CD 1

[dreamer2]

Currently going through a CP :( , trying to remain positive and move on , so today is the first day of bleed , anyone out there on cd1 please join me , ttc is very lonely, it's nice having people to chat to :)

Sorry to hear about your CP :(

I am currently on CD1 as well today. Month 2 of TTC #1. How about you?

hi both :)

really sorry to hear about your chemical @dreamer2 hope you’re being kind to yourself.

i’ve been a long time lurker on here but saw this thread and decided it was time to join in!

currently on CD1 too, really thought last month was our month as AF was 3 days late feeling really down today. on to cycle 7! would be great to have some cycle buddies

Hi girls ! Thank you for joining :) , it's been really tough , I currently suspect that I have some kind of hormone imbalance as my periods have been all over the place plus i strongly believe low progesterone could be the cause of my CP as the bloods came back showing my levels as 2!

I am aslo ttc for my 1st one and feeling so jealous whenever I see pregnant women ! I hope we can get to experience it soon 🙏🏽 this is going to be my fourth cycle , hopefully July will treat us well 😀

Welcome @kwazycupcakes :) i have been a lurker as well so it is nice to get involved!

Yes, here is hoping that July is our month 🤞🤞

And yes, totally agree, i get a bit jealous when i see pregnant women but it also makes me feel hopeful that it will be me soon :)

I hope that they get to the bottom of any hormone imbalances you might have @dreamer2 xx

thanks both @dreamer2 @Anny27

not sure about hormone levels sorry, hope you get it sorted. i’m guessing if you’ve had your hormone levels checked then your doctor is helping, which is good news

yes i get jealous too, my friend gave birth yesterday. so happy for them but i must admit it did make me upset

do you guys track ovulation? i’ve just starting tracking my bbt which is reassuring that i am ovulating.

hopefully this is a lucky thread and we all get good news in July

Ita bittersweet isnt it when others close to you have babies. My SIL is 3 months pregnant at the moment and i am so excited but i think if she gives birth and we are still ttc it will be upsetting.

I track ovulation through my CM so looking at when i have EWCM i know roughly when i ovulated and then roughly when AF is due.
I think i might start using tests this month just to confirm that what i think is my ovulation days, actually is :)

@kwazycupcakes what does bbt tracking involve?

@kwazycupcakes @dreamer2 hi ladies how are you doing?

Cycle day 8 now and hopefully approaching ovulation in the next week or so :) how long are your cycles on average?

hi @Anny27 sorry i didn’t reply!

i track CM too, i found tracking bbt just confirmed what i thought was happening! i just purchased a basal body temperature thermometer off amazon and take my temp at the same time every morning before i get out of bed (normally 6-6:30). find it reassuring that i am ovulating so far, but only been doing it a few months so it may get annoying haha.

i’m on CD9 and should be ovulating early next week, so keeping busy haha! how about you? my cycles are normally 28-30 days, how about yours?

@kwazycupcakes ah okay - bbt doesnt seem too much effort then! If we are still ttc next cycle (hopefully we aren't) i will order a thermometer and start tracking that :)

My cycles are usually around 28 -31 days (sometimes i ovulate a little later or earlier but i genuinley know when AF is coming after i have ovulation signs :) )

Yep i am cd10 so also keeping busy haha

sounds like we have similar cycles! perfect cycle buddies

sounds good do you take any particular vitamins or do anything else? i just take a normal multivitamin at the mo, keep thinking about switching to conception ones but they are so expensive and don’t look much different to the normal multivitamins.

haha

@kwazycupcakes i take the seven seas "trying for a baby" mini pill.

I think the most important one to have is to just make sure you are getting folic acid as part of your multivitamins. I dont think the rest of supplements are as important as folic acid so if your current one includes that then probs okay to just carry on with those :)

I dont do anything else specific - apart from i try not to drink alcohol in the last two werks of my cycle just incase we're lucky and we are pregnant without knowing it yet. How about you?

thanks @anny27 i’ll take a look at seven seas next month i think my multivitamin contains folic acid so i think they’re okay for now.

there have been 3 pregnancy announcements on facebook this weekend. 3! i’m finding it hard today trying to keep everything in perspective and stay positive though, it will be worth the wait hope you’ve had a good weekend!

@kwazycupcakes ahhh its hard seeing pregnancy announcements isnt it!

Are you in the two week wait yet? I am 1 or 2dpo i think and feeling quite calm. Hoping not to test untill end of month

hi @Anny27

i’m 5dpo and trying to keep busy and not think about it too much! the tww has been difficult and i’ve been symptom spotting previous cycles so trying a more relaxed approach this month

how are you?

@kwazycupcakes sounds like our cycles are very synced this month - 6dpo for me this morning.

And yep i am also feeling much more relaxed than last month and trying not to symptom spot.

When will you test?

@Anny27 ah great :)

AF due 29th July so i’m going to try and wait and see if it arrives or not, hope i have the willpower lol. what about you?

@kwazycupcakes ditto the 29th/30th AF is due. I think i will probably test on Sunday 28th as i am just too eager but i feel that the 28th isnt tooo early.

Would ideally like to wait till the 30th but i will just be too excited haha

@Anny27 haha i know what you mean, i am being quite optimistic now, but give it a few more days and i will be getting impatient

28th definitely isn’t too early, got everything crossed for us both 🤞🤞🤞

have you told anyone IRL that you are ttc?

@kwazycupcakes yes i hope this is our month!!

I have told my SIL and my best friend. I think a few others have guessed we are TTC but i am not really too concerned if people know. How about you?

@Anny27 nope not told anyone. i know our families want us to have children and have pressured us to for a while, so i definitely won’t be saying anything. it does make it hard not having someone to confide in though

🤞🤞🤞

how are you feeling? i am trying so hard not to symptom spot!

@kwazycupcakes its so difficult when families pressure you. I know they mean well but its still frustrating haha.

I am feeling pretty much like i do most months for this point in my cycle, but trying to remain positive:D

How about you?

@Anny27 it really is! i feel the same, i feel normal too 😜

AF due monday so we’ll see! i was tempted to test this morning but resisted 😜

@dreamer2 how are you doing?

I so very nearly tested this morning - even took my test out of the box but managed to resist at last minute. Feeling quite proud of myself for having will power haha!

My reasoning was that i would be disappointed if AF arrives on Monday/Tuesday so i dont want to give myself two days of dissapointment if it was a BFN today! Haha

Hey guys !

So sorry haven't been active in a while , am
Doing well , my af Is due on Monday as well , this cycle I went to to a fertility expert , I took some Clomid , trigger shot and did timed intercourse .... I think my trigger is out now cause I started testing at like 8dpo and line was basically non existent but been getting darker , am very nervous to be honest , I want to get excited but last month was so heart breaking ! The official test day for me is Monday that's when I'll get my blood checked to measure my levels ..but for now here are my lines praying this baby sticks around 😭🙏🏽

@dreamer2 fingers crossed for you! That seems promissing :D

Was it a private fertility clinic - what does it involve in terms of consultation and eligibility?