TTC #1

[PabsyPops]

Hi guys! Just wanted to start a new thread and meet others on the journey of TTC baby #1. I am 32, super nervous and have recently started to use Clear Blue OPKs so would love to hear about others journeys! X

Do you guys all use apps to track AF and ovulation? If so, which do you recommend?

I've been using Flo but now I compare it with my OPK result from this month it seems totally out!!

There's a possibility that I've not timed DTD properly at all over the last 8 months

@PabsyPops I’m using the Ovia app to track AF and fertile window recommendations. I haven’t tried doing ovulation sticks or temperature checks so far, just going with DTD every second or every day during the fertile window and hoping for the best! I also watch CM consistency to try and also make sure we’re DTD at the right time.

I find that Glow is actually most accurate for me when comparing with OPKs

@Em4815 @2020mission brill I will get those apps and see if they're similar! I'm supposed to be "just seeing how it goes" and not putting too much pressure on with TTC but I'm obsessing already 😂

@PabsyPops I am using Flo then heard it wasn't always accurate so thought I'd compare it to Premom. Both were different - Flo said 25th May-3rd June with ovulation day 30th May and premom says 29th May-3rd June with ovulation day 3rd June (just thinking maybe that app just shows days with the highest chance?) I then did a google search and on Tommy's website there's an ovulation calculator so I used that and it says 31st May-6th June...so everything is saying different! I'm quite fortunate and believe that my body has synced since coming off the pill at the end of March so my cycle is 28 days. I'm just going with the plan of DTD every other day whilst slightly paying attention to the above but not taking the dates as given. Xxx

@Peach1204 it's just all so complicated isn't it!

I feel really positive about this month for some reason - probably because we are DTD a lot more and my husband is loving it 😂

Currently in my 2WW 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

How many times are you all managing to do the deed during your fertile week?

On previous cycles we managed every second day (so 3/6) but was hoping to try and hit all 6 this month! Looks like I’m missing today though and Ovia is showing me a score of 9/10 for fertility today 😬 so feeling a bit less positive today.

@PabsyPops I'm in my TWW as well (or so I think looking at the apps 😂) and fit my positive pants on but only 2nd cycle so don't want to be too hopefully! Xxx

@2020mission going with the every other day approach at the moment. We were doing everyday but by day 4 it was a bit pants. Heard every other day means better quality sperm? Hoping that's correct. Xxx

@Peach1204 ohh I hope that’s true if so it’s a good thing we’ve missed out today 🤞 I’ll be joining you both for the 2WW this weekend. Let’s hope it’s a quick fortnight for us all

We were doing every other day in fertile window then every 2/3 around it @2020mission. As @Peach1204 says, I think every 2nd is enough and good for sperm quality!

@2020mission @Peach1204 when would you be both be testing? I think I would be around 20th June - it's my husbands birthday is 25th so would be a nice birthday present for him! ❤️

@TheDaydreamBelievers thanks for sharing what you’re doing too, you’ve all made me feel much better now 😅

@PabsyPops AF is due for me on the 20th June so aiming to test then too 👍🏼 although I have a tendency to use a cheapie test a few days before. I will try and hold off though!

Hi ladies I am almost 36 and been trying for nearly 2 years now for my first.

Definitely losing the ability to just relax that people who conceive quickly love to recommend!

@PabsyPops AF is due 14th but I'd like to tell him on Father's Day if it happens this month and I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret for that long so maybe the Friday before (19th). I would be so tempted if I'm late though! Xxx

Probably a silly question but do you all DTD at the same time of day or vary it? We tend to at night only and wondering if to switch it up a bit!! 😂

Morning or afternoon/early evenings here. Too tired at night these days 😆

We do it at night once a week maybe. Usually in the mornings or now WFH on lunch breaks too.

How are you all getting on? I've just reached the last day of the fertile window according to the Ovia app so now starting the wait... can't really call it the 2WW as I know I'm going to end up testing in less than 2 weeks (any day from 15th I reckon).

@2020mission I'm currently 3/4 DPO and not feeling any different so far!! The TWW is so annoying 🤣

And so it begins then ladies! I am tracking CM and think I am on for ovulation in a couple of days.

I go through phases of waiting for AF and other months POAS on day 12 or 13 or 14 (i.e. supposedly feeling enough symptoms to test!)

What I have learnt from these boards is that pretty much anything can be a symptom of pregnancy or a period haha

And doesn't that just mess with our minds?!

@PabsyPops @Flittingabout so true, I haven't tried to symptom spot because on my first attempt I had a chemical and had no symptoms different from any other month so I know there isn't anything to indicate it's happened for me until the test! This does lead me to testing earlier though 🙃

I'm not due AF until the 19th but I've got plans for the 15th involving drinks so I'm going to have to test on the 15th... just to make sure I'm ok to drink

My willpower is deteriorating! To the point that I've opened 2 pregnancy test boxes but then when I read the instructions it says to use first urine of the day if testing before missed period so I can't do it today. I'm not going to make it to Thursday next week (4 days after AF is due) which was my original plan so I don't give anything away. I think I'll have to do Monday if AF doesn't show on Sunday. Bloody TWW! 😂 thought I'd be more chilled out then this! Xxx

@2020mission

I think I read here that on average a test shows as positive from day 13 onwards so there is a chance you might be ok for a 15th test I think?

@Peach1204

Haha I have done similar before! I also got confused as one brand said afternoon urine was better!

@Flittingabout oh no! My issue is more myself as I want to tell DH Father's Day so I think I'll just have to make sure I have that morning wee for the next 5 days and then I think I'll be able to keep it quiet next week. I don't want to ruin the surprise if there is one! Xxx

That would be a wonderful surprise for a father to be!

Has anyone found any solution to the mystery of timings? When I spoke to the doctor about it they said that I would likely ovulate the same day thereabouts every cycle. But nothing on here suggests that is true as people have kindly shared their app data and it can vary by 10 days some cycles!

Is the only solution to have sex every other day for 3 weeks?!?