Anyone been trying for 5 months plus and want to chat?

[AKcheer]

Going into cycle 6 after AF...feeling deflated! Anyone else been trying for this time and want to chat and keep each other company and positive words!?

@Kirby173 I think during ‘normal’ times I would be booking a doctor appointment to find out if something’s wrong, but with the overload on Doctors and the NHS at the moment that’s holding me back, so I may give it six more months. I wouldn’t want to leave it too much longer as I’ll be turning 33 in six months! I have been using OPKs and also trying to monitor cervical mucus. The one positive seems to be that everything cycle wise is normal - so I’m not really sure what’s going on! I appreciate the support and reassurance x

@Lene88 it's so hard isn't it, I think during normal times I might have gone to the Drs too but then they do say you should try for a year and we aren't quite there yet. In my mind it's nice to know if it doesn't work then we can "do" something, i.e get tests. I feel weirdly positive about the fact we can probably get some help! Unless we are really unlucky.

@Theawkwardblonde how are you getting on? Any more results or updates? Hope you are doing okay.

@Jamill87 I was the same last month, I was actually late and had alot of symptoms. Kept taking tests and looking at them - trying natural light, camera torch etc 🤣 I was sure I could see a line. But I think some people say it's like an evaporation line sometimes. It's so annoying time is the only thing that can answer your question! I'm keeping everything crossed for you you get a BFP soon!

So I'm 6dpo I think. I think I get a temp drop the day after ovulation and have checked my CM but the sticks have never shown a peak. I have seen mixed reviews on these so not too worried. We DTD three times in fertile week. Halfway through the TWW!

We used conceive plus in the past and I did all the legs in the air lark. But this month we just tried to be semi-relaxed and have "normal" sex, if that's even a thing when TTC... Xx

Good morning ladies. How is everyone today? 5DPO for me so still a long wait yet.

Bloody oven broke last night while we where half way through cooking tea to had to order a dominos! Ordered a new one but coz of bloody covid won’t arrive for two weeks! X

@Rose2108 hey! No more updates here-went for further bloods to check other hormones on Wednesday night. Will likely have the results on Monday I think. Debating going private after that to speed up the process.

Morning ladies!

No worries @Jamill87 I think we have all been there before on our own squinting at lines so just wanted to offer the support if you wanted another opinion. It’s so hard isn’t it I think sometimes our mind plays tricks on us just because we want it so much 😭

@Lene88 really good point about the strain on the NHS sorry I didn’t even think! It’s just hard isn’t it?! It’s good you are regular and have been testing with OPKs because they do give reassurance that everything is doing what it should be with you. It sounds like you are doing everything you can I hope you get that BFP soon!

Morning @Sohe what a nightmare! Ooh 5DPO how exciting! Have you fallen down the 2ww YouTube vlog rabbit hole yet? 😂 I have everything crossed that you get your BFP this time around!

How is everyone else doing today? Hope you’re all okay! Xx

Afternoon not morning 😂🤦🏽‍♀️ I still haven’t figured out editing posts yet 😩

It is just a indentation mark I think, can't really see anything on the pic. I think I am going to get a bfp every month tbh! How do you stop obsessing without stopping trying? Every month I think it's too much and I am just going to let it happen without stressing then I get to the fertile week and it's all I think about. We have dtd quite alot this cycle but probably before ovulation. My Fitbit app says I am ovulating today but the pain i had a few night ls ago makes me think that i have already.

I hope everyone is ok!

Sorry I have been missing a few days due to illness.
My AF did come so I'm now into cycle 11.
One positive of the bug was that I felt so ill i wasn't even upset about AF, all I could think about was how awful I felt. A new month, a new hope. X

Hi all,

Just an update from me really, AF hasn't come although i tested this morning and BFN.

That being said I ovulate late, I ovulated on CD 25 of a 30 day cycle and I'm now CD 32 so if my workings are right it would mean I'm 7dpo which is probably too early to show on a 20miu test. Would a frer show positive at 7dpo?

My CM remains white and liquid,it's usually sticky and thick by now at this point in my cycle and by nipples are really sore and sensitive.

How are you all getting on?

Hi ladies, just catching up!

@Lovebug06 hope you’re feeling better now.

I’m on CD10 now and this month we’re loosely following the sperm meets egg plan, so basically DTD every other day until the peak/positive OPK and then a few days after that. Started taking CB OPKs today so fingers crossed my peak comes this week!

Hope everyone is ok x

Hi! Thought I’d join the thread as I’m on cycle 9 of TTC and no luck so far. Some days I get really upset and it brings me down and other days I feel positive and that it will happen one day. Thing it would be good for me to talk to people of feeling the same xx

Hey @Bethy1995 it might be a little too early to show up so I’d test again in a couple of days if you can! Let us know how you get on :)

Hey guys how we all doing!!

Ahh @DuzzyFuck that’s good! Best way to be honest!!

@Kirby173 Oh good!! I love when AF ends so i can feel normal again. I’m always to try again every month which is good!! Hahaha I feel you! Every month is the month! And I completely understand you wishing away the whole year that’s what I feel like my life has come to!! I always forget to do my blood OPKs at weekends as well but I’m not trying to rely on them too much at the same time!!

@JLP256 thank you, it's so hard waiting isn't it curiosity is killing me, and also my bank balance 😉 how are you getting on?

Okay I am heading into the second week of the TWW and starting to go a bit mad. Last week I was totally fine but now because I am 8dpo I am just anxious to know! I am so distracted whilst WFH, find myself down google / youtube rabbit holes and then get annoyed with myself! I have to tell myself the internet is not going to answer my questions lol! AF is due on Sunday so I will just have to occupy my mind until then.

I am being so negative for some reason, I am basically thinking because I am a bit overweight and my husband is 37 that we are doomed! Need to snap out of it! In my group of 12 friends I am now the only one who has not had a baby... all of the chat has been taken over with baby stuff and it drives me mad. Not to mention it is very boring!

I am wondering if next month I might try the CB ovulation tests, would anyone recommend them? They are just so expensive, but might really go for it next month with these tests and the conceive plus.

Oooh @Bethy1995 I am keeping my fingers crossed for you! It is defo possible you have tested a bit too early so give it a few more days.

@Lovebug06 I hope you are feeling better. It is weird how distractions are welcome when TTC even if they are unpleasant ones! A chance for a fresh start, good luck.

@Kirby173 @AKcheer @JLP256 - you guys doing okay? I told my husband last night that I am not too bothered about the BFP this year as it would be better to wait until this covid madness is over, I am obviously lying but I think he is feeling the pressure! Trying to keep things a bit more relaxed!

To give you some hope @Rose2108 my DH is 38 and my BMI is 30 and I got there in the end. Just took a bit longer than the first time

@Bethy1995 ahh I know, it’s so hard to be patient! I find myself checking my tracking apps every hour as though something has changed 😂

@Rose2108 I feel the same and it doesn’t help that time really drags with lockdown and WFH. My DH also gets pretty stressed about it - the last few months I swear it’s been me doing most of the reassuring that there’s probably nothing to worry about haha. I’m back on the CB OPKs this month after using the strip ones last month. CB are ridiculously expensive but they’re definitely the clearest and easiest to use (for me). Decided to bite the bullet and use my Boots points for them (bit gutted about that to be honest 😂)!

Very confused. Gp did follow up bloods checking other hormones (didn't say what) last week. Just rang gp and been told bloods are normal so aren't going to look into it further. So day 21 bloods showed no ovulation but my bloods a week later for hormones are normal. Wtf is going in? They wouldn't even let me book a phone appointment to discuss it further. Feeling so confused.

Hi everyone, hope you're all OK.

I've got a quick question regarding ttc vitamins. I've been taking 7 seas now for almost 4 months. I used to get ewcm around mid cycle, but I haven't since taking them. Anyone else experience this? I have found a thread with a couple of other ladies who mention similar, but there's only a couple of us, so it might be a fluke.

I've been using opks this month. The cheapies showed a low peak a few days ago, but a CB one only showed a peak from today, so I'm not actually sure what's going on in there! X

Hi all,

I said I'd keep you all updated, so far still no AF and I have decided not to test again till the weekend to save myself the disappointment but i had something weird tonight which is totally not like me. I'd potentially now be 8/9dpo DH and I BD and I was literally dry as a bone (sorry tmi), not feeling it at all seriously what the hell?!

Has anyone else had this before? X

Hi @Birchybirch - no I can't say I experienced this with the seven seas ones, I took them for a good few months and have a few boxes on order. I prefer them to the pregnacare ones.

@Theawkwardblonde - what! I thought for sure you'd get a follow up appointment and a discussion on your fertility! I wonder if they are just mega stretched at the moment. I would be going mad I think. Maybe private is the way, I have seen a few people on these forums saying they have had private tests and it's not too expensive.

@popcorndiva thank you so much for the reassurance :) that's so good to know. I think mine is 26, I have been on slimming world the last few weeks and lost 6lb! So hopefully I can lose some more and it might help! Let's face it I'll be stuffing my face with roses over Xmas so need to lose a bit now haha.

@JLP256 that's so funny because I also thought about using my boots points! I felt like I couldn't face spending the money but the points didn't seem quite so painful! I normally buy myself a perfume or something but I haven't used hardly any perfume this year so I guess I won't miss it... Surely one of us in here has got to get lucky this month!!! 5 more days til my AF.....

Hi everyone! Sorry I suck at coming back right away we’ve been decorating so when I aren’t busy I’m shattered haha! How are you all?!

@AKcheer I didn’t realise until recently blood test OPKs were a thing I just do the ones where you pee on a stick! My levels have started going up now so ovulation should be soon! Here we go again haha! How are you doing?!

@Jamill87 yeah it’s hard to see a line looking at the picture but have you tested since? I can relate to what you said so much every month it’s like let’s take it easy and as soon as you see the signs ovulation might be happening all of that goes out of the window! It’s hard to just go with the flow and relax when you want it so much.

Hi @Bethy1995 I have everything crossed for you!!!

Hey @HumbleBee223 that’s exactly why I am here too! I think especially now in these awful times where you could normally meet a friend for a cuppa or something we need to talk to each other more than ever. As soon as I joined this thread you read what another woman has written and it’s just like THATS WHAT I AM THINKING/DOING/EXPERIENCING! Makes you feel a bit less insane! I hope you’re feeling okay!

@Birchybirch I was on seven seas but switched to pregnacare but can’t say I experienced anything out of the ordinary with seven seas!

Hi @Rose2108 yeah doing alright thanks are you?! Time seems to have flown this month I am close to ovulation yet again (just had a change in CM and tests are starting to get stronger on OPKs) but we’ve been busy with housework so I think it’s taken my mind of things a bit. I don’t think your age or weight will be the reason. I know so many people older and more out of shape and unhealthier than me (one even had PCOS) who conceived instantly. I think it’s just the 20% each time chance and unfortunately we are the ones who will take a bit longer. We will get there though!

Hi guys, I got my BFP and am now 9 weeks pregnant, just wanted to come and offer my two cents.

We had been trying for about six months with no luck when I finally bit the bullet and bought Ovusense. The first month is when it learns your cycle, and it turned out that the glow app and ovulation sticks I had been using were both out by a few days. We DTD on the days it told us to on the second month- it worked on the first try!

I think it’s on a Black Friday offer atm, so I would 100% recommend, and will defo be using it next time. Good luck!

@Rachetine Thanks for this and congrats! I have not heard of this so will have to take a look. I suppose those CB OPKs are like £20 a pop so after a few months it pays for itself!

@Kirby173 Thanks for the reassurance :) I know you are right it's just hard isn't it. I am doing okay, except my cycle has confused me so much this month. I normally have about 26 day cycles, and this month I saw the usual temp dip when I was expecting to ovulate (CD 13) so just assumed I had. Continued to test my bbt and after increasing for a few days this week, it has changed my ovulation date! It's now saying I ovulated on CD18. Luckily we did DTD on that day so it's not a total disaster but still annoying that I was due on this Sunday 29/11 and now it has moved my AF date to 04/12, giving me a 31 day cycle and I have never had a cycle that long! And soooo long to wait !

Just frustrating isn't it. I never knew it would be this hard.

Love a spot of decorating, we are at it too!

Can I join?? TTC #1, Cycle #13. Currently 11dpo. Trying to keep myself from calling it quits and adopting more animals 😂