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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Cycle Buddies 🥰

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Pinkllama12 · 25/11/2025 20:39

Hello, did anyone on here ovulate around the 16th-18th November and want to be cycle buddies, and ride out this wait together? 🥰

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Pinkllama12 · 26/11/2025 10:44

@LoopyLeela Morning lovely 🥰 don't worry, nothing is too TMI for me! Ah it's so difficult to be sure isn't it - the itching does sound hormonal, and it's so difficult to tell whether it's your period coming or just a part of your normal cycle which could happen even if you were pregnant - it definitely does not mean you are out yet! It's just a waiting game, and it's awful. I'm such a control freak around this type of thing, and I know stress isn't good when TTC! Absolutely, try not test until you're late - I will try my best to do the same too because it is so anxiety-inducing and I have such bad line eyes. This is my first go at TTC, no other children, but I did have a chemical pregnancy in May whilst I was on contraception. What about you? Xxx

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LoopyLeela · 25/11/2025 22:28

Ah yes, the first cycle off the pill can be a bit unpredictable but it's a good sign if you were able to detect EWCM. And you are right, early pregnancy can be exactly like PMS so we are both still in with a chance.
One thing that's made me think I'm not is that I usually get (sorry if TMI) itching around my vulva a few days before every period, I think it's a hormone thing. But I have it this month which makes me think perhaps AF is coming as usual. I also have a bit of lower backache which is also typical for me.
I don't blame you for doing a test, it's such a long wait isn't it? I'm trying not to test before I'm late as I know I might end up spending loads on tests and I know that testing for days would probably raise my anxiety as well.
Is this your first go at TTC or do you have children already?

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Pinkllama12 · 25/11/2025 22:06

Hello! 🥰 nope, I wasn't tracking anything like LH strips or BBT...just went by EWCM and ovulation pains. First month off the pill and my body is completely out of whack. I feel AF pains too but we could be experiencing implantation or fluctuating hormones...we are still so early and there's still hope! 🤞🏻 I couldn't help but take a test tonight, because I'm slightly crazy.

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LoopyLeela · 25/11/2025 21:19

Hello! Yes. My app thinks it was the 16th but I think it was slightly later possibly thr 18th. However I didn't track any metrics, it's juet based on my dates of typical cycles. What about you, were you tracking your ovulation more closely? I'm kind of losing hope myself this month as I've started feeling like AF is coming.

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