July Bus

[HidCat]

Hey everyone,
I'm out for June so on CD1 and expecting AF to turn up around July 7th. Here's hoping for a lucky bus! 🍀 🚌

[MrsRyan15]

Jumping on the July bus too. Bit of an up and down month for us. Im 37 and have been TTC #1 for a year.

On the positive side we received results from all of our fertility tests and all looks fine with both me and dh, but AF arrived yesterday so we’re out for June!

Fingers crossed July will finally be the month for our BFP!!

[KnitKitty]

MrsRyan15 Good news that your fertility tests look fine. Sorry AF arrived. But this is a new cycle now, so I have my fingers crossed it's a lucky one. :)

[Anyday88]

Af has arrived today so it is on to July now! Af/bfp due on 7th July 🤞🏻

[Thismummyruns]

Hello!

I'm completely new (and late!) to the Mums Net party.

Currently have 1 DD who is 5 later this year and have decided to try for #2 after years of saying no to any more!
Last pill packet runs out this in a week so next month will be seeing how quickly my cycle returns to a normal state as it was pretty ordinary before. Eeekkkk!

[LazyDaisy99]

Hi
We are just about to start trying for dc#2, finished my pills last week so starting with opks next week. Fingers crossed for everyone on the bus xx

[trippingoverrainbows]

Welcome @LazyDaisy99 @Thismummyruns

Good luck this month 💕

[HidCat]

Hi everyone, welcome the newcomers!

Is anyone hitting fertile week yet or are we all still in the early wait?

[Anyday88]

Hi @hidcat I am only on cd3 and trying really hard to be positive at the minute. Af is due on 7th July.

Where are you at?

[WaitingforDaffodils]

Hi @hidcat...I am waiting for my June AF at the weekend (still a tiny bit hopeful that the highly, highly unlikely event that our first DTD without a condom might result in a BFP). I've got a Clearblue fertility monitor all set to go for July - like waiting to use a new toy....

[HidCat]

@WaitingforDaffodils I bet!

I'm on CD 8 and post AF spotting had finally stopped (I think). Hoping to jump OH tonight and JKS throughout the month. Monitoring BBT for the last 5 days but already missed two due to DS waking up earlier than my alarm 🤦🏼‍♀️

[zoClueless]

I'm on CD10 and fertile week seems to start between CD13-17. I should probably start using the OPKs to keep a check on it all. Although I can probably only check tomorrow this week as out straight from work Thursday and Friday so won't be able to do an evening check, and it's not something easily done at work with the cheapies when you need a pot and to allow it to get to room temperature - how do you guys manage all that?

[jaykaydee]

Day 11 here, after the longest AF ever (9 days when it's normally no more than 6) I'm hoping this cycle settles down to normal. app is currently predicting ovulation for day after DH goes away for a conference, if it's delayed then there's no chance :( Just got to DTD as much as possible before Sunday and hope the timing works I suppose.

[Dinosauraddict]

Hi All,

Can I join you please?

I’m 27 (DH is 34) and we’re TTC #1. Am going to start temperature testing from next cycle - atm we’ve just been using Clue and trying to DTD more regularly (I.e. 3 times a week). I’ve also been taking Pregnacare pre-conception, given up everything like alcohol and caffeine and trying to lose some weight. However I have PCOS and don’t have regular cycles, so trying to guess when AF will arrive or when (read: if) i’m ovulating is currently unknown... Anything else I should be doing? (I keep seeing people mention grapefruit juice?)

[lavenderlove]

I'm now on CD5 and AF is just about coming to an end thank god! Hoping to dtd every other day from now until ovulation week then once a day until ovulation is done. It will be hard for us though as we are usually a once a week type of couple haha. How often do you dtd when TTC?

[shinglebob]

Hey @HidCat! 👋🏼

I am still waiting for this month's AF, as of tomorrow it's officially the latest been since ditching the pill eight months ago. Will keep you posted..

[HidCat]

@zoClueless I just don't bother waiting for it to get to room temp tbh. Probably why I didn't get a positive last month lol.

@jaykaydee Fingers crosses ovulation is either early or right on time.

@Dinosauraddict welcome to the thread! Sounds like you've got everything covered. If you're worried about ovulation it might be worth recording your Basal Body Temperature to confirm it. OPKs are fine but don't confirm ovulation so much as try to predict it and aren't 100% reliable. Grapefruit Juice is supposed to help the cervical mucus prior to ovulation and then I think you're supposed to switch to pineapple core after ovulation as the Bromelain is good for implantation. Haven't done it myself though.

@lavenderlove go for it!

@shinglebob hope it kicks in soon for you, unless you're pregnant and just don't know it yet!

[jaykaydee]

@lavenderlove I think you just do what you can. We sometimes managed that with #1 but it's harder now. We're trying for the SMEP every other then 3 days running after a positive OPK, then once more for luck.

[ClaryFray]

I am in my fertile week Saturday when DP is away with friends until Sunday evening. Damn it. Hopefully Sunday night will be okay.

Had a smear today which caused some pain and bleeding my mind wondered if that would effect things hmmm. Pregnant people everywhere are not helping my mood.

[zoClueless]

HidCat I was never sure how important the room temp stuff was. It also seems it would be difficult at work to get the bloody pot to the loos and check the result 10 mins later and do that all discretely. I tend to just do OPKs after work and then on days I'm out after work, unfortunately, I miss testing.

[KnitKitty]

How is everyone at the moment? Who's in FW?

Sending baby dust to all.

[shinglebob]

@HidCat... turns out, what was exactly what had happened

[KnitKitty]

Congrats shinglebob!

[shinglebob]

Thank you @KnitKitty 😘😘 can't believe it! Xx

[HidCat]

@shinglebob congratulations! That's great! Hope it goes well.

[Dassie81]

After a mega 43 day cycle, I'm switching to the July bus! Currently on CD4, TTC#2, entering 5th month of trying...

Have no idea what to expect this month given last crazy cycle length, so just going to go for it and see what happens...no monitoring, we're off on hols in 2 weeks. Just vitamins (in case...)