January TTC Support Group 💚

I think AF is due around the 13th/14th for me, think I’m going to test on the 12th xx

AF not due until 20th at the earliest for me! I’m only just post ovulation.
All the BFPs is making me impatient but going to try not to test early

Had a faulty clear blue 😞

Remember it is pretty average to take a year!
We panicked and got private tests. It was worth it. Found out my eggs were in good condition despite being in my 30s, and this helped me to relax as I didn't feel as pressured to get pregnant. We took a break for a couple of months. We did loads of fun things like Alton Towers, went on mini breaks etc. We then gave it a go and had a positive.
After my MC my cycles went from 27-30 days, to 23 days for literally 7 months. It meant nothing was long enough to stick. It was so frustrating.
It's hard when ppl around you get pregnant first time, as though it's an achievement. It's just plain good luck and nothing more. Most people I know it took 5-12 months!

i will be joining you on Feb thread @BerrieSweet if you dont have any luck on repeat tests! I had two days of VFL but bfn today 😭 and started spotting so AF here right on time. Feeling positive new year ready for cycle 6 🤞

@SarahB88 are you going to do some more opks in case your first peak was a false alarm? Sometimes we can gear up to it then it fails. .

@SarahB88 mine are already huge so I wouldn’t be able to spot the difference 😂 hmm bloating sounds promising, like it might be the progesterone? That is so weird, I had the smell thing too! Like I could smell myself really strongly the other day haha. And I’ve just eaten a banana that tasted extra banana-y, like the best banana ever? Yes I do OPKs but I don’t carry on after I get a peak and then see that it’s low again, especially when my bbt readings match up, I feel like that confirms it for me.

@PamelaDoov I’m the same boat as you! Omg my boobs are so huge, only ever had this when pregnant with DD. I normally bloat around ovulation and it goes right down, when pregnant the bloating doesn’t go away, I’m so bloated. Getting up in the night to pee when I’m not drinking more than usual, the list goes on 🙈 kicker for me is that I was putting my DD down for bed last night and thought oh my armpits are a bit whiffy, I am not a smelly person but by god I thought I stunk for the whole first trimester before. Have you been doing OPKs? I had a lovely sharp drop after ovulation with the test line barely visible, test with second urine today like I normally do was quite dark, like as dark as it usually looks a day or two before I ovulate.

But I also had a CP last month so my body could be doing weird stuff so I’m really not sure what to think.

I know 5dpo is way too early to start all this symptom spotting, but here we go anyway 😂 after a little drop yesterday my temp is rising again today, still well above the pre-ovulation baseline. I had cramps last night and this morning, also my nipples hurt! And it’s not the cold becuse my office is boiling.

We are similar stages then! There’s another cycle twinnie on the thread but I’ve forgotten her username (thanks ADHD 🙈)

Forgot to mention, AF due tomorrow for me :)

@SarahB88 AF due 16th for me also. Also going to try hard not to test until then, because I've driven myself crazy with early testing the last few cycles.

Would love to join a february thread! I think I'm out this cycle :)

Thank you @blackberryhill and @PamelaDoov for commenting. Im sat here in absolute shock I think. After fully drying the tests look like this. Following a loss in August Im absolutely delighted but also absolutely terrified

They look pink to me I would say faint positive!

I ovulate early as well, always CD 11 or 12 :/

@SarahB88 im still waiting, only 5dpo today

@ThatSnugSwan I can see a pink line quite clearly!

@ThatSnugSwan I see it, looks pink to me! Tentative congratulations, and to @Hen2000 too.

Are there any other early ovulators on this thread? I seem to be consistently coming in at around CD11/12 which feels very early to me. It's CD9 today and I'm starting to feel like it's approaching rapidly again. Not sure there's a huge amount I can do to delay it though?

Cant beleive its my turn to write this im 9dpo and not due till Monday but woke up so warm and sweaty which has been a symptom in previous pregnancys, these are two different tests taken this morning. Are these lines and not evaps? They are pink just camera isnt picking up the colour and showed in the timeframe. Im absolutely terrified to get my hopes up

Who all is still waiting to test? Maybe once we know when everyone will have their January results we could look to make the February thread? Or if there’s quite a few people who have had BFNs/AF arrived maybe someone from that group would like to set up a Feb TTC then the rest of us can pop in if we need to?

AF is due 16th at the latest for me and I’m holding strong to not test until then so I’m not ready for a Feb thread quite yet.

Thanks for this - it really helps to hear that it can take a bit of time! I'm on month 7 and feeling super down today, and worrying there's something wrong with us! I only have one tube so maybe that's what has me extra anxious.

8dpo and no line after I saw a squinter yesterday so I’ll leave it until Friday to test again but think I’m out this month now. Is there a February thread yet? X

Massive congratulations @Hen2000 ☺️x

@carolinep3 welcome to the group! I completely get how you feel but I couldn’t have said it any better than @MakeMeJuno try not to be hard on yourself ❤️ our time will come, we just haven’t had the perfect egg and sperm yet! It is hard to stay positive when you keep getting BFNs but it is totally normal for it to take a little while x