TTC Jan 2025

Same here! I don’t think I’ve ovulated since I had my coil removed, or I’ve completely missed it as no signs. Multiple OPKs daily just in case and absolutely nothing!
so hard being patient isn’t it?

CD 10 and I thought my OPKs should rise a bit by now but nope. Wonder when I'll see some ovulation signs

@ThatSnugSwan yes youd probably obsess but its so interesting to do as you really get to know your body. And it may save you a few pennies in pregnancy tests :)

@Yellowdaff25 it still looks so promising! fingers crossed its a sticky one this month !!

So I’ve just realised I entered the temp wrong today and it was 37.04 not 37.40🙈. Adjusted on FF and it’s not quite so dramatic looking anymore🫠

Thank you @KittyFantastica
I may consider tracking bbt in a few months if Im still having no luck but Id be afraid it would be another obsession 😅

Hi @Yellowdaff25 that's an interesting chart. I don't know about using the chart to determine pregnancy/implantation, only ovulation, but when I charted previously before my last pregnancy (ended in extreme premature at 19 weeks on September :(), there was no implantation dip, and my temp absolutely plummeted the day I got my positive test. The test was a shock, I thought AF was arriving three days early.

In October, the month after our son's loss, we were actively preventing at the time, but my smart watch saved my temp data anyway, and there was a huge spike on 7DPO. I wasn't pregnant, obviously, but I remember thinking it odd to have one outlier like that, and that if I were trying it might make me excited to think it an implantation dip.

This time, I ovulated CD12/13 but Fertility Friend has put it at CD11 for some bizarre reason - I didn't even get my first positive OPK until CD12, and I have a super sharp surge and peak (peak arrived just half an hour after first positive OPK), so I don't think it's as exact as everyone believes it to be sometimes. No idea what it's doing!

Then again, I've seen charts with very clear implantation dips, temp spikes and eventual positives. It's a fun game of wait and see 😆

@ThatSnugSwan Ovulation happens 12-48 hours after your peak OPK (the darkest/highest reading compared to any others taken), so there is a window of 1-2 days post-peak. As far as I understand, the greatest chances of conceiving happen before ovulation (sperm already waiting for egg), but it doesn't hurt to DTD after peak day too, just in case the egg releases later within the window. So you have a good chance! BBT can help confirm ovulation has happened afterwards with a consistent temperature rise for 3 days running, but it's also not exact (see picture where it had incorrectly guessed ovulation happened on CD11 for me based on my next three temps).

Hi ladies, ttc baby no.3. I have a 8 and 6 year old already and had a loss in August. Im 34. Ttc since the loss. Had my opk Peak yesterday at cd12 which is early for me and didnt expect it so early so we only BD on cd8, cd9 and cd12 we will again tonight too. Do ye think we are still in with a chance?
Also a question if anyone knows please? So my opk was a blazing positive yesterday but has faded today. Would I have ovulated yesterday or today?

Is anyone else tracking BBT? I am 8dpo and had a huuuuge spike. Not sure what this means but have been tracking bbt for 4 months now and this is not a usual pattern for me. Hoping this means something positive🤞

Thanks, that's super helpful perspective x

money worries 🙄can tell I didn't sleep well lol

Hi! I think if possible (way easier said than done) try to reframe your thinking re conceiving - it's not the 'end goal' to get pregnant, things aren't magically perfect as soon as that happens (even tho it looks like it from our position!!). I try to remind myself that behind every announcement can be worry monies, possible future complications with the baby or even after birth! It's a journey for everyone x sorry if that doesn't help you I know we're all different xx

@BloomingOrchidea thanks for the warm welcome and words of support. You're so right, of course, everyone has their own experiences. My brother and his girlfriend conceived their first month of trying and of course I hoped we'd have a similarly quick experience, but I'm on my own journey!

@YKM2829 Absolutely. I'm still in with a shot this cycle and if it's not my month, on to the next!

Lots of BD for everyone!

Welcome! Just to say that people often dont say when theyre having trouble conceiving but will let everyone know when things go well, so who knows what their journey actually was? Definitely dont compare, youre on your own path and baby will come at the absolute right time x

Hi everyone, can I join? I'm 32, ttc #1. 7 dpo today so won't be testing until the new year. We've been trying for 5-6 months now and although I knew it could take a while, the numerous BFNs are starting to get me down. I have family members and friends who conceived really quickly/on their first cycle and I'm trying really hard not to compare.

Fingers crossed for some Jan BFPs!

@Yellowdaff25 haha i absolutely would too! ill be having to wait until the 14th jan, this tww is a killer! id probably know sooner had i bbt'd but didnt this cycle

Hiya and welcome ! have fun dtd during your fertile week, it would be quite memorable to fall pregnant at this time :) I am so sorry for your losses, how hard it must have been for you both to have gone through that. Was your son born at 19 weeks? We feel the same about not being young and having to get on with it lol one more thing to feel the pressure about ! lol

@MrsH26 makes sense!

I’m 42 in a few weeks, I’m doing it at the same time! Don’t have time to lose and if it happens in the meantime, amazing!

Anyone else now thinking they might wait a bit - wondering whether to get fit and sort my body out/take all the vitamins for a few months then try? I spent like 6 months before TTC previously obsessing and stopping using cleaning products/used solid shampoo etc to be as healthy as possible for him and I feel a bit bad not doing it before TTC this time - but I'm also super old now! Argh

Out for this month.
TTC #2 going into cycle 12 feeling very deflated.
SA morphology 3% and my cycles are becoming quite irregular, carrying on for a bit as #1 took 19 months but its draining and upsetting.

Hi joining as TTC baby #1 in Jan 25 🙂 We started TTC in September and were following an app, but it wasn’t until I started using the Clearblue digital Ovulation Tests (pink not purple) in November that I realised I was ovulating later than day 14 so we were missing the peak days. The past 2 months I have ovulated 10 days before AF arrived so have never got to the point of testing for pregnancy..

Currently on CD 4 and started Proceive supplement yesterday (my folate levels are always on the low side in blood tests), hoping this could be the month 🤞🏼

Hello everyone, may I join your thread? I'm on a couple of others but I think quite a bit out in terms of cycle days compared to this one.

I got my peak today on OPKs, digital tracker and digital monitor. My smart watch auto-saves my temp every morning, so I'll keep an eye on that too.

I had a a loss at 6 weeks Jan 24, a MMC March 24, and then gave birth to my son at 19 weeks in Sept 24. It's been the worst year. We're not young and we don't have time to wait, so here we are. Waiting for my husband to get home tomorrow so we can have one last shot at it. Wishing you all lots of luck!