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Anyone TTC number 2 in your mid-30s and fancy company?

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CasualOverthinker · 11/07/2026 18:41

Anyone else TTC number 2 in their mid-30s and fancy some company? 😊

I’m 35, have a DD who is just about to turn 4, and we’ve just started our first cycle trying for number 2.

I feel like we’d just reached the glorious stage of proper sleep, no nappies, actual conversations and being able to leave the house without half of the house crammed into a changing bag… so naturally I decided what our lives really need is a newborn 😂

I went very Type A when TTC my DD and turned the whole thing into a project - LH strips, BBT, supplements, special lube, the works 🙈 This time I’m trying very hard to be more relaxed and go with the flow. Trying being the operative word 😂

Would love some company from anyone in a similar boat: TTC number 2, mid-30s, slightly excited, slightly questioning their own sanity and trying not to symptom spot at 2DPO 😂

PS. Currently on cycle 1 and my fertile window is just about closing, so now entering the very calm and rational part where I definitely won’t analyse every bodily sensation for the next two weeks 😂🙈

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Babydustthisyear · 25/07/2026 08:41

beeble347 · 25/07/2026 07:54

I'm so sorry @Babydustthisyear that is really gutting especially after the spotting earlier this week. I've got everything crossed for you that next cycle is the one and if it is, May is a lovely birthday month

Aww thank you so much ❤️ what will be will be I suppose and just have to put the trust in that it will work out.

Im going to double up this month with ovulation stick and also try clear blue ones too and maybe track my BBT.

For now it’s a self care evening, order a nice takeaway and relax this week ❤️❤️

Agathapoirot · 26/07/2026 21:04

Still negative here, 13 dpo today. Weirdly have had really light bleeding since yesterday, which I know is my period starting, but never comes that early on cd 25.

The logical part of me knows this is my period, the delusional part thinks this could be late implantation bleeding 😂😂😂

Hoping now that my period starts tomorrow full force and I can get in that positive next cycle mindset!

Hope everyone’s having a good weekend!

SophieP89 · 26/07/2026 22:08

12dpo today. Tested negative yesterday, haven't bothered testing today so just going to wait for my period to come now. It usually starts around 12/13dpo so will probably start tomorrow at some point.
Looking forward to just getting onto a new cycle now! Congratulations to all the ladies who got their bfp this month and I hope for the rest of us that next month will be the one 🫶

Peedthebed · 27/07/2026 15:24

I was so sure this month was going to be our month. But then dh had a stomach bug, I seem to have ovulated a few days early which was terrible timing in the circumstances and now my temp isn’t going up anyway
still trying to be positive this month still but the bbt is tipping me over the edge a bit 😬

FlyingHighFlyingLow · 27/07/2026 19:13

@Peedthebed oddly its always been the months that ttc have gone to shit I've actually conceived! Not out until AF arrives.

If I take my 0.8 reading as my peak I hit 7dpo today. I have spent most hours talking myself into and out of testing.

Ooo I'm having implantation pains. No dummy your whole body hurts because you did 2 hours of softplay with your toddler yesterday and you can't even walk today 😅

Ooo I have sore boob's and a headache. Yes, the toddler smacking you over the head and jumping on your boob's at 6am tends to do that.

I'm so tired. Yeah idiot see above 😂

I've not bought any tests to try put me off. How long until I cave?

Peedthebed · 27/07/2026 21:34

@FlyingHighFlyingLow I’ve done the same this month. Going to try to not buy any tests until at least 10dpo. I don’t know if it was on here or another thread but someone was saying about robbing themselves of joy of seeing a line because instead they’d spent days analysing shadows and that’s stuck with me a bit for this month (though I’m 1dpo so I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. Ask me again in a week..)

I don’t know if anyone feels the same but I’m expecting this one to be my last, and so I keep thinking this could be the last time I ever see a positive! So I better test every day because it’s so exciting and I don’t want to miss out. Or I better not test every day because it only upsets me and how nice would it be to wait long enough to see a blazing positive!

FlyingHighFlyingLow · 27/07/2026 21:40

Peedthebed · 27/07/2026 21:34

@FlyingHighFlyingLow I’ve done the same this month. Going to try to not buy any tests until at least 10dpo. I don’t know if it was on here or another thread but someone was saying about robbing themselves of joy of seeing a line because instead they’d spent days analysing shadows and that’s stuck with me a bit for this month (though I’m 1dpo so I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. Ask me again in a week..)

I don’t know if anyone feels the same but I’m expecting this one to be my last, and so I keep thinking this could be the last time I ever see a positive! So I better test every day because it’s so exciting and I don’t want to miss out. Or I better not test every day because it only upsets me and how nice would it be to wait long enough to see a blazing positive!

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Honestly at this point I was to have a cryptic pregnancy and have a baby just pop out and not have to have the anxiety of ttc and pregnancy 😂

Bring back the magic storks that drop them off!

dreamywalker · 28/07/2026 13:14

Hello all,

sorry I went MIA, I got very stressed with testing and assuming every symptom was due to pregnancy.. it wasn’t 🤣🤣
so anyways, I’m back in the game 9 days into the cycle and I’m using OPKs this time so hopefully cycle 2 will be successful

dreamywalker · 28/07/2026 13:26

Also,

congratulations to all of you with positive tests xxx

Foreverhopeful92 · 28/07/2026 14:40

Please can I join! TTC #2 for the last 7 months, my daughter took 18 months so expect I’m in it for the long haul again.
9 or 10 dpo today but seem to be having a weird cycle and looks like period is on its way very early! I always have 14/15 days after ovulation until period. Don’t get spotting or anything before hand apart from a day before period arrives. But today have some bloody discharge and cramping. Feeling disappointed that this month is over before it even began but on the positive side at least next cycle will start sooner.

CasualOverthinker · 28/07/2026 16:34

Girlie whirlies, hello! 👋🏻💕

Welcome to all the new joiners! 🥰

I’m so sorry for everyone for whom this month wasn’t it. 💔 I noticed a few of you have joined the August TTC thread, but please still pop back here and keep us updated too! I’ll be rooting for every single one of you to get your BFPs. 🤞🏻✨

A little update from me… as you know, I got a real squinter last Tuesday, followed by some very faint FRER lines and a 1–2 on the Clearblue Digital. Seeing “Pregnant” on the digital was honestly surreal, but I’m not going to lie, those faint lines really messed with my head and I had a bit of a wobble towards the end of last week.

Anyway… fast forward a few days and I decided to do one more FRER today and finally got a proper little line! 🥹💕 I’m so, so happy.

It’s still incredibly early days, of course, so I’m taking it one day at a time, but I’m feeling much more reassured and hoping for a wonderfully boring pregnancy (in the very best way possible!). 🤍

Adding a couple of comparison photos because… isn’t it crazy what a difference a week can make?! 🥹🌈

Anyone TTC number 2 in your mid-30s and fancy company?
Anyone TTC number 2 in your mid-30s and fancy company?
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Mortima · 28/07/2026 17:15

Sorry to those with negatives, or still in limbo - @Foreverhopeful92 could it be implantation bleeding??

@Peedthebed Definitely, I am not planning on another baby and I love a positive pregnancy test 😂 It feels like such a big cinematic moment in my life, haha. I am glad I waited until 12DPO though to get a conclusive result, but I admit to taking random tests that I've got left ever since then just for the satisfaction...hope it's your month x

@CasualOverthinker Ahh I'm so pleased for you! Was wondering how you were getting on, that's a definite line right there. Come and join us on the Due in April thread...

FlyingHighFlyingLow · 29/07/2026 08:20

I caved at potentially 9dpo. Big old BFN!

Foreverhopeful92 · 29/07/2026 08:39

Mortima · 28/07/2026 17:15

Sorry to those with negatives, or still in limbo - @Foreverhopeful92 could it be implantation bleeding??

@Peedthebed Definitely, I am not planning on another baby and I love a positive pregnancy test 😂 It feels like such a big cinematic moment in my life, haha. I am glad I waited until 12DPO though to get a conclusive result, but I admit to taking random tests that I've got left ever since then just for the satisfaction...hope it's your month x

@CasualOverthinker Ahh I'm so pleased for you! Was wondering how you were getting on, that's a definite line right there. Come and join us on the Due in April thread...

I would love for this to be true but I’m not convinced! I guess I’ll have to wait and see. Plan is to test Friday if my period hasn’t arrived.

CasualOverthinker · 29/07/2026 09:55

FlyingHighFlyingLow · 29/07/2026 08:20

I caved at potentially 9dpo. Big old BFN!

You know it, and we know it. Repeat after me: IT WAS TOO GODDAMN EARLY. 🫠🙃

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CatLadyH · 29/07/2026 12:36

Excuse the shower sticky dots, shocked is an understatement but yay BFP 🤩

Anyone TTC number 2 in your mid-30s and fancy company?
beeble347 · 29/07/2026 12:52

FlyingHighFlyingLow · 29/07/2026 08:20

I caved at potentially 9dpo. Big old BFN!

Plenty of time left! I tested at 1dpo* and 13dpo, BFNs then this two days later (had a VFL at 14dpo). Second photo (with no digital) is two days after that so 17dpo. And with my first pregnancy they adjusted the dates after the scans, I was more like 17dpo when I first tested positive at what I thought was 11dpo.

*11dpo not 1dpo imagine 😂

Anyone TTC number 2 in your mid-30s and fancy company?
Anyone TTC number 2 in your mid-30s and fancy company?
beeble347 · 29/07/2026 12:53

CatLadyH · 29/07/2026 12:36

Excuse the shower sticky dots, shocked is an understatement but yay BFP 🤩

Fantastic such a strong line as well!!!

FlyingHighFlyingLow · 29/07/2026 14:11

Congrats @CatLadyH !

I now have EWCM???? Who knows what's going on at this point.

CasualOverthinker · 29/07/2026 14:14

@FlyingHighFlyingLow I think we know what’s going on….you give it a couple more days and then move over to the Pregnancy side of Mumsnet ;)

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thelifepursuit · 29/07/2026 20:28

I’m 34 and ttc #2 so it has been lovely to find this thread read some positive stories while I wait to test at the weekend 🤞

Babydustthisyear · 30/07/2026 06:43

CasualOverthinker · 28/07/2026 16:34

Girlie whirlies, hello! 👋🏻💕

Welcome to all the new joiners! 🥰

I’m so sorry for everyone for whom this month wasn’t it. 💔 I noticed a few of you have joined the August TTC thread, but please still pop back here and keep us updated too! I’ll be rooting for every single one of you to get your BFPs. 🤞🏻✨

A little update from me… as you know, I got a real squinter last Tuesday, followed by some very faint FRER lines and a 1–2 on the Clearblue Digital. Seeing “Pregnant” on the digital was honestly surreal, but I’m not going to lie, those faint lines really messed with my head and I had a bit of a wobble towards the end of last week.

Anyway… fast forward a few days and I decided to do one more FRER today and finally got a proper little line! 🥹💕 I’m so, so happy.

It’s still incredibly early days, of course, so I’m taking it one day at a time, but I’m feeling much more reassured and hoping for a wonderfully boring pregnancy (in the very best way possible!). 🤍

Adding a couple of comparison photos because… isn’t it crazy what a difference a week can make?! 🥹🌈

Awww the biggest congratulations! So so happy for you! ❤️

Babydustthisyear · 30/07/2026 06:47

Hey ladies I took a little break when I got my AF but now I’m back on the ovulation sticks waiting for the peak ❤️ we have a really busy week so not sure how it will go but we will do our best to cover the window and see what happens!

congrats to all the BFP delighted for you all so exciting to see all those lines ❤️❤️

CasualOverthinker · 30/07/2026 07:12

Babydustthisyear · 30/07/2026 06:47

Hey ladies I took a little break when I got my AF but now I’m back on the ovulation sticks waiting for the peak ❤️ we have a really busy week so not sure how it will go but we will do our best to cover the window and see what happens!

congrats to all the BFP delighted for you all so exciting to see all those lines ❤️❤️

You got this 💪🏼🩷

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Mortima · 30/07/2026 07:40

@CatLadyH Congratulations! Strong line, what DPO are you?

@FlyingHighFlyingLow Not to get too excited, but unusual CM was an early sign for me with my first!