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CD1 entering 3rd month TTC (next fertile window 8th - 17th march)

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 29/02/2024 13:22

Would anyone like to join me on the TTC for March 2024

Going into my 3rd month TTC for my rainbow baby after a loss in 2007 at 7 weeks, I'm now 34 (35 in June) and TTC for our first baby with me and my DH

The last 2 cycles my body has played horrible tricks on me, so i have been keeping a log of my symptoms.

I'm not ready to do opks or bbt just yet trying to do natural and less stressful but did have 21 day bloods and day 3 bloods done and the results come back good, i do have PCO cysts in my ovaries and my DH has good sperm he had this tested last year.

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 12:59

@Herewegoagain0 Did you test beforehand is that how you confirmed it was a chemical? as i tested 11 dpo last month and was negative then 3 days later AF came but started pink and was watery and then light red and water with clots but only lasted 3 days instead of the 5 so will never really know for sure if was a chemical myself but had a lot of symptoms in Jan.

I Ovulated 14th Feb this month as well had horrible pains that day and 15th

Think that puts you around the same sort of fertile week as me 10th - 18th of March

This month I didn't want to test till AF was late but she came on time but again watery and light red, and had different symptoms this month compared to Jan in the tww.

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Herewegoagain0 · 01/03/2024 12:28

@UnicornPrincessSarah my chemical bleed started on 1 Feb and only lasted 2 days. Ovulated on 14 Feb (which is a few days later than normal as I’m usually around CD11) and then period started yesterday (usually have 26-28 day cycles). Hoping to ovulate next weekend and then onto the TWW again!

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 12:18

Herewegoagain0 · 01/03/2024 11:42

Can I also join please - TTC baby number 3. Started in trying in January and had a chemical on 1 February. CD1 was yesterday. Fingers crossed for lots of positive stories on here this month! X

@Herewegoagain0 Hello and welcome to the March TTC Train sending you baby dust x

Sorry to hear about your chemical when is your retile period meant to be and next period?

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Emilyx00 · 01/03/2024 12:04

Hi girls, I’ve seen some of you on the previous threads! Between 10/12 dpo and BFN’s with a few evaps thrown in. If I was pregnant I know it’d be negative by now. How is everyone xxx

Herewegoagain0 · 01/03/2024 11:42

Can I also join please - TTC baby number 3. Started in trying in January and had a chemical on 1 February. CD1 was yesterday. Fingers crossed for lots of positive stories on here this month! X

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 10:05

For this one i went through my gp im looking at randox now though for my AMH and Pcos testing

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Rosyposy26 · 01/03/2024 10:02

UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 10:01

@Rosyposy26 That's good so you can look back on them for this month, Jan cycle I had pains right from the day ovulation ended and up to the day AF came, This month the pains come and go for me but they were different and have attached this month's symptoms in this thread.
wish i new a little bit more as to why my reading was 46 for progesterone I know over 30 confirms the ovulation though but anything from

all i can find is this During the first trimester of pregnancy: 11–44 ng/mL.

How did you find out your levels? Thinking of doing hertity but cost putting me off

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 10:01

@Rosyposy26 That's good so you can look back on them for this month, Jan cycle I had pains right from the day ovulation ended and up to the day AF came, This month the pains come and go for me but they were different and have attached this month's symptoms in this thread.
wish i new a little bit more as to why my reading was 46 for progesterone I know over 30 confirms the ovulation though but anything from

all i can find is this During the first trimester of pregnancy: 11–44 ng/mL.

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Rosyposy26 · 01/03/2024 09:48

UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 09:42

@Rosyposy26 Last month was weird to as the period only lasted 3 days instead of my normal 5 and was watery again instead of thick and also had some big clots pass as well, are you keeping a note of the symptoms your body is showing so you can compare?

I am yes I’ve had alsorts this month and then it all disappeared. On days leading to period boobs were flat but a couple weeks before they were sore and nipples stung. Had a really bad headache wed and yesterday today that has gone. Has cramps also but never normally suffer with cramps or pain before period. Did a test this morning just incase it was implantation but BFN.

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 09:42

@Rosyposy26 Last month was weird to as the period only lasted 3 days instead of my normal 5 and was watery again instead of thick and also had some big clots pass as well, are you keeping a note of the symptoms your body is showing so you can compare?

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Rosyposy26 · 01/03/2024 09:36

UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 09:34

@Rosyposy26 Omg sorry to hear that not very nice, but I'm also going through the same thing my blood is paler than normal and also very watery, I just got my day 21 blood back for my progesterone and I have risen by 10 last month Jan was 36 this month 46 so got me wondering if I could have maybe had a chemical but will never know as I didn't test this month.

See I think I may have had that also as all the symptoms but then nothing. Hopefully next month I’m nearly 43 so know it’s going to be a battle but did fall in first month of coming off pill, so hopefully all is not lost.

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 09:34

@Rosyposy26 Omg sorry to hear that not very nice, but I'm also going through the same thing my blood is paler than normal and also very watery, I just got my day 21 blood back for my progesterone and I have risen by 10 last month Jan was 36 this month 46 so got me wondering if I could have maybe had a chemical but will never know as I didn't test this month.

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Rosyposy26 · 01/03/2024 09:28

UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 09:24

@Rosyposy26 Hello and welcome to the March TTC Train sending you baby dust x

Thank you. Currently very confused started what I think is my period which happened on the day it should have come exactly a month after a mc. Though it’s very light watery pink and sometimes brown and clear stringy stuff so hopefully all ok and will ovulate this month. I did last month according to OPKs.

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 09:26

@Flowerpot9 Hello and welcome to the March TTC Train sending you baby dust x

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 01/03/2024 09:24

@Rosyposy26 Hello and welcome to the March TTC Train sending you baby dust x

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 29/02/2024 23:20

I did see this interesting post on Reddit about the % off falling pregnant when trying

Not all eggs make it to the tube to meet the sperm, not all eggs in the tube accept a sperm, not all fertilized eggs develop into embryos, not all embryos implant, not all implanted embryos become fetuses, and not all fetuses become babies

Say you retrieve 12 eggs (which is an average amount for retrieval but also represents a year of ovulation)
Of these 12, 80% will be mature so for round numbers we will say 10, of those mature only about 80% will fertilize- so now we have 8, of those about 50% will become embryos- so now we have 4 and of those only about 50% will be genetically normal so now down to only 2 and genetically normal embryos have about a 65% chance of implanting (but still a risk of miscarriage) so you started with 12 and now you have ONE solid CHANCE at a baby which may still not work

Kind of scary when thinking about it that way there was a graph I saw on Google the odds of getting pregnant each month age 25 50%, age 30 20%, age 35 15%, age 40 10%

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 29/02/2024 23:11

@Ginny2018 @Custardcreammachine

Im taking these vitamins since Dec 2023 i do separate them as not too keen on multivitamins

Holland and Barret 1000MG Omega 3 Fish oil
Holland and Barret 15MG Zinc
Natures Aid 400ug Folic Acid
Oxford Vitality 1000iu Vitamin d3 with 100uk Vitamin k2 MK-4
Oxford Vitality 200ug Selenium
Oxford Vitality Vitamin B complex
Lindens Health + Nutrition 1000mg Vitamin c+ Time Release

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 29/02/2024 23:05

mamataylor · 29/02/2024 22:31

Hey ladies, please can I join?

I’m 28 and on CD6 of our 4th cycle ttc #2. We had a miscarriage at 9 weeks in November.

Sending lots of baby dust to you all and hope to see lots of positives this month 🤞✨

@mamataylor Welcome to the TTC march Train baby dust to you
so sorry for your loss as well

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 29/02/2024 23:04

@Adamsapple89 Welcome to the TTC march Train baby dust to you

I would deff get that looked into to see if there is any underlying issues causing that for you, and sorry to hear about your loss as well

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 29/02/2024 23:00

@Ginny2018 Welcome to the TTC march Train baby dust to you

Let's see what strange/crazy symptoms March throws this way hopefully none
Looks like we are syncing up again with fertile and ovulation dates, I'm still not doing the Opks or BBT so planning to stick with the every 3 days DTD starting when the period ends

I'll have to come to hide your tests lol, I even brought new test yesterday ready and waiting then sod's law the Witch shows up today 😂

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UnicornPrincessSarah · 29/02/2024 22:39

@Shortcake06 Welcome to the TTC march Train baby dust to you another CD1 buddy here's to positive March BFP's

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mamataylor · 29/02/2024 22:31

Hey ladies, please can I join?

I’m 28 and on CD6 of our 4th cycle ttc #2. We had a miscarriage at 9 weeks in November.

Sending lots of baby dust to you all and hope to see lots of positives this month 🤞✨

Adamsapple89 · 29/02/2024 22:24

I’m back on cycle 4 now, AF to start tomorrow properly so CD1 tomorrow. 30 and bf 29, trying for #1. Have been pregnant before but wasn’t a viable pregnancy in Dec 22.

Also body playing tricks this more sore armpits spotting 6dpo and 10dpo. Possibly going to book a GP appointment about mid cycle spotting. Good luck everyone 🤞🏻

Ginny2018 · 29/02/2024 22:20

@Custardcreammachine hahaha my bf wouldn't normally complain about this schedule but he got a little suspicious when I initiated the 4th day in a row (i don't normally do that often) 🤣

I've read somewhere that doing it too often can lower the sperm quality but there doesn't seem to be any evidence for that.

I'm only taking folic acid since november as that's when we decided that february would be our first month of trying. If this cycle doesn't work out i will do some investigation to other vitamins tho!

Custardcreammachine · 29/02/2024 22:16

@Ginny2018 same here!! I then worried I'd miss the actual window so we ended up dtd 11 days in a row to be sure we covered all bases haha. Still, AF seems to have started today so looks like it's been unsuccessful. Are you taking any prenatals? I got the 7 seas ones but can't say I've noticed much difference so far.