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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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Jessikka · 01/04/2019 15:57

@starkid do you find the taste of the pregnancare disgusting? the red capsules? I couldn't stand the taste 🙈😫

starkid · 01/04/2019 16:04

@Jessikka - I've still got a cold so can't taste anything too strongly... but at the mo they're not as bad as the soya isoflavones!

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orangeloo · 01/04/2019 16:45

@starkid I'm cycle 4 now. Thank you.

@BabyO1988 evening primrose lengthened my cycle so be wary but I'm not sure what other have experienced with it.

@FlapJackered thank you for pod cast recommendation - that sounds good.

Fivebyfive2 · 01/04/2019 17:43

@starkid, I looked at those ones and the size of the pills really put me off! I have been taking take folic and vit d combo from Holland and Barratt from the start of ttc and kept with them when I was pregnant. Have thought about getting something a bit more 'up' on the scale, especially since the mc , but I got a bit lost with it all so stuck with the old faithful for now. Let me know how you get on with them, maybe I'll give them a try xxx

Ladies I have never been so impatient to get a period. Not due for two weeks nearly. I swear between the condoms, being happy about a bfn and looking forward to getting af it's like being 19 again 😜

Fivebyfive2 · 01/04/2019 17:44

Just realised that last bit may have come across a bit insensitive, really sorry, hope I haven't upset anyone!! Just my way of keeping things light while waiting to ttc again xxxx

Lottiepink · 01/04/2019 18:17

Thanks @FlapJackered I'll listen to that 😊

My ovulation day is classed as today, had a positive opk for 3 days running. Had pains as if I am, cramps from the right hand side this morning (not really sore, but aware of them) then as the days gone on I'm bloated and feel a dull ache low down in middle, been most of the afternoon. Exactly as if AF is on the way.

Does anyone else get this on ovulation day? I'm sure I have in the past but it's hard to remember back and if it's the same 🙈😂 you would think after all these months of ttc I would be an expert. But interesting to hear about everyone else's opinion 😊

Fivebyfive2 · 01/04/2019 18:21

@Lottiepink, after a few months of tracking I realised that I do often get little cramps and sometimes mild lower back ache around the time of ovulating , if that helps? Xx

Jessikka · 01/04/2019 18:25

@Lottiepink I do.

I have cramps nearly every day in the 2ww! Some more than others but I usually get sharp pains like a poke from a stick in the ovary near Ov.

Lottiepink · 01/04/2019 18:25

@Fivebyfive2 thank you! It's crazy isn't it, trying to work out what pains what etc 🙈

Crossfitgirl · 01/04/2019 19:01

@lottiepink I had sharp pains on one side of my tummy right where my ovaries are every month around ovulation. Except, wierdly, the month I conceived. But yes its a definite sign! Specially if you get other signs like EWCM along with it. It's great to feel in tune with your body and nice when the OPKs correlate with it xx

thosethreewords · 01/04/2019 19:52

@starkid yes the pregnacare ones are huge!!!

@orangeloo I've started taking evening primrose this cycle and I've ovulated slightly later so expecting my AF will be later too. However it's the first time I've had actual EWCM so I'm really pleased! Can't say for certain it was that, or the grapefruit juice but somethings happened!

@Fivebyfive2 embrace the 19 year oldness!! I was so happy I got a positive OPK today at work that I pounced on DH when he got home, exactly like I did to him when I was actually 19!!!

@Lottiepink I had cramps today at work and they were definitely different to normal cramps. But I don't know if I'm just noticing these things now!

@Crossfitgirl hey! Nice to see a graduate back 😊 when is your EDD again? Is everything going well?

Fuiseog · 01/04/2019 20:55

@LottiePink I had twinges/pinching to one side this month around when I got a peak fertility reading on ClearBlue OPK, and then a few days later (2 and 3 DPO) got sudden and quite severe cramping in the style of AF for between 20 mins and an hour both morning and night. Unfortunately I have no idea if that is normal even for me, never mind anyone else in general, but it sounds similar to you except I got the AF cramp feeling later.
Who knows what it all means!

orangeloo · 01/04/2019 21:00

@thosethreewords yes it definitely increased my ewcm too. I just feel in two minds about taking it as it delays things- not that it's necessarily an issue. my OH sometimes works abroad so I'm glad I know as perhaps I can take it to my advantage to delay Ov if I need too.

KatBeCool · 01/04/2019 22:21

@thosethreewords yes! Get some baby dancing happening!

@DayDreamer1707 congratulations on the new job! It took you no time.

@Jessikka have you been taking some extra supplements? Or new diet? Or something that might have extra progesterone? This same thing was happening to me last cycle, but I was taking progesterone and AF didn't come until I stopped.

Jessikka · 01/04/2019 22:32

Hi @KatBeCool, no nothing new at all.

I assume it's just my cycle still trying to settle after stopping b/c in December 🤷🏼‍♀️ I'm not sure. So far each cycle have differed so I'm not at a stage of making a pattern yet.

Tomorrow is another day though 😊

TrulyMiss · 01/04/2019 22:35

Has anyone ever gotten multiple lh surges? I had a 46 day cycle last time but wasn’t ttc yet and so not testing. I did clearblue opks this month and got a peak reading on cd20 with ewcm, but have kept checking the cm and think it’s gearing up again at cd28. Have flashing smiley on the clear blue (high) but I understand this can happen so only really testing to see if I get another peak...

starkid · 01/04/2019 23:39

@TrulyMiss one of the cycles when I used the clearblue digital tests I had two times where I had flashing smilies, only it died down after the first lot, then after the second lot became static. So I guess your body gets ready to ovulate, then fails so tries again later in the cycle. I've not noticed it do it any other cycles, but then I don't always start the opk's that early on.

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Crossfitgirl · 02/04/2019 07:21

Thanks @thosethreewords, I like to pop on and see how everyone's getting on every now and again :-) I love seeing the new BFPs. I miss this thread! everything going pretty good thanks! Just got to the point DH has felt her moving which was so nice! Currently laid in bed and I can feel her, it's so fucking weird like an alien!! I'm due on 9th August so 4 months to go... eek!

Seen some of you are having ttc and hormoney rages... I am also having some right rage this week! Can't stop snapping at people but have also totally stopped taking any shit off anyone. I even hung up on a rude patient at work the other day! Haha.
Hope you're keeping well? Xxx

TrulyMiss · 02/04/2019 07:54

Thanks @starkid! It did go static the first time but that’s exactly what I think is happening. My googling tells me a high ph reading doesn’t necessarily mean you ovulated, you’d need a bbt reading for that but I haven’t been charting as my sleep is v irregular!
I’ll have to wait and see I guess!

smitch82 · 02/04/2019 08:10

I couldn't sleep last night with my stomach cramping and bloated. Ava says my temp has dropped so AF is on its way although I feel boiling and my DH says I am a hot water bottle in bed 😂

I didn't think I would have been lucky to get a BFP on the first cycle but wishful thinking and all that.

AF due on Friday or Saturday but have a feeling with the cramps she may come early.

All this TTC does make you have random symptoms though been feeling sick and bloated all month. So back to extra healthy living, limited drinking and regular outdoor exercise this month to try and get back to feeling normal. Be good to feel well and then get my BFP!

Next month and I could have a baby on my birthday 🎂😂🥳

FlapJackered · 02/04/2019 08:43

Gahh temp drop to coverline today so I think AF is on her way. 😩 I'm only 11dpo which is 3 days early. I am hoping that is just a blip from the mc. At least I can get cracking on with the next cycle though.

@Crossfitgirl great to hear from you! I am glad all is going well. If there is any time you can get away with being ragey it is when you're pregnant, so I would take advantage and rage away! 😂

Jessikka · 02/04/2019 09:05

Morning, how are you?

Where on earth has the sun gone?! ☔️

smitch82 · 02/04/2019 09:13

@Jessikka I know the weather is awful! How are you getting on? Has she turned up properly?

Jessikka · 02/04/2019 09:30

@smitch82 no nothing zilch nada!

I tested last night and got BFN and after two temp drops (second was at coverline) i stopped temping so god knows what's going on.

I will test Friday if she doesn't arrive before :)

smitch82 · 02/04/2019 09:51

@Jessikka it is so weird. I had similar last month. Took me to a 48 day cycle then got a really light period for two days. The joys of coming off the pill I think!