June Bus - who's on board?

[MrsLBear]

Hi ladies 💕

13dpo today and af is imminent as temp dropped to cover line plus a bfn. So who's joining me?
TTC #1
This will be cycle 13 since mmc (Feb 19) but been TTC since June 2018 so a horribly momentous month for me.

Bought some vitamins recommended by it starts with the egg for this month and also male conception tablets for DH. So we shall see 🤞🏼

Lots of luck and baby dust to everyone 🍀🌈💕

Wow, some of you are really putting some effort in!! I thought I was ahead of the times taking myo-Inositol and tracking with ovia 😂

@SmileyT thanks for the advice. I started testing yesterday so will do so once a day but will def up it to twice now you’ve said that, when I feel it’s getting closer. I still feel it’s a little early for me CD6 but I have a short cycle so 🤷🏼‍♀️ Also has a faint line yesterday so will keep it up now. Thanks have now got the Femometer app.

@Maybe333 you don’t sound clueless at all, I had my coil out last week and feel like I’ve entered a new world now! It’s exciting though and I find it so interesting. (Scientist brain!) I have read that BBT rises when you are ovulating, and stays high if you conceive but drops before a period. Also maybe drops right before ovulation? I may be wrong so also following for guidance . Good luck !

I want to change my user name on here but what happens with mentions etc then ?😂 only to LRP15

Hi everyone. This is my first time ever posting on any kind of forum I have no idea how it works but I will figure it out. We have just started trying this month for our first baby and I was so excited I was googling forums to read and I have found all of you ladies! So hello all. Literally ovulated a few days ago so here's hoping 😊 hoping to test around 2nd of June 🤷‍♀️

@kirsty0028 Welcome! It's my first month on the forums too so only just got the hang of it but they're not that scary really they're all lovely ladies😛 there's a red abbreviations to get the hang of but you'll soon get it. I'm TTC my second child, I already have a DS aged 5 ☺️

@Maybe333 you need a special thermometer though for BBT as it needs to be able to read to 2 decimal points. The changes are that minute! But basically your temp goes up for ovulation and starts going down for AF if you didn't conceive so is really accurate for tracking.

It's very temperamental though, being ill affects your temp, so does alcohol or having a bad night's sleep so I don't think I'd be able to take accurate readings with it consistently so I've given it a miss!

This is my BBT chart so I don't think it's working for me either 😂😂I'm just doing it for the sake of it

@SmileyT @lucyrp thanks girls 💖 I didn’t even think at first but I must’ve caught it early as I was having faint lines from about 8 dpo thought I was going crazy but they were all on different kinds of tests not from the same batch and then when I left it a few days and tried again at 10&12 dpo there was nothing there just bfn but I felt so pregnant and dodgy and then obviously AF showed up on time was spotting the first day then really heavy flow 😩 fingers crossed for this month 🤞🏼 I didn’t tell me gp as they’re being really funny with appts at the moment but I’ll be fine 😊 just a bit miffed! 🤷🏻‍♀️🙈 x

@MrsDh2019 I think I caught mine about 12dpo but I was still getting negatives in between that's why I wasn't sure. I have everything crossed for you for this cycle! 🤞🏼

Also not sure if anyone can help with this but on the CB digital when you get a flashing smiley would you test again the same day like you would with an IC or wait until the next morning ?

Thank you @lucyrp @juno231 and @watermelonwizard that's interesting indeed!!
I'm just curious to see if I am even ovulating at all.. I came off the coil in January and cycles have been so long since (were regular 28days before the coil).
@kirsty0028 I've never posted on forums until a few days ago either.. Nice to know others are going through the same stuff. I don't feel like I can tell anyone other than my OH as I don't want the pressure of people waiting for news etc.. So I've found it nice to talk!!
Thanks ladies x

Also, do you ladies take just regular folic acid vitamins or a supplement like pregnacare? I read that pregnacare preconception can length your cycle? Is there any truth in that?

@Maybe333 I was the same as I came off the contraceptive injection in August and my periods didn't start til Christmas so wasn't sure whether I was ovulating or not but I am so it appears. I am only taking normal folic acid thag I picked up from tesco!

@Maybe333 ditto, lets hope the coil hasn't messed us up too much!! will let you know how I get on.

@kirsty0028 welcome! this is my 2nd or 3rd day on any type of forum like this too :) it definitely helps as even talking to my OH about ovulation is not the same!! He's very supportive but a bit like 'just let me know when I'm needed' LOL! fingers crossed for you for 2nd June, first baby too, so exciting. We are TTC my second but my OH's first. My DS is almost 9!!

@mayOHDH defo just wants to know when he is neededI'm on pregnacare and didn't realise it could prolong your cycle?

DH just wants to know when he is needed to lol he thinks I'm crazy talking about OPKS

@Mococo1 and @Maybe333 I was taking pregnacare for about 8 months and it didn't affect my cycle length at all! Only stopping it cos I'm trying just standard folic acid and then coq10 and vita dhd so didn't wanna take too many things at once! Agnus castus has shortened my period tho...I'm day 5 and would have something by now, but nothing so far!!

@notyetamumbuttrying @Maybe333 I just read the packet! Let's see if does anything to change.. I'm planning on doing egg meets sperm programme so I should know in the next few weeks if I ovulate later than normal!

DH is taking the men's supplement and I guess it could get pricey over a few months but he is a smoker and has cut down but struggling to quit completely! Might give FA itself a try after I finish as I bought 2 packs of pregnacare

@Maybe333 I take pregnacare and it hasn't affected my cycle at all. Women do report it does though - apparently it's the vit B complex in it? I wonder if that's not for the best though, and that those women previously had too short follicular or luteal phases that got sorted out by the supplements?

True, its all a mind melt isn't it!
Happy to try anything really.. Didn't think I'd be getting so deep into this.
We actually said at the beginning we'd just let nature take its course and let be what will be... Well 2 x BFNs later and I'm so deflated.
I know many women in here have been TTC for very long periods of time so I do not want to be 'woe is me' because its only been a few months but I can't help but worry. How do you step back and keep your anxiety at bay?

I'm another stalker of this thread. So hi all.
Short introduction- So came off the pill in April as we have had to postpone our wedding, original plan was to start trying in October, but we have decided to try for a short window just now. I have no idea what all these gadgets you are all talking about are 🙈 I had my first period the other week so was happy my cycle is back to normal. Using my garmin to track ovulation and currently in 'fertile week'. So yeah trying to remain relaxed. Not bought any tests or anything, will wait till I've missed AF. I exercise a lot, like 10+ hours a week, so not sure if anybody has advice of excessive exercising? I eat tonnes, weight is normal, and been exercising lots for years so nothing new.x

@lucyrp I haven’t tested with CB again in the day since having flashing smiles but other ppl have, I only have a few sticks left & don’t know how long my cycle is plus I’m using ICs so I figure no point. Glad o haven’t as I’m now on day 5 flashing 🙄

@Maybe333 I take seven seas trying for a baby I also heard pregnacare can lengthen cycles so I didn’t want to risk it

& for whoever asked about the temperature thing, I started doing it but my sleep is so erratic & with a toddler I didn’t want to set a specific alarm for “doing my temp” OR feel guilty for having a glass or two of wine that I thought it wasn’t worth it - I’d rather have the wine 😂

After 5 days flashing smiles & still 0 in my IC strips there may be progress 🤞🏻🤞🏻I’ve just got a 30 on my femometer strip 😱😱
Still very confused by my CM, one bit seemed stretchy then the rest very white & sticky so WTF?! But hey maybe tomorrow is the day!!

@Minster2012 my CM stresses me more than anything else!!

I've never seen the EWCM! Do always get 'watery' but this month is the first time it's gone from watery back to sticky and I'm supposedly in fertile week so don't know what's going on! Argh. I wish it was just that you could get pregnant on any day! Imagine how much easier life would be 😂

Also hi to anyone new! 🥰🥰

I think the usual advice is you can keep up your 'normal' exercise routine but try not to introduce anything new or too intense if you don't usually? I must say I've been lifting less heavy weights and if I'm on a run in the TWW it is in the back of my mind a bit! But I do think Keeping healthy is a good thing for conception so I'd say you should be fine! Xxx

@Maybe333 I've been asking myself the same a for months! Haha...

We literally said: let's come off and what will he will be! I felt soooo chilled about trying until I got my first negative then it was like a switch in my brain and I just got panicky! I think because for me I was on the pill so long and this will be my first so I just get those horrible moments where I'm like 'what if I actually can't!' These groups help massively tho! As my hubs is very supportive but again like yours lot sound very much 'Let me know if you want to talk' as he has no idea what's going on either! Xxx

@Maybe333 I know exactly how you feel. We've been "trying" since august last year and wasn't really that fussed over it I just hoped I would get pregnant soon and then when I had my faint positive last cycle and had a CP it's like a switch goes in your brain and I've turned into a mad woman ever since. now we are "trying trying" I'm searching everything on google, trying everything we can and DTD as much as physically possible. I don't think you realise you want something until the possibility of it happening arises and then it's taken from you.

@Minster2012 I had a 10 pack and bought a 20 pack but have not yet opened the 20 so not sure whether to test again this afternoon or just leave it but what if u leave it and get a static tomorrow then I may have left it too long 🙈