TTC February 2024 ✨

@AppleTree16 how do you find NC temping works for you? I used it a bit before my first but gave up because if I had a rubbish nights sleep (which was often even before kids) I couldn’t rely on the data. If this cycle doesn’t work out for us I’m tempted to give it another try though!

i’ve finally had a peak using easy@home OPKs, although my ‘peak’ was only 0.77 so not as dark as the control line so no idea how reliable that is either 🤷‍♀️

I’m still bfing my toddler too and use Natural cycles plus apple watch. I’d definitely give it a shot with the thermometer (if you get someone to refer you, you get a free one).

Hi All,

Been lurking for a while so decided to join Feb's group. Me and my DP (both 29) are trying for our 1st baby, this will be cycle 2 for us.

New to the whole tracking and ovulation testing as I was on the pill for 12 years and only come off it in November!

Hopefully Feb is our month! X

Thank you for sharing this I'd never heard of COq10 or pre seed, I've ordered some fingers crossed it helps.

I take all them she gave you good advice....hopefully @ButterflySkies you will get your BFP before then.....

This week is the gift that keeps giving... got a call from my GP to talk about full bloods i had done last week (not fertility related issue but she did my hormone levels). Letting me know the good news my results were fine but that there was HcG in my results - i mentioned we were TTC. Had to shut her down and tell her about AF! On the plus she said she'll see me in two - three cycles if no joy.

For those interested - she recommended folic acid, co q10, vit d and pre-seed, plus general healthy lifestyle, diet and good sleep. Said balance was key to keep stress levels low, my prolactin was marginally up but nothing to write home about (but im posting it on mumsnet :))

X

@ButterflySkies even every other day is just exhausting! 😂 But we do what we can.

Hubby said that if you take them with a big meal, its not as bad! And he doesn't get it as much now as he did when he first took them. So hopefully yours will find the same!

@Riverstardust @Limmers14 I know... the variation is huge! I've got a 29 day cycle like clockwork, 15 days seems so excessive! But interesting a couple of them think I ovulate earlier than I think I do. Going to use sticks at the same time every day from the first of those dates, see if they can give me a narrower window 😂

We went belt and braces last month and basically DTD almost daily for two weeks in an attempt to cover all bases, and I said never again at the end 😂 and that was over Christmas when we were off/wfh the whole time, I definitely dont have fifteen days (even every other day) in me going into the office!!

Please do report back on the soil xx

Hello everyone. CD14 here. Currently TTC no 1. Opks have gave me a peak already. My cycles are a bit irregular so hoping for the best this month 🤞🏻. The TWW is the worst.

Sending baby dust to all ✨

Haha oh my god @ButterflySkies that’s mad! I wonder how much is based on data that other women are putting in too. I’m sure it takes our information but I imagine they also include the average women in our age bracket or something

My husband also ordered Proceive the other day. I’ll ask if it tastes like soil and report back.

@RW269 on your vitamin D question, my GP told me that plus folic acid are the most important vitamins to take

@ButterflySkies that is hilarious!! Could approach this as 2 days on, 1 day off? Otherwise I fear for you 😂 My hubby said the same about his. 😂

It will depend entirely on when you ovulate, which you will need to try and track if you have an irregular, much longer or much shorter cycle than 'average.' I say 'average' because most of the published advice towards cycles 28 days long in which you would ovulate some time around day 14 and have a 14 day luteal phase.

21 days is quite short and if you're not familiar with tracking your cycle, I'd suggest using this month to get familiar with it. The shorter the luteal phase (the time between when your period finishes and the next one starts), the harder it can be for implantation to occur. Not impossibly by any means, you may well ovulate early as everyone is different. Best thing you can do is watch for the signs and use ovulation tests if you can. No one else can tell you when you'll ovulate or exactly when to have sex, unfortunately. There are several bits of advice around at the moment including the Sperm Meets Egg Plan and simply having sex every other day once your period stops until the next one is due. It's a science to work out and, even when done with tracking, not guaranteed!

@bey @Undeterminedtartan @KittyFantastica im so so sorry lovelies - sending warm wishes and solidarity 🩷

this has got to be a lucky thread - really hoping this is the month for us all ☘️

ive been playing around with some tracking apps today while i should have been working, whoopsie. Every single one of them based on the same historic info has me ovulating at a different time, the range is over a week. If I sum the days they all give me up, apparently it’s a fertile window of FIFTEEN days starting on Weds… this really isnt a precise science is it 😂 hubby is up for the challenge although he did not enjoy the proceive that arrived, apparently his burps taste like soil 🙄 xx

My cycle is a 21 day one, so when should I be having the most sex?

I'm sorry for your loss. That's basically what we are doing right now. Not really tracking but not preventing either.

Maybe you said you do this but you can also track your CM. I used ovulation sticks before and found my CM matched the clear EW when the stick said I was ovulating. I think I am ovulating now which is a couple days earlier than my cycle tracker says. We DTD the day before yesterday so I guess the swimmers are on track....

We are about the same age. I will be 41 next week. We just started my hubby is almost 50.

Hello! Would love to join you all. We have been ttc for about 10 months now with no success. We’re in our late 30’s.

Has anyone heard good things about the Ferti Lily?

I haven't got a smart watch or ring so I'd have to use a thermometer to track. I might give it a try though. I'll see how this month of ttc goes.

Hello,

Tentatively dipping my toe in. I fell pregnant first time TTC#1 in December, but lost it last week. I'm just coming to the end (I think) of the bleed, so we are thinking about jumping straight back in. I don't know if I will track or just give it this month to recover and just not prevent. Either way, I'd like to see another positive come February and it's nice to be on the journey with others.

Good luck to everyone.

Hello, I’m CD5 today so going to use my first OPK in a couple of days. We’ve been trying for about 4 months now, although I’m not sure we’ve been getting the right dates so the OPKs will be interesting!
This will be our first so it’s all very new, just want a BFP as the longer it goes on the more stressful it all is!

Joining but not sure Feb will be the month. Trying for no.2. We were lucky and it happened quickly with baby no.1.

We've been not trying but not preventing since October then just over a week ago I got a positive but it was a chemical unfortunately. AF has just finished so looking ahead to out next try. Learnt my lesson about early testing.

I've been on OVUM for a month now (other ones before that but I've stepped it up) and I'm going to start tracking ovulation this month. I need to remind myself how to use them... I started them for baby no.1 got totally confused, misread them entirely and they didnt match up with my app prediction in anyway, shape or form but luckily mother nature stepped in.

@RW269 I’m taking vitamin D - have a spray which also includes vitamin K (apparently increases the effectiveness or something). Keeping fingers crossed it helps!

@Bey So I use Natural Cycles with an Oura ring and it basically takes regular readings throughout the night and averages them, which means it’s not dependent on you waking at the same time or having such consistent sleep (although I think if you were up a lot it would still mess with the averages). I believe that you can also use an Apple Watch or other fitness tracker type device that can measure temperature. If your cycles are regular probably not such an issue though as you probably have a good sense of when you ovulate - mine can be a bit all over the place!