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

the dates have changed so much and my BBT does not match up to my CM at all :(
we DTD CD 13. 14, 15 now BBT has confirmed ovulation as CD 19 :(
gutted
so I think the cramps I was feeling were ovulation. Feel guttted we didn’t continue to DTD but I just haven’t fancied it and I thought we had given it a good shot!

isnt it crazy 🥲
6DPO that’s good!! Close to being able to test? X

Ok ignore this post I realised you can edit posts not post another one trying to correct your spelling 😂

Is CD cycle day yes? If so today is bang in the middle of my cycle, I am CD14 today. I’m wondering if last month was the tail end when I got a flashing smiley and perhaps I didn’t test early enough; that was Day 15 & 16 I tested (thank god for Flo).

Either way went out for a lovely lunch with BIL and I wasn’t going to drink due to TTC (I mean it’s 2 glasses) but it very much helped! So we actually very much wanted to DTD again and I even enjoyed it, so great news we don’t need a divorce and are still happily married 😂 (joking obvs). Been a few years since twice in a day!

I’m not going to test again tomorrow because it says static smiley is good for 48 hours? But might try and DTD one more time.

If nothing happens I feel happy I’ve got the static smiley days! Also when I threw it out just now it does have 2 lines so it really is just a glorified ovulation test.

Anyway love and luck to all! This is a lovely page for us all navigating a very weird time 🩷🌸✨ Am actually scrolling the topps tile page 😂😂 might have to change my name to Ca Pietra lover x

I’m laughing because I actually also considered testing this afternoon hahaha, I did manage to stop myself though!! I’m really trying to hold out until Thurs when I’ll be 10DPO at the earliest! Hopefully I won’t have the urge over the next few days as I’ll be out the door for work before I can think about it and then it’s too late!

It’s horrible having no symptoms isn’t it, I’ve counted myself out already 🤣

Same here @KT199 absolutely zero symptoms 😫 I caved and did a test today but actually had to laugh at myself because obviously it was stark white but I think I just had to get the urge out my system 😆😆 This is exactly why I only use the wee premom ones and not the costly ones.

With regards to BBT tracking, it sounds like such a headache I commend all of you who do it 😳 I have chronic sleep issues which I take melatonin for so there's zero chance I would ever get 4 hours of solid sleep to test BBT 🫤 I don't think I would remember to do it every day either! 😅 Honestly girls good on you!

Hey!

How many DPO are you according to BBT vs what you expected? There’s still a chance though if you DTD any point in the 5 days before!

I have waves of hope and waves of worry in all honesty, changes hour to hour or minute to minute 😂. Can go from thinking this could be my cycle to what if there’s something wrong and we can’t actually conceive. But I am a massive worrier so, normal for me.

No symptoms at 6DPO, I tend to get a few typical symptoms over next few days of bloat, sore boobs ect but just due to the progesterone I think. Do you have any?

How’s everyone feeling?

I think our chances are lower now because my BBT has now suggested my ovulation date was later than I thought :( so we were too early but still a tiny bit hopeful.
I do feel very emotional today I’ve cried a few times over nothing and I wonder if it’s pregnancy related or if I’m just a women😭😂

Fingers crossed you have !

Yeah, take from CD1. There is nothing stopping you starting to track now in all honesty as it may get you into the flow of it and show you your temps after ovulation (if it’s occurred). The time you take it needs to be the same every day, after it least 3-4 hours of solid sleep. And before sitting up/getting out of bed ect. It can be hard to track accurately so try not to worry if you feel your temps are not accurate. It’s taken me a full year of tracking and even then I use my watch every morning to take mine, set to 20mins before I have to get up for work and auto takes it.

Yeah it's strange you say that as later that day the OPK strip test tested positive!! Handy having both!! And easier to read the CB one! Xx

@Toppstileslover glad you got your static smiley girl!! ☺️

@slothbat CB is able to find LH surges easier, as it has a lower detection threshold for the LH rise. It’s helpful for people who have lower scale rises (which absolutely does not mean your any less fertile, a peak is a peak and still your body signalling to ovulate). I use mine alongside OPK’s and I normally get a positive OPK either later in the day than static smiley or the next day.

@Lila34830 Fingers crossed you did ovulate and just missed your peak on your strips 🤞 time will tell but keep testing. I recall you mentioning an upcoming surgery on the previous thread? It could be a little delayed due to this if your body was recovering.

I did my first progesterone test this morning which was positive, so it’s a good sign but have to repeat it over the coming days to ensure it stays elevated to officially confirm ovulation and wether it’s a weak or strong ovulation.

Morning!! Argh well done though for catching it!!! I had the same issue this month with negatives on strip tests then the CB one gave me a static smiley 😃 when I least expected!!

I totally get you and I think the others will that DTD in the fertile window is not natural!! This weekend has been much more chilled and I've actually enjoyed DTD as I know I'm past the fertile window and there's no pressure!!

Oh my days I cannot keep up! So my tracker app says I’m meant to ovulate Tuesday, did my post breakdown CB test today and got a static smiley! Didn’t get one last month but stopped testing a bit early. Had to wake hubby up to DTD ‘cos I’ve gotta go out.

Will try again later as well! Defo feel more relaxed in a weekend. Defo didn’t have EWCM this morning though.

A good job I did a test I think it was later last month?!

have a lovely Sunday y’all 💫💫🌸🌸

omg Ladies sorry left you hanging there with my medical phenomena of CM and UTI. Sorry, to qualify, no link. I don’t know how I managed to mix that up. Just that we were going to try that month for the first time, were on holiday DTD once and I got a UTI.

i was asking about CM because you’ve all mentioned it now when I was CONVINCED something was happening in the last well 2.5WW I had so much CM?! Then I think the month before I noticed super egg white which I don’t usually notice. Thank god we don’t know each other when I’m talking about this,

this month off to a terrible start, cried at my husband because he’s not a mind reader / he doesn’t have ovaries and didn’t know this / next week is fertile week and I don’t want to have to tell him. Then I cried because I really hate having to try! We don’t try!

screaming sex goddess already. I just like having nice authentic sex when we want to! I do love hubby but god this is a lot isn’t it. All those years on the pill I feel like such an idiot for thinking I could just get pregnant.

for my fellow late mid (I’m 37 next month) despite this being month 2 of TTC actually referred us as of yesterday for fertility investigations. I think they’re all fine as I had the tests last year privately (neurosis / putting it off a year) but it’ll take 3-4 months for a referral anyway and time waits for no one. So need to wait for Day 22 and Day 5.

doing CB smiley face pee test again from tomorrow

We got this sex panthers! 🌸💫✨

@Itstime2023 it does only take once maybe this will be your month as your so worried you haven't done it enough!! It is really hard and must be hard on the man to "deliver" on demand etc. I'm over it this month what will be will be. At least there's no more testing or POAS etc!! Xx

It’s not an easy journey, and I don’t think it’s talked about enough that it can be mentally so challenging when you’re going through the motions of TTC. Sending love.

I always find though when I’m getting a little down/overwhelmed if I force myself to go exercise (even when it’s the last thing in the world I want to do) I feel a thousand times better! I had got myself worked up and stressed in the last 24hrs so we went to play squash this afternoon and I already feel so much better! May work for you and your OH as it completely distracts the mind, it’s fun and we always have a laugh 😊

How does that even happen to people! 😂

I've had a cry with him.

He now feels bad 😂😂 I absolutely hate the thought that he feels bad and was the last thing I wanted to do but I can't just keep my emotions bottled up.
It's so hard to keep everything in check right?

I think it's difficult because I've been stopped on contraception for a year now but we've had a lot of illness on both sides this year so just feels something is always in the way. I'm usually a strong believer of when it happens it will happen. But we're also both mid 30s and I'm ever so conscious of time running away.

We've decided we're going to try and carry on naturally, we'll try and make things more romantic.
Unfortunately he doesn't have any more annual leave until April but we can do weekends away, I think that might be quite nice actually.

Thanks ladies for letting me air my feelings.

I guess we did DTD once so there's always a chance. But we're putting this month a side now and will just try again next month, not much more we can do really.

❤️

We said this exact thing 🤣🤣wasted so much money on condoms ffs 🤣

I think book a holiday over your next ovulation time but maybe lie about when your fertile so he doesn’t feel pressure and it could just be more natural holiday sex?

It is so frustrating isn't it! Hopefully it comes later on today!

Is it just me who finds this so funny in the sense that we used pull out method for years! Avoiding like a whole week thinking you could get pregnant so easily 😂😂 if only I knew then 😂😂😂