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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.

TTC first baby - thread 15

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starkid · 21/03/2019 11:30

Hi everyone, looks like it's time for a new thread! Thread 14 was lucky for some, so here's to lots more BFP's Smile

@Jessikka 28 Cycle 3
@starkid 29 Cycle 7
@MrsAW2018 24 Cycle 10
@TTC34 34 Cycle 3
@19Bee2 27 Cycle 2
@MrsH497 32 Cycle 4
@MrsR16 26 Cycle 9
@Lola871 31 Cycle 2
@ValidUser 28 Cycle 7
@DayDreamer1707 28 Cycle 5
@Flapjackered 31 Cycle 9
@DuchessofPemberley 32 Cycle 7
@KittieKath 34 Cycle 6
@KatBeCool 40 Cycle 10
@MrsMcNtobe Cycle 6
@BabySquid 29 Cycle 11
@PeacockingAbout 29 Cycle 4
@Sleepyquest 28 Cycle 2
@Granddesigns 32 cycle 4
@Pinkfizz19 33 cycle 4
@Catlady31 31 cycle 1
@LikeTheFruit 30 cycle 3
@Jooloo11 32 Cycle 3
@Daisiesandpeonies Cycle 10
@LuckyPenguin 34 Cycle 3
@Lizzie198 30 Cycle 2
@Rachel59pink 26 Cycle 1
@Orangeloo 31 Cycle 3
@Lemonysherbet 30 Cycle 1
@Fuiseog 31 Cycle 2
@NKB88 Cycle 2
@Wildrabbit Cycle 2
@Essjayycee Cycle 1
@Hannah192 Cycle 3
@JellyBaby666
@LoMoon Cycle 6
@Hiddenfigure Cycle 1
@Jc88146 Cycle 18
@Kay98 Cycle 16
@Lottiepink 29 Cycle 12
@Bec18x Cycle 4
@Soda123x 32 Cycle 2
@Aimingfor2019 28 Cycle 3
@Lifesforlivingandloving 32 Cycle 1
@MotherOfShihTzus 33 Cycle 14
@Cupcakesandglitter 23 cycle 10
@LokiCat
@Baby01988 30 Cycle 4
@Pinksunset1 28 cycle 3
@TonightJosephine cycle 1
@Toobies1 30 Cycle 5
@Blackfriars Cycle 3
@rosehm 28 Cycle 1
@SophWolf Cycle 1
@Thosethreewords Cycle 3
@Smitch82 37 Cycle 1
@Fivebyfive2 30 Cycle 8

Graduates thread - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/3527540-Catching-up-with-those-from-TTC-thread-3

Sorry if I missed anyone, and happy baby-making!

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KatBeCool · 01/04/2019 07:25

@Jessikka you're too patient, I'd pee on everything in sight to know!

@ValidUser 7cm, that's huge! Do you know when your next cycle starts?

@Lottiepink that's one dark line! But now you know what a positive test looks like on those. I noticed that every batch of those strips might vary in darkness for both test and control line, sometimes they're both darker, sometimes both lighter, and sometimes test is a lot darker when positive.

Jessikka · 01/04/2019 07:30

@KatBeCool good job I was patient...

Cycle 4 here I am! Showed up this morning.

For the stats: 28 cycle 4 @starkid

KatBeCool · 01/04/2019 07:35

@Jessikka she was sure toying with you, but at least you're not in limbo anymore.

FlapJackered · 01/04/2019 07:48

I hope you all had a great weekend. I can't get out of bed this morning. Reeeeally struggling!
10dpo and temp drop almost to coverline today so I have a feeling it will drop again tomorrow and AF will turn up, it is a bit early as I am not due until Thursday but it has happened before, we'll see.

@Jessikka sorry for AF, it's so mean of her to give you hope like that. 🤞🏻 for cycle 4.

@ValidUser that's crazy! What are the chances?! So excited for you! X

@KatBeCool how is the progesterone going?

KatBeCool · 01/04/2019 08:01

@FlapJackered ugh, it's horrible. I'm constipated, I get dizzy, I get hot flashes, but mainly I'm a raging bitch. And I can't control it. I just wake up and find things that are wrong. But this cycle seems to be much more normal than the last. My temps are consistent, I feel pokes and twinges whether or not they mean anything.
So odd about your AF starting so early, but I guess the sooner you start your next cycle, the sooner you can ttc again.

starkid · 01/04/2019 09:14

Hi everyone, I've updated the stats that have been requested :)

Feeling a little better today about the whole thing, but am still wondering whether or not to do the opks etc this month or just wing it? I've already decided to leave the isoflavones now.

@KatBeCool - oh no the dreaded progesterone! The side effects sound horrid :(

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KatBeCool · 01/04/2019 10:48

@starkid if you dtd every other day for the duration of your cycle, or if you can rely on ewcm, forget the opks. Personally for me, I use them to time dtd as it starts feeling like a chore after a few times. Are you still going to temp?

DayDreamer1707 · 01/04/2019 10:51

Morning ladies! So sorry I've been pretty absent lately. I have got myself a new job and start a week today. Going to take things easy with the baby making for the next couple of months. We haven't wanted to try with the situation we was in but we aren't preventing it either. Can't wait to start my new job, it's at the same company my OH works at (we will be at different sites though). I will keep popping on here though and hopefully once I'm settled in my new job we can start trying again properly. Congrats to any baby news I've miss and wishing you all the best. Hope everyone else is doing good too, bring on summer!

starkid · 01/04/2019 11:04

@KatBeCool - I haven't been temping since the first cycle because my sleep patterns aren't regular enough. I do get EWCM so will keep my eye on that, and check my app which has a pretty decent guess at ovulation each month, and just try and casually work on that. The whole thing is just getting me down a lot at the mo, so just trying to keep it low-key until I go to the docs again next month fx

@DayDreamer1707 - congrats on your new job!! You and your OH can have joint work gossip haha

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AysLon · 01/04/2019 11:16

@starkid I really hope next Cycle is the cycle for you, and us all if not this cycle! This is very much a TMI question but how do you know if you have EWCM if you wear black undies? Do people rely on 'the feeling' ? Sorry for the TMI!!

starkid · 01/04/2019 11:21

@AysLon - I personally feel it & see it when going to the loo/wiping! And thank you :)

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xoxhayleyxox · 01/04/2019 11:28

Hi ladies! I just wanted some more opinions on a pregnancy test I've just done. I'm only 8/9DPO so I know it's early, I also pulled it apart to get a closer look so I know it's not invalid but any opinions would be fab!

TTC first baby - thread 15
LikeTheFruit · 01/04/2019 11:32

Huge congratulations @PeacockingAbout and @PinkFizz19 !! Wishing you both a very happy and healthy 9 months!

Hi @starkid I'm now cycle 4.

Been absent for last week or so, AF came with bells on last week so I'm now CD 7. Only positive is I got to try my modibodi pants I bought. They're fab so can't see me going back to disposables ever again.

Decided to have a take it easy approach for the next couple of months, no OPKs or temping - felt I was getting g a bit obsessive which was probably hindering the whole thing!

starkid · 01/04/2019 11:44

@xoxhayleyxox - I can't personally see anything on there, sorry

@LikeTheFruit - Yep I'm CD8 now and was exactly the same as you when AF came, felt disheartened and like it wasn't good to obsess and am also taking it easy and going with the flow this month (but here I am anyway...).
Ooh, how many of the modibodi pants did you go for? They really intrigued me (what with the constant adverts for them on Facebook!) Smile

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LikeTheFruit · 01/04/2019 11:48

@starkid I bought a mixed set of 5 when they were on sale. They're not cheap but pretty convenience. I work 12 hours shifts a lot of time and there's not always time to go to loo so at least I don't need to worry about leaks/smell etc.

Jessikka · 01/04/2019 13:08

Getting a tad frustrated again. One small drop of red blood this morning at 7 and now absolutely nothing again since.

For the love of all things holy will you just HURRY UP 😂 I'm unsure as to Mark it as cd1 as no flow yet.

Does my body know how bloody inconvenient it is? Ha, no pun intended! 😂🙈

BabyO1988 · 01/04/2019 13:29

So AF arrived this morning 4 days early. 😥 only positive is that it's shorted my long ass cycles down by 4 Days! Normally around 48!day! This one was 44.
I'm so disheartened as feel it's gonna take forever to get back to ovulation and the tww again.
Don't know whether to try evening primrose and omega 3 to bring ovulation forward. Anyone tried this before or got any advice. Been off the pill for 8 months and had my withdrawal bleed but only 3 periods since that! Grrr! So 4 in total! In 8 months! Frustrated to say the least!

FlapJackered · 01/04/2019 13:41

@BabyO1988 acht, sorry for AF. That is good news your cycles are going the right direction, I used to have really long cycles and I think what helped me most was taking inositol and also giving up gluten and cutting my sugar intake down. Not the most fun but went from a 56 day cycle to a 35 so it definitely worked!

@KatBeCool Urgh that doesn't sound fun, you had better be rewarded with a bfp!
I have got the pms rage at the moment. I pity anyone who has to deal with me today. 😂😤

@AysLon best is checking with a bowel movement by wiping. Yummy! 😂

@DayDreamer1707 good luck with the new job!!

AysLon · 01/04/2019 13:44

@FlapJackered hahahaha fantastic

FlapJackered · 01/04/2019 13:51

@AysLon in fact I would recommend you and everyone else actually listen to the latest BFN podcast 'Natural Fertility, cysts and ttc' they talk about CM, positions, smep etc. It's really good!

thosethreewords · 01/04/2019 14:24

Sorry I'm not caught up at the moment but I had to come on to say my OPK is positive!!! YASSS! Was meant to ovulate yesterday and don't actually have any fertile CM at the mo which is weird but I've got preseed for when I get home from work 😋👌😂

Jessikka · 01/04/2019 14:32

@FlapJackered I had that Saturday

The rage was terrifying at one point hahaha!

thosethreewords · 01/04/2019 15:12

@Jessikka I feel like you just need to POAS 😂

starkid · 01/04/2019 15:25

I got some Pregnacare supplements at the weekend as I ran out of my seven seas ones, and they look to have higher dosages of everything - but fucking hell they're massive 😂 the seven seas ones are like the contraceptive pill, and these are more like horse tranquillisers! 😂

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Jessikka · 01/04/2019 15:39

Haha @FlapJackered sorry if I'm getting annoying!

I just don't know what's going on but I'm almost sure that though watered down, the bit I did see was red and my temp dropped to coverline so she's here, she's just taking her sweet ass time lol

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