August might be pact might be madness part 2

[claireb707]

Hopefully can get all you in here

@LeopardLover Massive congratulations!! I had a feeling this month was your lucky one! I had AF type cramping for a few days before AF was due and then for nearly a week after. I also had that 'wet' feeling you describe.. two weeks later and I'm still knicker checking 😂. So so happy for you!

Love all the bfps 😁

Omg I don’t come on here for 24 hours and I miss so much 😂

@LeopardLover!!! Congratulations lovely lady! Such a good line! Your poor OH this morning haha 🤣 so happy for you. Now put down the DIY!

@bh2210 Congrats on your BFP too!

@Sansa87 Glad you have finally peaked! I don’t tell DH about ovulation as I don’t want him to feel pressured. Sure some booze will sort your OH out, bless him

@claireb707 Hope your DH’s results come through soon and you get some answers x

Welcome @Hopefulmummie, so sorry for your loss. I had an ectopic too but in April. Last cycle was the first I could try properly again. Fingers crossed for you! This is a lovely thread full of lovely supportive ladies.

Loving all the BFP’s so far!

I am trundling on, CD3. Exchanged contracts yesterday and moving house on Wednesday so that will keep me busy til FW!

[quote Tigger1987]@LeopardLover I bet your OH was so confused initially. Ahhh have a lovely time away. Bet you are both so excited. It will be like a special secret between the both of you. I can't really help test wise as when I was pregnant with my son I did a few more FRERs then the CB digital but this was 3 years ago. You have such a good line already but I know what that itch is like to test. Maybe some form of digital would be nice just to see the words "pregnant".

AF still not here so 1 day late. I am spending most of the day thinking it is coming as quite wet (sorry for overshare) and googling every symptom!!! I have spent way too much on tests so going to try and wait till tomorrow to test again.

@claireb707
Hope you don't have to wait to long for the results of the SA. Which opks do you use? Really hope this is your cycle 🤞

@Sansa87 plying with alcohol seems like a good way forward. May help to make him more relaxed too![/quote]
I use both wandfo cheapies and the cbd advanced ones.
I really hope it is too but suspect we're gonna need help 😢

We managed without alcohol. It was unplanned and great. Woo!

Just scared him by saying I wanted to try again tonight 😂😂 poor boy (I don’t, I just knew how funny his reaction would be.)

I have work tomorrow, but it’s second day of peak. So definitely have to try again.

Am I right in thinking you chances go way down after tomorrow?

@Sansa87 I think today and tomorrow are your best chances! Considering you'll ovulate at some point between today and tomorrow, after that is a bit pointless. Good luck!

Anyone else left to test this month? I feel like we're half way through and almost everyone has tested already!

I should get a second chance at testing. I’m cd13 just now. Usually ovulate day 15 but haven’t even had a high on opk yet never mind a peak so guessing I’m later this cycle

Can I join you guys? We weren’t planning to start trying until September or October but I went off the pill in July to prepare and had my first period recently, been tracking ovulation on Ovia and using Clear Blue Connected this month just to work out patterns before TTC, got a high fertility yesterday and today and we got all enthusiastic and decided to start TTC earlier than we hoped! No peak yet but the clear blue connected identifies two days before ovulation I think so maybe tomorrow! I’m very excited but also a bit scared/nervous all of a sudden now that we’re officially TTC. Xx

Welcome @Freckle1 I’m very excited by the peak I got today! 😁

Welcome @Freckle1!

So glad you managed to DTD @Sansa87 😁

At what point is it worth making a September pact thread? 🤔

I feel like maybe just making a pact thread? That way we can always finish off a thread? Though I hope we all get bfps in next couple of months!

Congratulations @LeopardLover amazing news! 😁🎉. I'm 14dpo today with a high bbt still but BFN on tests. I have been spotting for the last 4 days (mainly old blood) but I am cramping this eve so I think AF is imminent. Trying to decide if I want to cut my losses and give up at this point as I'm going into month 11 now and it's demoralising going through the feeling of failed for so long 😔

*failure

Morning team! It's hard to pop onto this forum without being noticed (staying with relatives) but thank you for all the congrats. 😊

@claireb707 Fingers crossed the SA results will provide you with some answers and this cycle is THE one.

@Tigger1987 Thank you! We haven't even had a chance to really talk about it, but we his sister's DS is the absolute cutest and making me broody anyway. I think I'll order a digital anyway for later in the week! Assuming no AF yet? Feeling wet sounds promising.

@BuckleUp Awww, thank you 😁 I've had more cramping but my BBT rose to its highest yet overnight which was a confidence boost. How are you feeling?

@MrsB2019x Haha thank you! No heavy lifting for me now - hopefully I'll just get to do all the fun stuff 😉

@Sansa87 Really glad you managed to DTD yesterday and made it fun. There's so much pressure on the guys, it's understandable why your OH needed a minute! We DTD on peak days and the one after for luck.🤞🏻

@LT103 How long have you been using OPKs? Fingers crossed you get high fertility and peak soon!!

@Freckle1 Welcome. 😊 How exciting you're starting a month early. It's natural to feel nervous, I love how organised you've been and hoping this cycle is lucky for you!

@SS123456 Thank you! I'm so sorry you're feeling low. 😔 I had the same AF cramps, so I wouldn't rule yourself out just yet? The high BBT is promising too. Sending you virtual hugs and I hope you're feeling a little better this morning. Xx

Thank you @LeopardLover 😊

BBT dropped off a cliff edge this morning and AF has arrived so onto cycle 11 I go sigh 😔

@SS123456 sorry to hear AF has arrived for you! We're only on cycle 3 (this time round) but it's creeping closer to what would have been our due date (early Oct) and every time AF turns up I completely get the feeling of "is it just worth it, will it ever happen for us again?".. I do think it's partially hormonal though because a week or so on I'm always ready to carry on trying again. Hope you're feeling ok this morning x

@Freckle1 welcome and good luck! X

It's really horrible isn't it 😔. I have an 8 year old son from a previous relationship and he was a 'first shot' baby so I worry about why that hasn't happened again this time and if I've left it too late (I'm nearly 37). My partner doesn't want to go down the ivf type routes due to the cost and the nhs won't help as I have a child already so I'm not really sure what other avenues for help there are (if any)

@Freckle1 Welcome 😊

@whambam89 I think you're right, the moods while TTC are definitely not helped by the hormones present when AF arrives! Sorry to hear you're coming up to the due date. Thinking of you 💐

@SS123456 Sorry to year you're feeling low. Take some time for yourself and maybe have a couple of cycles off to reset your mind again x

@LeopardLover The cramping is definitely normal unless it becomes properly painful. Mine almost reached AF level of pain at the start, but I think it's just everything stretching thanks to those pesky hormones. The cramps went about a week after AF was due for me and were replaced with nausea 🤢. Got some anti sickness meds now just in case, but otherwise I still don't quite believe it.. Wishing you the best of pregnancies x

Morning everyone!
@SS123456 Really sorry to hear AF has arrived. Be kind to yourself. TTC is so emotionally draining.

@Freckle1 Welcome to the group 🙂

@LeopardLover Glad you had a lovely time at OH sisters. No AF yet and 2 days late. Woke up to a BBT rise and RHR rise which got my hopes up. OH went to get a pregnancy test which is pretty hard on a Sunday morning so options were limited. He could only get a normal clearblue one. So not sensitive and came up BFN. So I am going to leave it till Wednesday (when DH is at nursery) and if AF hasn't arrived will test again as spent way too much on tests this month!!!

@LeopardLover Congratulations 😄 this has really made my morning!

I am stressing with first month OPKs, had my first flashing on CB yesterday morn and again 9pm last night with cheap strips looking high but not peak. We did not DTD as did Friday and wanted to save ourselves for today and tomorrow. OH woke up with bad tummy (you can imagine what I mean) at 4am so i temped and did CB as couldn’t hold it and it was a static, he was too poorly to DTD and had to leave for work at 7am and now I have just done a cheapy and that’s peak. He isn’t going to be home until 2pm and I am panicking we will miss it! Xx

Congrats @LeopardLover that is an amazing line!!!! Whoop!

Think I’m out. I’ve got bad cramps, I feel hungover and coupled with my farts 😂. I’m due AF Wednesday so that would make me 11dpo I got a few of them pregnancy test kits with my ovulation kits and they say they are 10mui so early detection and it was a clear as day negative!
Xxx

@LeopardLover ahh congrats that's such a clear result!
@stickytoffeepud1991 haha that made me laugh. I'm defo out, now 8 days late with the clearest test youl ever see and absolutely no cramps. CD 38, all gone wacky
@whambam89 isnt that feeling so awful. Especially when people tell you things like someone getting pregnant whilst taking the pill 🙄 which is fine to hear normally but not whilst you're ttc!

As you know, I got my static smiley on the cb opk yesterday morning. That means two days of peak fertility according to the app.

I just did this cheapy one, & the line is non existent near enough. Does that mean I’ve already ovulated, & missed my chance to try again.

Oh already wasn’t a fan of dtd tonight after trying twice yesterday (once successful) so I don’t want to pressure him if actually there’s no point on the baby making front