TTC First Baby. Anyone else?! New Post

[Delilah7]

Hi ladies. We reached the max posts!! @BambiOnIce80 I'm feeling ok, just feel abit silly. My flo app says I'm due tomorrow but I am always 28 days and always have cramps which I don't have yet. How about you xx

*family

That is one hell of BFP OPK @CookieWaffle 😯 Happy DTD-ing 😉

@ErikaSt is it true I can't have semi skimmed milk? What are your things you avoid or what you've been told to? Xx

Hi everyone,

I'm ttc baby #1, on cycle 1 CD 22. Been having cramping, particularly on the left side, a bit of bloating and some lower back pain not in the usual places although everything I have read suggests that these were all far too early so I think I was just being over sensitive. Since I've realised that they all seem to have gone!

AF is due on Wednesday so I'm just going to have to to see what happens I guess.

Hello! Can I join / re-join? (Can't quite remember which threads I've been on!)

Age: 27
Cycle: 6 (bleurgh)
Cats: 2, aged 18 weeks!!

TTC no 1 and now at the stage of quietly cursing all the folk songs / sex education lessons that led me to believe pregnancy happened at the drop of a hat... I know 6 months is nothing in the grand scheme of things but I guess I just thought it would have happened by now...!

Huge congratulations Delilah!

@Delilah7 I’ve just been following the nhs guide. There’s way too much online - you’d never eat anything otherwise. I’ve been drinking semi-skimmed milk. It’s raw dairy you need to be careful of. But if you’re buying it from a supermarket it will be fine as it’s all pasteurised. From what I can work out, the jist seems to be avoiding anything that could potentially give you food poisoning.

Welcome ladies!
@TakingtheLeap I was totally the same, little did I know!

@SunshineButton depends on when you ovulated as to whether it's early, but yep it's just a waiting game now :)

I'm so proud of my DP, I showed him my OPK as I was so excited by it. He took an interest so I showed him the chart. Then he was like 'oh is it time? ' Bless him, I have a good feeling about this cycle!

@ErikaSt that's what I thought! WTF am I meant to actually eat 😂😂

Hi ladies, can I join?

I'm 28
TTC 1
Cycle 7

Came off the pill in December 2017 and thought it would happen straight away (how naive). I started off fairly chilled with TTC and gradually I've become an obsessive temp tracker, OPK tracker, fertility book 📚 reader, fertility lube buyer, all you can eat vitamin taker etc.
My cycles are irregular still and can be as short as 21 days to 53 days.
I've had a scan done and I don't have PCOS. I'm using the ovusense to temp vaginally (if someone told me at the start of the year I'd be doing this I'd have told them their crazy). The ovusense proves I do ovulate but my luteal phase is short at about 8 days.

Positive OPK on cd19.
Ovulated yesterday cd20
DTD cd 14,15,18,19,20

Hoping so so much for a bfp this time as mentally TTC is beginning to take its toll. Xoxo

I totally hear you @gossipgirl28 - who knew it can be a gruelling psychological battle?! 😔 Hopefully baby dust will be coming your way this month 🙂

CD 20: ANOTHER negative LH test.

Starting to question my status as female earthling....

Hi ladies
We’re TTC baby 1, keeping my fingers crossed AF doesn’t arrive on the 2nd of August. I also shouldn’t get my hopes up as it’s our first proper month of trying and I know it could take a long time

Hi @smileyface32. I'm newbie like you. AF due 6 August. I've been using opks for 2 months now. Last month didn't dtd in the window but this month we did. I'm 6 dpo now.

Does anyone else have trouble dtd at the 'right' time? So many variables and pressure. I don't know how people accidentally get pregnant!

Sorry you're frustrated @AmyRhodes. Have you been using opks long?

@AmyRhodes sounds like your body is really trolling you at the moment!

@veeboo we do struggle a bit, was worse when DP was working odd shifts. Sometimes we're both trying too hard and it doesn't happen. I'm not sure what I did different this week but we've got 2 chances at least!

Hi newbies, hope this is your lucky thread
That's frustrating AmyRhodes hope it doesn't keep you waiting too much longer
Will be 8dpo tomorrow and I don't really know what to do, period is due any day from tomorrow till Tuesday, I might use a cheap test in the morning. I actually prefer to see a bfn and prepare myself for AF rather than it just turn up.
How are you getting on ChaosMoon?

Hi @RanchoRelaxo fx for you and all of us. I noticed loads of tiny spots on my chest today. Progesterone maybe? Funny how ttc makes me hyper aware of my body! 7dpo for me.

It really does veeboo doesn't it! I've had back ache today and obviously my brain thinks I'm defo preggers now 😂

@RanchoRelaxo it's such a mind middle! Never considered it would be like this before ttc.

It's a BFN for me this month... but at least I can guzzle gin and tonics guilt free this afternoon! 🍸

Good luck to everyone else enduring the dreaded TWW. I hope we get to see some BFP's from you.x

Ahh sorry to hear @BambiOnIce80 :( You go enjoy those gin and tonics girl! xx

@BambiOnIce80 sorry for your BFN Hun xxx

@smileyface32 we are cycle buddies, I’m also due 2 August!

Not sure I’ve posted on this thread, I’m 30, TTC 1, cycle 3. I’m 10dpo and so far held strong and not tested, but am symptom spotting despite trying not to! Had some cramping yesterday which is new, but could have been very large meal causing it...

Thanks @CookieWaffle and @Delilah7 - I'm starting my 'disappointment treat' day with consolation cuddles from the quarter cat 😸

I was really queasy yesterday (in hindsight it must have been something I ate 🙄), but I allowed myself to get my hopes up. I'm already getting tired of this emotional roller coaster 😔 I'm sure positivity will be restored after some gin and tonics later today 😉

Ah what a beautiful cat BambiOnIce80 mine are cuddled up with me in bed this morning too sorry about the bfn, enjoy your disappointment day especially all the gins

Aww bless, he looks cuddly @BambiOnIce80,no wonder he keeps coming back as he gets awesome cuddles.

Yes it's not a fun ride is it, if only I'd known earlier... But then I wouldn't have been able to do everything I've done in the past few years. Take care of yourself today, you deserve it xx