Conception: TTC Baby no1. The crazy lot. Thread 3!!!

[butterfly5291]

Starting a new thread...

I’ve just found out a family member is expecting again. Super excited for her but having those “when will it happen for us” thoughts 😢

@LT103 ugh I'm so sorry. It's always a gut punch 😔

@Stabal sorry for the intrusive question but how to check your CM? How would I tell the difference between CM.... preseed...other fluids 😂?

@LT103 urgh that sucks, I felt like that before we were even trying...I've just noticed a girl I went to school with is about to have a baby and felt that jealous twinge! How many cycles have you been trying now? I'm on CD16 and got high reading on CB fertility monitor but nothing on opk just now. I got my peak CD17 last month so feeling frustrated.

I came off the pill at the start of the year and we started trying March but don’t think timing was right first couple of months so this is probably cycle 5 so still early days

@butterfly5291 I suppose its quite hard to differentiate the 3 to be fair 😂 I guess you get used to what is other fluid and what's CM. TMI but I can feel it during the day and when I wipe it's very much present whereas 'other fluid' wouldn't appear all day long if that makes sense

@LT103 it must still feel like long time for you. Hopefully the week off has done you some good, even if you didn't ovulate then you'll be more relaxed for this coming week.
@Stabal I think I had some on Friday but that's too early for it to be helpful. I've not really noticed much else. Although before I got my coil out and I knew what it was I did have the EWCM sometimes. Could any vitamins I've started taking reduce it? I take pregnacare and omega3 supplements

@butterfly5291 it wouldn't be the omega 3 but could definitely be a vitamin in the pregnacare doing it, it really doesn't agree with some people and their hormones. Since adding the omega 3 to my medications (this is the 3rd cycle on it) my ewcm has increased loads, before the miscarriage I barely noticed any cm around ovulation but have noticed it in previous years without knowing the ins and outs!

@butterfly5291 I realised that since I’d started taking pregnacare my ewcm had almost disappeared so for last 2 months I went back to plain folic acid. I also started taking evening primrose oil as it’s supposed to help but you can only take it up to ovulation then you need to stop.
However since stopping pregnacare I’ve been ovulating later so I might try it again next month along with the evening primrose oil to see what happens (that is if we don’t get pregnant this minth 😂)

@jrw20 thank you

@Stabal@LT103 I don't know whether to just continue with pregnacare because of all the other vitamins and supplements it gives me (I don't eat a lot of veg) or to switch to simple folic acid and vitamin D. What do you think?

@butterfly5291 there's a lot in pregnacare that we don't necessarily need, even when you don't eat a lot of veg. I think it's better to stick to the usual folic acid and vit d to be honest!
@LT103 it could be the evening primrose that's delaying your ovulation, it can mess up your estrogen levels!

@stabal that’s interesting. I read it was ok in first half of cycle but not post ovulation. It def helped with ewcm. I’ll maybe just go with folic acid and nothing else next cycle haha

@LT103 the reason you shouldn't take it after ovulation is because it will keep your estrogen high therefore overriding progesterone. So if you imagine you have high estrogen already it can cause the decline of it towards ovulation go much slower. I'd recommend omega 3!

@Stabal I've only got 3 days left of pregnacare...maybe I'll switch to just folic acid and vitamin D. Why do they say best brand supported by midwives if it causes so many issues

@butterfly5291 there's probably no statistics in it just that it complies all the stuff lots of people need in one go so they say it's best but you could already be high in a certain vitamin and you're adding extra consumption of it. I think it's best to stick to the normal stuff then later down the line if you still haven't had any luck you can get tests for deficiencies and go from there on what you might need to add in

@Stabal good point. What omega 3s do you take? Oh is on Wellman... should i change that too?

@butterfly5291 I take this one because it has higher DHA, it's 2 tablets daily. Wellman is fine, my OH takes it along with 1 of the omega 3 tablets

@Stabal ah yeah they are the ones I have. Is there certain strength of vitamin D I need? I know I need 400ug folic acid

@butterfly5291 I've no idea about vitamin d dosages but I take the vitamin d better you spray at 3000iu as that's what the nurse in EPU told me to take

I think I tried all sorts of vitamins by now in this period of time, I wish I could recommend something but I don't feel like any of those helped as obviously no pregnancy.

@Crayon7 how long have you been TTC?

Morning everyone!
Just been catching up on the last few days of thread! Been swamped with work for the last week!

In my fw this week, so lots of dtd hopefully if OH has enough energy! 😂

@Crayon7 interesting to see how the Ava bracelet works, I was considering it, but it decided to go for Ovusense instead to track my temps, which I’ve been using for nearly 3 months now and finding it quite good! I guess they get more accurate the longer you use them.

@Stabal I've ordered vitamin D ones that are 4000 iu so will start with them and folic acid in a couple of days.. hopefully that will be ok for my next cycle. I've still only got a high reading on fertility monitor, boobs don't feel tender at all either. Woke up with a stuffy nose and tickley throat too 😣

@Stabal 2 years now

@butterfly5291 oh no, a rotten start to the week. Nothing puts you under the weather quite like a cold! Hoping you get a peak tomorrow! FF was putting me as 3DPO today because of that high temp on Sunday so I've discarded it. Hopedully that's the right move and I get a positive OPK today

@crazycatlady1981 happy BDing! 🤞