TTC - First Time! (2)

[mrsjkerry]

Hi all. Reconvene here!

Here's my OPKs for the last few days. I did 4 yesterday wtf!!! Need to stop with the crazy. But I'd have thought (and perhaps someone with more experience of these ones can comment), if I was heading towards ovulation they would have started to get darker by now?

Wondering if it hasn't happened yet this month and for some reason my body geared up for it but then it didn't happen. Who the hell knows! Will keep going with them but I am scared I am heading into crazy person territory!!

Other pic was a bit blurry so try this...

Ha Pibbee I feel you at getting angry at seeing the flashing face! It's there every day with its smug smile flashing away! I too was so excited to see it for the first time the first month, now I dread it .

I've had these prolonged "high" days for two cycles before this one now. Previously I've stopped testing after about 8 days of them, so I'm going to carry on right the way through this time just to see! My first month of them was so simple - two days of "low", two days of "high" and then a "peak"! How naive I was to think that would ever happen again 🙄.

Yes same here - last month I got a blank circle, 2 of the flashing buggers and then the solid one following day! I just assumed that would happen every time. Silly me...

Pibbee your IC from the 20th looks like it was either heading towards or away from a positive doesn't it. I'm not an expert on them but maybe your surge was either in between the 19th and 20th IC's, or else in between the 20th and 21st IC's - if that makes sense!

Pibbee I agree with ttcnovice. Looks like it was between 20th and 21st xx

Pibbee it could have happened overnight as the others say. I'm starting to think a clear positive opk is an elusive thing!!

If I'm not pg this time I was thinking of splashing out on a cb but after you & ttc I'm already dreading the smiling face!! Maybe I'll just buy a truckload of ICs & pee on them every stinking hour until I see that dark line!!

(Sheeesh I'm ranty today)

Really? But they are nowhere near as dark as the control line.... But maybe I missed what would have been the positive ones as I wasn't doing them at that point. If it was 20/21 then that's good though. Thanks for comments!! Xx

@ttcnovice yes it was! We had such an amazing time. Can't believe it's all over now! In an '8 hours behind' jet lag vortex today. Feels strange (and exhausting!).

@Twisted the CB sticks are great....When they do what you want them to! The rest of the time they are incredibly frustrating!

I just did another IC and there isn't even a hint of a line. Which I am taking as a good thing.

In any case I am off on a bike ride now. Need to get out of the house and stop weeing on things! Ha xx

Hope you've both got the weekend off to recover before going back to work Flat!

Enjoy your bike ride Pibbee hope the weather is as nice as it is here wherever you are

Hello ladies.
AF has officially left the building (a couple of days ago now) and I'm on to cycle number 2.

DTD with DH earlier and he announced 'I think I've done it this time'. Then I had to explain the whole fertile window and how it was pretty much impossible that 'he had done it this time'.

He looked devastated and then said 'draw up a schedule and let me know when I can have another go then'. Bless him!

Is everyone using OPKs?

Awwww forever your DH sounds lovely xx

Forever that is so sweet! I think he deserves another "try" for that .

Another day, another "high" flashing smiley OPK for me 😑. I think at this point if I ever see the "peak" static smiley again I will probably die with the shock!

Hello,

DH and I have agreed we'd like to start a family soon. I'm super excited and terrified at the same time.

I stopped the pill in December but my periods have been super irregular since then. My last two cycles were 65 and 43 days respectively.

I have quite an obsessive personality (I like to be in control) but I think for now we might just stop using condoms and see where things go.

Should I start taking supplements right away?

Welcome @ConfusedWannaBeMum! This is such a lovely, supportive thread. You'll love it! Not surprised you're excited, yet a little terrified. I feel exactly as you do.

I'm a previous pill taker too. I stopped the pill at the end of Feb, and am just approaching the end of cycle 2. I got my first proper period 28 days after the pill withdrawal bleed, but it was lighter than I was expecting. Who knows when my next one will arrive. I am 99% sure we haven't been successful this cycle despite lots of DTD - you know when you just have that gut feeling? We haven't bothered obsessing about it for cycles 1 and 2, particularly as we have just got back from our honeymoon. I'm taking folic acid and Vit D, but I'm thinking about starting some pre conception vitamins too if we aren't successful. Best of luck trying, and enjoy

Hi Confused welcome . They say to take folic acid for three months before TTC so I'd say to start taking that. A lot of the preconception multivitamins have it in already, so you can just take everything all in one tablet (I take "pre pregnancy" ones by Centrum that have it in for example). Best of luck and feel free to jump into the conversation on here whenever you want, as flat said, everyone's so lovely and supportive!

Hello you two, thanks for the welcome!

I knew the pill was obviously going to influence periods for a while but I am quite surprised I have only had two periods this year so far.

I didn't realise you should take the vitamins theee months beforehand.. Should I do that and delay for now?

I think the advice is just a 'best case scenario' kind of thing, so I don't think I'd delay if it was me! People have surprise pregnancies after all so only start taking them once they are already into the pregnancy. I'm sure you'd be fine starting on them now and beginning straight away!

Ok great. I've ordered some vitamins which should arrive tomorrow.

Good luck confused hopefully you'll be one of the lucky ones who conceive on cycle number 1! Fx for you 🤞🏼

Thank you!

I don't think so somehow as my periods are so irregular and I know my mum had issues conceiving. So I'm trying to accept it might take a while. I'm 29 so not too Worried age wise yet.

DH would have preferred to wait a few more months so we are taking it slowly. I'll try not to obsess over testing for ovulation all the time I do hope I'm wrong and it all goes fairly quickly though.

Funny how you're paranoid about pregnancy for years and hope that there's no mishap. But then TTC seems so complex and long!

Morning (or afternoon!) all, how is everyone getting on?

My CB OPK still said "high" this morning, but I woke up with a pinching/stitch like pain on my left hand side low down. The test line on the OPK has also gone much fainter than it had been, so I'm thinking I might have missed the surge last night and I'm ovulating today? Really annoying if so as I've been testing in the evenings too with IC's, but I was out last night for a friend's engagement meal so missed the chance to do one - typical that the one night I miss might be the night I'd have had a positive result! We also didn't get the chance to DTD yesterday with being out, so I'm annoyed at myself for that, although we did the day before and this morning too just in case, so fx anyway!

Think I will still carry on testing just to see what happens, then I've covered all bases!

Thanks @ttc and @twisted! Even though he's been so stressed with work he is being great at the moment.

Fx @ttc!

I started taking folic acid this cycle too, will see if that helps with anything.