TTC FIRST BABY - New cycle, let's go girls !

Also @Lila34830 Sorry to hear that 😔🤗

Do you for this blood test every month to track ovulation?

Thanks girls,
@Lila34830 that is so interesting! Sp the people who are falling pregnant randomly without trying are the ones who must be horizontal constantly 😅😅 If everything is running late I suppose the trick is to DTD 22 days in a row 😅 just to think as much as we try to track it as an exact science it's also down to luck of the process and not knowing what's happening down there whatsoever. Mad 🤯🤯

Also welcome @Applecrumble9 👋 Hopefully a solid line for you soon 🤞
Can I ask, have you had much doctors advice RE overweight as I'm also overweight but as I'm only 2 months into my journey we haven't been for any testing or advice just yet. I'm curious just how much it affects TTC as I think the BMI scale is a load of balls tbh 🤣

Hi guys first time posting here, this was our second month TTC, had everything going against us, both were exhausted the week I was ovulating, we DTD in the 4 days leading up to ovulation but not the day itself or day after, I suffer with reoccurring UTI's which I had read can affect TTC and we are both overweight. I'm 5 days before period due and just done a test mid day after drinking a litre of fluids and I got a positive. I am so shocked, wasn't expecting it at all, praying and hoping for sure but not expecting it. Just hoping everything goes well now and sending love and well wishes to everyone x

Very helpful! I never paid much attention to my discharge before TTC, now I'm constantly analysing it non stop 😂

I will keep on testing normal and see what happens! I feel like we're constantly waiting around! Waiting for ovulation, the TWW, waiting for AF to finish... it's exhausting 🙈

@KT199 thanks for the advice! I've been testing twice a day for the past few days but there's not much difference between them. We'll see!

Might DTD every other day to see if that will cover us

Thank you @KT199 that's defo put my mind at ease, we DTD all around those days so hopefully we caught it!
Another week left before we can find out tho 😆😆 Torture!

Hey girl,

Have you tested your LH 2 times a day in your predicted fertile window? It’s possible to miss your peak if you only have short surges (doesn’t mean you are any less fertile). But you still may have ovulated. Also, you may not have ovulated yet which is the most likely, considering you are predicted this week.. my strips can be so pale and negative on a morning to a blazing positive in the afternoon. Just keep testing is my advice and try DTD if you feel like it!

Hey girl!

I feel exactly the same as you, not a sniff of a symptom, bar the bloating I get consistently same time every month.

It does look like you identified your peak. And CM is normal after ovulation yes, especially if it’s white/creamy as this suggests ovulation happened as increasing progesterone is what causes the change in colour/consistency. It is hard to know when you actually ovulated as OPKs only indicate it could happen. In relation to your surge you may just have a short surge pattern.

Hope this helps, but right here with you.

Morning lassies,

Feeling low today, 7dpo and absolutely zero hint of any symptoms. I always said if/when I fell pregnant I would know right away as I already have a very sensitive sense of smell and so I figured that would be really intense in early pregnancy 😆
And also this is usually when my mood would dip with PMS so I fear this low mood/short temper is the start of AF symptoms instead of pregnancy 😔

This whole thing is so tough going. I'm starting to wonder if I'm even tracking ovulation right. Does anyone experience CM after ovulation? I noticed some CD 18 /19 (ovu was CD15 apparently) and now I'm worrying incase I've miscalculated ovulation days - however it wasn't egg white consistency, it was thicker and creamy (total TMI I'm sorry if anyone is having bfast 😅😅)

I've posted a wee picture of my opk, for any advice you guys might have. It did peak and then dip again over the space of hours but I'm so confused (and disheartened) with everything that I feel I need some fresh eyes on it. (The very last stick is one I took when I was getting the CM and I was convinced ovulation was actually happening.) 😆

Thanks guys 🩵

Hi ladies! I've been quiet for a wee while but silently watching you all and your journeys (not in a creepy way) 😂

It's still early days for me in my journey of TTC but sometimes it feels like it's not meant to be! I religiously test using the LH strips and this is supposed to be my ovulation week, but if anything the lines seem to be lighter than ever! It's so annoying because I don't know if I've missed my peak or if it's still to come! Although I'm CD15 so I feel like I've missed it.

Although I've been quiet it's been nice to see all of you ladies chat and go through this together 😊

oh that’s cool!! Omg good luck 🤞🏼 I have a 3yo that wakes me up at all times of the night still so it would be bloody pointless 🤣 I’m feeling pretty good about this cycle and going to not try and POAS at 4 dpo again 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this is a wild journey I didn’t expect it to be so life consuming! My husband called me Monica from friends hahah!! Xx

Oh wow that’s interesting that they’re able to do that with a blood test! Are you going to still test just incase it hasn’t happened yet? I’ve seen people talking on temping but I don’t think I could accurately do it 🤣🤣 xx

Morning all, I’m on day 3 of peak/ high OPKs which I can’t recall has happened before so I have no idea when ovulation is! We DTD on Friday and last night so hoping that’s enough cos I don’t want to again tonight 🤣 CD 16 today and usually get my peak on CD13 so god knows what’s happening.
what cycle day is everyone and any symptoms?? Xx

Oh that’s a shame, but still hopefully in with a shot! With BBT you almost have to cover until ovulation is confirmed, which is even longer than when using OPK’s 😅 and would mean DTD for 3/4 days unneeded.

Yeah, close to being able to test but have told myself I won’t until 10 DPO if I start to feel anything. But if I feel nothing, I’m just going to wait out AF. Having seen some of the indents/evaps people are getting early on I think I would be traumatised if I got my hopes up thinking I had a positive test, and it turned out to be that 💔 so I don’t really wanna test early I can control myself!