Short cycle girls

[notyetamumbuttrying]

I can't seem to see a thread for this so thought I'd start one. Any other girls with cycles shorter than 28 days please join and let's discuss! Mine fluctuates from 24 to 26 days, I usually ovulate day 10 on a 24 day cycle and yet to track when I ov on a 26 cycle but I would imagine it's day 12. I have a normal LP of 14 days but would love to have a longer follicular phase. 8 months of trying. I'm 34, husband is 37.

I know I’ve just replied on another thread but I’ve taken it up until a peak OPK so I’d keep taking it. I was like clockwork and always ovulated day 13 but it was 15 last month, so I took it until day 14.
I got my first ever flashing smiley today after trying the advanced tests for the first time, exciting!

Ok thanks @Nat4392 will take it again today and see what tomorrow's reading brings! Yay to the flashing smiley!! This could be your month 😃

Still no smiley for me this morning @Nat4392 looks like it's extending it beyond 26 days for me. I might actually get a 28 day cycle at this rate! 😱 not seen one of them since my pill days! I guess you're in tww now. Hope this is your month!

@notyetamumbuttrying that’s brill news 👍🏻
I’ve not got my peak yet, I’m CD11 and it was CD15 I ovulated last month so I’ve got a few more days of BD to get out of the way yet lol

Actually just just a peak now! That was unexpected!

Ooh good stuff @Nat4392 I thought we were gonna be ov twins for a sec there lol! Best of luck in tww from tomorrow then!

I’ve used the cheapy ov strip tests too today and they are high but definitely not peak, which test should I believe?? Is the clear blue more accurate? I’m so confused!

Clear blue is the leading brand @Nat4392 so I'd be tempted to believe them more. Do you get ov pain at all or can you tell with your cm?

Hi all 😁 currently TTC #1 cycle 2, currently in my TWW. My cycles are 24-26 days, I ovulate about CD10 then have two weeks of driving myself mad! I started taking Seven Seas a couple of months ago which has made my periods lighter and shorter, no complaints there. I have been pregnant twice before so I know it’s possible for me.

@Nat4392 would you recommend the CB ov tests? I am using ICs at the moment which are fine but I find my surge is incredibly easy to miss!

@notyetamumbuttrying I rarely get much in the way of EWCM and don’t think I’ve ever noticed ov pain either so other than the tests I don’t have much to go on! I’m inclined to believe the clear blue due to its reputation but it’s now making me doubt every other month using strip tests. TTC is a load of shit! 😂🙈

@slimshadyscousin welcome! Honestly this is prob not the best time for me to recommend tests as I’m having a right palaver with right now! 😅 I’m 10 cycles in now and I mainly use the strip tests which have always been fine, I find I have to use them several times a day when I get closer to suspected ov so I don’t miss my peak. I’ve used the CB LH (pink) tests which were good and so simple to use (basically a yes or no so there’s no guesswork). And this month I used the CB advanced which are basically the same. The only downside to the CB tests for me is cost x

Isn't it weird that they're either 24 or 26 and not 25 😂 exactly the same as mine @slimshadyscousin. cd10 is usually my ov day too but been taking agnus castus this month and I've not hit my peak yet. I'm cd10 today! Good to know it's still possible to catch on early ov. I've read so much to the contrary but then so many girls have caught no problem!
Same as me @Nat4392 I don't see ewcm either! I have had ov pain maybe once or twice before. I think see what your CB says tomorrow and hopefully that brings clarity. You've been dtd anyway so you're prob covered. We've only done it twice so far, need to get hubs in the mood later although he's complaining of a bad belly 😬.

@notyetamumbuttrying I can’t do another CB now as after you get a static smiley it is locked on the screen for 48 hours 🙈
I’ve noticed EWCM and ov pain very few times so they’re really not reliable signs for me, it’s reassuring to know others don’t get it either! We DTD day 8, 10 and 11 and we’ll do it again tomorrow. It is so unromantic when it’s scheduled in like this, it’s the worst sex ever! 🙈

Yep @Nat4392 it really is! I can tell my Dh hates the fact I'm forcing it cos we have two really good sessions and in the old days that would be it for a week but I'm sat here now in my sexy nightie just waiting for his food to go down so that I can try it lol! He's knocked me bk before and it's crushing! 😖 I hate ttc!

@slimshadyscousin can I ask about the seven seas you are taking? Are these pre conception vits? I’d love lighter less painful periods! And looking in to some vits for conception.

Also short cycles here, always have had and have 2 children and 1 mc.

@loladoodle won’t let me tag you for some reason but yes I am taking the seven seas trying for a baby - contains folic acid mainly and a few others. I would highly recommend them, they are only small so easy to take and as I said on my previous post they have made my periods lighter and shorter, although mine have never lasted a long time anyway! They also have ones to take during pregnancy and after too when bf so will move onto those hopefully when time comes.

@notyetamumbuttrying yes very odd! I don’t complain about short cycles too much as it means less waiting around. The only thing I worry about is that when I fell preg first and second time it was a total accident so I do worry by ‘trying’ it will put too much stress on the whole thing and Sod’s law won’t happen!

@Nat4392 thank you! Yes I must admit the cost of CB did put me off quite a bit, I will prob persevere with the ICs for now and if we aren’t successful try the CB and see if it makes it any easier.

Anyone else been looking at baby stuff? I haven’t bought anything but a baby grow to give to DH if/when it happens but there is so much lovely stuff out there it’s soooo tempting to start buying already 😂 def lost the plot

I literally hate ttc 🙈@slimshadyscousin it's just forced. We're a once a week type couple so to up that is proving difficult! We run out of steam early on in fw lol! I think we'll start a bit later on next month. How long you been ttc?

Tbh @notyetamumbuttrying my DH is loving it but I’m with you it’s so much effort to BD every day during FW. This is only my second cycle of ‘properly’ trying after a half arsed attempt previously 😂 I’m pretty good at tracking my periods anyway so know what my body is doing and when. Except of course during the TWW then it’s anybody’s guess 😂😂

What about you how long have you been TTC @notyetamumbuttrying ?

@slimshadyscousin I must admit I’ve got 2 baby grows stashed away that DH doesn’t know about. I went to Disney for my hen do and bought them then thinking I’d be getting pregnant the month after, how naive was I?? 🙈

I hear ya @slimshadyscousin! Mine just can't bear the forced ness of it. We've been together 5 1/2 years now, married for 9 months so we're def out of the doing it all the time phase so it's weird now upping it. I'm all for it of course lol but Dh defo loses steam early on, he's only 37 so not ancient. I shoulda married younger shouldn't I lol!
So we're 9 cycles in now, nearly 9 months of ttc.

Oh thank god I am not the only one @Nat4392 I do love some of the Disney stuff it’s so cute! Thankfully the shops aren’t open or I would be wandering around the baby sections on the weekends

@notyetamumbuttrying 😂😂 my DH is older too, bless him he has been ready for kids for ages but I kept putting him off! Fx for you soon, you must have patience at 9 cycles in. I’m going mad after 2!

@notyetamumbuttrying just noticed you’re on the June bus too 😁 it’s a great thread but can sometimes get a bit crowded!

Yeah I would look if I was going in shops, thank god we can't lol @slimshadyscousin
Oh god, well hopefully you won't take as long as me. I'm losing the will to live, it's such a flipping ordeal! I live cycle to cycle 😩