May 2025 TTC Support Group

Interesting @ChaE05! Any other tidbits you want to share? Has it said anything about baby aspirin?

Hope everyone is okay! Sorry, so many posts to catch up on. Just thought I would share what I am listening to right now. Diary of a CEO podcast with a fertility doctor. 'The pregnancy doctor' so interesting! Goes into alot of detail about what it takes to get pregnant and what can impact it. I have also just learnt that at my age (38 this month) I have a 5-8% chance of concieving each month 🙃🙃 BFN at 9dpo xx

@2Sugars2 The crazy is kicking in this end too 🤣 I’m imagining that I’m feeling twinges 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I don’t know when to test, I’m too scared of disappointment.

@SureLook Good idea 👍 my AF due the 16th but I do sometimes come on earlier. I’m the same as you if I don’t test then no disappointment when no two lines.

@Muddysocks1 Your post made me laugh as why do we do it to ourselves 😂 Sometimes I say I’m not going to test and then before I know it i have a test in my hand and peeing on the stick 🤣

@charlzz I really hope this is good news for you now after all you’ve been through ❤️ We are all here for you x

I'm 11dpo today I THINK (I don't temp so that's just based on OPKs). I knowww, I wish I'd carried on testing until my tests were completely negative so I could be sure! If this is another chemical i won't be making that mistake again. It's definitely the waiting that's the worst, I'm refreshing my NHS app even though I know the results won't be in until tomorrow at the earliest 😂

How many dpo are you @charlzz?
It’s hard with not having negative tested in the middle.
hopefully the blood test will shed some light on this for you. Its so horrible when you don’t know what’s happening.

@curliegirlie mine are a bit all over the place after an MMC but I'm hoping they're settling this month. The night before my peak they were 0.35 and then shot up to 1.42 the next morning. So it could be coming!

My cycles are a bit random following a MC. I didn't catch a positive OPK in my first cycle afterwards (although it was a fairly standard 29 days long) and then in my second one it was only 17 days long and I think I ovulated on CD7 or 8 🤯.

To be fair my standard ovulation days are CD15 or 16, but the OPKs are still well under 0.2, I'd be surprised if I see a surge happening later today. I'm just feeling a bit impatient and haven't got the security of knowing my cycles are very predictable right now...

How are you doing today @FigPig ?

@Taysonic we're all in this together 💪🏻

@charlzz sorry to hear you're worried. Hopefully this is a new pregnancy 🤞🏻

@ThisHangryTiger you're not out till AF shows up 🤞🏻

@am44a there's a little note on the easy@home tests that advises you when to test depending on cycle length if that helps?

@devma I can see something but I think it might be an indent. Test again tomorrow when the easy@home tests come 🤞🏻

@Iris2024 I'm gonna try hold out until the 17th when AF is due and I'll be 12dpo. Not testing early last cycle really helped with the disappointment!

@curliegirlie do you have longer cycles? I was low until my peak shot up out of nowhere.

Sounds a good plan. Strip tests in particular tend to be complete squinters until 11dpo.

Meanwhile I'm CD14 waiting for anything approaching a positive OPK 💤

@Muddysocks1im hoping to wait until 10 dpo

I'm 5dpo and the crazy is already setting in.... 😂I was going to try and hold off until next monday/tuesday so 10/11dpo but I'm lying to myself if I think I will get through the weekend without testing. When are you planning on testing?

About 4DPO and still got sore boobs, nothing else to report but it’s still so early. I’m literally here thinking who am I kidding being hopeful as I don’t feel I’ll get a positive this month.

When is everybody testing?

@Disneybride sound a lot like implantation bleeding then so I wouldn't worry if anything sounds very promising just check again tomorroz sending baby dust lovely 😍

Oooh! I did have a little bit of blood yesterday…thanks for rekindling my hope! Fingers crossed!

Did what i promised I wouldnt and i tested (9dpo🤦🏼‍♀️) but im surprised i even held out this long, albeit with the crappy onestep tests I had left from last month so fair warning that the dye is running in all directions and hasnt actually covered the whole window, what a surprise😂 ive ordered some easy at home arriving tomorrow but I swear I see a tiny something, the tests are absolutely horrendous though so im not even hopeful, i’ll post the photo if anyone would care to lend me their line eyes but pre warning its been edited so the lighting is darker and all of that jazz.

I havent had anything by way of “symptoms” this cycle other than sore 🍈 which i always get anyway😩 i’ve a feeling this cycle wont have been successful but here we are😬 x

Does anyone else feel like up to tww your cycle goes so fast aha i’m already CD 10 now. Also i’m unsure when I ovulate because my cycles are 32-38 days long I always assumed cd 17-22 but now i’m thinking maybe it’s later? I did try testing before but as my cycles are too long I found it really tedious and stressful. Does any one else have similar cycles and know around about when they ovulate? x

9DPO today and tested yesterday to a BFN. AF is meant to be tomorrow and having a few aches. Just have a feeling I'm out - may test tomorrow tho depending if / when AF shows. Hopefully I'll get a pleasant surprise but not holding out hope x

@charlzz you are right normally they drop fairly quickly after bleeding...possibly also a new pregnancy and everything is fine just still low levels but better to be on the safe side and get your blood taken! in the meantime I know it's really hard and you are not alone but try to stay calm...❤

No, pre-AF nosedives most likely around 10dpo. Don't read too much into individual temperatures and see what the next few days bring.

Thanks so much for your reply. I figured that was the case with chemicals, I paid for HCG bloods last cycle and it was only an 8 by the time I started bleeding so I figured it was going to drop down to 0 very quickly. I guess I just can't believe the same thing is happening again! I actually rang my GP this morning and they agreed to do an HCG blood test just to monitor as I'd mentioned i had a chemical last month so hopefully I'll get those results tomorrow, then do a second one on Friday to see what's going on.

Not necessarily. I had a dip in BBT around the same time a couple of cycles ago but then it began to rise again. It stayed elevated despite what I thought at the time was my period, and to my surprise, I was pregnant. Sadly, it ended in miscarriage so maybe not a particularly good omen for you, but I think there are so many things that impact BBT.

I know it's hard when you desperately want an answer either way.

@charlzz Hi Love soo sorry for your loss I had a chemical in March and was advised to take a bloodtest I took one after I stopped bleeding where hcg had already dropped to 2 and did one 2 weeks later to confirm I was at zero hcg...
normally in chemicals your levels don't go high enough to be detected one month later... maybe get a bloodtest if you can for reassurance!! sending lots of love! xx
@Disneybride I've read a dip around 7Dpo can indicated implantation so fingers crossed this is the case xx

Hi all. So my BBT dipped today at 7 DPO, am I out? X