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

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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

@Crayon7 @Jadeb1995 I share the exact same feelings!!

@Crayon7 hahaha yes - all these people who ‘just had sex once’ who are you?!?!? What also annoys me is people complaining about their kids. In my friends group chat yesterday one girl was going on and on about the size of her car and how all their car seats won’t fit as they have SO MANY BABIES. And I was just sat there reading it like wow you have such problems I feel so bad for you 😂 . Some people just don’t know how lucky they are. I’m one of 4 and my mum basically didn’t even really understand what a miscarriage was until I had to explain it to her - some people are just oblivious to the ttc struggle, like they wanted a baby and low and behold they got a baby! 🤣

it's so annoying isn't it!

In my main friendship circle no one has children and whenever we talk about it they're like "I'm going to come off the pill in November so I'm pregnant by Christmas" I just sit there is silence and in utter shock but knowing my luck it probably will literally be that easy for them!

@Pippy20 glad you are coping ok. Such a horrible experience for you.

Well I still don't think I've ovulated 🥺
What do you guys think about the ones showing 30%

@butterfly5291 think for the to be a peak they have to be same colour or darker than the control strip. What cycle day are you? Would you normally have ovulated by now?

@butterfly5291 could it be that you o ika red somewhere between 21 and 22nd? There’s more than 24 hours between tests. You may have missed it? Any ovulation symptoms? Do you check bbt?

Sorry ovulated that should say

@LT103 I only got my coil out on 4th July so I don't know what cycle day I'm on. I think I was ovulating with my coil in because I did get EWCM and that was towards end of June so I was hoping I'd ovulate by end of July.
Is that normal to get a slightly higher reading then drop to nothing ? I know it's only my first month tracking but I'm desperate to know when it happens 😔

I've been tracking bbt too...but not sure it shows anything?

@butterfly5291 theres maybe an increase from around the 21st?
Is that Femometer? Tap the icon top right that turns the graph from portrait to landscape and see if it gives you a cover line!

@Jadeb1995 yeah it sounds like your high day was maybe the peak or around about them and maybe just missed testing right on the peak. I would keep logging for a few days and see what the opks and app do. Have you been temping aswell? Mine rose this morning so that high opk from 2 days ago that changed to peak was definitely my peak. I can always rely on my temperature increasing day after ovulation. So got on the pineapple today 😂

Good thinking @LT103, I would agree with that possibility that you may have got a peak somewhere inbetween your high 30% ones @butterfly5291 and actually looks like your temping chart would back that up.

I dont really get the logic of SMEP on the extra day you DTD after having a day off after 3 days. Surely that's too late? But hey ho will follow it anyways.

Ooh and I'm with you all on the frustrations from people just falling pregnant so easily and without realising how hard and stressful it actually can be for couples. One of my close friends was on the pill for 10 years and done exactly that. Ready to have baby so came off the pill and literally fell pregnant 3 weeks later! Then a couple of months ago decided they were ready to try for 2nd baby. Same again. Pregnant first cycle trying.

Obviously I'm happy for them but this has all happened and that full time from back before she fell pregnant with her first I've been TTC. Hate sounding jealous or bitter but sometimes you want to say why not me. It's not fair.

@Mia1985x yeah I'm thinking that too! I'm still doing OPK's each day now. No I've never temped before but I've got a thermometer in my amazon basket ready for if AF comes this month. Although we haven't done SMEP we are DTD every other day which is working ok for us, we're continuing now as not sure if Ive ovulated or I'm going to 😂

This is why I love these threads, I've convinced myself today that I don't ovulate, I pop a message on here and you've reassured me that the high day was probably my peak, thank you xx

Right.. cycle 2 I'm ready for ya 😂

@LT103 it won't let me because I've not added cycle info yet. So you think because there was 28 hours between the tests on 21st and 22nd I could have peaked then? Does your temp normally dip before ovulation? I've not had any EWCM this month.

@butterfly5291it’s possible. Peak doesn’t always last that long and it does look like your temp has gone up?
I’ve attached my last 2 months which are both completely different so it’s not exact. Yours looks similar to mine this month. I had one night where I tossed and turned all night and my temp was high. I don’t set an alarm or anything so they’re not all exactly the same time tho I do always walks around 5 or 6 so usually check it then.

@beckyBP fully stocked! Did you reason Luisa Zissmans blog about those supplements? She's helped sooo many people!

@Jadeb1995 I did! SO many people have said it worked so I thought why not!

@beckyBP I've actually got them in my amazon basket as well, if AF comes this month I'm going to try! Fingers crossed for you, what cycle day are you today? Are you doing SMEP or anything?

@butterfly5291 your temp shows yous ovulated. Put it into the fertility friend app and I'm sure it will agree! I would say you missed your peak on the OPKs. It can come and go within 4 hours!

@Jadeb1995 not cheap are they!! No I haven't. I don't actually know much about SMEP(just had to google it) this will be cycle 2. Currently on 3rd day of AF. How about you?

@beckyBP no not cheap at all!
I was planning to do SMEP this month but think I missed my peak so we've been DTD every other day but I'm still doing OPKs just in case and I find them quite interesting 😂
I came off the pill at the end of April, then second cycle we had a chemical pregnancy and don't try last cycle, I would say this is probably the first cycle we've really tried. We've also been using Conceive Plus as I read some positive stories.
I'm just so impatient I think and definitely underestimated how much is involved!

@Stabal so would I have ovulated at some point on the 20th do you think?

@butterfly5291 I would guess the evening of the 21st or the morning of the 22nd!

@beckyBP @Jadeb1995 I'm on all these too 😂