TTC Feb 2025

I could do with learning about BBT too! Has always sounded like this would be a really accurate and reliable way to track a cycle but my concerns are that I'm usually super groggy in the morning - would take a LOT of mental effort to get into the habit of doing it first thing.

@sjwx

@sjwx My line has gotten lighter now. We’re dtd tonight and tomorrow and then just back to doing it for fun until next month unless this month works out in my favour. I’m due the 14th so who knows. That’s great your line is increasing. This is only my second month ttc and the first using the app. It’s such a learning curve

@Mama09876 I’m gonna try so hard not to test because i was literally seeing lines that weren’t even there. It made me so anxious and then i think it made me more sad when my period did come. I have zero idea about bbt that’s another minefield. I wouldn’t even know where to start. I will attempt next month if this month isn’t successful because i wanted to learn the opk strips this month. I wouldn’t know what to buy, when to do it and what it should be. Sometimes i wake up roasting so would it always be accurate. Gosh there’s so much to learn.

@PoppyGirl222 Yeah I think she’ll be great, it’s slightly longer age gap than I intended but life took over and it really does go so quick those early years! Sometimes I can’t believe I’m going to do it all over again 😂 but look forward to those newborn snuggles.

What a romantic meeting! When you know you know!

We’re pretty much similar timings I’m due 13th according to my app. In the past I’ve tested about 10-11DPO but it just gets me down trying to ‘find’ a line. So I’m going to hold out till 14th I’m off work so least whatever the outcome I can treat myself that day! 😂 to be honest by the 14th that’ll be 30 day cycle and I haven’t had one of them since before my 1st (I’m normally 26/27/28 days somewhere between that) so if it hasn’t arrived by the Friday I’ll be feeling hopeful!

Have you been tracking your BBT? I use natural cycles, have been for years! Used it to prevent before my 1st and I kinda knew I was pregnant because my temperature didn’t drop before I was due on (like it should) and I’ve started doing it again this month so I’ll probably know if I get that dip in temp the week of my period there’s no point in me testing.

@sjwx How are you getting on?

@Mama09876 That’ll be a lovely wee age gap, a little helper. Nursery fees are shocking! I worked in one years ago and i couldn’t get over it. I’m pushing it a bit with my age i just turned 38 but i didn’t meet him till late 🤷🏼‍♀️. Both of us have no children, never been married and tbh it’s my first relationship (i’m insanely shy & picky and tbh was convinced i’d be alone just because my fairytale man didn’t exist then boom bumped randomly into him one day and literally did that movie thing where i loved him the min i seen him 😂). We’ve been together 3yrs getting married 2026. I tested last month from day 9/10’ish. I think it was the excitement of being the first month & omg we’re really doing this. I’m not doing it at all this month i’ve told myself 💪🏼 but i may cave closer to the time. Due Valentine’s Day sod’s law, i’m regular 27 like clockwork so dunno if that’s a help or hindrance because i’ll get sad feeling it start to arrive bang on time. Last month i’d pink spotting & got dead run down but nope it arrive as scheduled. Dunno what the pink was, mystery. What day do you test?

@PoppyGirl222 i do find the OPK strips crazy how dark they get so quickly some months! Yeah so I think online it says 24-48 hrs ovulation after peak.
I admire your stammer this week! That should be more than enough 😂 but you just never no.
with my first we only DTD twice, 3 days before ovulation and on ovulation. So taking a similar approach this time.
My little one is 3, feels like the right time now financial more than anything! 😂 id of done it sooner if it wasn’t for nursery fee costs!

TWW can be painful just waiting to test! We had a few months break last year just with other stuff going on and it made me realise how much every single pain or symptom I think I feel i was getting in the months we didn’t try so couldn’t be pregnant! So hopefully going in to this one relaxed. Are you an early tester? I can’t deal with it myself but I do love looking at other peoples.

I am feeling positive now about this month, hopefully this is a lucky group 🤍

@Taysonic yea that’s my thinking too lol and you’re so right it only takes one. I appreciate his enthusiasm and don’t they say happy wife happy life 🤷🏼‍♀️ bless him tho he makes me laugh he literally sings to my tune…..99% of the time so far during this. I’m very lucky that he goes with the flow, for now 😬. Tho he’s getting fascinated with the opk strips lol can’t believe how they go up & down so quick (and a million other questions 🤦🏼‍♀️)

@Mama09876 Its definitely go time lol 💪🏼🥚. I had that dull achey feeling in my side from this evening 4pm ish. I tested tonight and it’s dropped back to .71 so i reckon that’s prob it now. It comes on so quickly. I take it then i ovulate writhing like 24hrs give or take? We dtd at lunch today and pencilled him in for tomorrow evening lol and Thursday too just to cover all bases. That’s alright isn’t it, as well as the last couple of days? Fingers crossed you are lucky this time too. Gosh i’d love to be a mum but if i get all sentimental about it the tww is gonna be worse lol. How old is your little one? It’s only our second month trying so we’ll see. I’m determined to not be as obsessive as i was in the last tww…famous last words lol but i am gonna try and reel myself in a bit. It’ll be good having some company during it this time. I have sneezed about a million times yesterday & today swear i’m getting the cold 🤧 so annoying feel yuk. It better go away so i can keep happily occupied during the next two weeks. No one knows we’re trying so it’s lovely to talk to someone.

I hope we’re all successful. Sooo much luck to all of us ❤️🤞🏼.

Hi! I think the temping is quite nice to give you piece of mind that you definitely ovulated. Last month my OPKs said I ovulated around CD14 but I never got a temp rise. So I thought I'd try the OPKs again out of curiosity and turns out I did get another peak two weeks later which was then confirmed with a temp rise.
Probably never would have caught my ovulation the second time if I wasn't temping which is quite nice.

I agree! I originally only came off of birth control to see what my body was doing. I've learnt so much I had no idea about 😂

I ovulate quite late so won’t start testing until Monday next week, with ovulation roughly being 7th/8th Feb. Tend to test mid morning and then late afternoon or evening

@PoppyGirl222 Looks like it’s defo happening! Yours from lunch looks even more dark! I’m very impressed with to both your dedication! 😂 I’m going for the every other day approach, & hope for the best.
With my 1st we did it the Weds & Sat and I ovulated on the Sat so hoping it’ll work again!

Yeah we’re at the same stage I think, I’m on CD14 today but must ovulate slightly later. Hoping to be in the TWW by the end of the week! Then the madness begins 😂 I do love having company in the TWW makes it much more manageable!!

Ahh good look @cltw! Hope this one does the trick for you, before you'd otherwise need to take a break.

I'm CD12 today and haven't started using the OPKs I bought so will just save them for next month now. I find the whole thing so fascinating - would love to understand my body a little bit better and be a bit more 'intune' but also know that I'm quite scatty and can imagine my testing schedule will be a bit irregular and all over the place - not the most scientific of tests!

Loving your schedule @PoppyGirl222! Surely every day can't hurt? I know SMEP recommends every other day from CD8 onwards until you hit your ovulation peak but... my philosophy is it only takes one little swimmer doesn't it? They don't all have to be champions! 😂

Hello all, I'm also CD1 today and would love to join.
We have no kids and this is my third cycle (and for a number of reasons will be our last cycle for a while so have all my fingers crossed this one works!).
For the last couple of cycles I've been temping and using clearblue OPKs. I don't trust myself to interpret the strips.
I came off of birth control last October and have had two quite long cycles since (47 and 43 days) so ready to find out what this one has in store for me!

Like others, we aren't telling family and friends and I've found it quite difficult so thought I would try and join others here for this month. Wishing you all a successful one!

@Mama09876 your photos make it easy to see. I tested before lunch time there now and it’s up to 0.90 so it’s definitely happening. Waiting for him to break for lunch atm 😂. I’m gonna test once a day after Thursday just to see the line getting lighter too. I think i’m gonna stick with the schedule 😂 be a shame to waste it and i’m proud of his commitment and dedication lol he’s pleased with the brownie points. Hopefully we’ll be testing around the same time, you’re similar cd to me? I’m cd 10 today. The tww last month seemed like 4 flip sake i’ve zero patience. x

@PoppyGirl222

I think they’re defo getting darker! When it comes to the numbers I don’t know as I don’t use the prenom app I just go by eye and it’s clear from them they’re darker and I would say verging on peak. I can’t see how the numbers would matter to be honest, just as long as you can see them darker 🥰 (I might be wrong)

if you can see on my photo that one from this morning the left is darker than the right line so I believe that’s ‘peak’ but even if you don’t catch it you can see yours getting darker so I think dtd today and tomorrow you’ll be covering all basis 🥰 and even Thursday if that scheduled! 😂

I don’t normally test after my peak but I did see on MN someone say they carry on till faded so they know they’ve ovulated which kinda makes sense. I might test again tomorrow see if it’s gone lighter.

@Mama09876

@Mama09876 Thanks so much for that. We dtd cd8, cd9 and we’re meeting at lunch today cd10. Do you reckon dtd tomorrow too yea? I told him we’re to do tomorrow and Thursday too so i may as well since he thinks that’s the schedule lol. Also, please can i pick your brain about one more thing, is 0.78 too low? I keep reading about peoples being 1. & another woman over 2. Last month on the cheap ones the line was real dark too but does the score matter that much or is it ok to be happy that the line is dark? Thanks so much. x

Can I join - CD1 today sadly!

Just to caveat everything I’ve said above. I was reading a few posts and one of the ladies keeps testing after peak till she gets faint line. So I thought I’ll see what it’s like this morning, turns out it’s even more dark! I’d already been the loo so managed a trickle 🙈 just to test and it came up so dark straight away! So I suppose I thought I peaked yesterday when in fact it would be today.
basically I think I’ll keep testing till it’s faint! 😂 I’m DTD every other day any way so hopefully catch it 🤞🏻

Good Luck to everyone this month ✨