TTC Baby number 1 - Looking for buddies #2

[Katie1109]

Hi girls, started new thread because the old one is running out.
Tag anyone I have forgotten:
@Gigi318
@Hewie30
@Raizelrea
@claireb707
@flossy12
@Nicecupofcoco

@Makeafamily19

@Katie1109 aww sweetie I'm sorry 😔😔

@Gigi318 I'm 9+4 now ☺️ it's going soo fast 😱😱

Yeah it’s quite heavy already and painful unfortunately :(

Please can I join in with you all? Husband and I have been TTC #1 since I came off the pill in May, I’m finding this a lonely experience and I’d love some company!

Currently on CD8 just started my OPK’s again - decided to double up this cycle and use some cheapies alongside CB digital advanced to better pin point my surge/ovulation ..

Fingers crossed for everyone out there currently waiting of ovulation or to have a BFP

I’m out this month, AF showed up this morning ☹️ Here’s to next month

@flossy12 oh wow, yes it really is. Almost out of the first trimester. Do you have your 12 week scan booked??

@Katie1109 oh no babe, I was really hoping it was just spotting 😞 so sorry, everything sounded so positive for you!!! Here's to next month chick. It will happen!!

@falkor32 welcome, how are you feeling??

@orcadolph oh no!! Sorry to hear that. But at least you're now CD1 and you've got a new chance to start again!

@Gigi318 yeah it's booked for the 30th ☺️ very excited

Oh @Katie1109 😢 (@orcadolph) sorry to hear that.

I'm now cd7 wondering if I'm going to ovulate early again this month so started the opks yesterday.

Am currently cold working from home as we are getting our bathroom done this week, though the guys aren't hanging around, they went from this to this in less than 2 hours.

Oooh @flossy12 that's so exciting!!!

@gigi318 Haha! Has to be done! Oh noooo do you, how annoying. What do you think it is? A cold?
I called my doctor's today cos I'd like a blood test for my hormones done cos my cycles are just all over the place. I got a doctor appt 29th, 2 weeks time but at least it's something.

@flossy12 Welcome back hun 😊. Sorry to hear about your morning sickness. How was your holiday?

@Katie1109 Oh noooo 😔. Sorry to hear that hun

Hi ladies, correction, I have just changed tampax, it's not heavy at all although definitely would not class it as spotting, and it is bright red, sorry for tmi x

@Gigi318 I have no idea what's going on with me. This is three weeks off the mini pill and still no signs. We're going on holiday to bruges this weekend so I might see how things are when we get back next week and maybe do a test then if still no sign and more symptoms.

Aw girls it's so stressful TTC! I hope you all have luck this coming month xxx

@Hewie30 it was lovely! Rained for 1 day but the rest were glorious 😆 got a little tan but not as much as we would in the summer aha x

@flossy12 eeeek that's not long at all
Now babe. Cannot wait!!!

@claireb707 that's amazing!!! Hopefully it will all be up and finished this week then??? Did you get anything on your OPK today??

@Hewie30 probably a cold yes, but hoping it may be an immune system dip and sign of a BFP to come - but we won't get ahead of ourselves 🤣 literally no other significant symptoms. Bit of cramping. Creamy CM but nothing textbook really! Thats good babe definitely good to find out just in case!! And hopefully you O soon!!!

@Katie1109 let's hope it doesn't get heavier. Will you test if its not heavier???

@Peaceandloves yes that sounds like an excellent idea to me lovely lady. Sometimes it can take weeks (and months for your cycle to regulate - a friend took 90 days, then 60 days, now 50!) so let's hope it sorts itself soon!

Day 1 progress

Nope opk still neg. I really hope it's later than day 10 this time

@Gigi318 thanks for the warm welcome 🙂.
Feeling okay thanks. Nervously awaiting ovulation - I’m like this every month I start the OPKs, always worrying that I wont ovulate. Also trying to work out the best times to DTD. Hoping to figure out more precisely when I ovulate this month ... fingers crossed.

Hope everyone else is having a good day so far!

Welcome @falkor32 I'm also using cheapies and CB OPKs this month, I'm CD5 though so few days behind you and have been trying since June. Do you have any idea when you ovulate usually?

Hi @Makeafamily19

I normally ovulate around day 12/13 and my cycles are on average 26 days but last month was an anomaly - didn’t ovulate until day 16 and AF arrived around CD29/30 ... I’m really hoping this month goes back to normal. Last month I was a bit stupid a symptom spotted plus I also get anxious/stressed quite easily so this TTC is a real test 😬

@claireb707 all is looking good chick, I love a renovation so much 🙌🏻👏🏻 yes I really hope it's later than day 10 for you too!! How are you feeling??

@falkor32 you're welcome chick! Urgh tell me about it - a lot to think about. Although I do think it's best to try and relax as much as possible. DTD as much as you can and enjoy it 🙌🏻 it's the approach I've taken this month and feel much better for it. And don't worry, we all symptom spot even though we say we won't 🙈 I was convinced last month, but got a BFN and AF arrived. This month I'm doing my best not to symptom spot but it's hard, when you feel the odd cramp and your boobs hurt 🙃🙃🙃

Other than starting to dtd a lot, feel ok, no symptoms of anything at all

@falkor32 it's so annoying when your body messes with you! I bet having an odd long cycle really messes with your mind especially when symptom spotting like mad! I normally have a 25 day cycle and it was 23 last month. I wish I could be really chill about it all but I have a planner/control freak personality haha. I need to be more like @Gigi318 🤣
I'm going to start my CBs tomorrow, I normally get a peak CD10ish which should fall on the weekend 🙌🏼

@claireb707 hahaha, it can feel like a chore sometimes but this month we just relaxed and it was really fun actually 🙌🏻 and I find the more we do it, my sex drive increases too so it's a win win!!

@Makeafamily19 chick, you are speaking to the biggest planner and control freak ever. I am terrible. I just NEED TO KNOW plans and everything for anything 🤣🤣🤣 but I've come to realise that there are things out of my control, so I don't worry so much as worrying doesn't change the outcome it just makes you poorly 🥰 and also, I'm just so positive so aim to see the good in everything if I can. It helps. We've got this chick, it will happen for us when it's meant to. How are you??

I'm a massive planner too, hate feeling out of control, which is why this is ultra hard 😂😂

@Gigi318 thanks - I don’t think we’ve managed to dtd on the day I ovulate, closest we’ve managed is the day before a static smiley on CB digital.

I’ve got an added issue as hubby unfortunately finds it difficult to finish (not sure how else to put that nicely). I try my hardest not to put pressure on him by wanting to dtd every other day which is optimum I think? I don’t think this will work out favourably if we dtd on the peak day only?

I’m a bit stressed, as much as I try not be, I really feel like it’s an impossible task - there’s so many factors that have to be exactly right and I have so little control over it 😩 ...

@claireb707 oh isn't it just!!! The only thing that consoles me is knowing that if I can be as relaxed as possible, it will help. So I'm just going with it 🤷‍♀️🙈 lord knows it if will work!

@falkor32 it's okay, I don't think any of us mind the TMI - it's all part of it. Don't worry, I think before O day is better than on or after, just because you'll have swimmers waiting around. Or so they say. But don't quote me. We did three days before, as in a row! So I hope we got it! OH was away on my O day (according to Flo, I don't use OPKs) so we shall see 💖 if it is, is it!

@Makeafamily19 also hoping for my peak over the weekend 🙊 too! Also with you on the control/planning aspect I’ve got about 3 apps on the go and also considering getting a BBT but I don’t know if that’ll just feed my control in a detrimental way!