24th June - 4th July Testing Buddies

[Littlebee1990]

New thread for those who were on the May/June thread and didn’t get a BFP, think we’re up to 14 people with a BFP 😍

Anyone who will be testing on above dates welcome, I’ll create a list of usernames and testing date and we will then support each other through the TWW, symptom spotting brain ache and AF arriving or celebrating a BFP. Great if everyone could give a little info about them too!

I’m 30, boyfriend is 27. TTC #1 Cycle 3. Tried SMEP last month and using OPK’s. Not even a hint of pregnancy yet for me but hoping for some baby dust my way this month!

@littlebee - 2nd July

Hi, I'm 21 and partner is 24 and this is our first cycle ttc! Will be testing 23rd June ahh. Trying SMEP but already have kinda abandoned that and just doing every day at the moment haha. Good luck xxx

Hi, I'm 33 and this is my 12th month TTC #1. I felt like I had so many symptoms last month and felt different so I will convinced I was pregnant. But I got a BFN and AF. I have a CB fertility monitor to identify ovulation. I will be testing between those dates too as due approx 29th June. Good luck everyone 😊

Hey! I'm 30 and this is our first cycle TTC. I have a total of one data point (first day of last period) to go off of but I should be testing in this range! Good luck everyone

Hi, thanks for starting a new thread @Littlebee1990. I'm 31 (32 on the 11th), husband also 31. Married 8 years, trying for our first (and only). This will be cycle 4.

I'm drinking grapefruit juice every morning which is supposed to help with ewcm. I've got preseed not sure if I'll use it. And I have 3 clear blue opks left which I am hoping to catch at least one flashing and static smiley on. Should ovulate on 15th and AF due on 28th. Not sure when I'll cave and test!

Thanks for the new thread @Littlebee1990

I’m currently on CD 4. AF is due 26 June - week before my 35th birthday, wonder if I’ll have an early birthday present? 😬

Sorry, should have said:

TTC our first. Never been pregnant before or attempted to get pregnant, last month was our first go but we were very relaxed, so this is cycle two. Not trying ovulation testing until we’re a few months in. DH is 36. We’ll have been married for one year at the end of this month but been together for nearly five years.

Hi , I would love to join I am 28 and my partner is 30 . We are onto our 2nd month of trying . Hopefully this will be the month.

Is anyone else confused by the fertility apps out there?

I’ve got Flo, Ovia and Fertility Friend on my phone to see if there is any difference in dates.

Flo is telling me I should ovulate on the 13th (FW 10-13), Ovia isn’t giving me an ovulation date but says my FW is 11-16, FF is saying I’ll ovulate on the 11th (FW 7-13).

I’ve used Flo the longest but I don’t understand how they’re all different 🤔

Hey all! Thanks for the new thread @Littlebee1990
Af due today and bfn on FRER so we’re moving on to next cycle!
My husband and I are both 25.
We’re going into cycle 9 ttc baby #2.

We’ve decided to ditch all the OPK’s and bbt tracking this month. I feel like it was just stressing me out and spoiling the fun.
I’m going to try monitor cm to at least have an idea when I’m ovulating but I’m just hoping a more relaxed approach will help.
We’re going to aim to dtd every second day at least throughout the month 🤞
Good luck to everyone! I hope this is our month 💫

Hi, hope it's okay for me to join! I was a silent follower on the old thread. Currently on CD3; and AF due 28th June. Fingers crossed for everyone on the thread' 😀x

Also forgot to say, this is the 2nd month trying for our 3rd. Already have 2 DSs. Suffered a miscarriage on the 9th April at 8+4. X

Hi everyone! Hope I’m ok to join, even though I wasn’t on the old thread. I’m due to test on the 30th June/1st July, and didn’t want to join the June bus with such a late testing date - it’s such agony waiting through all the testers before it gets to your turn. So thank you @Littlebee1990 for creating a group for this! I’m 34 and TTC cycle 3(ish) for #1. I had ALL the symptoms last month, but AF arrived uninvited on the 1st June. 🙄 Still at least I can have a wine this weekend!

@bubblybon20 sorry to hear about your MC - I also had one last month, it’s wreaked havoc on my hormones. I hope you are doing ok.

Hi All,

I would like to join please - although I think I might be the oldest one here!
I'm 37 and my partner is 38. We are trying to conceive our 3rd child. We already have 2 lovely children but lost our last pregnancy due to Edwards syndrome at 15 weeks. This is our 2nd cycle ttc after the termination and are hoping for a rainbow baby soon!

Due to test around 25th June if AF doesn't arrive, would love to join you on the journey! xoxo

Oh sorry just reread the original post; some more info about me (I think it’s much nicer to know a bit about everyone otherwise these things become such a list of acronyms and dates!): I’m an accountant (so exciting 😂), and I’m British but I actually live abroad at the moment with my husband. I’m hoping that a group like this will help me feel like I have a bit of a TTC community as with covid and travel restrictions I’m feeling a bit cut off from everyone right now!

Hi

I'll join as well. Although im trying to be relaxed this month. This is cycle 12 TTC number 1. Im 34. We have both had basic tests done and all ok.

I've tried pretty much everything so far without success.

Only change this month is im taking cough medicine to help CM. Going to keep everything else the same

Best of luck everyone and sorry to those who have been through tough times with miscarriages xx

Sorry should have said I'll be testing on the 30th of June. Currently have an ear infection and on antibiotics. Hoping it clears quickly and doesn't impact our chances this month . I haven't used ovulation tests so far and think we will give it a go trying to dtd every day around expected ovulation or every other day . I had so many "symptoms" and was 5 days late that I am going to try ignore symptoms and testing until AF is late .

Hey everyone, may I join in also? I already know some of you from other threads. I am testing 26th June. I'm 33 (partner 34) and we have been trying for a year. Have kept it to myself for this time (cannot deal with my own monthly hope, let alone the hope and questions of my family and friends).

This month we have gone all out and have OPKs arriving from post soon, are doing SMEP and OH is taking multivitamins now, too.

It would be nice to have a community around to chat to and share ideas since conceiving can be a lonely business and harrowing.

We are going to the clinic the end of this month to check that everything is okay. When we spoke to our doctor, he seemed unfussed about our caffeine intake but was interested in our drinking habits and specified not to drink after day 10 of cycle to help fertility. I thought that might be of interest to you all here :)

Much relaxation to you all!!

By drink I mean in the Father Jack sense

Forgot to say im due to test about the 30th.

@floraanniemackintosh funnily when i did dry January i did have a bleed which could have been implantation. AF did arrive later so may have been something else but did make me think. So last month cut down loads and nothing happened. I think people get pregnant without even trying and binge drinking that a few glasses won't do any harm xx

Haha, hopefully you don’t drink as much as father jack 😂

Good to know about the drinking cut off - it’s the one thing I struggle to give up... 😬

Hi everyone hope I can join this thread!

TTC #1 and on cycle 5. I am 28 and my husband is 30. Will be testing 21st June. Trying my hardest to relax and believe it will happen for us!

This month is the first time using Clearblue digital - on day 8 of my cycle I got a flashing smiley, today is day 10- has anyone else had a flashing smiley so early in their cycle?

Good luck to everybody, hope this is our month!

I don’t use the OPK tests, but I know when I ovulate (usually get some sort of symptom or cramp), and I definitely have ovulated weirdly early some months.

Thankyou @dizzypixie hope you're doing okay as well!

I also haven't ever used OPKs, as I'm only on the second month of trying I didn't want that pressure of using them yet. If no luck this month I will consider widening my options 🤣 x

I only started using OPKs last month (11th cycle). Before that, were just DTD around when we thought it would be. But as I hadn't got pregnant, we thought the OPKs would help us to pinpoint the best days.

exactly the same as me @Fran2020

I put it off to avoid pressure, but now I'm not sure if I ovulate when I think I do