TTC for the first time

[bluefreckles]

Hello ladies

I would like to start a thread/bus/merry-go-round to meet, get support and share with ladies in the same boat as me:

TTC baby no 1!

Will you join me and see it through to the BFP?!

A bit about me - I'm 29, DP is 35. This will be our first child.

Can I join you ladies? I'm 27, recently married and I took my very last pill this morning and now am starting the wait for AF to arrive, following which DH and I will be starting TTC in earnest!

Am hoping to just go with the flow and not get into charting and ovulation tests etc, but who knows how obsessed I'll get!

I'm a little worried about regularity of cycles as before I went on the pill (when I was 17) I could go 2-3 months without any period, but not sure if that was me being irregular, or just because I was young and my body hadn't settled. Have been on the pill ever since so no idea what my cycles are like.

Hey jaffa good luck for testing on Sunday!
I'm 3dpo so long 2ww to go!
When is your AF due?

Hi everyone :)

I'm just wondering (am a complete idiot with all things to do with conception), is it possible for a test to give a BFP just two weeks into a pregnancy? The tracker I used (webmd) predicted I'd be ovulating this week, and I think I've had some signs of ovulation. The tracker reckons I'll be due my period this month on the 13th. Seeing as we've only DTD this week (3 times), would a test even be accurate that soon? I'd only be 2 weeks preg? this is so unlikely but never mind!!

Hey I haven't posted since the start of this thread but I'm feeling a bit down and worried. AF is now 8 days late but still bfn and no symptoms :(
Should I be worried?

If you've ovulated this week you won't be able to test yet. You can test at 2 weeks but that's 2 weeks after conception (ie ovulation), not two weeks after the first day of your last AF. You can test on the day your AF is due, or with a sensitive test up to 4 days before. Hope that helps.

madratlady how regular are your cycles?

Hope everyone is having a good Friday and looking forward to the weekend!

AF arrived yesterday so out for this month. Have ordered taking charge of your fertility in the hope it will help me understand my cycles a bit more.

thanks barking - so if I don't get my period before the 13th March, test on the 13th?

pistachio I've heard that book is fab. Am going to order a copy too - god knows I need it.

bartlet I was wondering things along those lines today.
I ovulated on the 26th so am 3dpo. Does that mean I test 2 weeks from the 26th? So do I test on the 12th if AF doesn't arrive before then?

Yes, the two week wait is the wait between ovulation and when you can take a pregnancy test.

Hence lots of people on here referring to the dreaded 2ww....

sorry for seeming so stupid but it's so bloody confusing - added to the fact that my periods are not particularly regular anyway! Slim chance this month methinks! Thanks again barking

Barlet I'm currently on my 15th cycle of ttc and I've learnt quite a lot since I started!

Madratlday I've just seen on your thread that you only came off the pill in December. It's probably too early to know what your average cycle length is yet. I was anything from 24 to 28 days on my first few cycles after stopping the pill, then I was 37 days on the next cycle and was convinced I must be pg despite the BFN. It was torturous!!

barking I've only been off the pill since December but I came on bang on time in jan. And I was regular before I went on the pill.

I hate the 2WW, I start imagining symptoms!

barking well fingers crossed that a BFP shows up for you soon!!

matradlady am envious of your regular periods!! Ugh mine are here, there and bloody everywhere!

wakey it looks like we'll be testing around the same time, that's if AF doesn't show up first! Fingers crossed

Thanks barking I feel a bit better now :)

Yep bartlet looks like we are, exciting stuff. Hoping I can last the full 2 weeks before testing. I have a load that I bought online so there here to pee on making it even harder to resist!

barking I've been off the pill since new year and so far had cycles of 13 and 19 days and now this one where I know I ovulated on day 23 so totally irregular but I'm just putting that down to the pill and coming off it

And thanks barking I was pretty sure but it didn't seem long enough to test.
Mind you when I get pregnant before I tested after 6 days and got BFP! Strange how things happen! Alot has changes since then mind!

wakey I don't think I'm going to be able to resist testing! I'm just trying to pay attention to any symptoms of AF and keep a level head so that I don't get too carried away. I usually get all the headache-y nasty shit at least a week or so before she shows up, so we shall see!

Bartlet, all the reviews I've seen have been very positive, I'll share my own mini review here after I've read it myself too!

This AF is horrific, they seem to be getting worse I don't remember them being this bad before I went onto contraception. Horrid.

pistachio oh no, I feel for you. I found mine were bad after I came off the pill (a few yrs ago now) but it does get better x

(Also copious amounts of choc and vino helped!!)

Hi all hope everyone is doing well!

I've woken up with really bad nausea and dizziness this morning, am hoping it's not a bug or something. That would throw my TTC mission right off ugh!

@ WakeyCakey AF due today! at least I think it is... very confused with my cycles at the mo. I used the clear blue ovulation sticks (7 pack) got right to the last one before I got my smiley on the 16th of Feb but noticed I had EWCM the day before.

Today (sorry for TMI...) I have yellowish CM but no signs of AF at all. Had a horrible pressure headache for the past two days but seem's better today. I'm so tempted to rush out today and spend proper money on a test! I've just been using cheap ones so far but dont want to be dissapointed with another BFN.