TTC #2

@SkaterChick oh and the acne is ACNE'ing. Horrendous face at the moment!!

Hey! Been thinking of you!

I am CD23 and 8DPO!

Ah mate, I know that feeling, I had a 3 month old on my lap the other week and even the smell gets me sad now! He was bloody gorgeous though so I let him off 🤪

Well done for holding off testing, you've done better than me! I have tested today and it's negative (I think) but still a week until period.

I've been getting cramps every day, I am next level shattered and waves of nausea BUT if there's one thing I've learnt from doing this for 6 months is, I can convince myself there could be a baby in there and AF will come. So I'm just vibing at the moment. We BD literally only on ovulation day as well!

@beansread how are you doing?
Are you CD 23 like me? How many dpo are you now?
I saw some new babies today and it's given me a raging urge to rest but unsure on my dpo. I have some IC so might try in the morning. I just dunno if I can deal with the disappointment this month.

I had really bad cramps Thursday that confused me but then I had upset belly so I suspect it's that.
This evening I've got intermittent pain on right but closer to the middle that ovulation/ovary pain if that makes sense? And lower back ache on the left. But that could be from spending the day in a camping chair 😅
Seeing those fresh bloody babes has just made me want to to happen now. So much.

I am measuring BBT too which rises after ovulation, so natural cycles can use both info to pin it down more accurately

Yeah it's definitely felt more relaxed. My mental health hasn't been great due to various other factor's though.
But my partner and I are trying to have less screen time and connect a bit more, we had some issues last couple months where he started new meds and was struggling to finish but we don't seem to have had any issues with it this month (it just takes a bit longer than it did before) so I'm hoping thats a sign were both doing a little better.

Glad the summer is over and we can get back to our regular routine or groups and things as well cause I really struggle to get out and do a lot over the holidays

Interesting! How do you know you ovulated? I read that it doesn’t matter what the “peak” is, rather the first positive OPK!

Mine was positive for 2 days this month, then apparently I ovulated a day after the end of the peak.

Good luck to all this month!

do you also find that the opk remains positive for a long time ?
its been super strong positive on easy @ home for 32 hours now…

@NattyPeer I'm really sorry you've been through them too, did you have any tests done? I did go to the GP as that would be my third miscarriage in total and I think they're looking to run some basic tests and an ultrasound but the wait is months and months! Not sure I can wait that long so the only way forward I think is trying again 🙏🏼

I've only just stopped bleeding with the chemical, so ovulation is predicted to be around 16th Sept 🤞🏼 but I'll be tracking just to see if my cycle has stayed the same or it may go awol after the chemical.

Thank you @VioIetMoon 🩷

It may sound crazy but I don't want to wait a month to try, it's that strange urge to keep going.

Even though if this cycle is successful I'd be due baby two days after my 30th birthday from what I worked out 🥲

Good luck to you too.

@Boymum1995 good luck.
I really struggled to get pregnant, ds is the result of ivf after an 18 year journey but I did get pregnant once naturally a few years ago and suffered a chemical and it hit me really hard so I can't imagine having to endure multiple like you. I found one soul destroying enough

Hi ladies, I was wondering if I could join! Currently TTC baby number two and have just had two back to back chemical pregnancies which has really took a hit on my mental health.

I know realistically I should be taking a break but something in me really struggles to stop trying, when we want it so badly.

My issue sometimes is not getting pregnant, but it is keeping the pregnancy. I've had three miscarriages now one before my son who is now three and a half, so my doctor has referred me for some testing but the wait for this is months and months and I'm not prepared to wait.

Hoping we all get a BFP soon 🩷

Same here! Got pregnant with my first on the first cycle

were starting to try again for the first time now that she is 14 months old.

had sex CD 21, in the afternoon and in the evening of the day of the positive OPK.. (yesterday) shall we go at it once more today? Really want to maximise my chances

Personally, the relaxed approach is doing wonders for my MH this month so I really hope that you feel better too.

It seems you've 'filled up' (how gross is that analogy but I've stayed up watching love is blind and it's now 2am and brain is mush) so you might just be covered! Fingers crossed 🤞

Ps. We are in sync and I think I def ovulated today- don't know if that helps xx

Thanks everyone for your kind reassurances regarding the SIL and her lovely baby news. I think after the initial sad feeling I was ok.

PMDD struck me really hard in August so things have been a bit rough for everyone in my household. Out of the woods now and seeing it as things going back to normal after the coil being removed!

Not sure when I ovulated, I did a test and it was at 1.31 which I believe is quite low but considering we werent supposed to be trying this month anyway I wasn't too fussed.

Turns out, my body (vagina) really wanted to try for a baby... if you know what I mean. Husband & I did the deed this evening and I think now I know it's not ideal to have a baby due in June, I'm not going to test for pregnancy and just ✨ wait to see ✨.

Not sure where the end of August went.
I started with testing opks twice a day for a couple days. Then went away for 2 nights and forgot to take them with me so missed cd 12&13.
CD14 the early one was darker than any others this month but not a positive. The later one on Cd 14 was lighter (did 4 hour wee hold for all of them) and I had some right sided pains yesterday and again today
Forgot to do opk today as I had super busy day and then went to see beetlejuice.
My ewcm was there across cd 11-14 so fingers crossed the ovulation was in there somewhere.
We managed to dtd 3 times so hopefully one of them was well timed. But annoying I wont be sure when I ovulated

This is super normal.
My brother's gf got pregnant when they wernt even trying and after meeting my nephew I cried all the way home as we had been TTC for a year. I got a bfp a couple weeks later followed by an eptopic miscarriage so I found being around them really hard. I hid it but inside I would be holding him wondering when it would be my turn.

I personally would just keep trying as it maybe happen it may not. And what's one more birthday to get you your bfp 💜

@beansread I don't know your back story but what your feeling is completely normal.
When someone announces a pregnancy your expected to feel happy but when your TTC yourself it's hard.
Took us 18 years to conceive DS , he's an ivf baby . My entire 20s and most of my 30s were spent feeling sad on the inside at everyone else announcing pregnancies.
I'm desperate to get pregnant again as my pregnancy was filled with so much dread and anxiety that I couldn't enjoy it. I didn't get to experience those first few weeks of newborn life as DS was in nicu and I just want to feel it again. First time round because it had taken so long to have him, we didn't share the news with anyone. I'm so grateful in the end ivf finally worked for us as I know for some women out there it just never works but it's just really shit not being able to get pregnant and completing our family as we'd like. Even tho I'm blessed to have DS I'd feel really down with pregnancy announcements

Sorry to read this, I completely understand. Not a family member but we have a small group of NCT friends from my DS and just after I'd had an early loss one announced she was pregnant (the first one in the group). It hit me really hard and I felt just awful for quite a while and a lot of jealously. Couldn't stop thinking about it, was on my mind constantly. I can imagine it being harder within the family as you will have it around you a lot more whereas I could avoid it to some extent.

Hey everyone!

I found out my sister in law is pregnant yesterday, due in March. Is it normal to feel a bit sad about it?

We really wanted a baby due in March/April and have to miss May/June because we're full of birthdays (& we planned to be practical with the baby making) but I think I've got to a point where I just want a baby now (because it's not happening)!

Woke up this morning and it's the first thing I've thought about, spoke to my husband about it and he said we will try again in a couple of months and now I'm just sad. 😞

Back in the game…. Got my static smiley yesterday morning. Feeling positive and trying to remember 3 cycles trying for #2 isn’t long in reality (but it’s hard)

Let's hope we both have better luck this cycle 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼