Our first month ttc our first

[rosiej95]

As soon as AF disappears, which will be soon 🤞 me & my partner will be ttc :)
I've been keeping an eye on my cycles for a little while using the flo app & have been taking pregnacare.
Is there anything else we should know or do to help prepare ourselves? :)
Exited to go on this roller coaster of a journey & as no one knows of our plans would be lovely to hear off people ttc too :) xx

Thank you @beckyBP I'm in complete shock!

@rosiej95 no way, whereabouts? (DM if you don't want to post?) I'm feeling an anxious mess to be honest, but when DH finally got home I told him and he said he felt like he'd won the lottery so at least one of us is not panicking haha!

@CardioQueen thank you! I was on the pill from 16 - 27 (came off last February) and my periods didn't really settle, I had my withdrawal bleed and then my cycles ranged from 32 - 45 I only started tracking ovulation in September so not sure what was happening before that but September I ovulated around day 23 and this cycle was around 18. No point me telling you to relax because I got into a state every cycle wondering where AF was! Wishing you all the luck in the world with your journey

@Happythoughts91 we were the 13th we did rebook first September but it would have had to of been a tiny wedding which we didn't want!

Ah great to hear you're rebooked! I think we're just going to wait until 2022.

🤞🏽 the next 7 days go quickly for you. I'm on CD 6 so just finished AF and ready to go again. We're Wales so in a two week lockdown again now so hopefully lots of time to DTD 😂

Welcome @CardioQueen I haven't been on the pill for years so not much help I'm afraid! I think it's normal to take a few months for your cycle to get to normal though. 51 days is such a pain though. Hopefully after this cycle you'll be back to normal.

@maudesid how wonderful for your DH to say that!! Bless him. It will all sink in soon and you'll be feeling all excited

@CardioQueen hey 👋 😊
are you taking any vitamins? I took seven seas last month & it delayed AF
Not been on the pill for a good few years now so can't remember how long it took to settle them?

@Happythoughts91 so hard not to symptom spot 🙈 Sounds good tho!

@maudesid how lovely is he!! 🥰 So exiting for you! 😁
I'm not far from Birmingham wbu? 😊

Thank you @maudesid @beckyBP @rosiej95 for your replies! ☺️

I am hoping this is just a big anomaly and I will return to my regular cycles in the next month or so. I have no idea at what point your dr decides you can have hormone tests etc after coming off pill... 🤷🏻‍♀️

Interesting you ask re: vitamins, I was taking Elevit (sorry, I’m living in Australia now and I don’t think the brands are the same - but it’s a prenatal vit with an extreme amount of iron). I stopped taking it approx 2 weeks ago as I struggle with IBS and it wasn’t helping at all; after researching a bit I found it did not agree with a lot of women. Now I’m on a 500mcg folic acid/ 150mcg iodine supplement.

I've started spotting with what i would class as start of AF & I'm having cramps I'm 5dpo according to my app & it feels like AF is coming 😔

@rosiej95 I believe you can spot due to implantation and the cramps may be due to that too? Don’t give up hope just yet. Your only 5 days past ovulation. Xxx

@rosiej95 that could be implantation try not to panic just yet, crossing everything for you! I'm in worcstershire so also not far from Birmingham!

5dpo would be an early period wouldn't it? It very well could be implantation! 🤞🏽 for your xxx

App says I'm not due AF for another 10 days I've got really bad period cramps. I thought 5dpo would be to soon for implantation from what I've googled 🤔
Will keep an eye now then and continue googling 😂🙈

@rosiej95 I had no spotting but had pain 6dpo which was my only symptom other than sore boobs

Has anyone else been getting crazy painful UTIs since TTC? I never had them before and this is my fourth in six months...

How you doing @rosiej95

@rosieb060 I haven't! Bless you that sounds horrendous!

How is everyone doing? And our two BFPs @maudesid & @RLou3

Xx

@beckyBP it's so unbelievably painful!

@beckyBP haven't had any more spotting but having a few cramps. Still googling like mad too 😂 it's so hard to not get my hopes up this month now 😂🙈
How are you getting on? 😊

@rosieb060 hope it goes away soon for you, there not the nicest 😔

@rosiej95 you don't normally get these pains do you? Hopefully this is a good sign 🤞🏽🤞🏽

All good thanks doll. I'm CD 9, DTD last night and will hopefully do it every other day. Not tracking my cycle so far but might start again. It's so hard to no how best to manage it isn't it?

I did put my legs up for 10 mins last night after for the first time ever 😂

Hi girls xx omg well the tiredness is like nothing I've ever experienced - I'm falling asleep on the sofa every night by 7:30!!! Then husband wakes me up about 9 and I go up to bed and sleep solidly through to 7:30!! It's crazy! I just feel shattered! Also the horrible vivid dreams have been happening for about a week and a half now! I'm having such horrible dreams and they seem so real. Dreaming about people that I haven't seen or thought about for years.. and usually they end up dead!!! Honestly it's mental! Other than that. I'm good. Totally forget about being pregnant sometimes! Really wonder when it will feel real!!! Also boobs KILL in the morning, walking from bed to bathroom. How are you getting on @maudesid ?? Any updates?

@rosiej95 not to get your hopes up even more but that sounds so promising!!! When will you test? I got my BFP on 8DPO!

@beckyBP & @Amy259 how are you 2 girls feeling about it all? Xxxx

Xxxxxxx

Hey @RLou3 bless you! People say about tiredness but I don't think you can get it until you're dealing with it. You are growing a little human so it's not a surprise you're shattered! Glad you're good though hun! How are along are you now?

Feeling good! I always feel fine during and straight after AF, almost excited to go again. Really really hoping this is the month 🤞🏽 xx

Hi ladies! Sorry for the silence, my email notifications stopped so I didn’t realise I’d missed so much!

@rosiej95 sorry if I’m just adding to the hopes up but that sounds so promising! If I got spotting at 5dpo and some cramping I’d be very hopeful. The time I got a bfp I had mild cramping all the way from 5dpo, more like flutters than big af cramps. I can wait to feel it again 😂

@rosieb060 sorry about your uti, that’s so rubbish. It’s never straight forward is it!!

@beckyBP hope you’re enjoying stepping away from tracking and just having fun with it!

@RLou3 bless you, yeah like Becky said everyone talks about the tiredness but I’m sure nothing prepares you for what it’s actually like! When’s your scan?

I’m on CD5 and don’t ovulate until around CD20 so a boring stretch for me at the mo! But we’re actually stepping back from really ttc now with this new job stuff. Not actively preventing, but should probably stop trying for a few months (and realistically avoid dtd in fw..) but that might be easier said than done 🙈 xxx

@beckyBP not usually this early before AF but not sure if my mind is playing tricks 😩
Just wish I could no for sure. 🙈
Ahh amazing! Sounds promising 🤞 😂 All this efffort were putting in we will all get our
Bfp's & won't wanna dtd, our partners will be like 🥺 😂😂

@RLou3 so I'm 7dpo today & trying to resist the urge to test today 😂 I'm going to get a test & then test tomorrow 🤞 what time of the day did you test?
Bless you, hope the tiredness passes soon for you! It's so exiting!! Are you booking an early scan or anything? :)

@rosiej95 I tested about 8pm in the evening!! Get a FRER so there's no misunderstanding! Xx

Husband wants me to book an early scan for ASAP. I'm less keen - it's so weird. The stress just doesn't stop. You finally get pregnant and now you worry that it's actually all going ok... I also really don't want an internal scan. My friend had one at 6 weeks and started bleeding really bad the next day. Thankfully everything turned out ok but I know I'll probably pass out if that happens to me! 😂😂😩😩😩

Yeah honestly I've never known tiredness like this - literally CANNOT keep eyes open come 7ish! So crazy!!!

I'm so close to my family so told my mum the night we found out and then my brother, his gf and my dad all together a few days later. Mum and dad are SO excited - they all are tbh. It's just so weird that I can't feel it's properly real yet!!! Get a bit annoyed when it's all they want to talk about. I'm just a miserable old cow to be honest lol!!

I'm going to be 6 weeks this week (Thursday I think). Time is flying already!!!

I'll probably have an early scan not this weekend but the weekend after.. MAYBE... trying to build myself up to it xxxxxxx

Hey girls. I wrote on here a few day’s ago but haven’t set your chat continue as don’t get notifications. Sorry! Hope you don’t mind me joining back in.

It’s all very exciting and have loved catching up. It’s lovely to see positive stories.

I’m coming to the end off my TWW and struggling to not test. I don’t think I am this month but just want to know. It is only my first month so I know it’s very unlikely.

I’m due to test on Friday but wondering if a FRER would pick up now? Xx

Hi guys! Just spent my afternoon reading the whole thread and -no regrets- I feel like I know everyone already!!

@rosiej95 I’ve got all my fingers and toes crossed for you. Keep us updated!

@maudesid and @RLou3 massive congratulations to you both!! What amazing news I bet it’s still taking time to sink in that it’s actually happening now! OMG. @maudesid I have long cycles like you and it worries me, but seeing you get the BFP honestly has helped calm my nerves. Also as if your partner said it feels like he’s won the lottery, when I tell you my heart BURST reading that. ❤️

Good luck to everyone else on the thread!!! I hope you all don’t mind me joining the party late!

This is my first cycle TTC, I’ve been the opposite to you guys in the sense that I really want a baby but the carrying a baby and going through labour absolutely petrifies me so I’m not in a massive rush to conceive and feeling chill at the mo but reading this whole thread has made me feel less isolated and has actually got me really excited so I hope you don’t mind me joining I think being part of this thread will do wonders for my nerves and we are all in this together!!

I’m 24 and been with DH 5 years now, he’s wanted children for sooo long and now I’m on the same wave length it just feels like the right time. My periods vary in the past year they’ve been as short as 29 days and as long as 69 days although that was at the beginning of them pandemic so I put that down to stress. They’re usually between 30-40 days. I started OPK testing from CD 12 with clear blue advanced and I’m currently on CD19 and have had 5 flashy smiley faces so far. We’ve been DTD every other day since CD6 and every day since the flashy smileys. Worried it might be too much but I can’t stop now I don’t want to miss the peak, if it ever comes! My app (I use Flo) is telling me I will ovulate on CD22 which is this Friday so I'm preparing for more flashies this week.

Apart from using OPKs I’m taking a daily folic acid, keeping fitness up and eating a little healthier. DH is taking vitamins and working out also. Read on this thread about caffeine too and he drinks that a lot whilst he’s at work so I’ll have a word tonight about cutting it down or out altogether.

I just wanna be impregnated already skip forward 9 months and have my lil baby. Let the real fun begin!

@Happythoughts91 what DPO are you on now, or when is af due?

@meganlea welcome! Glad the thread made you feel a bit less alone in it all and also really pleased you’re chill about it - it’s definitely sent me loopy a few times!! And well done for dtd so much, remember to keep your fluids up 😂😂

I’m due AF on Friday so would be due to test then. I used OPK and had my peak exactly on day 14. Seeing as it’s my first month off the pill I feel lucky it’s not been all over the place.

I had terrible Ovulation pains, something I’ve never had before. I guess being on the pill I haven’t ovulated so wouldn’t of had them? and I’m very lucky I’ve never had AF pains or cramps.

I haven’t had no spotting. But I did feel ‘weird’ and that’s only stopped today. I can’t really describe it. A feeling still in my left side even though I had stopped ovulation and almost like a pulling feeling when stretching. And very slightly cramps again all on the left side. My boobs were really tender from ovulation. But since yesterday any ‘symptoms’ have gone. And I feel nothing and like complete normal.

I don’t a little bit of googling and saw discomfort etc can still be implantation but I’m not to sure. I feel normal time now.

We DTD every day for 11 days straight so you never know but don’t feel hopefully.

I sent my other half to the shops to get a FRER but I’m not feeling hopefully so not in a rush to test. But want to know if that’s makes sense. I know it’s our our first cycle and I have a long road ahead so don’t want to get too eager.

@meganlea Welcome I’m on my first TTC cycle too. It’s exciting but a little overwhelming but I’m just trying to be chilled hahaha