TTC July 2024 ✨♥️

Ah sorry to hear that @PoppyRad - wishing you all the best next cycle xx

Hi everyone! I had some spotting yesterday at 11 dpo, but I was still clinging on for dear life to the tiniest glimmer of hope... Today - boom! AF has arrived with a vengeance.

Sending best wishes everyone still waiting, I'm hoping to see some BFPs for you all when I'm back in a fortnight😅

Well I am baffled, been getting niggly AF type cramps all day but only 2dpo, so too early for implantation cramps and AF cramps unless my cycle has went crazy and I am having a ridiculously short LP 🥹 maybe the opks strips are wrong, I took one today and it was still quite high, maybe 0.6 (baseline usually 0.-0.2) will take one later as that was early morning.

@GreenPickle thanks for the video link, it's reassured me now I still have a chance this month! Xx

Me too! I totally forgot it was still out there, guess all the pregnant ladies in those countries are immune now and we are still vulnerable? I figured a baby is going to cost a fortune anyway so if we have to waste some money on rebooking flights then so be it 🤣 sometimes got to tempt fate haven’t you!

This is the issue, my cycles are totally out of whack by a LOT!

im cramping again today… can’t work it out. I guess all I can do is sit and wait x

I wouldn’t think so. It probably does turn positive if you have super high levels of HCG.

My LH test got dark last month at CD30 and I ran to the shop to get tests… turns out I was ovulating super late 😂

@GreenPickle thanks for the reply and so sorry about your MC. I hope you are doing OK. So it doesn't necessarily mean anything at all? I won't be doing it again.

How long is your LP normally?

im not familiar with these tests… do you have any picture on Premom?

that test looks about a quarter to a positive? But mumsnet really squashes picture quality 😩

Tbh, last cycle I tested LH when I had a BFP (ended in MC) and it was really low. At 9dpo it was 0.13 which was one of the lowest I had 😂 there’s also a lady on YouTube that does it alongside her pregnancy tests and they remain pretty low…there’s still time!

Sorry to bombard the post! This is my ovulation test today x

Ahh just checked my Flo app, i'm on day 41 of cycle and 13 day delay of AF. Last AF was 22nd May and 23rd, dark brown and light flow, BFN on Friday x

8dpo today and caved and tested ...BFN. also tested lh strip as heard these can rise if pregnant? Lh was very low. Not feeling confident now. My luteal phase is only 12 days so I'll know either way Saturday. If AF arrives, we're going to book in for a fertility assessment privately to check things overall.

Good idea - I have been thinking about this x

Ah ok! I only ask because I’ve seen that people with PCOS always have high LH so they can’t really rely on LH strips.

it could simply be your body trying to sort itself out so keeps trying to ovulate? The wonders of TTC and the female body 😂🤪

Keeping fingers crossed for all waiting!

I think we're going to have to postpone trying. We didn't realise our September holiday is a Zika risk country! We didn't even know it was still 'a thing' and we've paid a small fortune for it. 😩

We have a consultation booked to discuss the true risk with a tropical disease dr but I'm not expecting them to give us the go ahead. First world problems eh!

Hopefully I won't see any of you when I'm back because you'll all have BFPs!!

Good luck and baby dust. ✨

@Lou0811 if the lh strips are unreliable could you try bbt? If you take your temperature every morning at the same time eg 6am then that will at least confirm when ovulation happened, then you know when AF might turn up.

Hey!

Not that I’m aware of! My cycles prior to depo were always perfect, on time and I knew when I was ovulating! So strange.

thank you darling. Sending love to you xx

I've been reading these threads for a while now I'm finally going to join in!

I'm on cycle 4 TTC #1, I'm 30 and DH is 31. Currently 9dpo and I have a fairly short LP, AF is due any day now and my temp has been steadily dropping so I think I'm out this cycle. It's my first cycle tracking my ovulation and I think we've been missing the window by a couple of days until this time.

Had a couple of days last week where I was completely exhausted, had brain fog and dizziness and nearly managed to convince myself I must be pregnant, but it would probably have been too early for symptoms like that. Plus you produce progesterone whether you're pregnant or not so as far as I'm aware the symptoms are going to be the same anyway?! So that usually helps me try not to symptom spot but it's so hard not to!

Trying to look on the bright side though as we have a holiday coming up so at least I should be able to enjoy that properly and maybe that's just what we need to get things going! So really hoping July will be our month.

Hopefully we'll see lots of BFPs here this month!

big hugs 🫶

do you have PCOS at all?

my cycle after the MC was a bit crazy with my LH being up and down pretty much all month (think my body was trying to ovulate multiple times but just didn’t).

your body might just be trying to regulate itself still ❤️

Totally!

I have been and they were reading high ovulation every day I used them, which was for a majority of my cycle! I’m confused lol.

I had a CMC in Feb, so wondering if that has played a part too. Sorry to hear also of yours xx

oh wow, so a bit irregular. Do you use ovulation strips at all?

I got BFP first month i used them (along with the CB digital one) and i ovulated a week later than Flo guessed!

I’m guessing I’ve ovulated later too!

my cycles are very messed up. Was 99 days, then 33, then 55, then 32 and now I’m on 40 x

I was apparently ovulating in the first week of June, but I don’t think it’s right.

ive been off depo for over a year now! GP isn’t interested neither!

my last AF was 22nd May and lasted 2 days.

For those with negatives at 9 dpo I had stark white negatives untill 13dpo with DC1 so to echo what others have said not out till AF arrives!