First time TTC

[Mrstobe90]

Hi,

This is all very new to me so would like to make some TTC buddies :)

Let me tell you a little about myself:
Been with my SO for 2 years now and we're getting married in 31 days! I'm 26 (nearly 27) and my hubby2b is 35. We bought a house last year and feel like now is a good time to start a family!

This is my first cycle and I'm really excited but trying not to get my hopes up as seen that it's harder than it looks.

Any advice would be appreciated :) xxx

I think there must be a gremlin in MNHQ today adriana as a chunk of my post disappeared... what I was going to say was that I've read of some people saying the pregnacare preconception vitamins made their cycles funny. I'm using them and still no AF yet. Ive looked at the ingredients and can't see any logical reason they would, I suspect it's just that I usually wouldn't have noticed if I was a few days late but now I'm TTC I'm watching my cycle like a hawk! I'm two days late now but tested yesterday so not worth trying again until about midweek unless AF arrives sooner of course!

Sorry you're worrying mctufty. I'm sure we can all tell you there's nothing to worry about but it probably won't make much difference :) I would guess that the majority of people TTC have been on contraception a while before they start - this is my first time without hormonal contraception for about 12 years.

Hi all,
Hoping you don't mind another one joining! Been with my other half for 2 and a half years and have been TTC for three cycles. Last period was 12/05 so AF is a few days late.. I've got everything crossed hoping for the positive result but can't bring myself to test in case it is negative! Reading through all you're posts has put me at ease.. Good luck you lovely bunch :)

I have survived the party!!! Three hours of 21 children in my house plus their mums and my family 😂😂 good fun though.

@McTufty it's so hard to try and not worry. I was convinced before I had my first that I could y have kids and got pregnant before my break through bleed off the pill. Same second time too. I was on the pill for 13 years. You will get your positive soon 😊😊

Hi @user1493497283 do a test!!! I could t wait lol. Iv done three went Ines and they were all negative. Due to test on Wednesday but going to wait until Friday if AF is late xx

I very stupidly did a test this morning - Boots 5 day early one! BFN. Silly as I have no idea if i ovulated and if so when, or when my period would be due. I'm not too disappointed as I didn't think it would be anything else, I was just curious!

@McTufty that's crap. Hopefully you can still get a positive. I took another test this morning which was negative. Two days until official test day but I thought it would have come up if I was pregnant. Feel a little deflated xx

@user1493497283
Were you taking any supplements?
How many of you were taking seven seas trying for a baby and got a positive result?

Sorry to hear that mummyG. Which test did you use? From what I'm reading you can never be 100% sure it's negative till AF comes, but you must be so frustrated. Especially if you're feeling rubbish, its one thing to feel sick if it's a baby but if not, well that's annoying!

Bizarrely I've been having EWCM past couple of days. Odd. It is possible I'm ovulating given my cycle not established so I'll buy a kit this afternoon just in case - but I'd better be quick as DH off away for work for 2 nights at 6pm!

That's crap McTufty and MummyG :-(

Khan I'm not sure how much the seven seas supplement would actually aid conception, I think it's more that they recommend you've a build up of folic acid by the time you've conceived.

There are some supplements that I was recommended that MAY help. But they're obviously not guaranteed, I'm just going on my friends advice (who said "feel free to ignore my mumbo jumbo!");
Evening primrose oil - 1000mg x3 per day - stabilises hormone production and helps to carry them to the right places.
Vitamin B complex - one per day.
Co-enzyme Q10 - 300mg - one per day egg quality and production (I think these are the most important, I would read about this in fertility, it's encouraging).
Raspberry leaf - 400mg 3xper day - (supports healthy development of the lining of the womb).
Vitamins E - 3x per day - helps with egg quality.
Omega oils - 3,6 and 9 (once per day) again egg production and quality of eggs

Supplements are expensive though. I take the raspberry leaf by making tea from the leaves. (Ever seen 1kg of leaves? Tea for fucking months)

@AdrianaWeatherwax watch what you are doing with raspberry leaf tea when you fall pregnant. Yiu arent supposed to take it until 32 weeks. I started taking it at 32 weeks and my ds1 came at 35 weeks. I started taking it at 35 weeks with ds2 and he arrived at 37 weeks. Could be coincidence but that's the only thing I could put it down to xxx

@McTufty just seen your comment. Yeah get some tests and see if you are ovulating. Jump
On him tonight. Sperm lasts for up to 5 days so should cover you while he is away. I used the clear blue one that's just the cross or line. Yeah I really am not going to be happy if I'm not pregnant. My boobs are killing me, still nauseous and still getting cramps and exhausted. Will now wait until Friday to test again if AF hasn't arrived. Very frustrating. Xx

Hi everyone, another who'd like to join in - I just turned 28, got married in Jan and had my implant out last month after having been on it for about 7 years and the Depo injection for 3 years before that! Have got a period tracker app just to get used to what my cycle is like without hormonal contraception but like others I have a niggling worry that I'll struggle to get pregnant, for no valid reason really! My best friend is 21 weeks pregnant at the moment, she's given me a load of her test strips and I've done 2 already in the last 4 days even though there's not even the slightest chance they'll be positive haha. Good luck to us all!

Welcome newbies!!

I'm back off my holiday and I'm worrying a tad today. Keep getting cramps and I'm convincing myself it's AF. So so hoping it's not!

Hope you're all well!

mummyG well done surviving the party lol

Thanks MummyG and no worries, I am aware and will cease at the first sign of a BFP. Glad you're house is still standing btw

Welcome moochops!

When is AF due, Mrstobe?

Think I've started my OPKing too early (CD9). Also Clearblue says use morning urine but everywhere else says 2pm?

Welcome moochops!
Lots of us in the same boat here :-) Do you have any clues as to your cycle at all yet? Have you used OPKs?

I'm OPKing too adriana, didn't know there was a time of day!

I just used my first Superdrug OPK and don't know what to think. I think it's negative as the line on the left is faint and it says a possible faint line is negative and for positive it should be equal or thicker than the right - in just conditioned to thinking any line is a positive!!

Adriana AF is due on Friday! Hoping it doesn't show. FX

McTufty Happy humping!

@AdrianaWeatherwax I hope hat didn't come across as condescending. It wasn't meant to be. The house was a total mess @Mrstobe90 😂😂 at a safari park today for his actual birthday. Are you testing at the weekend if AF hasn't arrived?

@McTufty I haven't used these at all so don't know how they are supposed to look but I would have thought a line is a line?

No not all, MummyG! It's really important so glad you brought it up :-)

I'm never sure, McTufty, I bought similar ones and read unless there was a solid line it's negative - but all these months I've never has ANY line (no matter what time of day) so I'd take a faint one as a good sign.

Ok, so, OPK this morning was negative and no line when I pulled the stick out. Just did it again and I have a flashing smiley face!! And a line. Fucking, finally. So happy.

Yay adriana!! now get of MN and go find your man

@AdrianaWeatherwax go get your man 😝😝

Hi everyone- sorry I've been absent, I've been away on my holibobs! Hope everyone is well. AF is due to arrive on Thursday and I'm still having some funny old symptoms.

1. The worst bloating and wind I've ever experienced! 🙈
2. Funny cramping type pain and strange side pulling today that was around for about 20mins but has now gone.

I'm hanging on until thursday to do a test but I'm so tempted especially as I've got the CB test 6 days before AF one!!
I'm almost convinced myself I'm going to have a bfp just because of the strange things going on with my body so il be amazed (and disappointed too) if it doesn't happen!!

dinosaur

Those are promising symptoms! Let us know how you get on. Hope you had a lovely holiday

@TheLovelyOtherDinosaur oh sounds promising. Fingers crossed for you cx

Beginning of AF here this evening so I'm def out this month. So not only am I not pregnant but I'll have to rebook my smear too

Next question is whether I should prioritise my pre holiday waxing or my smear...
At least I'll be able to drink on holiday. Always looking for positives, me

That sounds very promising dinosaur. Fx for you!