TTC August 2026

Hi all, this will be the first "proper" month of trying for #1. For the past 6 years its been a case of not preventing. I started to use LH strips aeound 2 year ago, just to learn about my body and cycle. Ive tried to experiment with BBT, but in all honesty i just cant be bothered with the faff of it all🙈 i wake up at different times every morning, i used to forget to do it or i would do a good run of it for a week then just abandon it.
Im currently cycle day 2, usually ovulate around cycle day 16-19. Im going to order some Clearblue i think along side the cheapies. Fingers crossed for everyone🤞

Also, if it did work this month, my gap would be 3 years 4 months. Think you are so brave starting again after 11 years @inkgirl , I’m having a panic about 3 and a bit years! But know I’ll love the baby when it arrives what ever happens. Just hard when I had an idea in my head of what age gap I wanted and then it hasn’t worked out at all!

Ive just had an almost positive,( 0.95 on the pre-mom app) ovulation test!!! And I’m only CD21 which would be very early for me to ovulate! So excited! Will test again tonight to see if it has risen to a true positive 🤞 please body, come on, you can do it 🤞

My age gap would be 8 years if I get pregnant in the next month or 2, otherwise it will be 9 xx

@LionMama2 The gap thing i keep second guessing! Glad you have decided to go for it with a bigger gap, gives me hope im not going insane. Really want a baby but not looking forward to go back to nappies, food throwing etc 😂 I’ve loving toddler/ pre-school age so can’t wait to have this experience again!

The extension process was 😩. My builder kept vanishing to do other jobs, ordering supplies was slow, and the whole thing dragged on for much longer than it was supposed to. Lovely now it’s done though! We were just adding an extra room at the back of the house so not too bad in the dust department. The children loved it though 😂 so much sitting in the garden and watching!

Hmmm, I’d go by your symptoms rather than what your app is saying. Are you Lh or BBT testing? I know, TTC really does my head in!

Heyy!! I have a huge gap, my eldest is 7 and my youngest is 5. I have been so broody for the last four years but time wasn’t right financially as we knew we needed to move and then get this extension started so here we are. My eldest has been asking for another sibling for about three years 😅. I think your gap will be lovely, I’ve got friends with similar sized gaps as you’ll have and the older ones can get more involved with baby. Everyone thinks we’re done 😆.

Ooh how was the extension process for you? So far it’s been fine here (it’s a loft conversion but with a few extra bits thrown in) but the dust and noise is a lot. The kids absolutely love the builders though.

My app thinks I ovulate today but I am convinced it was a few days earlier and my cm has changed so I’m hoping we haven’t missed the boat this month… Why is TTC so fraught with anxiety?!

Hi! Also, TTC number 3 here! Been trying for 8 months though. How old are your older ones? I’ve got a 4 year old and a 2 and a half year old. Getting nervous now that the gap is getting bigger and bigger how I’m going to cope.
Good luck with the building work. I’ve just had an extension put on my house so know how stressful it is!

Hi all, jumping in for some emotional support as we enter cycle 2 of TTC #2.
We were really lucky to get pregnant on the first cycle with our first so though I knew it was highly unlikely I couldn't help how disappointed I felt this month. I'm so aware of how lucky we were and how normal it is to take up to a year but I just had to feel all my feelings about it - hubby doesn't quite get this I don't think.
On CD2 now and expecting to ovulate somewhere between CD17-23 so hoping that this next heatwave has passed by then.

Hey ladies!
I'm currently cycle day 2 now, feeling positive for the month ahead. My last cycle was 29 days which is the shortest it has been in years as I ovulated day 17 whereas ovulation has been cycle day 23/24 in most previous cycles so hoping that's a positive sign. I have just lost some weight over the past couple of months so I think that has probably helped.
Hoping to see some positive tests as we go through August, sending lots of baby dust to everyone✨️

Hi everyone, popped over here from the other thread but this is our first proper TTC month. I think I ovulated yesterday but my period tracker app says it’s tomorrow. We’re also in the middle of building work so I’m hoping the stress of that doesn’t impact on it…

We’re TTC baby three. Let’s hope we all get lucky this month 🤞🏻.

Thank you x

No nothing majorly changed I don’t believe! The wait is just killing me. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

fingers crossed for you, that’s a long time to be trying! I have negative patience so I know I’ll be paying for ivf if nothing works within a year.

did you change anything about your routine? I had a really long cycle when I switched vitamins to pregnacare and think it added another 10 days to my cycle that time. Or maybe just a failed ovulation this time so it had another go later.

Hello All!

Been a follower of the TTC community for about 4 years now. TTC my second currently.

I just feel I need to post and word vomit a bit as I doubt my other half will want me to keep going over the same conversation over and over again, and I know everyone here is on their own emotional rollercoaster!

Now I’m a regular 28/29 day cycle kinda girl. To the point where you can plan a holiday around my cycle! I am now on day 33 which is unheard of for me. One thing I noted was that normally I have really achey boobs at some point in the TTW, this month none. I did think that was a nice change!

It’s Tuesday today (Day 33) and on Friday(Day 29)/Saturday(Day 30) and Sunday(Day 31) I had awful period pains. They made me feel ill, a bit sick and exhausted. I don’t normally get period pains that painful and for that long. This prompted me to take a test on Sunday. It came up negative ☹️. Queue the feeling miserable and upset. I ended up having a day time nap which is also unlike me.

I also went down the rabbit hole of googling late implantation pain etc. hoping and praying that the pain was indeed that!

Now nothing. I’m too scared to test again. I honestly don’t feel like I can test again and see another negative. It really upset me Sunday and just can’t do it to myself again. I think I’m just going to wait. I honestly feel like my body is just being cruel to me and I’m going to just start my period late. And probably just in time for my holiday this weekend just to be extra cruel!
Hope it’s ok I ranted. Anyone else in this group 4 years and TTC? Sending baby dust to you all as I know how much we all want that little baby.

P.s we are looking at private IVF for the new year and fingers crossed we meet the criteria. We’ve tried all the hacks to get pregnant. Name it we’ve tried. Tests a couple of years ago suggest other half’s lazy sperm. I had a c section 5 years ago which probably doesn’t go in my favour.

@inkgirl I’m doing okay, trying to keep busy so I’m not so focused on the waiting!

@Silverglass i can’t wait to use them again, I got so excited last time - it was pretty cool to see it get higher and higher and then drop, I was testing 3 times a day at one point! Reassuring to know my body was doing what it needed to!

Low sadly! Got excited by a 0.4 the other day but back to about 0.2 so far so expect a bit longer. Even just going off cm I would expect it to be a bit longer.

hope your tests go negative soon so you can start tracking again!

How are you doing today @inkgirl?

@Silverglass sorry I’ve never done temp tracking before either. LH strips still low?

@BigGirlPants01 haha! If my partner had his way he’d want to wait 2 weeks after AF due just to be sure! 😂

@Vwhite I stopped bleeding yesterday too, had a strong positive test still last Thursday so will test again this Thursday. I was around 9 weeks when it started but development stopped at 6 weeks. Found out through a private scan at 7 weeks. Have you conceived again before your next period or have you usually had a period first? I’m in the UK.