Month number four... TTC

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Anyone else on month number four and back 'on the horse?'

yep. we atarted TTC in april - still keeping everything crossed. was on the pill for ages so it's taking a bit for my cycle to get back to normal, but think i'm getting there.

testing tomorrow - here goes...

what about you? is it all going well (apart from the obvious...)? x

It is ok - on the fourth month trying. Just at the start of my cycle - CD10. It is ok, but it has never taken me so long to get pregnant (been pregnant twice before) and I know four months isn't long, but I am just a bit frustrated. Last month was the hardest, hoping for a month this one.

Good luck testing today. Let me know how you go.

morning - just tested - BFN. Think I probably tested too early really, but it still doesn't feel great, does it?!

Here's hoping for two lines in the next few weeks....

guess it's hard for you knowing how you got on last time - it's no.1 for me, so a bit of a stab in the dark. i'm sure you'll get there eventually x

Yeh, I think having taken the pill, it can indeed take some time to get back to normal.

When is your AF due? How many days early did you test?

Fingers crossed indeed. It doesn't get any easier, the wait.

probably about 10 days early actually, but i had a feeling about the date (ridiculous, i know! waste of a perfectly good HPT...!)

i'll carry on waiting, and see how i get on.

hope month no.4 is good for you!

10 days :) Sounds like something I might do. Well carry on waiting and I wish you lots of luck. Exciting times.

Last month we did it every other day from days 8 - 20 - figured we couldn't possibly miss the fertile bit?! I know it can take months or even years but I was stupidly surprised not to be pregnant when my period arrived. (4 months for us too.)

Definately know how you feel, conceiving DS wasnt an effort at all - we had the 'shall we start trying' conversation mid Oct and by mid Nov had BFP so basically the next fertile period I fell pregnant. This time we are only at 2nd cycle (possibly 3 but I suspect ovulated day the coil came out so not counting it as makes me feel even worse). Absolutely aware of how ridiculous it is to feel sad its not happened already but can help it!!!! All the waiting with proper TTC is doing my head in!!! AF is due in 6 days... fingers crossed!!

can't help it

Pippaandpolly - we did that too, the first couple of times, then everyday - nothing. This month and last I am using ovulation sticks - still nothing (last month). I know I am fertile, it is just one of those things, 20% chance of getting pregnant under 35 and 10% for up to 40, each time anyone tries - just have to keep on trying. Sooo frustrating and starting to be a bit joyless too.

Kiwidreamer - my fingers are firmly crossed, that last week of waiting seems to last forever for me. I am keep extra busy this month and assuming the worst.

I have a close friend who has been trying through IVF for a year and I thought I understood her hurt, I was wrong - I really really didn't get it. I am trying to count my blessings.

OK - I have reached an all time low - I just paid an online psychic £6 to tell me when I will conceive and what gender the baby will be! I HAVE LOST THE PLOT

I'm on month 3, TTC for the first time ever. Spent 10 years on the pill and luckily my cycle has returned immediately, 28 days with ovulation roughly day 14.
Perfect? Well, I have endometriosis and already am obsessed that I won't get pregnant. Trying not to think about it and relax is really difficult.

I conceived in month 4 so good luck and hope it happens for you too! Try not to test too early - I know it is hard, but wait so you don't have any false alarms.

4 months is still early days in the grand scheme of things. Good luck!

Oooh that is good to know daisystone. Did it seem like a long wait, even the four months? It does to me.

I don't tend to test early, too hard to manage emotions :)

It DID feel like a long while even though it really wasn't!

4 months is nothing compared to some people and I was lucky - but when you are trying each month, 4 months can feel like eternity!

When I got that positive my brain couldn't quite process it! My hands were shaking. I was all prepared for another negative.

Don't get down if this month isn't your month - each month the chance of you getting pregnant increases (percentage wise).

Thanks Daisy. The problem for me is that I work from home, which means I can indulge my daily anxieties! (testing, checking etc)

My 2 closest friends conceived in their first month of trying, so I have an unrealistic view when I compare myself to them. It's funny, I spent my whole 20s terrified I might get pregnant and doing everything to prevent it and now I'm doing everything to make it happen!
Just starting the 2ww, so will try to avoid testing.

I just got my psychic reading back - not until November for a BFP she thinks!!! Ouch!

I sometimes think it might be easier not to have any tests in the house and go and buy one the night before you are due to test the next morning.

too true DrHeather - spent so long trying not to get pregnant, it now feels bizarre hoping it might happen!

have told myself i'm just going to have to learn to be patient, but everyone on here is right - four months in nothing in the grand scheme of things...