TTC August 2026

Congratulation @ByLoudPeachPlayer! Wonderful news.

AF has arrived here as expected. Gutting that we wanted an 18 month gap and now the smallest we will have is 2 years exactly but who knows how long it will take, it could be 3+ years. I’m next due to ovulate early September if my cycles stay the same length. I then have loads of holiday to use at work after being on Mat leave so I’ll be off the majority of the month and we’re going away (in the UK). I had AL to use so had 2.5 weeks off when we conceived my son with a trip to Spain also so I’m clinging onto the fact it’s a sign 🤣

It’s so hard to wait! I’m the same though, I don’t want the additional anxiety of faint lines/ negative that may turn positive etc so I waited until 15 DPO last time!

Thats wonderful! Congratulations! So you tested positive at 12 dpo after a negative at 11 dpo?
I managed to resist testing again this morning. Mostly because I have decided it is going to be negative. Feel like a third just isn’t going to happen for me! Feeling very fed up!

Just wanted to say, I got a BFP today after negative at 11 DPO

Thank you! I try to wait until 12 dpo as I hate the squinty line is it/ isnt it stage, feel by 12 dpo it is normally clear one way or the other. Often cave around 10 dpo though 😂

@HelloDarknessmyoldfrenemy ah good luck! Will you test early or wait until AF due?

Sorry about the BFN. I know what you mean, I always feel I’m out if I don’t get a hint of a line at 9 dpo. Even though some people doesn’t implant until 10 dpo! So try to keep hope, even though it’s really hard.

TTC is a total head-wrecker! My DH is tearing his hair out at my mood swings atm😬 Will you test again tomorrow? Or try to wait until AF is due?

I'm 9dpo and bfn this morning. I know im not 100% out but sort of feels like this isn't my month. I've a short lutueal phase so due AF on Monday so will know for sure soon, but annoyingly I've a week long work trip at my next month's ovulation period so if not this month will be another two at least.

It's mad how emotionally draining the whole thing is. Hope you're all doing ok!

Yes, I definitely try to make sure all days are covered, even if the strips are very negative. It’s just the little thought at the back of my mind going “but what if this cycle your peak was super fast and you miss it!” Find it easier mentally just to keep dtd.

Don’t worry, it’s so easy to get lost who is who on these threads! I do it all the time 😂
I’m 8 dpo today TTC baby 3! Have been trying since December, Monday will mark 9 months since I got the coil 😖

Hi all - mind if I join you?! 😊
TTC baby 3. I’m 1DPO (or maybe it’s today)- it’s been my first time using ovulation strips so not really sure and my cycles are a bit all over the place.
I had my first miscarriage in June so am just feeling desperate to be pregnant again.
my first two pregnancies happened straight away (first was a big surprise) and so I’ve never really done any of this but I’m very anxious since the miscarriage about getting, and staying pregnant.
I’ve given the shettles method a whirl this month as it’s my first time actively trying and already have two boys. Happy with a healthy baby in any flavour though!
I found doing the ovulation strips (and the deed!) gave me a focus (I’m a planner and hate not being able to control everything…) but now I just have to wait until I can test and I’m already struggling one day in 🥲
How do you do it?!

Thank you! I am wondering if it was a chemical too, but whatever it was I guess it’s not what I wanted anyway.

I suppose if it was a chemical they do say you’re supposedly more fertile in the months after but there’s no way of knowing either whether it actually was.

Thank you @Springcloud26 yes it’s my first.

I think I’m cycle 4/5 now - started testing midway the rough a cycle and were careless about protection previously

@Silverglass fingers crossed for you, please keep us updated! It’s so hard not knowing exactly where you are.

Think we are at a similar spot. I have no willpower so I will probably test from Tuesday

@HelloDarknessmyoldfrenemy I know what you mean about wanting to cover regularly but sometimes not feeling up to it! I’m away from my partner this weekend so trying to relax that it isn’t in my control 😂

Sorry I’ve probably missed this, where are you in your cycle? Are you trying for your first?

Sounds like you have it covered really well! And if your fertile CM has dried up you probably got it right. Fingers crossed that this is your cycle!

Yes, Lh strips help so much with irregular periods! I try to dtd every other day but sometimes we are just too tired so it nice to know that it’s unlikely to matter much as my Lh is low 😂

It was a bit of a different situation @inkgirl (I was coming off non-hormonal contraception) but that was how they described it to me - trying to re-start my cycle.

It was 5 years ago so I can’t remember exactly but I think they gave me something to stop the bleeding (maybe tranexamic acid) followed by a very high dose of progesterone which, when I stopped taking forced a withdrawal bleed. This seemed to shock my body back i to working 😂

I already had my PCOS diagnosis which might have made things simpler as the GP had a reason for my lack of cycle?

Hope they do some tests! Let us know how you get on. 🤞 for you

Thank you @inkgirl - I’m desperate to! Hope you get some answers soon too!

@HelloDarknessmyoldfrenemy Yep we have tried, we covered every 2 days from when bleeding stopped and then when saw CM for 2 days, did next day and one after that (what I’m thinking may be ovulation). Not noticed any since. I know hormones are still settling though so really don’t know what to expect.

We’ve been trying for our first since Feb this year, but only using Flo app. The first cycle we tracked LH in May was when we conceived! Could have just been a coincidence but as my cycles since coming off pill have been anywhere between 29-37 days, I’ve never known when I ovulate. So keen to get back to the strips!