TTC October Crew?

[OliviaGrace1x]

Hey guys! TTC since March! Periods have become irregular since I took Northisterone (to delay my periods) in January! So my days may be off (deffo will be off) but it's worth a try. Just stress as my partners in the army so he's away all week and I feel he will miss my most fertile days 😂 any others want to share the journey?

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@CookieMonster3001 the first time you use a new reader for each cycle is what I meant 😊

Dates in the diary - that is organised 😆

Oh okay that makes sense!! Thank you!

I know I need to get a life! Luckily OH doesn't know about dates in diary or he would defo think I have gone loopy!!

Does anyone else have this problem. Every single opk I have done has shown a certain result after 3-5 minutes... but then developed afterwards and when I look back a few hours later, it’s much darker!

This can’t be happening to everyone else as I’ve seen people sharing their “opk line development” pictures and some show very pale lines.

I have no idea what’s going on basically. This morning I thought I was no where near ovulating but when I look at the line now it’s as if it could get my peak tomorrow. Any advice? Perhaps is the brand I’m using.

Hi all, can I join?

I'm also 23, I was supposed to be getting married this year but we now moved it for the 4th time to 2022 so have decided to try for a baby first. It's our first for both of us. I stopped taking my mini-pill on Saturday, bled sunday- tuesday (google says it was a withdrawal bleed?) which has now stopped so I'm hoping my body will start trying to ovulate soon :)

@AnneZ31 I'm not sure if this is the case for all of them but the last OPKs I used said after 20 minutes the results wouldn't be reliable...I was using One Step ones from Amazon. Hope that helps.

@AnneZ31

Does anyone else have this problem. Every single opk I have done has shown a certain result after 3-5 minutes... but then developed afterwards and when I look back a few hours later, it’s much darker!

This can’t be happening to everyone else as I’ve seen people sharing their “opk line development” pictures and some show very pale lines.

I have no idea what’s going on basically. This morning I thought I was no where near ovulating but when I look at the line now it’s as if it could get my peak tomorrow. Any advice? Perhaps is the brand I’m using.

No idea what's happening with other people's strips, I tend to throw mine in the bin after I read the result. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I wouldn't worry too much about it, read the result after the specified time and make a note of that. Maybe the material of the strip in combination with your urine oxidises and darkens over time? If you want to keep track of the progression, take photos. You can even stitch them together on your phone afterwards to a single image so you can see review the progression.

Thanks both. I hadn’t thought of taking photos, I will do that from now on so I can compare day to day!

@AnneZ31I have downloaded a couple of fertility apps and the premom app you can take a picture of the opk and it will log it against the date so that you can see the progression of your opks. It also analyses the colour to let you know the ratio between your control and test line.

Based on my peak OPK yesterday, I assume ovulation is today. DTD yesterday and another couple of times in my fertile window this week. Can't today, we're in the midst of a house extension and DH has loads to do tonight before second fix plumbing tomorrow so we can move back in 🙈

Hope it'll cover as many bases as we can even though tonight is a no go 🤞🏼

@bez91

Based on my peak OPK yesterday, I assume ovulation is today. DTD yesterday and another couple of times in my fertile window this week. Can't today, we're in the midst of a house extension and DH has loads to do tonight before second fix plumbing tomorrow so we can move back in 🙈

Hope it'll cover as many bases as we can even though tonight is a no go 🤞🏼

I've read that you are more likely to conceive the day before ovulation than the day of! Good luck!! 🧚🏼‍♀️

@bez91 Here is a graph too!

@eloiseislost thank you that's good to know. We didn't cover all bases last cycle due to working away and fell pregnant (ended in MC) so I suppose anything is possible!

Okay so i apparently ovulate in 5 days. Still no positive OPK (obviously) but DTD last night. Will possibly DTD again Tuesday as I ovulate Thursday. Does this seem enough?
I'm battling between actively trying and not making it procedural - naturally as a couple we only DTD once a week on average

@lilacflower12 hey! I'm also 22. Nice to meet someone as young as me!😅where abouts are you from? X

@OliviaGrace1x I’m in Hertfordshire

Can I join? Had our first DC in early June 2020, we want our children to be close in age so are now trying for DC2! We tried for a year with no luck before taking a break last time and fell pregnant the first month when we started trying again so hoping we get lucky again and it happens soon!!! 🤞🤞🤞🤞

@purplepoppet92 I think that should be enough! I would probably do it one more time maybe Thursday just in case? I am in the same boat as you as we tend to only DTD once a week and that's usually on a weekend.

I am due to ovulate on Sunday according to apps but still not a lot happening on my OPKs either, although mine are known to go from a complete negative to a dark positive in one day and then back down again, so going to start with my CB tomorrow morning.

So hard to get a right balance with the cheap OPKS! I drink a lot of water so I think this dilutes my urine a lot.

DTD yday for fun and hubby asked me this afternoon if he has impregnated me yet. Men are oblivious! haha

@cookiemonster3001 love that your hubby asked that!! They really don't have a clue do they?🤣
Have you been trying long?

@mommabear20 welcome! Hope you get just as lucky this time around! And congrats on your recent arrival 😀 x

@purplepoppet92 thank you!! 🤞🤞 AF is due in 17 days so getting more anxious by the day 😂
Would be hilarious announcing this pregnancy a year to the day (we have a family gathering 3 days before Christmas every year) after announcing our first 😂

Good luck to everyone else! Fingers crossed for us all!

@purplepoppet92 he was horrified when I told him that it might take more than one occasion for me to get pregnant, haha. This is our first month TTC and due to ovulate on Sunday.

@Mommabear20 fingers crossed!! I would also love to be able to announce a pregnancy at Christmas time!

Any one thought of any fun ideas on how they would announce to their family?

First CB test this morning and a blank circle, which I thought would be the case! Hopefully I get a flashy tomorrow morning!

@Cookiemonster3001 would also love to make a Christmas announcement! Every Christmas eve my partners dad gets us all scratch cards to scratch off at dinner, and I spotted pregnancy announcement scratch cards so would LOVE to tell them this way!😅😅

Have you any ideas?

@purplepoppet92 that is such a cute idea!!

I have seen a few, but nothing has caught my eye yet. I really want something that will be funny and keep them guessing for a little bit! Sometimes see videos on facebook of couples playing games like where their parents have to wear headphones, and they have to guess what the couple are telling them. Makes for a great video!!

Also torn between doing a pregnancy test with my OH or on my own and then surprising him after. He tells me off all the time for thinking so in advance about these things, he thinks I will jinx it, but I can't help it!!

@CookieMonster3001
I am hoping to get a scan done before Christmas and put pictures in our parents Christmas cards 😁

@mommabear20 would you tell family before 12 weeks?