TTC Feb 2025

@LuckyDuck93 that’s really strange? I can’t imagine ovulation 4 days after peak feels a lot doesn’t it. Did you sleep differently last night I wonder if your temp today isn’t right. But I mean temp spike is good news though isn’t it!

I haven’t been taking my temperature so no idea if mines still high or not. With me being ill I thought it’s pointless and I’ve been up and down every other hour at night.
hoping I feel better by next week to start temping again to see if I can predict is period will arrive or not.

@PoppyGirl222 I wonder if that implantation? I mean it sounds promising! I’ve read there’s always some LH hormone in our system at all points of our cycle so it should show at any point. I think you can get 2 peaks as well. So a false one first of all then the 2nd. That’s another reason I BBT so that confirms the temp increase as well.
It’s all crazy confusing. But some good charts on Google! This is a good read…

https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.inito.com/false-lh-surge-before-real-one/%3famp

@TTCRach i did the LH test this morning & it has gone up but its minuscule. The pregnancy test was as we would all predict complete white. I’m 8dpo today. I had this weird creamy pink blob of mucus in the middle of the night when i peed (sorry tmi) but that could be my body gearing up for my period coming. I’m not taking another test until next week. Only took these out of curiosity because i didn’t know the LH goes up again. You learn something everyday, the geek in me lives for this kinda information 🤷🏼‍♀️😂. Hope everyone is well 💛

Well now im really confused, been doing my temp every morning & now natural cycles has changed my ovulation date to sunday..4 days after my peak..which I think is probably very unlikely. I've had quite a big temp spike today so think that might have confused things.

@PoppyGirl222 @TTCRach @LuckyDuck93
We’re all on the same page that’s for sure! I do it with most situations in life ‘Catastrophizing’ it before it’s even happened so I’m not disappointed with the outcome. Hate doing it, I try being more positive.
Try keep with the positive thoughts ladies! We all DTD in the fertile window so there’s every chance it could have happened! And this time next week we should know for sure or not 🥰 and if not on to the next month! I know it’s easier said than done,

i’m 100% not testing till Friday unless my period has arrived. I can’t deal with the disappointment on a test and I’m off on the 14th so either way I don’t have to deal with work whatever the result! 😂 I’ve tested early before and just messes with my head.

@TTCRach im exactly the same on antibiotics with a throat infection, my temp is through the roof so no symptoms for me either.

I didn’t know the LH levels go up again like that. This was my first month testing so i only started after my last period and then once i hit the peak I only tested a couple more times and it had gone way back down to practically non existent so i knew i’d ovulated. I’ll do mine in the morning (not that it’ll give me any insight because i’ll not know what it means lol could be period as it’s due on the 14th 🤷🏼‍♀️). I had a cold thing going on i sneezed for three days non stop and nose was running like a tap but clear no infection just like water, so weird. But i would get a funny nose midway so that’ll be an ovulation thing probably. I hope you feel better soon, it’s awful being ill like that 🤧. You never know, it only takes one swimmer after all. You could be bang on and only did it once or twice and i was at it for five days and i could be unlucky. Luck of the draw i guess. It’s funny how we can be positive for other people yet we’re so hard on ourselves. x

Well I’m glad it’s not just me 😆 I even took a test this morning because I’m still LH testing and it looked like it was on its way back up last night so I panicked…. I mean it isn’t a high or peak reading, but deffo wasn’t low. Google tells me it can do that randomly, when your period is coming, or when you’re implanting …. So who knows !!! Obviously the pregnancy test was negative … I’m only 4 dpo today.

I am also telling myself ‘we didn’t do it loads this month so it won’t happen, and that’s fine etc etc’ 🙄 the lies we tell ourselves 🤣

I don’t really have any symptoms but I’ve had awful sinusitis- I’m on antibiotics and feel so rough. Not sure I’d have noticed symptoms as I feel so poorly!

sending everyone big hugs xx

That’s exactly it. Im telling myself i don't care either outcome but i actually do and want it so so much. I’d love the willpower like you to wait until my period comes/doesn’t come. I’m gonna try really hard to wait. How are you doing?

@PoppyGirl222 i definitely feel that way too, like I can’t be disappointed if I don’t get my hopes up, I think that is why I don’t test unless I miss my period. But then on the odd occasion I allow myself to get caught up in all the symptoms checking, it’s so hard mentally!

I don’t know if i’m forcing myself to play it down so i’m not disappointed, get my hopes up or i genuinely feel this way because there is nothing there but i feel flat & like i’m empty or something “there’s nothing there this month don’t waste your time, it didn’t work”. I know we gave it the best shot that we could i’m not down about that but i dunno i feel….yea an empty feeling 🤷🏼‍♀️. Probably just my anxiety kicking in telling me i’d never be lucky enough. We’re all not out until we’re properly out. Wishing this wee group so much luck 🪄 there’s enough to go round x

Eeeek! I'm ridiculously excited for positive outcomes for other people! Isn't it weird how quickly you can get invested in other people's journeys too?

I'm going to do my absolute best to hold off testing until the 14th Feb, if AF hasn't made a surprise early appearance. I was quite a bit late in January (a week late!) so going by my usual cycle length this month but if I'm 'late' again, it's going to drive me crazy! To be honest, being late on my period in January is what confirmed to my partner and I that we were ready to start trying. It kind of planted the seed of possibility and realising that it would have been 'good' news if I was pregnant last month made us go for it!

And then if it's BFN for me this month, I'm definitely going to OPKing next month. I just want to have that certainty around ovulation and being more informed. It's fascinating to hear everyone else's scientific data and peaks and calculations... I want to nerd over the data!

Thanks @PoppyGirl222, that makes sense. I have a while to go! Think I’ll test next week

I gonna do a test on Friday. I’ll be 9dpo, i know that’s early still but sure i’ll have made it that far 💪🏼. It’ll be lovely to be able to share our journeys with each other it’s so comforting & supportive. Hopefully we’ll do some celebrating along the way.

The Premom app quoted my ovulation the day after my peak which was the 28th February so i’m 7dpo according to that so yea i’d say day after the peak. You’re 3dpo i’d say. It’s really a guide tho isn’t it because our bodies can go early or late. Just another delightful minefield to be explored lol 🙄.

I’m crazy too, don’t worry 🤣 feels like a long week.

I DTD the morning of Feb 1st. I got a peak on OPK 1st Feb at 12pm. Lots of mucus that night and 2nd. Tailed off on Monday. Only DTD once though so will be surprised if anything comes of it.

Don't know how many days past ovulation that would make me. Is the peak before ovulation?

It defo feels a lucky group! I think there’s going to be some positives 🤍

have to say I’ve not gone to crazy (yet!) I’m absolutely full of cold, toddler off nursery and on antibiotics and a very busy couple of weeks in work so kinda glad just having something to distract me!

But I known next week I’ll be picking up on ever ‘sign’ can’t wait till people start testing. NC confirmed ovulation for me though so officially 6dpo!

OMG!! Thank goodness i’m not the only lol. I was full of good intentions and i have completely slid into symptom spotting land yesterday 😂 (for which i actually have very little tbh). The only thing i have now is achey boobs, like burning nips hahahah no other way to describe it 🤷🏼‍♀️. I had that wee bloody/pink/brown spell at the very beginning 3/4 dpo can’t really remember but that lasted a day and a half tops probably ovulation spotting or dear knows….just life messing with me. I’m 7dpo today. Fingers crossed for all of us in here 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

@Taysonic glad it's not just me, every month i'm saying "don't overthink too soon"...every month I overthink too soon, also only 5/6 DPO..going to be a long two weeks!!

I think I'm beginning to enter crazy season... Forgot how easy it is to slip into symptom spotting and 'confirmation bias' territory. And I'm only like 5dpo... Dear Lord.

I have a good feeling about this group too @Mama09876 - I am sure it'll be a lucky one. But, trying not to get hopes up too high as man alive, feel my chances are SLIM.

Gosh that sounds awful! I had Covid at a similar time when pregnant with my first but god you went through it! But it is incredible that baby gained with you being so ill. Just shows so resilient 🤍

This will be me 😂 it’s like you weren’t meant to eat Brie at all 3 years ago now you’re allowed it as long as it’s cooked. They change all the time doesn’t they!

I don’t drink a lot these days (same reason as above poster having a small child). But on the 8th Feb I’m on a night out for a friends birthday and my husband and I are having a rare night at a hotel. I’m going to test that morning, although at 7DPO probably too early to show, and have a few drinks if negative.

With tablets - when I was 32 weeks pregnant with my little girl I was in intensive care with Covid. I was almost put on the ventilator but amazingly the cpap machine worked and saved my life. I was given scans and X-rays (I went into acute liver and heart failure) and was on steroids and other meds. I lost 9kgs in a week and my baby gained weight! Obviously don’t take medicines that aren’t deemed safe in pregnancy, but it did give me a new perspective on how resilient babies are. I’ve got a terrible cold atm and I’m dosing up on paracetamol and cold and flu tablets. The cells won’t have even attached to the wall yet, and they don’t start feeding from the placenta until 16 weeks so I wouldn’t worry this early on xx

You're not out until AF makes an appearance - will keep my fingers crossed for you and hope you're not left in limbo for long.

Hopefully either way, February is your month!

Moving across from the Jan thread.

Teated negative yesterday, period 1 day late. We were away for the weekend and had a £120 meal voucher to use up, so wanted to drink if not pregnant. Disappointing as fell so easily with DD. I think we were both shocked it was negative. Obviously too much symptom spotting. AF will be along soon.

Fingers crossed for Feb. I'll be testing on 27th.

As with most things, I think you can take it as far or as little as you want to when trying to conceive, and then going by medical guidelines whilst you are pregnant. When I was pregnant first time, a friend of a friend was pregnant in France. Their medical guidelines about what is advisable during pregnancy was very different to the UK (at that time, not sure if it's different now), so we used to joke and say we'd like to have a 'French pregnancy' so that we could still eat loads of cheese basically.

I'll be honest, hadn't even thought about tablets, but seeing as I only usually take tablets to help with period pain - hopefully, won't be much of an issue! I am also a big tea drinker. And a bit of chocolate with a cup of tea is just... ah, heaven. I play hockey which often sees me running around in the freezing cold most weekends, and there's NOTHING better than getting in after a game, running a bubble bath and enjoying it with a cup of tea and some chocolate. Best treat ever!