?

I’m now in my TWW. Had a small bit of spotting earlier today. We followed SMEP this month so we’ve got a break and then one more day of DTD if the Clearblue ovulation tests are to be believed. Fingers crossed for this month. I’m surrounded by pregnant friends and have so many emotions right now - I’m anxious I’m seeming fake around them even though I am truly happy for them.

Hey, so I posted Friday night that I was gutted AF arrived. However…I literally had the slightest bleed then nothing since then?!?! I’ve NEVER had this happen before. Implantation maybe?

Ive got no HPT in the house but have loads of OPKs. Has anyone else heard that OPKs can detect pregnancy?

@piechipsgravy yes but not consistently I’ve just about started to remember to check bbt in the morning. I have OPKs but as it’s all new not sure I know what I’m looking for, you?

@Anonxo I'm glad I'm not the only one! Are you tracking ovulation?

sorry to hear that @meepthebeep but your attitude is spot on. Onwards and upwards!

Congratulations @ButterflySkies and @KittyFantastica!

I tested negative at 12DPO and AF arrived yesterday so I’m out for this month. It was only our first month trying again after our MMC so I’m trying not to be too disheartened. Going to keep up the vitamins, healthy eating and exercise and try again in a couple of weeks 🙂 I have a BBT thermometer arriving soon and also CoQ10, so we’ll see how that goes 🙂 congrats again x

@piechipsgravy snap 😂 last month we were just like why not but I didn’t realise the timing that goes into it this month we’re being a little wiser. I too have looked at all the stuff. And now I’m just trying not too become obsessed 😅

@Anonxo I'm feeling ok so far but think that's because I haven't started symptom spotting etc. I keep torturing myself by looking at prams/nursery furniture/baby clothes online and getting upset with just how much I want a baby! It's only cycle 2 for us and I don't think we got the timing right last month but I'm convinced that it won't come easily for us so I'm almost a bit resigned to expecting disappointment already. How are you?

@piechipsgravy were both CD10 at the moment how are you feeling?

Is anyone else not even in TWW yet? I'm CD10- going to take my first OPK tomorrow and DTD lots over the next week (could even be a Valentines baby!) but seems like everyone else is in TWW/waiting for AF already!

Im in my Tww. I’m away tomorrow until Friday so going to hold out until next weekend. Hopefully I’ll be too distracted on holiday to even think about testing. When I get to Saturday, it will be 13 DPO.