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

@Frenchtoastie @KT199 Thank you both xx isn't it so lovely to have this little corner of MN where we can all connect and understand how each other feels!

@KT199 my AF actually just ended last week so fingers crossed over the next week or so! This is only our second month of "properly" trying but it's already so draining 😳 all the testing, researching, googling... if only I put this much effort in at school 😂

Hey!!

I can completely understand this, I found out my sister was pregnant the other month so a little different, and whilst I was happy for her and excited for a niece/nephew I was also sad for me as it was just after AF arrived after our first month TTC. For her it just happened, no testing / tracking ect. Sorry for rambling there but just wanted to say your feelings are normal and valid 🙂. You never know this could be your month and you could share the journey with her!

When does your TWW start?

Aww I feel your pain it seems like the world is pregnant or just have birth atm!!

sending love and baby dust for you, stay positive!

x

Hi ladies, I was away on holiday for a while and decided to just put anything to do with TTC out of my head... now that I'm back home, I've found out a friend is pregnant.
I'm obviously happy for her but feeling a little sad today.

Hope everything is doing well and thinking of those in their TWW xx

Hi! This is exactly what happened with me too. So confusing isn’t it!

Afternoon ladies,

Well tww starts properly for me today! I don't think it'll be a successful cycle for us unfortunately. Lh peaked on Saturday evening, and started to decline the next morning, however I didn't get any CM until yesterday (and even at that, not alot) so a bit uncertain as to when ovulation actually was, we didn't DTD yesterday or today so I don't think we've covered enough days, I know they say it can stay active up to 5 days but it lessens our chances I guess.
I just didn't have the energy to force DTD, it's getting to the point it just feels sort of...awkward?
So..if it happens to be our month, it'll catch I guess.

Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday so far!

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keep testing!! It might be high tomorrow 🙌
Definitely log them on pre mom so it gives you the rating for each one there’s different tabs for different brands of tests x

Yeah, it’s so annoying as my obsessive personality can’t cope with it 😂. I wish there was an exact science to this LH testing, hate it being a rough guide of upto 48 hrs!

I can see the lines where they’ve dried down, but are faint. Do you track them in Premom? It can be hard to tell what the line looked like when the tests were considered valid. It least there is a line, mine are really light before I get a sudden peak. Are yours normally this light before a surge or is it out of the ordinary?

So could be day or tomorrow 😭 maybe DTD tonight and then tomorrow you might get a second wind? (If you haven’t peaked)

oh that’s good to know! Last month I had loads when I wiped and thus month nothing 🥲

Hard to predict, only tracked two cycles but one I peaked 8hrs after first positive, second one I peaked 30 hours after first positive 😂

Oh really? I have been told that even if you don’t see it visibly when wiping ect there still will be plenty inside which you cannot see so try not to worry too much!

I just wish I could foresee whether today or tomorrow is “peak” 🤣

Hm, mine are very light prior to any kinda surge like register on Premom as 0.1.. attached mine for last few days with todays peak just for reference and normally is. But I can always just about make out a line

@Frenchtoastie I'm cycle day 13 today so I guess still early but peaked day 12 last month I'll attach the photo.

Send a pic! That doesn’t sound right, maybe a faulty batch? X

What CD are you on? Bodies are so confusing 🥲
im good thanks just feel like it’s not going to happen! We can only try alternative months because of my DH rota so I always feel like the pressure is on so that’s not good!
how are you feeling? X

Yeah it's so hard to not make it a chore!! I was thinking to try every day this week but I feel like it's too much with work and life etc! So thinking will see what happens! Haven't even had a peak yet which I normally would have - if anything the OPK tests only have one line?! They are so so faint?! Is that normal? Xx

Hey lovely! Strange I haven't peaked either when I thought I would?! Who knows! Part of me wants to stop testing and just go with the flow! How are you feeling? Xx

I already feel like I’m out this month because I have no CM at all? Usually have it before my peak :( not sure what’s happened

I think do it when you fancy! If it’s feeling like a chore I’m sure it won’t work aswell 😂
how long do you normally have high LH strips for before the peak?

Help ladies 🤣
I cant decide when to DTD!! We DTD yesterday, but my ovulation tests are now defo positive and quite dark so I may hit my peak today, but it may also be tomorrow😅. Using other cycles doesn’t really help me either as 1 I peaked on the first day of my LH rise and the other it was the day after.

Would you try and cover the next 2/3 days to be on the safe side, or not bother today and do tomorrow? I don’t know how crucial it is if we miss peak day.. but I can’t foresee if it’ll be today or tomorrow! Real catch 22 for the forced sex 🥲😂. I just know if we go today and peak is then tomorrow we need to then cover tomorrow and the day after too.. which I and my OH will probably be all out of steam for as 4 days in a row feels abit too intense 😄

Just read your above post 😂