Our first month ttc our first

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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

@Chimboo I'm the same, I never wanted kids but I turned 38 in July and panicked, now it's all I can think about and I'm obsessed about getting pregnant

@Chimboo it’s mad the effect it has. I’m quite anxious at times too and I really don’t like things being completely out of my control. I think that’s why I obsess with learning timings/things to try etc because I feel like I’m DOING something rather than just waiting around for fate or something to decide it’s time for me to get pregnant.
It’s tough - is this your first month really trying/wondering? I promise it’s not like this every month, some months pass by and others drag. But you’re so so not alone, it sends most of us a little loopy ♥️

@DNpink82 I’m 36 soon and that’s on my mind for sure...creeps up on you doesn’t it

@Amy259 it is the first month of wondering...knowing I’m not the only one makes me feel a lot better! I don’t feel “normal” but now I’m also wondering if I’ve just got a bug or something and I’m reading too much into it. Also - maybe this is normal for me before a period and I just don’t notice because I’m usually super busy or travelling for work - even this year with all the rubbish lockdowns my mind has been on my husband and worrying about him...now he’s doing great, we’re in Tier 4 so nowhere to go, and for once I’ve got time to notice what my body is doing? Who knows

Hi girlies. I caved and took a test at 6dpo 👹 all the Amazon goodies have been staring at me for two days!!!!!

Pic attached - what do you think 😆

It’s a miracle! Xx

@TinyPuds that made me laugh out loud 😂

@Chimboo I definitely notice all the changes in my body WAY more now that I’m paying attention to them. The first month I was ttc I was convinced I was pregnant because of it, but I must’ve just never really tuned in before. Hope this is your bfp and tomorrow’s test is darker, but if it’s not don’t worry about every month feeling like this - the waiting doesn’t necessarily get easier but I’d say the obsessing eases a bit once you get more used to post-ovulation symptoms.

Aww @Chimboo hope you’re okay. It’s so hard to tell what’s pregnancy symptoms and what’s pre AF! Especially if you’re not getting anything from the tests. If you can’t hold old out maybe book a Drs appointment and see if they can do a blood test? How many DPO are you now?

@TinyPuds omg I can definitely see something!! Congrats! 😂

@TinyPuds 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@meganlea it is, isn’t it! Getting a GP appointment is like finding a unicorn in the woods round here so I’m just going to wait it out I think. Had a glass of wine this evening which helped with the “life on hold waiting” feeling.

@Amy259 you’ve really reassured me thank you

Happy New Year girlies!! Hope you enjoyed your last night of 2020 👋🏻

So I took a test this morning and to my utter disbelief I’ve got a faint line!!! What the hell!!

Do you see it too?! 😱 xxx

@TinyPuds I can definitely see a line there!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR GIRLS!

Been on a LUSH 10k walk today. Starting the year how I mean to go on. Written my bucket list for the year.. obviously starting a family is number 1!

Hope you're all well?

@TinyPuds can definitely see that hun!!! How many dpo are you? Congratulations 🥳

So it can’t have been a line I saw because my period just arrived, early - so unlike me to be early as I have quite short cycles anyway but I’m relieved this weird limbo waiting is over, and I feel like I know my body a bit better now. There’s always next month!

So sorry @Chimboo it's so hard when you think you see a line. Onto next month 👍🏽 enjoy a little break now whilst AF is here xx

@beckyBP 9dpo today! I think I might be 10 or 11dpo though as I tested again this morning and can see a definite line!! 🤩

Excuse the yellow mark on my test haha, I wrote in gold marker but it didn’t dry so I rubbed it off and it stained them yellow!! 😆😫😫😫 looks like wee stains hahah

When is everybody testing?

Sorry to hear af came @Chimboo 😔 hopefully next month will be the one! Xxx

@TinyPuds yaaaay look at that lovely line!

I feel so sick still. I woke up early to go for a run and felt like puking all the way round. What is the point in my period coming if I’m still going to feel nauseated and heartburn-y/gassy 🤣

@TinyPuds congratulations!!! What a great start to the new year 👶🏼. How do you feel?? Have you told your partner? how does he feel?? We need a list of everything you did to get here haha!

I always get a mixture of nerves and excitement during the tww I know it’s something I really want but I feel like once I get a BFP my anxiety will whoosh in and be like right now it’s time to attack 😨.

I’m either 5/6dpo today, felt twinges in my ovary area last night but I’m definitely just reading my body extra carefully this time round so it could have been anything. TBH I’m feeling so relaxed I barely have time to think about the tww this week has flown by already. Been working really hard on a Uni assignment, missed the odd temp here and there I’m just not too bothered about tracking post ovulation if it happens it happens so I’m loving being able to down pints of water whenever I want, not having to time when I go to the loo etc. Making the most of this before AF comes, if she does!

@beckyBP wow I bet you get great after the 10k, we’ve only been on one long walk this Christmas break which is really bad!! Some days I’ve had chocolates for lunch lol 🙈 Oh well, it’s still Christmas!! back to normal Monday and straight back into a routine.

Hope everyone has enjoyed their Christmas break if you’ve had one and getting your feet up this weekend before we’re back too it!! Xx

Happy New Year you beautiful lot!! Delighted to be going into another year of losing the plot with this little gang 😂♥️

@TinyPuds congratulations!! That is amazing news! So pleased to see your line getting strong too. How are you feeling?

@Chimboo auch that’s the worst, but you’re right - limbo is over and it’s a fresh start! It’s good to start noticing things about our bodies, so that’s something at least!

@beckyBP I can feel your positive vibes all the way from Scotland - love it!!

@meganlea I love that you’re having a relaxed tww, that’s the dream! Excited for you, this must be the first month you’ve managed to really throw everything at your fw? So fingers crossed 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Nothing to report here - CD12 today so still in a bit of a boring part. Fw coming up though so going to try and DTD as much as DH goes for this week 😂 xx

@Amy259 no early surge this time or signs showing early fw? I hate the boring bit at least in the tww you know you've done what you can but the time between af and fw is sooo boring it's like waiting for a new episode of your favourite show to be released, only they've delayed it by 2 weeks and now it can't come round quickly enough!

@meganlea nope nothing yet... Ive checked LH every day, haven’t been checking temps because I’ve had a drink the last couple of nights so just didn’t bother, but pretty sure it won’t have passed already. DTD this morning and informed DH that the sex buffet is open and repeat visits are encouraged over the next week! So hopefully he gets the point 😂😂

@TinyPuds look at that line progression 😍 amazing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I feel ya @meganlea although I'm desperate for a BFP I'll panic when it happens 😂 I'm the same. About 5/6 dpo. Glad you're super chilled!

Haha! Yes @Amy259 I'm super motivated!! Didn't do a 10k today but did do my 10,000 steps by 12 and have been De-Christmassing the house! Good luck for your fw. 😂😂 the second buffet! Love it.

I'm about 5/6 dpo like I said. I've noticed since I've been TTC (and am more in tune with my body) that from ovulation to AF I have very mild cramps but right through. Like if I'm preoccupied I can't feel them but right now sat here I can. 🤔 does anyone get the same? Is it normal?

@beckyBP yeah I get that too, every month. I’m guessing that I always have but I’ve just never noticed before TTC! It’s almost like I can feel the egg moving from my ovary, down my tube etc day by day! I obviously can’t 😂😂 but that’s how it feels!

@Amy259 that's EXACTLY what it is! You've described that perfectly. Like you say I've obviously always had it but never paid attention before.

I just suddenly had a 'is there something wrong with me' stress 🙈🙈

@beckyBP I’m not sure if that’s what it is, but it so feels like it, doesn’t it! I think I could guess which side released the egg each month, based on the feeling.

Apparently they can tell which egg it was based on where the baby grows from, because it’ll be the side it implants on. So if (when!!) I get my bfp I’m definitely going to ask at the scan to see if I got it right 😂

@Amy259 yeah it always starts on one side and then settles in the middle! I'd never thought about the possibility that it could be the egg but would make perfect sense it it was.

Ah yeah that's so true. I'm going to start making a note of which side it comes from.

Can I join in?

I’m on cycle 2. I didn’t detect an LH surge this time so I think I may have just missed it. If I ovulated when my app says I should be roughly around 5dpo. I’m still getting high lh readings when I scan my opk in to the app. Also having a some cramps and dreaming of pregnancy so fingers crossed we managed to catch it! Hate not knowing what’s going on.

Hey girls

Happy new year 🥳
Let's hope lots of baby news for us all this year 👶

@TinyPuds congratulations!

Been a little quiet the past month.
We have had the opportunity to go to America at the end of this year but it would mean putting ttc plans on hold.
December was really busy for me & I had zero energy for dtd so used that month to discuss what to do & eat, drink and do whatever we wanted.

no one knows our plans to ttc which is fine as we want it to be a nice surprise for everyone & also don't want the "has it happened yet" questions but at the same time there's no one to talk things through with 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

So we have decided we're going to keep ttc & see what happens. if we get pregnant in the next couple of months then we won't go, or if we get pregnant & it's due next year then we will potentially look at going 🤷🏼‍♀️
I'm on cycle 6 now with AF due tomorrow. in a tier 4 area so am at home until I'm aloud back to work. Which I have a feeling will be a little while tbf 😞