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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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First time TTC

613 replies

Mrstobe90 · 31/05/2017 14:06

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

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AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 08:49

I keep dreaming I've temped or forgot to temp it's hella confusing.

MummyGofboys · 23/06/2017 09:19

God I am so excited to hear everyone's test results 😊😊😊 everything crossed for BFPs xx

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 09:37

@McTufty I find those charts super confusing!

Bad news guys I think my spotting was an early AF :(

Do you count your period from the first day of proper bleeding or from spotting? If from spotting my cycle is very short this month (23 days)

MummyGofboys · 23/06/2017 09:41

@Magpie24 are you bleeding again?

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 09:46

@MummyGofboys yeah and it's a bit more heavy now so I think it's the start of AF unfortunately! Bad timing as well as I'm away all weekend'

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 10:11

Aaw bad news Magpie Flowers.
That's a good question whether to count CD1 from spotting ... I'm honestly not sure?

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 10:13

@AdrianaWeatherwax on the pill I never had much spotting. But since coming off I've spotted for a few days before properly starting my period each month. So it would make a bit of a difference as to when cycle day 1 is?

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 10:24

That often happens to me too, but this is the first month I've really took note of what's going on with my cycle. Started using a tracker, but I didn't have any pre-AF spotting this cycle (Fertility Friend, it tells you when CD1 is so I'm not sure whether it would take it from spotting or full flow).

A look around the interwebz says the general consensus is to count CD1 from your first day of actual bleeding, not spotting.

Is it much heavier than spotting currently? When was AF due?

MummyGofboys · 23/06/2017 10:55

Oh @Magpie24 thats rubbish 😩😩 have you just come off pill? Could it be your body just sorting itself out as 23 days is short xx

Firework83 · 23/06/2017 11:08

I'm 8 days since ovulation and my boobs have been rock solid and tender for 5 days now which I'm sure is unusual for me. I'm also needing the loo quite a lot for not very nice reasons (tmi) which I didn't know could be a symptom. Get little waves of nausea but I'm thinking that's probably my mind playing tricks. Also keep getting dull headaches. On my way to Glastonbury now haha! 5 days until I'm due on. I'm trying to ignore the signs because I think it would be unlikely to conceive 1st time but also trying not to be reckless. Gah!!!

MummyGofboys · 23/06/2017 12:02

@Firework83 they sound like some promising symptoms to me xx

McTufty · 23/06/2017 12:07

They do sound promising firework, have fun at Glastonbury and hopefully next week you'll get your BFP!

Sorry to hear about AF magpie. How many DPO are you?

I've just found spotting, I think I'm only 3dpo, no idea what that can mean other than I maybe have a ludicrously short luteal phase and AF is coming Angry

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 12:16

Everyone's symptoms are so confusing gaaah. But sound promising too??

I think I'm out this month. Feel nothing and non fertile CM during O. We shall see.

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 12:17

So my period was due on 28th so I'm quite early. According to Ovia my ovulation day was 16th so 7DPO ish?

I stopped taking the pill fairly recently yes, this is only my second period after stopping. I hope my cycles don't end up 23 days though as I think that's too short to easily conceive.

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 12:18

@McTufty I think your spotting sounds more promising that mine given how close to ovulation it is?

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 12:21

Could it be implantation Magpie?

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 12:23

@AdrianaWeatherwax I thought so at first but it's heavier today so I think AF. I was on the pill for 9 years and before that had fairly short cycles (from what I can remember, not sure I really paid much attention to them), so I'm a bit miffed that they seem to be coming back short

McTufty · 23/06/2017 12:23

Hi magpie no I don't think so - 7dpo is prime territory for implantation but I can't have implantation 3dpo! It could be early AF (I hope not as a 3 day luteal phase would fuck me), it could be just hormonal as I'm recently off the pill or could be a bad sign of just about anything really.

I hope yours turns out to be implantation bleeding! You never knkw

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 12:29

@McTufty fingers crossed for both of us!! Sounds like we're in a similar boat

AdrianaWeatherwax · 23/06/2017 12:40

Do you temp Magpie? Implantation is often shown as a sudden, one day drop in BBT.

McTufty · 23/06/2017 12:41

www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php

This was quite useful. Sounds like in my case it's a negative indicator for pregnancy but doesn't sound that uncommon, which is fine.

For you at 7dpo could be implantation or could be negative indicator, who knows.

I don't know how scientific that article is but sounds like sadly we both just have to wait and see xx

Magpie24 · 23/06/2017 13:09

@McTufty oh that is an interesting read. You're right tonight, we will just have to wait and see! I really hope it's not AF for us.

@AdrianaWeatherwax no I haven't been temping but if I continue to have irregular cycles I think I need to start! I've seen a few cheapie thermometers on Amazon, is that a good place to go? It all looks so complicated!

MissyEm · 23/06/2017 16:13

Hi ladies, catching lots of waiting going on. Good luck baby dust to you all!!

Question for you so I had a negative ion yesterday but an opk smiley today. So are my best days today and tomorrow?

Magpie24 · 24/06/2017 17:01

@MissyEm thank you! Dust to you too. Afraid I am no OPK expert...

@McTufty how are you getting on? Definitely AF for me but a weird one, just very dark brown blood and not a lot of it.

McTufty · 24/06/2017 18:04

Hi magpie, very heavy AF for me. I'm away for try weekend with DH so bad timing! However I broke down and told him my worries and he said it will be because our artificial hormones we have been pumping into our bodies will mean our natural hormonal levels haven't regulated yet. This could affect everything about our cycles. Some people readjust immediately, for others it can take a few months.

Everything we read about what is 'normal' for a menstrual cycle basically doesn't apply to us until we have had a bit longer for our bodies to readjust apparently.

So basically I feel like shit and really worried but rationally am trying to focus on the fact it is hopefully just the afterhang of the pill. Given you're only on cycle 2, I'm sure it's the same for you too. Hopefully our bodies will play ball for our next cycles Smile