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September TTC thread ๐Ÿ’›

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Marvelftw · 29/08/2025 20:00

Hi everyone, setting up a new months thread for those of us who already know weโ€™re out for August. Iโ€™m going on to cycle 3. Hope this can continue to be a place where we can chat and support one another.

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Mash0917 · 02/09/2025 06:39

Iris2024 · 02/09/2025 06:37

Thank you @Marvelftw and @Mash0917

Im bleeding now so thatโ€™s that ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ข My birthday today and donโ€™t feel like celebrating when Iโ€™ve lost. All I can do right now is cling on that we can still get pregnant and we have our daughter โค๏ธ Sending baby dust to everyone still to test. Iโ€™m moving on and trying again and see when I get peak this month to try again.

Oh Honey, I am so sorry. This is a pain only a mother who has lost as well will understand. Big hugs. You are right, the good thing is you can get pregnant, and you have a lovely kid as well. Lots of love for you. ๐Ÿ’–

Iris2024 · 02/09/2025 06:37

Thank you @Marvelftw and @Mash0917

Im bleeding now so thatโ€™s that ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ข My birthday today and donโ€™t feel like celebrating when Iโ€™ve lost. All I can do right now is cling on that we can still get pregnant and we have our daughter โค๏ธ Sending baby dust to everyone still to test. Iโ€™m moving on and trying again and see when I get peak this month to try again.

Mash0917 · 02/09/2025 05:29

CrazyKJ · 01/09/2025 21:07

Hi everyone, thought Iโ€™d jump in now to
follow along while I wait for ovulation/tww.
We've been hoping to conceive for around a year and had a MC in July. Recently found out my b12 and potassium are quite low. Apparently they can both cause problems with fertility, so really hoping the supplements and changes to diet will help ๐Ÿคž
Good luck everyone, hope itโ€™s a sticky month all round! X

Are you taking prenatal supplements?

Mash0917 · 02/09/2025 05:28

@FunnySam , this kills me every month. Now I came down with something last night. Fever, cold- the works. So my bbt chart is out the window now. :-/ How are you?

@Marvelftw you are right. it seems like everyone else gets pregnant so easily! I would probably go crazy without you guys. Best of luck to us! <3

@Iris2024 Hugs darling. How are you doing now?

@ChaE05 Are you bleeding full on? 6 dpo seems awfully early. So sorry. :-(

@Muddysocks1 Sorry to hear you are spotting. It's so hard. :-(

CrazyKJ · 01/09/2025 21:10

Muddysocks1 · 01/09/2025 21:06

I had some spotting today (13dpo), not expecting period until 15dpo (progesterone, itโ€™s normally 12-13 days) but maybe itโ€™s coming sooner. Iโ€™m desperate to start the next cycle!

Saw a couple of things on social media about other peopleโ€™s pregnancies that made me feel really rubbish earlier. Should really delete Instagram for a bit as thereโ€™s constant reminders - but also nice things that take my mind off

Hugs, Itโ€™s hard when it feels like pregnancy is everywhere. Weโ€™ve got a couple of friends pregnant or with newborns, as happy as you are for them it still stings X

CrazyKJ · 01/09/2025 21:07

Hi everyone, thought Iโ€™d jump in now to
follow along while I wait for ovulation/tww.
We've been hoping to conceive for around a year and had a MC in July. Recently found out my b12 and potassium are quite low. Apparently they can both cause problems with fertility, so really hoping the supplements and changes to diet will help ๐Ÿคž
Good luck everyone, hope itโ€™s a sticky month all round! X

Muddysocks1 · 01/09/2025 21:06

I had some spotting today (13dpo), not expecting period until 15dpo (progesterone, itโ€™s normally 12-13 days) but maybe itโ€™s coming sooner. Iโ€™m desperate to start the next cycle!

Saw a couple of things on social media about other peopleโ€™s pregnancies that made me feel really rubbish earlier. Should really delete Instagram for a bit as thereโ€™s constant reminders - but also nice things that take my mind off

FunnySam · 01/09/2025 20:11

@PepsiMax4lifeI see what you mean, are these 1st urine of the day? And are the lines coming up straight away or after a while?

FunnySam · 01/09/2025 20:05

Mash0917 · 01/09/2025 00:31

Well, there was a funny setback. I had the peak on my Clearblue advanced digital O test on Friday. Then had a little cramp ( I always have really bad cramps during O) and a little ewcm on Friday, so I thought, well, there's the ovulation! But Sunday morning, I woke up with the bad cramps, lots of ewcm (sorry tmi), bbt dip, and all the usual O business. 48 hours passed, so the O test was active again, took another, and it went straight back to peak! So I grabbed DH and dragged him to my lair! ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜‚ All that just to say, I guess NOW I'm 1 dpo. two more weeks of waiting, damn it! Glad I have you as tww buddy! ๐Ÿ’–

Just when you thought the TWW couldnโ€™t get any longerโ€ฆ Glad itโ€™s not missed and youโ€™ve managed to make the most of it! ๐Ÿ˜‚ Laughing at grabbing your DH to your lair - going to start using that line

Muddysocks1 · 01/09/2025 18:25

ChaE05 · 01/09/2025 16:23

Well that's me out...my period has arrived scarily early. At only 6dpo marking it a 5 day luteal phase ๐Ÿ˜ช something clearly going on with my body. My luteal phase is usually 11 days. I also started spotting early last month at 10dpo before a heavy flow 3 days later. Never known a luteal phase so short. No chance of pregnancy with that. Feel so defeated right now. Hope they will do something for me when I have my fertility call next week xx

Oh no ๐Ÿ˜ž are you particularly stressed? I had a few months of mega stress at the start of last year and my luteal phase lengths were random, and theyโ€™re usually v regular. Hope the call goes well ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป

Angelyoga · 01/09/2025 16:58

ChaE05 · 01/09/2025 16:23

Well that's me out...my period has arrived scarily early. At only 6dpo marking it a 5 day luteal phase ๐Ÿ˜ช something clearly going on with my body. My luteal phase is usually 11 days. I also started spotting early last month at 10dpo before a heavy flow 3 days later. Never known a luteal phase so short. No chance of pregnancy with that. Feel so defeated right now. Hope they will do something for me when I have my fertility call next week xx

Lovely!! Good luck!
Do you have a gp call or private?

CatLady1994 · 01/09/2025 16:48

Hey gang, checking into this monthโ€™s thread. 1DPO today (I think) although need to wait for my BBT to rise tomorrow to be sure. Had a positive OPK on Saturday afternoon and some cramping yesterday, so I think I ovulated. Managed to DTD yesterday morning so fingers crossed for something to stick! This is cycle 2 of (properly) trying for baby #2 after giving it a few months of โ€˜not trying and not preventingโ€™ to no success.

Fingers crossed for you all!

ChaE05 · 01/09/2025 16:23

Well that's me out...my period has arrived scarily early. At only 6dpo marking it a 5 day luteal phase ๐Ÿ˜ช something clearly going on with my body. My luteal phase is usually 11 days. I also started spotting early last month at 10dpo before a heavy flow 3 days later. Never known a luteal phase so short. No chance of pregnancy with that. Feel so defeated right now. Hope they will do something for me when I have my fertility call next week xx

Marvelftw · 01/09/2025 15:31

@Mash0917 Haha nice to meet you too :p Iโ€™ll also be turning 36 in 5 weeks! TTC my first.

@ChaE05 I feel you, it feels so hard to keep going when month after month you get that no, but have to cling on to the fact that eventually we will get our BFPโ€™s. Hope your fertility appointment goes well. Iโ€™ve got blood tests coming up soon.

@ajc1994 Good luck for the tww!

@LuckyDuck93 Ive definitely ranted at my partner the same thing (that people seem to get pregnant so easily around me) but as he rightly points out, we have no idea what somebodyโ€™s journey has been. I know itโ€™s hard but have to keep pushing forwards! Feel free to rant away all you like though :p

@Iris2024 Iโ€™m really sorry that this is dragging out for you ๐Ÿ˜ข

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Iris2024 · 01/09/2025 11:10

@ChaE05 Thank you so much lovely, my head has been in the shed for a week now. Iโ€™ve not had a loss before. We have our daughter who is 6 and this was cycle 6 of trying again this year. I guess the silver lining is that we can still get pregnant ๐Ÿ˜ขโค๏ธ

@SureLook I did one this morning and still faint line ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ข just waiting to bleed still.

givingitanothergo · 01/09/2025 10:49

Hi all, currently around 9dpo but didnโ€™t do an opk or anything so could be out by a day or 2 either way. Though my cycles went back to regular very quickly after having a baby almost 7 months ago . Theyโ€™re usually 27 or 28 days long and Iโ€™m on cd23 now !

i though i was closer to 9dpo yesterday and got an itch to test but of course it was completely negative (which doesnโ€™t feel so bad knowing i was possibly only 8dpo ๐Ÿ˜‚)

im so convinced im pregnant? Im noticing so many possible symptoms but have done since around 5 or 6dpo so I think im just delusional ๐Ÿคฃ

good luck to everyone this month ๐Ÿคž

PepsiMax4life · 01/09/2025 10:48

Hey everyone,

First time posting here. After feeling absolutely exhausted on the weekend, I took a test yesterday and another today. Going back through my clue app, Iโ€™m 12DPO today.

thereโ€™s lines but theyโ€™re so faint, Iโ€™ve done two Clearblue digitals and they both said not pregnant. Anyone been in a similar position? I just want to know whether to get excited or not ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

Top one is yesterday 11DPO
Bottom is today 12DPO

September TTC thread ๐Ÿ’›
LuckyDuck93 · 01/09/2025 10:30

@ChaE05 honestly I think id have gone mad without these threads, its so easy to feel lonely when ttc. Mine is the same, although I think he would be accepting of us looking into it in the future, just waiting for him to have his tests done too and then can re-evaluate. I think its the hope that gets you every month isnt it, every month i say i wont get my hopes up, but by 11/12dpo im already planning pregnancy announcements ๐Ÿ˜†
Sending you lots of love too, we'll get there im sureโค

ChaE05 · 01/09/2025 09:37

@LuckyDuck93i feel this ๐Ÿค so fed up and constantly asking why I'm not getting pregnant. Everything coming back normal, but keep thinking surely something is wrong? Cut myself off from anyone pregnant around me. I just can't handle it. Also started to wonder at which point to look into IVF. A conversation Im dreading to have with OH. He's very much, oh it will happen it's just taking time. But the longer we leave it the older we get. So I know how you are feeling. Sending love โค๏ธ

SureLook · 01/09/2025 09:32

@ThisHangryTiger aww, sorry to hear that โค๏ธ

@Iris2024 have you tested again? Could you ring the EPU for advice?

@LuckyDuck93 sorry to hear you're feeling fed up. It's a hard journey โค๏ธ

@Muddysocks1 sorry to hear it's BFN โค๏ธ

ChaE05 · 01/09/2025 09:32

@Iris2024with my chemical I knew it wasn't progressing as like you my tests were staying the same. I think I first tested about 13dpo and then exactly a week later started to bleed. Just in limbo until then like you say. Hope it won't be too long and you can just move onto the next cycle. Sorry if I've asked previously. Have you had a loss before? Xx

Muddysocks1 · 01/09/2025 08:37

12DPO and BFN so definitely out here. Just waiting for period now. So much waiting!!

Muddysocks1 · 01/09/2025 08:37

Iris2024 · 31/08/2025 19:49

Iโ€™ve got you lovely so donโ€™t try straight after the miscarriage bleed but the next bleed which would be next period. So much to think about isnโ€™t there.

I think if you track your cycle it doesnโ€™t matter so much about dating - Iโ€™m sure lots of women with irregular cycles and PCOS donโ€™t have a 28 day ish cycle for that (going from last period)

LuckyDuck93 · 01/09/2025 08:20

Hi everyone, jumping over from the august thread as AF started today, feeling VERY fed up as this is our 14th cycle ttc #1, ive had bloods etc just waiting on a scan but so far everything is normal. Seems like absolutely everyone around me is pregnant right now, it seems like it is so easy for everyone else, im sure its not the case, but can't seem to get out of that mind set.
Hey ho, on to the next cycle we go, grateful to have all of you to rant to ๐Ÿ˜…

Iris2024 · 01/09/2025 08:03

Thank you @Mash0917

@ChaE05 Thank you hun, Iโ€™m stuck in limbo and I had cramps yesterday but no spotting or anything. Ive not had any blood at all since I found out over a week ago. Iโ€™ve woken today and nothing. Iโ€™m so confused.