Feb 2017 bus is ready to go! TTC this month? Hop on.....

[MotherofUnicorns]

Hi everyone,
Thought I'd kick of the Feb bus.
I'm ttc #3 and it isn't easy this time.......
I'm planning on giving Feb all I've got - who's with me??!

So I'm currently 5DPO and last night I had really sharp twinges on my right side and also had the most sensitive nips (sorry) I don't know whether it would be my whole breasts as I don't have any breast tissue. Any1 else had this or am I just symptom spotting 🙈

zeb I'm 7 dpo and posted earlier today about a pain in my left side that I got last night! Sounds very similar to what you had. I have to ignore my boobs, they do their own thing during the tww lol hopefully it's a good sign for us both 😊

I've only had it once before around October, along with every other pregnancy symptom but had a BFN so thinking back it may of been a chem pregnancy. Fingers crossed this is out month!!

Hi claire no sorry haven't used the CB ones. When was your last AF? I just basically use the OPK from day after AF finishes as my cycles are irregular but my test lines are very light until day before ovulation. I agree the CB does take the guessing out of it. How many do you get? Can you just start using them and wait for the smiley or are there different ones for different parts of cycle?

Lovechild

Well I'm currently CD 16 but after a miscarriage. It came with 20 tests so next cycle I'm going to start from when the bleeding finishes and just see if I can see a pattern I guess!

The internet OPKs are just confusing me. I had a positive on CD 14 but when my cycles are so long and I've miscarried I can't bring myself to believe it!

Thanks for the reply

Oh so sorry about MC I think that sounds like a good idea to use them from next cycle as potentially could waste them using them now. I can understand how the IC are confusing especially with recent MC, My cycles are irregular so had no idea when to use them from but seeing as they were cheap I just use them daily from AF finish. Hope that things settle down for you or that actually you can just throw them in the bin as you get a BFP and sticky bean on this cycle. Xx

Really hoping we are on the Feb bus! Been ttc since August. Using cycles app and this month tried clear blue digital ovulation tests. Had a static smiley - peak fertility and DTD for two days up to and afterwards. Keeping my fingers crossed! 😬😬 I would love it if it happens for us x

Now on cd46. Still no AF. However my longest cycle has been 67 days. I'm 42 so age is against me. Now full of cold too and generally feeling crap. DTD pretty much every day from cd8 to cd30. Now back to x3 week. Really hoping for bfp this cycle. Not tested yet though. Am trying to hold out til cd67 as that is my longest cycle to date. What do others do in similar situation? FX for everyone this month.

Hi mrsbarnett it must be really hard for you to know when to test based on your long cycles. Personally my cycles are a little irregular (recent have been 33, 27 and 24 days) but I haven't any experience for long cycles. I would say see how you go, and it's got to be down to your gut feeling as to when you test. Fingers crossed for you x

Mrsbarnett are you taking any supplements? I'm only asking because although my cycles are pretty regular (28/29/30days) I took Pregnacare Conception one month, well not even a whole month, only about a week coz I kept forgetting and had a cycle of 39 days, it totally messed me up! I later read reviews (should have done that first really) and although it doesn't contain any hormones as such and had no ingredient which could scientifically alter cycle length, there's no other explanation, it did me and hundreds of others I read about online! I thought I was doing the right thing by supplementing but it wasn't right for me! Now I just take multi-maca and folic acid which are both natural xx

Hi all, just checking in, has been a busy few days.

I'm on 10dpo; nothing to report really. Very emotional yesterday but hard to know if that's horomonal or just because of a family upset that's going on currently (in laws, won't bore you with the details plus don't want to out myself!). Probably a bit of both, as often get like this at the end of my cycle. Situation is causing me to feel rather stressed and I'm sure that's not going to help our chances :(

Anyway, holding off testing early. Would rather see AF than a bfn I think!

Glitter using OPK did exactly the same to my dates on Ovia, it was about a week out! I promptly deleted the app tbh as didn't feel it had been helping. Now using fertile friend just to record things but will carry on using OPK to pinpoint ovulation from now on!

Kungfu have you been to your GP? I would have thought trying for 13 cycles would justify some investigation?

Thanks misty. I have 2 DD (13,11) and 1 DS (8). With them I took Tesco own folic acid which is what I am doing now. I have been taking ubiquinol but just run out. Have just started taking a multi vit with iron.
Feel so tired, dizzy and hungry all the time now. Boobs feel really heavy too. It's so hard not to convince myself I am pg. But I am too scared to test yet. Also could easily be peri menopausal symptoms. Good luck to everyone else.

That's the folic acid I use too :) I know this isn't overly helpful but my parents had me aged 40 and 41, a whopping 14 and 18 years after my 2 big sisters! Try not to lose hope, it's so easy to say relax and don't think about it til you know you're able to test but I know how hard it is, my boobies are incredibly painful at the mo and I'm not due af til at least next Thursday, I'm constantly hungry also and am getting up in the night to pee which I've never done before, but I'm refusing to test until at least Friday next week. I'm 32 and am bursting to be a mum for the first time 💗💙 but nature will take its own course so do keep us updated and try and stay positive and relaxed, easier said than done I know xx

Hey ladies, back from my weekend in London 😊 found out my cousin and uncle are both having little girls! I'm so happy for them both and they are all going to be such amazing little families but I found myself trying to not talk about myself and what I would do etc. Feel awful! So I'm 2dpo now so managed to dtd the 4 days before ovulation and can only keep my fingers crossed! I have a spa day Thursday which I already feel like I shouldn't be going to just in case but my sisters had it planned for ages and I would only be 6dpo if I was, so not sure how that stands!

Hi all,
Still no AF here! On CD 27, cycles average 25 days so I may have jumped on the Feb bus a bit too soon. After chemical last month I'm determined not to test until I'm well and truly late though, so I'll try and hold off until 1st Feb. Desperately trying not to symptom spot either, but my boobs are rather veiny...

Bluepheasant, no we haven't had any investigation as yet - was thinking about it in Dec as it had been a year, then got a bfp so were reassured we could conceive. Also we've not been great at DTD enough and at the right time, so I think we could try harder!

Hope everyone's had a good weekend. It's DS's 3rd birthday so we've been busy with that - a good distraction!

Hi kungfu, I'm similar to you, jumped on this bus (only joined NM last weekend lol) am in 2ww cd25 and had very achey boobies for 4 days and I'm getting up in the night once to wee which is unusual but I'm either 10/8/7dpo (got opk all wrong this cycle lol) and desperately trying not to symptom spot as I was convinced I was pg last cycle then af arrived dead on time 🙈 had achey boobies a good week before af last cycle too.
I want to test but it's still too early and I sort of don't want to, if you know what I mean, I don't want to burst my own "what if" bubble, I know that sounds sad lol. Plus if it's a bfn now, I will have even longer to wait for my next fw! So going to try to hold out til Feb 3rd as I have a friend's big boozy birthday party Feb 4th so even though it may still be a day early (cycle usually 31 days) I will have to test then because it will determine whether I go to the party or make an excuse as the friend's I have will DEFINITELY not accept me present and not drinking lol 😂 so I'd rather not go at all! Hurry up 5 days!
Although I'm not holding out much hope, no change in sense of smell, nipple colour, implantation bleeding, fatigue or anything else, just sore boobies same as last cycle and an extra wee in the night!
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!x

We are starting ttc for #2, though DS1 is 6mo and breastfeeding so it may take a while. Has anyone got experience of ttc while ebf?

One of my friends conceived her 2nd daughter whilst breastfeeding, it was a total shock but yes, definitely possible.

Yes def possible. A friend at work had a surprise DC2 a lot earlier than planned as they didn't think it could happen while breastfeeding 😬
AFAIK womens fertility will vary a lot while breastfeeding. Some ovulate regularly even while exclusively breastfeeding, whilst others won't ovulate at all until they have completely stopped. Have you had a period yet?

Well if I'm not pregnant, I'm doing a v good job of looking pregnant! Am so bloated the past 3 days. Am lying on the sofa feeling fat and uncomfortable. I do get bloated before my period but am sure it's not normally this bad! (Not symptom spotting though )

No periods yet and doesn't feel like I've had any cramps or anything...I would think that if ovulation had started I would feel something...maybe not though

Ha bluepheasant I look pg! Boobs killing, feeling nauseous and hungry all the time. Too scared to test yet though. Good luck to you.

DH just got a text from a friend we went out for tea with last week saying his girlf had said my boobs looked huge last week n she thinks I'm pregnant n she's really good at guessing these things. Af due on Thursday and now being driven mad, ppl shouldn't say these things!!

is anyone else looking at ridiculously cute baby things???????????? or is it just me???

Well after being all determined earlier, I only went and did a bloody test didn't I 😩🙈 and if was bfn of course! I'm not even due af til at least Thursday! God I'm so impulsive! So I know it's early but I'm sure I'm defo on the Feb bus now. I'm gonna do another test sat morning to be 100% sure but no doubt by then af will have probably arrived. I'm so annoyed with myself!! The most I am is 10dpo coz of my confused opks, the least I am is 7dpo, either way if I was pg I'm sure I'd have at least got a very faint line but nope, it was absolutely crystal clear except the one ominous purple check line 😩 bloodynora. It's put me in a right grump now lol x