TTC Baby #3 Not our first rodeo 🤠

@PoppyN919 congratulations and welcome! 😊

Welcome @PoppyN919, lovely strong lines if AF is still 3-4 days away!

@PoppyN919i actually dread to think how much money I’ve spent on tests over the years 😳 it’s scary to think about 😂

Thank you! I now need to not bankrupt myself on pregnancy tests over the coming weeks 😂😬

@PoppyN919welcome 👋🏼 and congrats thats a lovely strong line 🥳

Hi all, have been following this thread for a couple of days!

My 2 children are 4&3, and just got an early BFP today! Still 3 or 4 days off AF, so watching and waiting hopefully.

Would be lovely to have some company on the journey. Sending good vibes to everyone - and nice to virtually meet you all.

@Daisy42016oh I feel that pain my youngest is poorly and last few nights have been hellish 🫠 glad you got a static. Though I hate when you have a random cycle and there is no clue what happening 🤦🏼‍♀️

@olivehushoooh that’s good I’m sure hubby won’t complain 😂 but can be a bit tiring for you! I’ve just started getting fertile cm so I think mine will be around Tuesday/weds next week. We’re going away tomorrow for a night so least we’ll have that if there nothing else this cycle. Youngest being ill makes it hard to fit it in he keep waking up at the wrong moment 🙈

@olivehush Good luck! It's difficult isn't it as you never know for certain what's the best time to catch the egg.

I've been pretty good, until this morning where the nausea started to hit harder. I'm also very tired! Reality is finally setting and I'm having some "oh shit, this is happening" moments.

@mintrobin you're tough for holding out this long, well done!

@olivehush yep, have held out! CD31 today - app predicting period tomorrow. Ovulated CD18 from the tests. Haven't tested, just been waiting to see if AF arrives! If nothing today, then will test in the morning but trying not to get my hopes up!

Hope you're doing OK

@olivehush I am struggling a bit!

Nausea/sickness is kicking my butt and my boobs are sooooo sore. I most definitely did not have either of these this early with my other 2 children.

On the one hand I’m grateful for symptoms as it is reassuring and helps me with knowing everything must be progressing ok. On the other hand I am knackered and feel lousy haha

Early scan is next weekend, still feels so long away!

Hope everyone else is well

Isn’t it so weird! Just for an update I got a solid smiley this morning 🤣 so strange. Day 26 of cycle now! I’ll let you know. No idea what’s going on

Thank you! It’s so strange. I tried bbt but my sleep was that bad with my toddler it wasn’t reliable either 🤦🏻‍♀️ I think it was effecting my temperature readings being up and down all night! It’s was clear and stretchy the first time, clear and stretchy day 20 with maybe a wee tiny bit of white and now it’s clear and stretchy with a bit of whiteness too but not overly cloudy any of the times, the first round (at day 13) was the clearest though definitely x

@Daisy42016do you normally track ovulation or is this first cycle? I take it you don’t bbt? The CB tests will think you have started a new cycle so they won’t now go static until you get another peak. When I used them and looked at the actual tests they were always darker than a standard opk test would have been I don’t think you can go off what the line looks like on them as reliable. I get quite watery fertile CM after O when I’ve been pregnant so that could be a possibility just too early. Even though the CM is EW is it clear or does it have a cloudy appearance?

Thank you for replying! I started day 9 (got a positive day 13) and then continued again (at day 16) due to the continuing symptoms/ discharge! It came up a negative (solid circle) but the strip itself was 100% positive for an lh surge but I know it resets to a blank circle anyway when you start again, then continued to test and have had flashing smileys since 🤦🏻‍♀️ along with ewcm that’s really stretchy - so strange! I haven’t had this before

@OliveRose2sorry lovely I must have missed your update. I’m sorry AF showed up she sucks 😢 how long have you been trying? I can’t remember if you said now x

@Daisy42016do you have any strip opks rather than clear blue? Clear blue are good but you have to be very specific about when you start them. You can’t just pick them up whenever and do a random test it won’t show a peak like that you have to start the day it tells you to and do them every day until you get your static. Or it just thinks you’re starting a new cycle. When did you start using them? Also have you had a feel of your cervix? How does it feel and is it far back or low down?

Me again and very Confused!

I had ewcm and cramps day 13 of cycle, ewcm and cramps day 20 of my cycle - both had positive lh surges, I am now fay 25 and have more ewcm/ stretchy discharge but just a bit more of white in it and have a flashing clear blue smiley - any insight as to what on earth is going on😬 negative pregnancy test too!

LH peak indicates ovulation is about to occur over the next 12-36hours. So it's likely you did it at the right time.

@MamaO88 that looks like good progression to me - totally get feeling anxious though, it's so hard to have no control over how things go!

@olivehush i've had the same question about when to count as D1, and I think the usual advice is not to count the spotting, and just count d1 from when normal flow starts.

I just had my period start this morning so feeling quite deflated. Think I might just have to accept that it's too late for me but so hard to accept as got pregnant so quickly with my last one (which I miscarried) :(

This was Saturday morn lh test and clear blue said it was negative!

Was this my true one or could it pick up super early pregnancy hormone (I read about this). I’m so annoyed because the first time we BD loads! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Hi all! Back again, thanks for the advice! My LH surged again Saturday morning 😭 we BD 0230 on Saturday morning but that was our only chance! I must have failed ovulation during the first peak 🤦🏻‍♀️do you think I’m out? Sooo annoying!

@olivehush doing OK thanks! Think I'm 9dpo today, but holding out on testing! Due AF by the weekend so will test Fri or Sat if nothing appears by then.

I also count from first day of bleeding; i usually spot the day before then bleed the following day and count that as CD1

@Outside9my LP is only 11 days so can make cycles seem a fairly normal length. Before last DS my cycles were around 31/32 days O was around day 20/21 🙄 since having him I seem to be ovulating a little earlier not much but a little so my cycles actually are around 28/29 days now. I usually start testing CD14. I’m glad when we first started trying I tracked everything and learnt when it was because I would have been dtd at totally the wrong time if I hadn’t 🤦🏼‍♀️

@olivehushthey usually say spotting isn’t counted as day 1 it’s from your full bleed. Wow I think those vitamins are doing their thing then looks like you could be O right on time about day 14 ish? I usually get 5/6 days of fertile CM though usually only EW in the couple of days around O