TTC March 2024 ❤️✨

Aw congratulations @Riverstardust that is such nice news! Hope the cramps stop soon

@jellyfish2 thank you! I think 15dpo, but my clue app seems to think 12dpo.

@PuddleJump thank you! Honestly, it was the worst pain I've ever felt.

Fingers crossed for you both!!

Congratulations @Riverstardust that's great news. Hopefully the pains don't continue because that sounds pretty awful.

I would say my test this morning was a BFN but I think it may have had the squintiest of squinty shadows on it. I mean I'm not going to even bother posting a photo of it because I can't see it on a photo. I think I'm probably imagining something that's not there after looking at lines for too long and if it is there is something there it's probably an indent.

@Riverstardust congratulations!! I love seeing people get their BFPs! 🩷 How many dpo are you?

Hey all,

I had a horrendous night last night. It felt like someone had reached into my tummy and was twisting my insides, literally like excruciating period pains. So DH and I decided to test this morning instead of waiting until the weekend so we knew my period was late.

I had a BFP!!! So excited but also terrified that last night is just going to be a regular occurrence! 😂

12DPO today, temp has dropped. Just compared my temps this month (the purple) with last month (the first month I tracked) and it follows the exact same pattern. The earlier raised temps was when I was ill. My lesson that I am taking into this is not to read into anything before 12DPO!

Said to my DH this morning that it’s like waiting to hear back from a job that you really want for two weeks every month.

Expecting my period to arrive on Friday, and then on to trying for a Christmas baby!

@catmumma84 oh that’s good to hear. Did the test reveal the thyroid issue to you or did you know about it?

yea we have said that we’re going to try for 6 months and then we will do tests. Because even people with mild fertility issues can conceive naturally, we wanted to give it a go first. This is our third month, so still a few more attempts and then we’ll get checked out. I’m 35, the internet would like me to think that all hope is gone but I am optimistic that I have time 😊

@CoolSummer89 Yes trying for our first too 🙏🏼I’ve been waiting a good few years until we’ve been in a stable position with house etc and dp is ready as he’s a little younger than me but I’ve been ready to be a mum for years so I’m super impatient now 🙈
have you done any private tests? I did a hertility one which told me my AMH is within range but low for my age and I had thyroid issues but these are much better now I’ve been on medication. Got another blood test Friday to see if they’ve gotten even better though - so fingers crossed. Might be worth looking into if you wanted 😊

@catmumma84 not sure I know this, are you trying for your first? This my first one (although I did get pregnant once accidentally 10 years ago with a former partner) and I guess I also have the anxiety of “is everything working OK”. So just seeing a positive would be a relief!

@CoolSummer89 yeah I’m due Saturday too! It’s so cruel that all the symptoms crossover isn’t it. Just going to assume there’s going to be some blood soon again when I wipe so as to try not get my hopes up..! It’s only our first month of properly trying (last month dp was away so think we were late dtd) but it still hurts as you never know when the ‘end’ point will be …

Yea I think I am going to join you @catmumma84 In the no testing pact! Had a big temp dip yesterday so thought I was out and it bumped up again today.

Fertility friend app tells me this is a ‘luteal dip’ that appears in both pregnancy and non-pregnancy charts but 80% more likely to happen in pregnancy charts.

So stupidly that got my hopes up and even more stupidly I told my DH. Who was like “lets not get our hopes up” so now I am sulking 😆

when is AF due for you? For me it’s Saturday

Still hope girls, @Simplespell27 got hers at 18dpo!
I’m not going to test until AF is ‘officially’ late. After my very mild spotting yday convinced myself AF was 6 days early (was about that many days late last week so maybe I’m evening out lol) but went to bed with a pad on last night and nothing so annoyingly still have some hope. Wish it would either just come or not come 🙈 hate this limbo. I feel AF-y though today so will see how today goes…!

BFN at 11DPO here too. My nausea seems to have settled down so might have just been some bug I picked up from my kids. Would explain the fatigue too. We're not out yet though!

BFN at 11DPO for me. Still feel a bit nauseous, but also very irritable this morning (DH didn't turn on dishwasher last night after filling it - end of the world!) so think AF is coming. This cycle has been a weird one so it would have been too good to be true in a way.

@Simplespell27 that's fantastic news! Congratulations!!!!!!

Thank you @catmumma84 and @CoolSummer89 appreviste your kind words and advice! This is cycle 4 TTC no.2. Happened straight away last time so think that’s why I’m even more frustrated!

@Simplespell27 congratulations!! That’s why we should all follow the advice of it’s not over till AF arrives! Did you do any early tests? I wonder why it showed up so late! Regardless, huge congrats!!

@Simplespell27 ahh massive congratulations! Great news at 18DPO too

That’s great congratulations! 🎉🎊 and so encouraging to know about your dpo! X

@Coolsummer89 Yeah, I didn't know if their rule on that was because if you haven't had 3 days + of increased temps you haven't ovulated at all?! Will wait and see what happens over the next few days.

Good luck with your early tests - will have everything crossed for you!

Well, here I was just yesterday getting a bit fed up, and had my BFP today! 18dpo and AF 4 days late before I got this fairly faint line (wish I'd known not to spend all that money on early tests!)

@CoolSummer89 good luck! I think my earlier spotting may just have been af early and feeling very defeated 😔

After saying I won't test I have caved and bought the Boots early testing kits as I was waiting for the train today. Can't seem to shake the taste in my mouth and reading into it far too much!

@Confusedandtired90 if your positive OPK was on Thurs 14th, then I reckon ovulation was on Fri or Sat. That corresponds with your EWCM as well. Usually Fertility Friend will want to see 3 raised temps before they confirm ovulation, so a bit early to confirm.

How long have you been trying @TTC1990 ? I heard a fertility doctor on a podcast say that having a break every few months is actually a good thing. A bit of headspace and a reset. And if your partner isn't keen on xmas baby, then this might be the time to do it. Although as we say, you're not out until the red lady sings :)

I was a bit stressed last week so probs slept a bit less Monday to Thursday than I did over the weekend but no boozing and no illness?!

I use my Apple Watch for temping and it works a bit like an Oura in that it takes the temp every 10 seconds across the night so it wouldn’t have been affected by things like how quickly you read the temperature after you wake up. It can be a bit stressful this trying malarkey!

I've got bloods for PdG on the weekend so hopefully that will give some clues but I've been trying for so , so long and feeling really deflated