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 🍀🌈💕

@Skip86 Thanks for all your help lovely on the CB 🥰 everything is just so confusing, a lot to get your head around haha. I agree though I am only using for a few months (if I'm not lucky enough to get that BFP) to get a better understanding of my cycle cause the cheapy OPKs are so much harder work, or maybe just are to me cause I've never used them properly 🙈 where are u from btw that it's a complete different time zone?

@Minster2012 Its so not like OH to fall asleep during the day hes not a napper so felt wee bit sorry for him but then he was grumpy rest of the night so that's probably why he doesnt nap, I couldn't wait for him go to bed later on 😂 cause I get grumpy when I'm on AF so 2 grumpys doesn't go together too well hahaha...

@Ltay2 CD7 already? Wow that's went fast! I'm on CD3 now so eager to get started on my OPKs & DTD. Doing SMEP so technically should start CD8, hope I dont ovulate too late in my cycle or be knackered by time I do 🙈

@Skip86 I’m really hoping it’s to sell more sticks the swines!! I got a big fat O this morning on day 10 so I’m hoping it remembers me from last month!!

@KRK05 I’m with you on the ICs, though I’m doing them Cos it’s cheaper & im trying to learn I find it quite stressful with a toddler as (prior to potty training) we were outside as much as possible & it’s quite tying. 2 grumpy do not make a right you are right on that!!

More positive day today & def a DTD day, I thought DH was waking me after his alarm for that as DS was still asleep as he’s playing zoom poker tonight & I’m talking to my mates....but no. He just bloody woke me up. Humph. So I told him “you’ll still have to poke’er tonight then...me 😂, no shirking” 🤣

@KRK05 Australia! 🦘
I did wonder though, I've been banging on about how expensive CB are but perhaps they're even worse here? A CB advanced here is about $42, I think that's about £28 (well, that was before the dollar plummeted!)

@Minster2012 no excuses not to poke you after poker night!!
I've seen a few people go straight from O on day 1 to flash smiley on day 2 so I really do think you'll be ok 😊😊

Nearly my bedtime 😴

@KRK05 I know it has gone fast hasn't it, you had me questioning if I'd got it right then but I definitely have 😂 we are aiming for DTD every other day from CD10. Will try as much as possible to stick roughly to SMEP although very much doubt we will get 3 days in a row around ovulation! 4 times in FW and I'll be happy!

@Skip86 that’s the same price as Dr Fertility here so yeah they are expensive, with 11 sticks left I don’t know whether to buy more (& therefore would spend £60 on getting 2 lots of 20 & pregnancy tests?) or leave it til next month beating in mind I have 11 sticks & IC HCG test strips ... oh & probably quite infertile so the sticks are likely more needed than the tests 😂

@Ltay2 don’t write the 3 days off yet before you’ve started!!

@Skip86 Oh wow Australia, my OH has some family there none that he knows though. I'm in Scotland. Prices for CB are the same here, mines was a little bit more expensive than that cause I bought it from the chemist but online there generally around £28.

@Minster2012 Hahahaha 😂😂 it is poker night after all! My OH is already asking the plan of DTD & it's only CD3, we will see if hes that enthusiastic when it's near the end of FW.

@Ltay2 You're covered DTD every other day anyway, were just wanting to give SMEP a try this month see if its successful 🤞🏻

@Skip86 I went to Australia recently absolutely beautiful! My sister lives there in Sydney :) we went to Sydney and cairns really lovely x

Thanks girls, I do love it here! I have travelled all over the place but Aus is the place for me! I did spend 6 months in the UK before I met my now husband, but found it a bit too... cold! Haha! I'm a beach bum 😝

Well I'm now on day 4 of ⭕️ and getting impatient. We're loosely trying SMEP this month but I feel so unmotivated to DTD on low fertility days, kind of want to save it up for when it counts!

@Skip86 Ah so jealous, I'd love to live someplace warm & at the beach would be my dream 😍 do u know when u normally ovulate? SMEP is gonna be tiring, or maybe it's just the thought 😂 I think il cry if I keep getting ⭕ il be thinking theres something wrong with me I know what I'm like, I'm so impatient too 🙈

@KRK05 I'm not gonna lie, it's a pretty great place! ☀️🐠
Once upon a time I used to be so so sure of when I ovulated. I never tracked but was really regular (28 days literally to the hour!), and had the usual EWCM and pains around CD14. However over the last few years it's become less predictable, and even less so agin since MC in feb.
I'll just stick with DTD every other day for now, even when I really can't be effed 😂 but if I don't get a smiley by tomorrow I think I'll be really put out!
I can't remember, have you started opks this month? Where are you at? X

Does anyone know whether it is likely I’ll ovulate this month, after having come off the pill and had a withdrawal bleed, now on CD 15 if counting from start of withdrawal bleed. Or is it a totally lost cause until I have another period? We’ve been DTD at least every other day since what would be CD 6. I just don’t know whether to count this time or if it totally doesn’t count? I’m not using OPKs or anything like that yet.

Argh I’m so annoyed poker night didn’t end well after I sat in the same room as DH & poker soon after mine had finished which annoyed him (there’s only so many rooms 🤣) so he made a snarky comment & I did so we ended up not DTD.

This morning I thought my CB digital had stopped working after DS got hold of it yesterday & I wrangled him, luckily 2 sticks down & it is working but 2 sticks wasted.

Urgh not a great start.

@LittleRa I don't see any reason why you wouldn't ovulate this cycle. Do you usually have physical telltale signs like EWCM, cramps etc?

@Minster2012 haha oh dear 🙈 that sort of thing happens with DH and I all the time, a little tiff and there's no way we're touching each other! You're still far enough away from peak though so I wouldn't worry too much, just have make up sex tonight 😂

@Skip86 that’s what I thought, if we did it last night it would just be because & I didn’t want to do it like that, rather have better sex tonight! 😂so will make an effort for that instead, so now got 8 sticks left & really hope I don’t have a long cycle 😂 might leave a couple of days & hope it turns to a smile - fingers crossed for you too, it’s frustrating

@Skip86 Best thing anyway just DTD every other day, although it can become a bit blah, we did that last cycle (did miss quite a few days cause life sometimes gets in the way & well a 5 year old hahaha) 😂 SMEP is such a routine, weve had to make laughs & jokes about it trying to keep it a bit light hearted too so it doesnt become a chore 🙈 I'm on CD4 so still have AF, planning to start testing & DTD on Monday which will be CD8. Where are u in this cycle im so bad at remembering 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Minster2012 How funny is it when those nights happen, but not funny if it was ovulation day or FW week 😂 what CD are u? Maybe 8 sticks could be enough, if not maybe order cheapy OPKs to get u through rest cycle just incase.

@LittleRa I came off the pill towards the end of April and had a withdrawal bleed. I’m fairly sure I ovulated CD12 counting from the first day of the bleed as I had an LH peak CD11 and a BBT rise CD13 which has stayed up (CD16 now). So definitely possible that you’ve ovulated too, I’m not sure what is most common (I suspect nobody knows). Fingers crossed we’re both back in business.

@KRK05 I’m CD11 today but I have no idea about my cycles, if this is even my first proper one GARGHHHH I have IC OPKs I’m just worried I will mess them up.

I’ve started to pay attention to CM, do other ppl track that? I don’t know if I’m in between sticky & creamy?! Is that a thing?? Def cream coloured, not all is sticky though some like lotion, so for femometer do I log as sticky or creamy??

It’s a minefield!!

And def fingers crossed for you both @Spinningthewheel & @LittleRa that you are back to normal cycles

@MrsLBear how are you?

@Minster2012 I have been finding it difficult determining what CM is what too! I think until you've tracked it for a few cycles and got to know what your body does then it's hard to know what to put it down as. Even more difficult with cervix position and no idea whether it's open or closed 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️

@LittleRa I'm in the same boat as you, I'm CD13 today after coming off the pill. I think we do have a chance as I've heard rumours some people are super fertile just after coming off the pill!

I've been using OPKs for the first time, started CD10, but so far a big fat zero. Feel like my body hasn't quite got into gear yet!!

@Minster2012 What other OPKs do u have? I originally bought One Step but just ordered Easy@Home cause most people recommended them & go with the Premom app so hopefully there ok 🤞🏻 I'm just doing them really so there logged in chart so I can see previous cycles.

I have no clue about CM either @Ltay2 I have a log of different CM throughout my cycle so I'm not even gonna bother tracking it, too confusing for me 🙈😂

I have femometer OPKs @KRK05 yes I’m tying to get a handle on it, same as with the CM really.

It’s good there’s a few of us around the same stage though we can certainly support each other!

@Amy00 I felt the same as opks were all negative, then one day it was high and the next peak, so it all happened quite suddenly.

I’ve tried tracking CM but other than one day which was fairly clearly EW I haven’t known what to make of it really. Cervix position/texture/openness is even worse, just seems the same all the time! I like opk and bbt though, at least they’re a bit less subjective

I have started OPK testing today, probably a bit early, CD8, but gives me something to do 🤣 FW starts from Sunday/Monday so looking forward to be out of the 'nothing' stage between AF and FW!

Hi,
New to Mumsnet, this is my first post (so apologies if it’s TMI lol) TTC baby no. 2. My first has just turned 2 and we have been loosely trying/not preventing since last summer. Have fallen once in that time but had a MMC in February at 13 weeks. My periods came back within a month and am on my third period since then and they have been pretty regular (32,34 and most recently 27 day cycles). I am currently on CD 2. Oh and I am still breastfeeding my 2yr old. Would love any advice or even just to share the experience with others. OH is very much a believer in it will happen when it’s the right time (which I am too) but also aware I’m knocking on bit at nearly 36 lol.
Good luck to everyone xxx