Ttc#1 Thread 6. Flying through threads! The bus is going 100 mph and only stopping to drop off at the grads thread! Symptom spotting & TMI alert throughout.

[StarkyTheDirewolf]

Thread 6! Wowzers! Welcome one and all! Group of weirdos, wee hoarders, covert opk or okp, depending on what your autocorrect decides addicts with a side business in cm management!

Post your stats and add your dates. We have a register thanks to kat, a resident piss stick queen runner, loaaaaaads of bfp'ers who keep us positive! We don't have rules, we love a good symptom spot, we try to stay grounded and not be hysterical sometimes we manage it aswell

But on the whole, we're a good bunch, especially bunch who is literally, a bunch. bunch

Thanks starky, think just getting sick of it now, 7 months feels a long time. Might do the same as yourself And have a visit to the docs in a few months, did that last time and fell pregnant whilst waiting for blood results to come back to confirm I was ovulating lol

I think it feels longer when you're tracking too. Like, before when I was just putting 'af on'...'af off' into mydays I never even realised how long my cycles were, and I've been tracking for the best part of two years. This last cycle has felt ENDLESS, because I've been counting each day.

choc bah to their 'don't have unprotected sex' advice!!! What rubbish advice just to satisfy their medical curiosity.

kat I don't think it's anything to worry about. Is this quite unusual for you?

I've had random light periods once or twice before. And ive had ones that are light but carry on for longer than usual. Others heavy but finish quick. Guess every cycle is different?

starky how long is your cycle? Mines 33 and that feels loong - after AF turned up Ovia cheerfully announced "15 days until your fertile window." I got bumped to the Feb bus and have to sit at the very back!

Between 37-41 days lillian . Had a feeling I wouldn't get a fw in January, just hoping that I ovulate in February, and that my cycle length decreases, otherwise by my calculations I'm only getting 9 fw a year rather than 12! i kwym! Cd 1 and ovia chirps up with only ONLY 21 days till your fw!

Yay finally a pos opk! I did it with fmu though, so will do another one later.

I'm totally with you on that one stark, it seems like a lifetime when you're tracking, especially when you have a longer/irregular cycle!!

CD 27 of 29. BFN this morning with FMU on sensitive Internet cheapie pregnancy test. Think I'll be out in the next few days...

P.S. I know, I know - early testing is naughty.

Hello all just jumping on the bus.
Am 26
TTC 1
Cycle 1

Ally Sending lots of hugs your way 🍫🍷🍦🍺💌

stark I have polycystic ovaries but not PCOS which is weird lol

kat try to chill my lovely

So this is my OPK done just now, light than yesterday but still darker than the control line...

Also had EWCM that was just clear, it was tinted with white too... normal if I'm ovulating?

Currently laid in bed with excess saliva basset hound mouth and waves of nausea. Again.

Choc you can have positive opk's either for just a couple of hours or for several days. The dr advice is to take the first positive opk as the actual notice that ovulation will happen in the next couple of days and ignore the others. (I had positives for 4 days, others on here have missed their spike because it lasted only a couple of hours.)

Ahh I see :) thanks runner

Not sure if nausea is normal during ovulation?

Hope your nausea slowly improves!!

Ni thanks for info about acupuncture, do you mind if I ask how much you were paying?

Ali hugs for you, fx it happens soon!

Holly exciting times! Hope you will be able to get on it today!

Leonie hugs, I know it feels crap. You're not out though!

Welcome Miwel!

Hi all

So I think I'm out for this month. Not because of AF (not due until 28th), but because we haven't been doing it enough.

DH got quite excited about dtd more regularly and we 'front-loaded' quite a lot of sex. When it came to the key time and the FW I think he was a bit exhausted and not really up for it. And now he's away for a couple of days. He feels really bad about it, but it's not his fault and nothing we can do about it.

Pretty sure we missed the window. Onwards and upwards to the Feb bus!

Hope everyone else is ok! x

Kat if your AF has always been like that it's probably just normal for you. No harm in getting checked out for reassurance though?

Hi Lisa, think I missed ovulation this week too though not 100% sure despite trying to track. I was away with work all week so can't be helped. My sister was saying to me last week that she fell pregnant before they started trying as they were just avoiding the middle of the month! somehow I don't think it will be that easy for me!

Lisa We were the same! DTD every day initially after AF stopped and it was great, and managed to do it mostly EoD through my fertile window, but we just started to lose momentum and get a bit stressed by the pressure of both really wanting a baby but being too tired/sexed-out to keep at it. I'm going to try the sperm meets egg plan this month coming and not DTD everyday (even if we want to!) too early as we definitely peaked too soon!

kat my af's are the same. I generally don't bleed much as in proper blood. It's more like brown and gloopy hope you're enjoying your breakfast ladies!

I ov'd yesterdat/today and am feeling nauseous as hell. Cycle 2 is quite a relaxed one for me so far but now I'm in the tww I'm feeling like I'm going to turn into a symptom spotting obsessive nightmare. Good luck OH.

Sorry to hear lisa but remember - you're not out until you're out!!

starky hopefully your cycle shortens as that really sucks. I feel for you. My best friend has pcos, I didn't realise it's as common as it is!!

Ally I'm really sorry. 💐 I read that 7 months was about average, so lots of people out there are taking longer that 7 months. Just a game of chance. I know you know this and it doesn't stop it from being upsetting and frustrating.

Leonie sorry to hear about your BFN too.

Starky it does sound like you have some PCOS symptoms so probably wouldn't hurt to find out. I feel for you with those long cycles! It kind of puts even more weight on each cycle. But you're handling it like a trooper!

Kat I don't really know if short periods indicate anything. I get a lot of brown stuff for the first day. I get about 4 days in total but very light. I only use a tiny thin panty liner thing. I think everyone is different but if you're worried it can't hurt to go to the doctor and just ask. Have you come off the pill (sorry can't remember) because I think that can give you shorter periods.

Dubbya are you still holding out?!

Sperm Meets Egg Plan...

Buy 10 OPK tests PRIOR to cycle day 10

Starting on cycle day 10, do one OPK test EVERY DAY

Babydance (BD) EVERY OTHER DAY starting on cycle day 10

When you get a positive OPK, babydance that day and the next 2 days in a row

Skip one night and babydance once more the next day

Take a home pregnancy test 15 days after the day you ovulated

Good plan Leonie! Agree we peaked too soon.

The thing is, I'm really trying not to go too heavy on the tracking and ovulation testing. I'm not against it, but wanted to try the couple of months with just basic tracking before I brought in OPKs.

I'll talk to my OH but I might just try to time dtd a bit better next month, and then perhaps use OPKs going into March. Not sure.

Agree with others who say that tracking makes the time go so slowly!

leonie I did SMEP this month! Currently 8DPO so fingers crossed!

I know what you mean by dtd too much and running out of steam. We managed eod until OV this month so fx!

lara yep still holding out, going to try until 12dpo which is wed. The ic I have are calling to me from my dresser drawer!

Thank you Elle! Already done this morning (before doing my opk)

Leonie, I think I've kind of been following that plan without even realising it!! Makes a lot of sense.

Choc, I have been feeling very nauseous yesterday and this morning. I don't usually feel that way during ovulation. Or I could be coming down with something - I've felt a bit run down last week and haven't been 100%.

I must say that when I'm tracking I am far more aware of symptoms, which is a good thing as we start to see patterns and understand our bodies a bit better. But I do also think that it can have its downsides too!

That's interesting holly ... for the past week everything has increased, I've been more nauseous than before, excess saliva because of it, swollen boobs, metal taste in my mouth, tiredness etc

So odd!!