NEWBIE 🙋🏼‍♀️ TTC first baby - anyone else new to the journey?

[beckyBP]

Hey ladies,

Thought I'd start a new thread for anyone new to this like me 🙋🏼‍♀️

We're TTC after a change of plans when COVID postponed our wedding 🙄

Currently cycle 1 of TTC WITH AF due in 3 days.. I think I can feel it coming tbh.

Didn't use any form of ovulation tracker other than Flo (which I've used to track period for years) this cycle.

Ah @izzyboo22 I can relate to the cold feet thing. Sometimes it dawns on me what a huge, life changing thing this is! It can be quite overwhelming.

How is everyone getting on? So I'm on CD40 now, still no AF but I'm still getting BFNs! Not sure what's going on 😣 I counted the first day of my (very very light) bleeding from my chemical pregnancy/early miscarriage last month as CD1, as I read you're supposed to, but I was still getting a BFP on CD3 (got BFN on CD5 though), so I think it took a little while for things to adjust. I also think I ovulated late as I was doing OPKs up until CD25 with no positive results, so I got a bit fed up and decided to stop. If AF hasn't arrived by next weekend I'll test again, and if I'm still getting BFNs then I'm sure that's me out.

Just for an update, AF started for me last night. I think we're going to take a break for the next couple of months, so I'm going to try to see what's going on with my cycle while there's no chance of me getting pregnant. 🤞 for everyone 😁

Hi Everyone, I’m new to all of this :) came off of Ridgevon on 18th sept, had withdrawal bleed, and now (according to various apps) in my ovulation window. Although who knows if I’ve ovulated this month 🤷🏼‍♀️ Just seeing how it goes for now! Good luck to everyone!

Hi, can I join?

TTC #1, on AF at the moment so just started cycle 5. Flo app predicts ovulation on 17th but this will be the first cycle I'm going to start tracking BBT and using OPK as tbh it sounds like I've been far too slack with stuff like this, I just assumed DTD most days around ovulation would work. I know we haven't been trying for long but one of my best mates just announced she's pregnant and it happened for her in the first month of trying! Obviously I'm happy for her but equally can't help feeling jealous and thinking there's something wrong with me! I never thought I'd be like this!

Also on antibiotics for UTI at the moment which seems to be a monthly occurrence now 😢.

Good luck @Meg87 just chill out the next few months especially with Christmas round the corner!! Take advantage of the Baileys and Prosecco 🥳

Welcome to the other newbies ☺️

I think last time I wrote in here I was had a mild breakdown on my 1000 day cycle😅😂 I'm on cycle day 33 now and my apps are saying AF is due by the end of the week! But we shall see 🙃

So ready for it to arrive so it can be the start of a new month! I reeeeally want it to be my month! I swear there's a huge baby boom of Covid babies atm there's a new announcement nearly every few days on insta! Dreaming of the day of it being "our turn"

@doublecheeseburgermediumfries ugh long cycles are the worst aren't they! They get your hopes up when your period doesn't arrive, and mean you get fewer attempts at conceiving 😣 have you always had quite long cycles? Mine seem to have got longer over the last few months, annoying!

@Meg87 yes! This thread started in July? And I think I've had 2 cycles since July 😂 whereas others have probably had 3/4!

I never really tracked my cycle until about last December when we started to seriously think about starting a family. I downloaded an app and just tracked the length to begin with. So since December my shortest cycle has been 36 days and longest was last month which was 53 days. On average they're about 38ish days.
I started tracking ovulation two cycles ago (not including this cycle), I usually get my first smiley round cycle day 18 and then day 15. I've never had a static smiley tho 😕 so gonna give it a couple more and if I still get no where then I think I'll get it looked into.

Its funny coz my mum has 6 kids and my dads mum had 4 of kids so it's always been a joke that I'd be super fertile and it would be a walk in the park but it might not be so easy 😬

@doublecheeseburgermediumfries I read that lockdown was doing weird things to women's periods... Not sure how true that is but mine seemed to start getting longer after lockdown started. I was considering speaking to my GP about my cycle length as I noticed that on the NHS website it said that if your cycle length was more than 35 days you should see your doctor, but I think I'll wait to see what my next couple of cycles are like as they won't be affected by pregnancy at all.

I used to feel sorry for people who had short cycles as it meant they were on their period so frequently, but it would be really handy right now!