TTC baby no1. Looking for fellow crazy TTC friends!

[CAG14]

Hey

This is my 9th month TTC my first baby and I'm 33. I got static smiley on Friday on OPK, and now I'm in my TWW - again! I'm currently on furlough so the wait seems even longer and more painful and I definitely end up going a bit crazy 🤪

Anyone else in similar boat and need keeping sane?! Also any TTC tips you've heard of? I will literally try anything at the moment haha.

@msunflower I can completely understand you feel a bit more settled, it's having an answer isn't it. I shouldn't be saying this but I'm so sure I had the chemical last month straight after the miscarriage so I think the myths of being more fertile are something to keep in mind. Especially when it took us 2 years to conceive. But just a little bit of hope 🤞

Hello lovely ladies! Hoping I might be able to join?

I'm 31 and TTC baby no.1.

DP and were NTNP from about January until 2 months ago (I was quietly obsessing though and making sure we DTD around what I thought was my fertile window, so it did feel like trying!) - and are now on our second cycle of Proper TTC (OPKs, pre-seed, supplements, pineapple cores... you name it!)

I’m currently 9dpo and feel pretty much exactly how I usually do at this time (sore boobs, mild cramps, tired) except maybe a bit more dizzy and spaced out, so I’m convinced I’m not PG and feel very low and sad :( Didn’t have high hopes for this month as I’ve been off-the-scale stressed, but still.

It’s not so much being sad that I’m not pregnant THIS month, but that with every month that goes by the This Might Never Happen panic increases. I hate not knowing if it’s even possible for us. But I always feel so much better reading these forums so I thought I’d join the chat!

And I guess I’m not out til AF gets me...

Hello lovely ladies! Hoping I might be able to join?

I'm 31 and TTC baby no.1.

DP and were NTNP from about January until 2 months ago (I was quietly obsessing though and making sure we DTD around what I thought was my fertile window, so it did feel like trying!) - and are now on our second cycle of Proper TTC (OPKs, pre-seed, supplements, pineapple cores... you name it!)

I’m currently 9dpo and feel pretty much exactly how I usually do at this time (sore boobs, mild cramps, tired) except maybe a bit more dizzy and spaced out, so I’m convinced I’m not PG and feel very low and sad :( Didn’t have high hopes for this month as I’ve been off-the-scale stressed, but still.

It’s not so much being sad that I’m not pregnant THIS month, but that with every month that goes by the This Might Never Happen panic increases. I hate not knowing if it’s even possible for us. But I always feel so much better reading these forums so I thought I’d join the chat!

And I guess I’m not out til AF gets me...

@Stabal really sorry to hear you think you had a chemical, but it does make you feel a bit more hope if the myth is true 🤞🏻

@Stabal really sorry to hear you think you had a chemical, but it does make you feel a bit more hope if the myth is true 🤞🏻

Hi ladies. Sorry I’ve been quiet. AF arrived this afternoon so I’ve been a bit down :(

Hope everyone’s ok, I’ve read through everyone’s messages, welcome to the newbies :)

@squidlady I’ll be honest when I read your message it felt like I was reading about myself to a point haha also 31 and TTC baby no1, we started around end of April and didn’t start tracking properly until this cycle. my OH prefers the no pressure approach, but I’m thinking im going to talk him round to SMEP and I’ll be jumping on the pineapple core wagon! Haha totally feel the same about as each month passes the panic increases whether it will ever happen...

At least I’ve been able to have a beer tonight, silver lining haha

@squidlady hey! Lovely to have you on board this crazy train with us. I totally understand the whole panic setting in thing. I was just this evening trying to explain that to my husband.

@LMA27 I'm so sorry. 😔. Just have a fry, feel shit, have a drink and be selfish!!! Then in a couple of days time you can pick yourself up and prepare for next cycle and we will be there with you every step!!!

Thanks for the welcomes!! Glad to be here. Sorry to read about the tough times some of you have been having

10dpo now and symptom spotting like crazy despite myself...

@Stabal @msunflower sorry to hear about things. I think a loss must be hard whenever it happens!
@LMA27 sorry about af. Def takes a couple of day’s to get back on track so just do what you need to relax and be kind to yourself!

This cycle is going fast I feel. I’m now cd10 though just been told oh is away for work 2 days next week which will most likely fall on my day before and day of ovulation 🤦🏻‍♀️ Not much I can do. Hopefully the earlier days before ovulation will be enough!!!

Welcome @squidlady. We’re similar. Came off pill in January but only been properly trying last couple of months. I fee I know a bit more about my cycle now I’m properly trying just hope we all get our bfp soon

@LT103 Oh that's great to know we're in practically the same boat! Same, feel like I'm learning more about my body and fertility all the time (which does make me a bit furious at my seemingly countless friends who got PG first time and didn’t end up basically doing a degree in conception!!)

@squidlady I know if only it was that easy!! I feel like I’ve probably been a bit naive about it all because of that.

Morning ladies!!!

Woke up with a runny and stuffed nose this morning. I'm 8DPO and have no symptoms at all, despite me constantly grabbing my boobs to check if they are sore!

Bleeding back today.. Wondering when I decide this is a period not heavy spotting and mark it as CD1 in my tracker apps 🙄

@CAG14 mine were so sore when pregnant so last month I was constantly grabbing them to see if there was any pain lol we are crazy

@CAG14 I always think no symptoms must be good, as Lots Of Symptoms always seems to equal BFN!

Starting to be convinced I feel a bit different now though... strange pains on one side and what I'm sure is a metallic taste... got a FRER to test with in the morning when I'll be 11dpo! Need to start psyching myself up for more disappointment...

@squidlady 🤞🤞🤞

@Stabal is AF due? As in would it be around now? My boobs feel "fuller" but not sore and that will probably just be an AF sign.

@squidlady that sounds like a good sign! Fingers crossed for your test tomorrow.

@CAG14 no I wouldn't be due on for another 10-14 days. This spotting has been off and on since the 6th which was week after my last period ended. Absolutely sick of it lol

@stabal I thought that might be the case as you have been spotting so much on and off. It must be so frustrating. Any luck with the doctors appointment?

I think AF is going to make an early appearance as I have the usual cramp like symptoms today. I will worry if she does come early as second month in a row that my cycle is shorter and I'm only 8DPO making my luteal phase too short. Hopefully she stays away :(

@CAG14 @Stabal today I've started having the same sort of spotting I had 7DPO which resembled implantation (or now looks to be a early MC), it's definitely not like a AF bleed, I'm guessing this is my body flushing itself out of what happened? I've got some light cramping and nausea with it again too, and feel devoid of all energy 😔

@CAG14 doctors were about as useful as I imagined 😂 said it was just my body settling but I could induce a proper bleed with provera. I've been down this road before so thankfully know what to do and expect but I really didn't want to be back here. FF is finally showing I ovulated (I'll attach my wonky chart) so I'm going to wait it out a bit longer and see if a more period type bleed appears when it technically should. If not and the spotting continues I'll take the provera and restart a new cycle. How are you feeling today? Really hope AF doesn't appear 😔

@msunflower I would say that's just your body getting over everything. How is it today?

How's everyone else doing?

@msunflower yes I think it will be your body readjusting and nothing to worry about.

@Stabal well hopefully this at least helps with knowing where you roughly are in your cycle. Sorry they were so useless. Hoping your body returns back to normal soon.

No sign of AF this morning which is good. Although not due until Wednesday anyway. The cramps I had yesterday seem to have gone but they did feel like my usual pre period cramps. Hoping it was just wind or implantation. I only have 1 FRER which I am saving until Tuesday but I do have some IC one-step pg tests so I might do one tomorrow to help my poas addiction

@CAG14 ohh could def be implantation 🤞 haha it's literally an addiction we have to feed!

BFN, ugh. Not a huge surprise though.

I keep flitting between doom and gloom, ‘we’re definitely barren and I hate everyone I know who’s pregnant or has children’, and new age cock-eyed optimist ‘it’ll happen when the time is right...'

I wish there was an easy way to not be so stressed and anxious, ‘cause I feel like that’s likely to be the issue... my body feels like it’s 98% cortisol and therefore not a hospitable environment!