TTC Thread #2

[Daffodil21]

Continuing the original thread:

First time TTC - help please!! Any one else TTC for their first time? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/3914013-first-time-ttc-help-please-any-one-else-ttc-for-their-first-time

Tagging those in my tag list - sorry if I've left anyone out or tagged people who don't want to be tagged!

@AlisonLew15 @Bam27 @CEW19 @Dreaming101 @HJen22 @LennyAndToots @M4v3r1ck @Mrskcam @Rocky89 @SVC11
@TerryRose

And of course, our graduates:
@Peach1204 @Poppyismyfavourite @Summertime1992 I'm sure everyone here would love to hear how you're getting on!

@SVC11 AF due either on Friday or Sunday (my apps don't agree on the day as my cycle length tends to vary a bit). Planning to do a test either Sunday or Monday if AF doesn't show up. Also don't really have any symptoms aside from slightly sore boobs, which is a pretty normal AF symptom for me.

@Dreaming101 Good luck for your tests! I hope you can get your tests quickly and that its all good news.

@Daffodil21 nooooooo sooo annoying 😩😩 you'll still have a good chance if you DTD today tho right?

@JTB123 I've text DH and said he needs to hop on board as soon as he gets home! How romantic..!

I feel like with a 52 day cycle it's just not going to happen this month. I'm so fucking annoyed. A smiley on CD37 - my body is just taking the piss now.

I got through to the fertility clinic though - it is a scan. She couldn't tell me if it was internal or external so I suppose I just assume it's external and will have a full bladder. They did try and put me through to the nurse to ask but they were having problems with their phone lines so I couldn't get through.

10:30 and I have basically done no work because I'm fucking about on google etc again 😒

(DH just replied saying 'hop on board? Romance isn't dead 😘') 🙈😂

@Daffodil21 omg 🤣 at least he knows not to be late home 😂👌🏼

Oh good that it's a scan tho!!

OMG stop I'm on google literally all day every friggin day.....!!!! Also sat here with the same laptop screen I had at 9am.. oops 🤣

We allllllll crazzzyyyyy

I've been on Google all morning because I ovulated 2-3 days ago and now I have ewcm again! Don't know what that's about🙄 I've now convinced myself that fertilisation must have occurred and that means my eostrogen levels wouldn't have dropped so much and that's why I still have ewcm 😂 trying not to get my hopes up but I've started googling already! 🙄

@Daffodil21 late ovulation is better than no ovulation. Still in with a chance 🤞 I think it's quite normal to have a random cycle when you ovulate late, try not to worry 💐I know it's easier said than done.

@Bam27 fingers crossed that you're right! I suspected that I ovulated about a week later than my apps predicted and then freaked myself out googling last week. Now have forbidden myself from doing it hahaha

@Daffodil21 your husband's reply cracked me up 😂 At least you know that you ovulated. Hopefully the tests can help to give you some answers!

I took another OPK just now, probably should have waited a few hours, so might do another tonight but I had a faint line!!! And I've had white blanks for weeks now!

So promising I just hope it gets darker, AF is due next weekend 😩🤞🏻

Hi guys! New here. I’ve been reading these posts and I feel like I’ve found a new family haha! Me and OH have just started TTC this month. I think I’m entering my TWW but I only came off the mini pill about 5 weeks ago after being on it for years and years! I have no idea what my cycle is 🤦🏼‍♀️ So just going for it! I didn’t even want kids and same with my partner and then almost over night we both decided we wanted them! And now I’m obsessed help ha. Anyone else just come off the pill? My biggest concern is I’m not normal and I don’t know it yet!

@Dogscanlookup welcome to the fam 🤣 the obsession is real.....!!!

I'm on YouTube watching "8dpo positive pregnancy test" videos someone stop me 😂😂😂😂

Hi @Dogscanlookup! I feel the same, constantly worrying that something's wrong and I don't know it. My best friend got pregnant first cycle after going off the pill so it should be possible! Good luck with your first TWW it's a complete pain in the ass!

@acaciabluebell I went down that rabbit hole a few weeks ago. Watching 'what I did to conceive quickly' 😂😂

@Daffodil21 that must be so annoying! But hopefully you can still catch it and you're in with a chance!

@acaciabluebell 😂😂😂 this is literally me

@SaraVB 😂 it's so easy to get trapped! I've watched a few "line progression" videos now and the lines are practically invisible up until 10/11dpo for most of them. Hopefully I can hold out until then, or I'll 100% drive myself mad!!

@JTB123 @acaciabluebell going to jump him when he gets home and get him to set his morning alarm earlier for the next couple of days as well as evenings - going to try and cover all bases! I'm so annoyed with myself that we slowed down dtd over the last week. Never mind. Onwards we go..

Sorry for my sweary rant everyone. I have calmed down now (ha 😂)

Going to have to work late tonight now 🙈 haven't been caught up in YouTube videos yet, but endless endless amounts of googling! Glad I'm not the only one!! I hadn't been so bad this cycle, but this morning has not been good!!

@acaciabluebell yes apparently it's only after implantation that there's hcg in your system that can be detected by a pregnancy test so that's about 6-12 days after ovulation usually. Although I know this doesn't stop the temptation to test as soon as the TWW starts hahhha

I've never watched the line progression videos but I don't think that would help my mental state at the moment!

I've only got 1 fancy schmancy test in my cupboard at the moment so I'm hoping that will keep me from wanting to test too early!

@SaraVB Yeah I've heard that implantation is most common between 7-10dpo? So a lot of people start testing from 7dpo, but all the videos I've seen where people say "I can see something" at 7dpo I can't see anything at all. It seems like the earliest you can see a proper (faint) line seems to be about 10dpo. That is, if you want to avoid the whole squinting/staring at tests for 30 mins trying to catch a line in the light 😂 which I've definitely done before loool.

I might test on Sunday when I'm 11dpo 🙈 I don't have any fancy tests atm. Resisting the urge to order them just yet. I only have cheap tests, which I know won't pick anything up until well after my period is due.

@Daffodil21 good luck!! 😅 Fingers crossed xx

I love that everyone is as Google obsessed as I am! OH thinks I'm crazy.
What do you guys think about caffeine? I've gone completely decaffe but OH still drinks energy drink 🙄 do I need to have a chat with him?
@Daffodil21 sweary rants are perfectly acceptable 😂

It’s a horrible feeling, isn’t it?! Aw that’s good to hear it is possible! I feel I’m so impatient. I’m 31 and never been bothered and now I want it to happen straight away 😂 it feels like forever. And I’m worried when to test because I don’t really know my cycle length! There’s so much I didn’t realise I didn’t know about my body lol

Thank you, it really is 😂 and all the men just loving the extra sex while we faff about haha

@Bam27 Does caffeine actually impact men's fertility? I cut out almost all caffeine although still have a sneaky diet coke every now and then hahaha Google says it has way less caffeine in it than coffee so I'm thinking it should be ok.

@Dogscanlookup I guess it can be quite difficult the first month if you don't know your cycle length yet.. I guess if you wait about 28 days and test you should still be able to get an accurate response even if your cycle's a few days longer.

Just my luck my OH is just getting fed up of DTD on schedule and so often hahaha the extra sex thing seems to have lasted 1 week 😂

@SaraVB from what I can see on Google it can impact sperm motility. I don't know what to believe and what not to tbh, so much conflicting information on Google! I know it's recommended that the woman reduced caffeine so I just changed my coffee to decaffeinated and then if i have a cheeky coke it shouldn't matter too much. Just wondering whether I should get OH to cut down too.

@Bam27 @SaraVB my DH was told to cut caffeine after his results came back with low morphology (fertility clinic is not concerned with this thankfully), so cant hurt I suppose. If that's the one thing he has to do I'm sure he can cope! My DH used to love coffee but has switched to decaf pretty easily.

Spontaneity has gone out the window in our house 😂 although I have to say letting him know I'm going to jump him as soon as he's home is next level even for me 😂

Managed to (hopefully) book my progesterone rests for next Friday which should suit perfectly with ovulation, even though it's late. The lady was super nice and even though they are booked up she's going to see if she can squeeze me in, and around my fertility clinic app too! Lots of prodding that day..!

@Bam27 Yes that's what I was thinking too

Oh good to know @Daffodil21! He doesn't drink coffee but I think he drinks quite a lot of tea at work and diet coke sometimes too. Really keeping my fingers crossed for your tests.

I've just moved so I need to sort out my private health insurance and find a new doctor. There's public healthcare here so I've been really lazy with the private but I guess it would be helpful to have another option if I got pregnant or if tests were needed.

Did anyone else get tests done before TTC or before they had been TTC long? considering whether it would be an option just to put my mind at ease that everything was working ok 😂