TTC #2 - would anyone like to share the journey?

[CarrotPuff]

All ages and age gaps welcome!

I'm 29, have a 16mo DS, TTC since periods came back in July 2014, had a mc in Jan.

Anyone else?

Congrats Avasmum that's wonderful news x

Fingers crossed for you mrsmugoo!

I'm out I think, lots of brown blood this morning, I normally spot for 2 days before my period. Yet I still feel so incredibly sick! Think I must have a bug.

Hi all.

Congrats on the bfps coming thick and fast! Nice work!

I'm a bit confused - CD13 for me and still a circle on the OPK. My cycles tend to be between 28-31 days and I'm not feeling any of the usual, well, desire (!!) to get jiggy that usually occurs around ovulation. Do you generally feel the same whether you ovulate or not?

I'm cd18, pretty sure I've ov'd or am literally just about to as solid smiley and a tonne of EWCM. I never feel anymore horny around ov than any other time of the month I don't think?

Nap time safety shag for us

HI all, welcome Blue!

So pleased for you Ava, here's to a happy and healthy, uneventful pregnancy

Hope your son is feeling better Mrsmugoo... outfit changes for poo reasons always spells a bad day Fx for this month for you!

Tnaks you for your advice Mary about the spotting. Interestingly, I used to get 5-7 days of spotting before my period, but conceived my son on cycle 2, so never thought anything of it. Since my periods came back nearly a year ago, I've had no pre-period spotting at all. That's why this month is so strange. But if it keeps happening, at least now i have an avenue of research

No AF yet for me but I've had a pretty tough couple of days at work and was desperate for a glass of wine, so tested just in case. Don't get excited... BFN here (as expected). So I opened the bottle! (silver lining and all that!)

CD17. Dtd earlier. Had a load of bright red blood straight after What does it MEAN?!!!???

Yes my little one is on the mend I think. No puke today and only one poo leakage so much better than yesterday!
I'm getting an early night now - night!

torfhinn hope you enjoyed the wine! I think an important part of staying relaxed about ttc is not putting our lives on hold for it. What CD are you? When will you test again? Interested to hear anything you find out about the spotting.

Mrs are you feeling refreshed after your early night? Hope you weren't up too much with ds!

Oh patty these damn symptoms - they are sent to taunt us.

Rae I'm not sure if I do feel more up for it around ov but me and dh are taking our upsurge in dtd more generally as a positive of ttc!

I wore a pad overnight and no bleeding but there was blood when I wiped this morning. We're still going to carry on as planned this month even though this doesn't feel like a good sign.

Glad the LO is on the mend Mrsugoo!

diana I have no idea about the bright red blood! Hope it's not alarming you too much. Our bodies are weird things

I did indeed enjoy the wine, planning to have some more tonight CD 31 at the moment, I tested again this morning on an IC just to make sure using FMU, and still negative so I'm sure AF will be here very soon. Not planning on testing again unless AF doesn't arrive in the next few days. Cycles have been 25-31 days long, I think I've been stressing a bit this month as it's cycle #1 and that may have put me all out of sync. So here's to chilling out for cycle #2!

Mrsmugoo, not ugoo!

Congratulations avasmum that's really great news - you must be thrilled :)

CD15 and still getting just the circle on the OPK.

Quite confused now. PROBABLY MENOPAUSE OH GOD!

Avasmum that is wonderful news, congrats I hope it's plain sailing till the birth.

Mrsmugoo tummy bugs are horrible, I hope your DS is over it soon.

Oh no Diana, was there a lot of blood? I would check with GP if you're worried. And thank you for your nice words earlier :)

Patty any news?

I'll try not to count any cycle days or DPOs (won't even look at loo paper for EWCM although I'll probably still feel it), although if I have painful sex I'll know I'm ovulating, and I'll still now roughly when AF is due, but will try my best to ignore all that. Wish me luck

AF still here and I'm feeling horny Just want to start shagging, bugger off witch!

Anyone not getting anything on opks - don't get too hung up on them. From what I've seen on these boards, for some people they just don't work. Just get shagging

I'm not hung up on them insofar as I've had quite different results in the 3 months I've been giving them a shot (peak on CDs 14, 16 and 19 variously) but I've been using the same base the whole time so it should be at least showing flashy smiley by now.

Either way safety shags over the weekend were had but it'd be useful to have an idea when I needed to saddle up once or twice this week too! I don't really get any other physical signs of ovulation ....

STATS (sorry if I've missed anyone)

Charchar2015 32 - cycle #3 after a miscarriage in February at 9 weeks. DD 19 months old.

HopeintheAir
34 Cycle #7 DD 17 months

Marysprayer 37, ttc #2 since Jan, bfp on 3rd cycle but had mc at the end of March so this will be cycle 5. Dd is 2 1/2 yrs old.

Torfhinn
32 Cycle #1 DS 12 months

Raeside 40 cycle 11 DS is nearly 2

Pixie2015 37 started oct 2014 - mc at christmas - 7y old

Woundbobbin
32 Cycle #2 dd 2.5yrs

diamondsparklles 37 cycle 10 Ds is 3

Pattyodoors 38 cycle 2 DD 4.5

Bluebeanie cycle 1 9 month old DC

Mrsmugoo 35 Cycle 2 14 month old DS

Thanks for the stats mrs!

So, there's been a change of policy for this monto - no opks, no temping, no apps - just lots of shagging and the odd glass of wine when I feel like it!

And me....! 32, cycle 4, dd aged 3.

I'm starting to feel the 2ww stresses already and we haven't even finished dtd - still got a few scheduled in for this week although as I havent opkd this month I'm not entirely sure they're well timed!

I had a little cuddle with friend's newborn yesterday !

Thanks fro the stats mrsmuggo, hope ds is better now?

I'm 2dpo, ish.

Sorry Diana!

Yep DS seems to be better today, nursery said he ate all his food and his nappies are back to normal.

I'm feeling the pressure of the tww here too - really stressing about short luteal phase. I'm only 2dpo but AF is due next Tuesday. Been googling it all day. Really need to step away from doctor Google.

Next month I think I'll try vit b complex and soy isoflavones and temping instead of opks.

Carrotpuff still spotting fairly heavily but it's not bright red blood so I don't count it as cd1 yet do I ? All symptoms have died down now though, so were def in my head! Thanks for the stats mrsmugoo!

Thank you for the stats MrsMugoo....

CD16 here and still a circle on the OPK. And I've got killer sore boobs - it's 2 weeks before my period is due....Lord knows what's going on. I usually get sore boobs a bit more like for 7-10 days before my period. So odd. Anyway we've done the deed on day 13, 14 and 15. Should I bother with any more do you think?

Good luck to the rest of you in the tww...

Raeside ugh those annoying opks!! Hopefully you have ov'd and dtd on the right days -fx fit you!

Patty hope the bleeding settles.
Rae Fx for you.
Someone at work just announced she is pregnant with twins by emailing out her scan picture obviously I'm very happy for her but my first response was to want to cry. Hating the fact that I'm so jealous. Why is it so hard why can't I just have sex and get pregnant.
Sorry for the rant. Am making myself feel better by having an extended lunch break with tea and a copy of grazia don't tell my boss!

Woundbobbin, I just don't know what I'd do if another of my friends announced a pregnancy, especially if it's a 2nd :(

I know I'm only on cycle 2 but I've longed for a 2nd ever since pretty much the day I took DS home from hospital.