3dpo and looking for TTC friends

[Lolliloo1234]

Hi,

I’m 29 and on cycle 2 of TTC. I’m 3dpo and now in my two week wait. I have no friends with children or anyone who is TTC so looking for online buddies to ride this out with!

Anybody in the same boat as me who wants to chat and be a little neurotic together?

Xx

I agree, thanks @Lolliloo1234 so much for starting this. So nice to have a place to come to and unload a bit when DH is bored of talking about it 🤣

@mrsmummy111 yeah I find it really easy to use and last month was spot on. This month is really hard to tell whether I’ve ovulated or not as my temp is all over the place. 😬

@Suki2020 Very annoying! Generally speaking even if it's all over the place you may be lucky and it may evidently spike when you're ovulating, that'll be your key. If not, I would concentrate on your CM - my mum has 5 kids and that's the way she conceived every time, she swears by it!

@mrsmummy111 well if I go by my CM then I ovulated last Tuesday so fingers crossed I did 🤞

@Suki2020 will keep everything crossed for you. When will you test or are you just waiting for a missed AF?

@Lolliloo1234 I will probably wait for a missed AF as I’ve tested so many times as I’ve been off the pill for over a year but only been really trying for the last 3months.

Morning Ladies!

How are you all today?

8dpo today and I crumbled and took a IC. Definitely a BFN.

Makes me feel like I am out this cycle but I know that a lot of ladies don’t get BFP until 11/12 dpo or later. The wait is sooo hard!

@HopeWish it may just be too soon, but fingers crossed in a few days it will be positive for you. Yeah it’s so hard waiting, I find it harder each month and so deflating when it’s negative, so I only do a test now at least 15 DPO. Do you track your ovulation with temp and CM to know exactly when you ovulate?

@suki2020

Not temping, but I am doing OPKs and tracking CM so I know when about I ovulated.

Last cycle I had tons of CM after ovulation all the way up to AF. This time it has all dried up since about 2dpo. Don’t know if that is a good sign or not though...

Trying not to go crazy symptom spotting but it is always on my mind! Just have this feeling though that it isn’t this cycle.

@HopeWish - like you told me yesterday it could just be too early! I saw on another thread that two ladies who got BFP didn’t get it until 11dpo.

We’re not really out until AF arrives

@HopeWish what OPK’s do you use? I tried them last year for a month or so but don’t think I used them often enough to get it right.

Gosh those of you with kids already, how do you find the time to ttc?
We've only Managed once so far, so I'm not hopeful for this month.
I'm not furiously tracking anything, but I do track my periods every month on the flo app just so I'm not caught out, according to that I ovulate tomorrow, so I'm really hoping I can get LO to stay in his bed tonight!! 😂

Oh @HopeWish don't feel deflated!!! 8 DPO is very early even with early tests, there's a chance you haven't even gone through implantation yet. Like others have said, you're not out until AF arrives!

I've actually vowed to not take any pregnancy tests until I feel something, which I know sounds ridiculous, but I just feel like my body will tell me if I am. Every single woman I've ever asked said they knew they were pregnant when they took the test that was positive. Every other month they secretly hoped, and I was the same - I just knew. So until I feel it, I'm not going to put myself through it. It's just too upsetting 😞

Haha @Dimosaur we actually only have one DS and he's a very good sleeper - down at 7, up at 7 (except this morning when he was up at 5????!!!!!! He's due more teeth so may explain it) anyway, it does make it harder as obviously we're far more tired than we were pre-kids so it's a bit more of an effort shall we say!

Anyone else been sleeping really badly?! I kept waking every hour last night and can't think why.

Hi hope I can join. I am on cycle two. Came off the pill after many years. Due my period in a few days. Ttc my first. Haven't used ovulation sticks and I really don't want to get obsessed, however I do look at an app all the time 😂 I was tracking when it would say I'd ovulate but I think it happened a few days early. I haven't told my DH when I'm ovulating as I know he will be put off he hates 'planned sex' so just trying to do it regulary. Seems as if everyone around me is pregnant at the moment, so badly want this myself but aware it can take ages.

Hi @lovebug06 what app are you using? Do you find it easy enough to track your ovulation? I’ve found my ovulation day can be anything between day 14-18, I used to have irregular periods so that didn’t help but since end of last year they are generally between 32-35days.

@Suki2020 it's called clue, I have no idea if it's any good or not, as I'm totally new to all this but I'm recording everything on it. Well tbh I didn't really have a clue about it all, but I did have some stuff come out which was clearish (sorry TMI) and I think that means I'm ovulating? Which I thought was earlier than expected but that sounds normal then. I thought I was due on Monday. However my cycle could change I think so how will I know if its just late or my cycle is longer? Well I guess with a test. Sorry I sound totally stupid it's just all so new to me! Before being on the pill when I was very young I was always regular but it's been so long (14years) so I don't know if I am now.

@Lovebug06 I’m new to this too, so don’t worry. Just learning as I go. CM will be stretchy. Mine is always watery and the I may get one where it’s stretchy. I have no other ovulation symptoms, I tend to find out I’ve ovulated the day after when my temp spikes. So I’m still learning and just hoping one day it will work. I’ve been on the pill 18yrs straight before I came of the pill and I didn’t have my first period until 18months later which was worrying but they now have returned since end of last year. I am waiting to have a scan done to check everything is ok but guess I’ll be waiting a while with this virus around but we will keep trying in the mean time.

Ladies do any of you have experiance with implantation cramps or bleeding. I am about 7/8dpo today and this morning for about 40 minutes I have sharp pains on the right lower side.

They cramped for a minute and them went repeatedly and like nothing I have experienced before.

I dont know if I am clutching at a new straw xxx

@rosie990 I had a very similar thing last night, but I thought I was only 5/6 DPO. It even made me wonder if actually I was ovulating late atlas it was ovulation pain. No bleeding, just cramps. I didn’t get any kind of implantation cramps or bleeding with the two pregnancies I’ve had.

Hi @rosie990
I agree with @Wineandrun - I didn't get implantation pains with my first pregnancy but I regularly get ovulation pains xx

Just an update - I took one of the internet cheapie tests today (I caved - I’m going mad and I’m ok with it haha) and it was a BFN. No symptoms whatsoever today apart from being super tired. Just want Friday to hurry up now to take another FRER! Hoping for the best but like you said @mrsmummy111 I think you just know.

Hi ladies, hope it's okay to post here! I'm sort of new to all of this
I'm 23 and Cycle #3 of actively trying and this month DTD the two days, day before and day of O. After that I was so tired I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow 😴 currently 7dpo, no recognisable symptoms or anything different ☹️
So nice to have some people to talk to - it seems like everyone around me is pregnant / just had babies. My sister in law has a week old son and my best friend has just announced to me that she's 8 weeks. Over the moon for her but tad jealous! ☹️

@Lolliloo1234 fingers crossed for you hun. Do you feel different this month?

Hi @dogsinsocks

@wineandrun @mrsmummy111 I agree with you I have never had pains like I had earlier.

I remember getting cramps before finding out i was pregnant with my son.

I have thought about late ovulation but my period is due next tuesday at the latest based on a 35 day cycle so it's out of the question based on the signs I had earlier this month.

Just have to wait and see whatever it was it was strange

How are you both?

@Suki2020 - I deffo do feel different in the sense that my boobs are so heavy and have got huge, my nipples (soz) have got larger and darker and I’m so tired. DP keeps commenting on the fact I’m as hot as the surface of the sun. BUT I have been eating too much to be honest (comfort eating is my downfall) so all of those could just be side effects of over indulgence really. If I’m not PG this month then I deffo need to go on a diet 😂😂😂.

Hi @Dogsinsocks, welcome! I totally know what you mean, my cousin got pregnant first cycle and has now got a 4 week old and my adopted sister had her ovary removed last July and got pregnant first cycle on November. I am so happy for them but my heart aches for my own child when I see pictures and posts etc.