TTC Baby no1. The crazy lot. Thread 2!!

[CAG14]

New thread!!

Please tag anyone else I've missed as I have a terrible memory

@stabal
@mia1985x
@lt103
@lma27
@pippy20
@leobaby
@faith82
@butterfly5291
@stepmumsw5
@lozz22
@beckyBP
@crayon7
@jadeb1995
@nellyk84

Evening everyone. Sorry for the radio silence. After AF arrived I took a bit of time away as needed to try and focus on other things. But it has come to an end and I'm going to try and stay positive for this month. I find out next Tuesday if I am being made redundant or have survived the consultation period so that is taking up a lot of my time and energy at the moment.

@butterfly5291 A pre-nup is always going to be a sensitive subject as when you decide to do it you never envision the marriage ending. However it does protect you both and hopefully he comes round. I agree with the others test twice a day to see if you can catch it and don't worry it will come and if it doesn't you may have just missed it but if you have been DTD anyway then you are covered.

@CAG14 fingers crossed for you xx

@CAG14 good to hear from you. Please let us know how it all goes 🤞

@Stabal @stepmumSW5 thanks ladies! Love this group for all the support we give each other. Xxx

@CAG14 sorry to hear you're going through such a stressful time. Hope you get good news next week.

He seems much more comfortable with it now....and we had an offer accepted on a new house today so that's all really exciting. We've celebrated tonight with bottle of champagne....could be my last weekend big drinking for a while.

I went through this worry last month with these OPKs but @Stabal helped me realise I had ovulated so I'm still tracking my temp every morning too.

We're going away tomorrow to Blackpool for the night and feel like we should probably DTD but sharing a room with DSS

I know the struggle re sharing a room @butterfly5291 😬

Sorry just catching up. @butterfly5291 I think it’s a no brainier. You hope you never have to use it but a prenup in your situation is just common sense. Fingers crossed for the peak opk soon. I finally got a high reading on the Femometer sticks today at cd19 so hopefully ovulate soon. A whole week later than usual!!!

@butterfly5291 definitely sounds sensible - I’m a lawyer and whilst it isn’t my practice area I know how important they can be should the worst happen. So long as you both take independent advice it makes total sense. Hopefully it’s never needed but if it is at least you have something to revert back to! Good luck! X

Got to say since not bothering tracking or thinking about anything ovulation/TTC related I’ve felt relatively happy the last few weeks - with pregnancy being just about the last thing on my mind 😂. Got invited to a baby shower yesterday for my friends THIRD baby?! Like how many showers does one person need? And am I really expected to buy more presents? Having a shower for your first is fine but 3 seems kinda greedy! Needless to say I politely declined as think I’m busy washing my hair that day.... 😂

Hi everyone, I've finally got a high

Don't know what happened to my message there.

Got a high reading this morning and afternoon so hopefully peak will come later. We DTD this morning but will need to wait till tomorrow evening to do it again. I should be covered though right?

@LT103 did you do anything different this month?

@Pippy20 thank you...think we are going to do it he just needed to strop about it first.
Glad to hear your feeling happier and definitely agree that third baby shower is ridiculous and you shouldn't go!

@butterfly5291 oh that’s a good one, hopefully you’ll get your peak tomorrow!!

My high was lower tonight for some reason. Will just keep checking it. The last couple of cycles where I’ve done opk and temp they’ve been perfect. No idea what’s happening this time.
I didn’t do anything different. I’ve stopped taking my pregnacare just in case and gone back to regular folic acid along with evening primrose oil for ewcm which I’ll stop taking once I’ve ovulated. Don’t think the long cycle is anything to do with the pregnacare tho as I’ve been using it for a few months.

@butterfly5291 and yes you should be fine with that. The 2 days before ovulation Are best so the sperm are ready and waiting!

@butterfly5291 ohh brilliant! I would test again tonight if you can because that looks very close. You will definitely be covered, I wouldn't worry there!

@Pippy20 I'm so glad you feel a bit happier and I hope you've taken a well deserved rest 🤞

So this ovulation I definitely felt the twinges and I also had an acne breakout on the right of my chin. I googled this and apparently breakouts on the chin are common for ovulation and the side you get spots on is the ovary you've released an egg from? I don't know how true this is but I found it very interesting!

My surge was yesterday. You can see in the photo that today is already slowing down, so that means I'm ovulating today right?

@stepmumSW5 ovulation is supposed to happen 12-36 hours after you get a peak so I would say yes, it's likely today you're ovulating. But always a good idea to DTD for 2-3 days after you get a peak anyway

@Stabal thank you. We bd yesterday and will do today and tomorrow as well. Xx

@stepmumSW5 🤞 for all of this cycle! x

@stepmumSW5 all of us that should say lol 🙄

@Stabal fingers crossed! 💕

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all getting on good. @LT103 and @butterfly5291 glad you both got your high OPK readings and I agree on the pre nup, something you hope you will never have to use but so sensible to have and definitely protect yourself. I have too many friends and family who ended up wishing they had went down that route!

I'm a bit confused by my OPKs this month and was hoping to get your guys opinion. I usually ovulate on CD13 and get my peak OPK on CD12. I am now CD15 and still haven't even had a high reading never mind peak. I've been testing since CD8 and twice a day since CD11. I will attach the photo from premom. I am starting to think maybe my surge was a bit early and the CD12 morning reading was the start of it (I know the reading says low but looking at the photo the line looks like it should have gave a higher reading to me) and maybe I missed my surge. I have been temping the full time too and had a little surge this morning but not as obvious as my normal surge. Absolutely no exam this month either so far. So confused so any opinions would be welcome!

Meant to say on my last post @Pippy20 so glad to hear you are feeling better after some time away from tracking/ovulation/TTC. And yes a 3rd baby shower is just too much imo. Surely by your 3rd you have all the essentials. And expecting your friends and family to shell out shower gifts for the 3rd time is greedy to me as well. Sure a cute wee outfit or something once baby is here but baby showers usually consist of a whole lot more than that if the ones I've been to are anything to go by!

@Mia1985x I think there’s something in the air this month. Everyone is having crazy long cycles!! My opk still at high and no peak and now cd20!!! I usually ovulate day 14! Lots of ewcm here tho so surely it’s coming?? Temp dipped yesterday and today so 🤞

Given my crazy cycle I’d say keep testing twice a day and keep checking temp. I guess every month isn’t the same

@Mia1985x although your day 11 reading is fairy high. You couldn’t have missed your peak on the evening of day 11? What are your temps doing?

@LT103 haha I think your right theres something in the air!

My temp has went up a bit today but not as significant as normally. Although some months it does creep up a wee bit and then up further again the next day and stays up. I guess I will see what temp does tomorrow. Will keep doing OPKs too just to see. I was planning SMEP this month so DTD CD8,10,12 then even though I didnt get a peak done 13 and 14 too just to be sure. So hopefully have covered it and will keep testing.

I done OPK morning of CD11 and got that one that looks quite dark to me and then next test i done was 24 hours later so might have missed then. Sorry I said I was twice a day from CD11 but was actually CD12. So annoyed I didnt test night of CD11 now but totally forgot. Idiot.

Hi everyone! I've been trying to follow SMEP but somewhat failing. Firstly peeing on a stick in the afternoon at work and feeling massively dehydrated too boot. Secondly OH hating feeling scheduled and trying to get him in the mood. Thirdly just trying to get both of us in the mood when it's midweek and we're shattered and just want to go to bed. Last night I actually fell asleep on the sofa! SMEP with real life is feeling tricky. Anyone else in the same boat?