Too many threads and looking for friends to go through the TTC journey

[jenna30]

Hi guys

Not sure about anyone else but i have found that that i have tried posting on various threads and sometimes your own post gets really lost which can be slightly disheartening. I thought i would start this thread for anyone who has just started their TTC journey and together we can share our thoughts and experiences.... i do ask that (not to be mean) that this thread is only for people who have just started their TTC journey to avoid disappointment for people who are way into their journey and who may be experiencing different things. My own story is that i came of the pill in September and have yet to get my BFP. I got my first positive on Saturday just gone and now im 1dpo. Be great to hear from anyone in a similiar boat! Xx

@Sausage1990 they definitely sound like it could be early symptoms! 9dpo may not show a positive as it’s so early! fingers crossed for you if you test, sending baby dust

Hello, sorry just joining this, we have just started TTC, had nexplanon implant removed 1 and a half months ago. Finally struck up the courage to inform mother that we want a family (odd relationship, bad childhood) and now I have told someone I feel really nervous!! Do you ever feel like you are ready for this? When me and DH talk about it together, it feels right and exciting and everything 🙈

@Why1stheskyblu3 hi, i was excited when i first came off the pill and the idea of trying. But as the process has gone on it has slightly become a tad difficult. I think that's expected though. Im sure when it does happen i will ecstatic and slightly scared but good scared. Awhh well good luck to you chick. The process should be exciting and i think as long as you don't expect it to happen straightaway (it could still) you will be fine. Baby dust to you. X

@myttcjourney hiya my cycles since stopping the pill was 29, 26 and then 31. Im on day 30 today so i should be expecting af tomorrow. I ovulated this month on cd16. So kind of similar to you.

Hi ladies, I’d like to join please

TTC baby number 1 and have been trying since August. Last month was a complete disaster since me and my husband both got ill during my ovulation! He had a chest infection and I had a really painful wisdom tooth. No way we were going to do the deed!🤨

I’ve just started my period so this is CD1. Really hoping this is our month! We haven’t been trying for too long but it feels like forever. I just finished reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility this weekend which was really helpful so we’ve decided to start charting this cycle to see if that helps at all.

Baby dust to everyone 🍼 It’s really great to have a space to share all this stuff!

@jenna30 yea really similar. Fingers crossed AF doesn't show for you this month x

Well ladies.... af has arrived right on time 😂. Onto the next cycle.

@jenna30 ahhh the dreaded AF! sorry to hear that, really good it came on time though

Good luck for your next cycle 😀

@myttcjourney thank you. Its fine. I really did expect it this month. Im going to try the SMEP process this month and see how that goes. My DH has just gone out shopping and has he was leaving i yelled 'get some Brazilian nuts' 😂.

@jenna30 sorry its not your month but like you said, we know our bodies... @FirsttimeTTC yeah I'm hopeful but tbh I'm due af tomorrow and I've just got a feeling she's going to show up this month. How's your month going?

I feel like I've had alot of the symptoms you could have in early pregnancy but that I've just made them up on my mind. I had a small amount of brown spotting when I wiped yesterday day time (11dpo) and I've been really headache today 12pdo so I'm pretty sure I'm out as I usually get headache /migraines the day before af arrives.... And tomorrow is the day she's due (13dpo).
I'll keep you posted though xx

@sausage1990 its as if we can think ourselves into giving us symptoms!? I was so sure I had symptoms, but nope! This month is long! 23 days late for AF. But I think my body is getting used to not having the coil, so just giving it time. Never wanted AF so badly!! Knowing my luck, it will come when I’m out on NYD and be the worst AF of my life 😂😂 xx

@FirsttimeTTC oh I know. It'll happen when you're least prepared too. I hope af makes her mind up. Being in limbo is horrible but you're right it's likely your body readjusting.

I think part of it is us wishing it to be early symptoms but also we're likely reading into everything that we wouldn't usually pay any attention to. 🤞🏻 We go either way soon enough so we can get on with the next cycle 😊

@jenna30 Ew... happy new year, love from AF! I'm on CD4 now and reading up on SMEP - if nothing else, it'll be fun trying! According to my OPKs I ovulated on CD12 last month but I wonder if that was not quite right and it was actually later than I thought - this month I might test on cheapie OPKs all the way through and watch for any anomalies.
Or I just have an insatiable desire to POAS that needs to be satisfied somewhere, somehow.

Hi Girls 🤗. Can I join you all? I’m new to this and currently TTC baby no1. Unfortunately we suffered a mmc in Oct at 11 wks. I feel like Jan is a new start, and it’s now time to try again. Would be lovely to have all you lovely ladies to chat with along the way as there’s not many people know our situation. Fingers crossed 2020’s everyones yr x

@FirsttimeTTC @Sausage1990 - I think you're right about symptom spotting and thinking too much into symptoms especially if, like me, you've been on the pill or coil or whatever for many years and so all these symptoms and feelings are relatively new as your cycle adjusts I know I have been analysing every twinge when normally I wouldn't even worry or notice.

Hi @Sammiantha2020 - welcome, and sorry to hear of your previous loss :-( fingers crossed this is the year for you -- when will be the beginning of your cycle to begin trying? :-)

How's everyone doing?
My AF due early January so will see what happens, I've tried this month but don't feel pregnant, they say when you know you know ???
Anyway
Has anyone got any interesting / old wives tale tips for ttc? Aside from putting your hips on a pillow! Tried that one!!
Baby dust to you all 🥰

Hi @EithneBlue 👋. I really hope it’s everyone’s year! I’m currently on cd3 and after an emotional few months, I’m feeling much more positive! Where are you with ttc? I’m looking for someone to chat with through the happy/sad times of the emotional rollercoaster that is ttc.

@EithneBlue 😂😂 happy new year it is! Bleeding 🩸.i totally expected it though i just knew even before af was due it wasn't my month. I may as well try something different with a new cycle. DH came home with some Brazilian nuts and ive just ordered pre-seed oil. 😂 not sure if any of this will help but at this point i would try anything.

@Sammiantha2020 in sorry chick to hear about your MMC. I hope the new year brings you good news. Baby dust to you. It definitely does help having this group especially as we are all going through the same thing.

@swirls3468 no old wives tales but I'm trying the above this month. Doubtful it will work but also hopeful it MAY work. Fingers crossed.

Not sure why i said pre-seed 'oil' 🙄 i mean pre-seed lubricant as my cm is awful since stopping the pill. Anyone else experiencing this or experienced it?

Hey @jenna30 ☺️. It’s been hard, but reading these threads have gotten me through some tough times (even before I joined). I came to realise that I’m just one of many that goes through that ordeal everyday 😔.
Are Brazilian nuts meant to help with conceiving? I must buy some ASAP 🤣...I have my pre seed, OPKs and bbt ready for Jan...I make it sound so much fun.

@jenna30 I thought 'oil' was funnier! My cm seems OK post-pill: EWCM matched OPK -- but I have not been off it all that long (October) and my cycle length hasn't quite been consistent (28, 26) so who knows if the CM is genuinely matching ovulation. Give it a little longer- I think for some women it takes a little time for your hormones to balance back out.

@Sammiantha2020 I'm CD4 TTC#1 - this will be cycle 3 but cycle 2 of properly trying the first cycle I just sort of hoped for the best and tracked nothing. Last month I tracked things and did the OPKs but I think perhaps my timing was off anyway. This group is lovely so far it's nice to be able to discuss things like CM without being socially inappropriate 😂

@EithneBlue we are very close cd wise. I started tracking again last month, however my cycle lasted 33 days, but it’s all a bit messed up after my surgical management... god knows if I’m even ovulating again 🤷‍♀️ hopefully my new bbt will help confirm that!
I think everyone’s different when it comes to CM, but no harm in using some preseed as it can’t do any harm, right?

@EithneBlue 😂😂. I hope the 'oil' helps. My cycle this month is exactly the same as last month which is 31 days. When i did my opk on CD15 this month it was positive which makes sense with the length of my cycle. Just helps me more this month with having more of an idea where to start testing this month which is useful as last month i did it everyday and started testing really early which was doing my nut in.

@Sammiantha2020 i read somewhere that Brazilian nuts can help with fertility but I'm not getting too excited about it. I just thought i would give it a try. No harm in trying i guess.

@jenna30 do you ever feel we just stress ourselves out with the testing, checking cm, symptom spotting etc? Every month before falling pregnant I’d say I was going with the relaxed approach then I’d just panic that it would be a missed opportunity if I didn’t fetch my OPKs 🤣.