November 2025 — snuggly jumpers, sparkly skies, and fingers crossed for our BFPs 🎇💖

Have you used ovulation tests before? Might be worth giving them a go if you're not successful this month to see what matches up most.

Yeah I saw that but it doesn’t match to any of my tests or any of my other cervical symptoms. I just find it so confusing 🫣😩

You get a dip and rise around ovulation which aligns with 18dpo on your chart.

Happy November everyone! Wishing you all some big fat sticky BFP’s 🫶🏻
could someone please give me some advice on my chart. FF is saying I ovulated on day 18 but I don’t see from the chart why this is? I think it’s more likely I ovulated on day 15? I know I’m awaiting AF as I’ve been away and have barely DTD but i still want to understand when my best chances are for next month. TIA xx

CD1 today. Should ovulate CD13. Let’s do this! 😅❤️

No worries - I know mine with the flashing one is 6 days so wanted to check x

@Taysonic ohhh ok, I feel so silly I thought that the peak happened already when you get the positive! That makes more sense thank you! ☺️

@Moosey898 I did notice that when I was looking them up, just checked and definitely supposed to be the 4 days! Thank you! ☺️

Just checking you definitely have the one that goes flashing first? They also have a version which just goes to static 😸

From what little I know about LH peaks, some people's can be quite rapid rises. I'd take the positives that you ARE getting the peak notification. Ovulation usually happens 12-48hours after the peak, so getting the peak notification and not being able to DTD beforehand doesn't mean you're out.

@Blondepeach @Moosey898 thanks for your replies! It seems strange as I haven’t been getting the flash face at all goes from negative to static within the 12 hour window! I only checked after to kind of check for myself if I stayed as peak for awhile if that makes sense! So hard not to get caught up obsessing..

They say once you get the smiley face to stop testing so it may just be you've confused it by continuing to test! I've used the advanced ones for years (with the flashing smiley face that then goes static for peak) and they've worked really well.

I use these and have always found them to be good (although my box just says 'find your most 2 fertile days), I personally stop testing once Ive had a smiley and just DTD that day, and the following 2. Ive got pregnant x3 times using that method, even if they have ended in chemicals/ectopic. So do atleast feel I trust them!

Does anyone have any experience with the clear blue ovulation tests? My ovulation “peak” seems to be less than12 hours I’ve been testing morning and evening, yesterday morning negative, evening was positive and then this morning negative?? It’s supposed to “detect “ 4 most fertile days but hasn’t been for me since we started, so I’m just curious am I wasting my money on these tests or is it me that is the problem? Think we’ve missed the window again this month which is so frustrating!

Ughh girls I feel things are against us every month! I’ve spent the last two nights sleeping on my child’s floor cause she’s been unsettled, done a test and big smiling face! Are we too late???? 😭

Welcome! I will also (hopefully!) have an age gap between children as my son is currently 9yo. Wasn't initially how I imagined my parenting journey would go.. but... we are where we are!

As obsessive as I sometimes feel I get over trying to get pregnant and over-analysing every little thing, I do find the science behind it and getting to know my body and my hormones better as a real positive. If all that knowledge helps us in the quest for our #2, then... all the better.

Looks like I can join in on this thread! TTC number 2, 2nd cycle but my first cycle was a whirlwind as my period came 10 days and I was far too obsessive with testing (sorry bank balance).

First baby was a surprise and we’ll have a 6 year + age gap now, which wasn’t part of the plan but here we are.

I’ve ordered all the vitamins this time and the ovulation sticks to learn more about my body.

I’ll follow this thread, read your stories and tips and hope for the best 🤞🏼

I find the easy@home tests paired with the PreMom app to be fairly economical and good at offering some analysis/tracking functionality. It doesn't give you the 'static/flashing' smiley indicators that clear blue tests give but they're a hell of a lot cheaper.

For OPK'ing, I use the PreMom app with the easy@home strips. When I remember (!!!), I try and do a test with second morning urine (usually around 11am-ish) starting around CD8/9. And then try to test a second time in the afternoon around 4pm - 5pm kind of time. I then take photos of the tests to load them into the PreMom app which analyses the strength of the line and will give you an 'automatic' ovulation 'score'. You have to take that score with a pinch of salt, but it does mean you can easily look over the strips in one place and see the variations in strength for yourself.

My peaks tend to happen quite quickly - so when I do see the line start to darken, I may even up the testing to 3 times a day, with an early evening test too. I'm sure I've read somewhere that testing first thing isn't particularly useful as when the surge happens, it can take 4 hours for it to be detected in urine, so if you're only ever testing first thing in the morning, you may be missing it.

Mainly, I've learned that I tend to ovulate around CD16, so have had success with the SMEP (Sperm Meet Egg Plan) method of DTD every other day in the run up to ovulation, and then three days in a row if I can CD15-CD16-CD17.

Period started this evening so now on cd1. At least I can start again.

im going to do OPKs this month, any recommendations of brands?

@Taysonic I remember your username from the posts I saw earlier in my journey, sending love as you’ve been through so much.

Hey ☺️ Nope no other children, I’m 30 and my other other and I had said we would start trying around my 29th birthday, here we are over a year later! I’ve not had any proper fertility testing done yet. I have however had a very in depth hormone investigation with a endocrinologist at the start of the year, so my hormones/day 7 progesterone were tested - plus pretty much every other blood test I could have had (I had got this done through my work private healthcare as was experiencing fatigue/heart palpitations/short periods. Just waiting for the recurrent loss referral to come through and will take it from there. I have been prescribed progesterone ‘just in case’ by a gynaecologist as he said there is no harm in supplementing when I next get a positive test, I’m also taking baby aspirin (from 3dpo) as he also advised trying that, in relation to my chemicals x

Oh that is a lot to have dealt with this year, I'm sorry for your losses. Fingers crossed for this month for you.

Do you have any tips re OPKs? Do you do it twice a day? I was using them last month but never caught a peak. The last few days I've hardly had a 2nd line at all it's been so faint; I'm sure I had some darker ones last month. Using clear blues so I havent got photos to remember though.

Hi all! My period isn’t due for another 2 days but I have strong cramping, so I think it might start any day now.

wishing everyone luck this November ❤️

Hi all. I've been floating around these boards since January. Sadly miscarried in March, and then had a suspected ectopic in July. Due to the ectopic treatment, I had to take a break from TTC for three months (which to be honest, was a good thing mentally as well, it was difficult to deal with and I think having a little break was good for us to process that) and am now on CD11 of the first cycle I've been able TTC again.

For those who don't know me, I'm TTC #2 for me, #1 for my partner. I'm 36, he's 28.

As I'd had two losses this year, our NHS trust does some initial fertility blood tests. Thankfully, these all came back clear, except for a positive test for thyroid antibodies. Apparently, this isn't necessarily a problem right now but could indicate a higher risk of auto-immune issues in the future?! Anyway, was given the green light to TTC again and keeping all fingers crossed it's third time lucky.

Feeling nervous. Feeling a whole lot of anxiety and I feel like a bit of an idiot for putting ourselves at risk of such heartbreak again... but... hoping this next time will have a happy ending for us.

Lovely to see some familiar names @Iris2024 @LuckyDuck93 and hope to be a bit more active in these threads again now that I'm officially back on the horse.

As I said, CD11 today. Not expecting ovulation to happen until probably around CD16. Have been OPKing to try and catch it but my peaks are usually quite quick.

Yep, his first. We conceived DS first month. But we were both 32 then so conscious of our ages then. I think I'm more the issue, I've got a really short luteal phase, can sometimes be 8 days. I need to chase up my blood tests actually as was hoping they'd show low progesterone, if that's even possible? What about you, do you have other DC or is this No1? xx

@ttcnumerodosis this his first SA? My other half had one back in July, it was all normal, but he has a repeat next week. Fingers crossed it's okay again.
I have booked into a fertility clinic for end of next month. Just see what they say. NHS advice was to try for a couple more months but to look into IVF. It's a mentally exhausting journey isn't it. Did you have any issues concieving your first? X