First month TTC

[Pixiedust018]

Hi ladies,

I’m new to this and would really appreciate your help. This is my first month TTC. I’m currently on CD4 so still middle of my period. Just wondering what helped you all conceive in your first month of trying and any tips you have. I have clearblue OPK ready and have been tracking my cycles for a which vary from 27-34 day cycles with 2 random 45 day cycles one of them being my last cycle.

Anyone else TTC this month?

Thanks in advance x

@Moneypenny007 hi! I'm in Ireland too. I also wanted to change jobs this year. We've decided to start trying now as DH is working from home and I'm off work until the beauty industry re opens.

I'm going to figure out work after we hopefully have our first child. I will most likely do 3/4 day weeks and my current position only have full time available so I said I'd worry about all that after we have a baby. It would be a nice countdown in work too!

If you are ok financially why not see how things go!

@PineappleSun hi! Mmm nandos. I am craving it now haha! I haven't done any ovulation tests I'm just tracking on an app. Maybe I should try it though

@Rmd123 At the minute we are ok, I changed in September last year and I think regardless of baby or not my contract would be pretty much up this time next year. I'm the main earner, but dh is working too. This will be our 3rd and last baby. I had pnd after the last one so put off ttc with all that was going on. I dont want the age gap to be any bigger than it already is.

@Moneypenny007 if you & DH feel ready then go for it!

@Rmd123 that sounds like a plan, no need to stress about work yet, there’s a whole adventure infront of you yet! A very exciting one.

I’m in the care industry, with days that can be tough both physically & mentally so I’ll just have the conversation with my manager when the positive test comes!

Hope everyone has had a good day.

@RadDarwazeh hi to you too! I'm still learning everything and when I found ovulation can be different days every month I thought I'd better get some, plus any excuse to buy exciting new things. I'm sure they'll get tedious as the months go on though.

@PineappleSun it’s mad how no matter how much you tell yourself your going to take a relaxed approach, it quickly consumes you

I find myself constantly reading through different threads on here to pass the time by, I think it’s because it’s my first month so I’m still getting to grips with understanding it all! That’s what I’m telling myself anyway hahaha

@shannonl26 absolutely! I've been watching for a week trying to decide who my people are and which thread to join. I've also been googling all the acronyms so I sound vaguely like I know what I'm talking about

@PineappleSun it’s lush finding people in a similar boat, we can all go crazy together I think I’ll feel a lot more chilled after the first month, I mean that’s probably a big fat lie BUT atleast I’ll understand my cycles more, maybe?

Me & DH are aiming to DTD every other day basically until AF shows up because ovulation is a mysterious thing

@shannonl26 you're right, it's great to find all these women at exactly the same stage as well. I think I'll drive DH insane if I only talk to him about it, he is trying to learn though, bless him.
I think I'd be too knackered for every other day at the moment but I can see me turning into a total sex pest if nothing happens for a few months!

@PineappleSun oh I know, I don’t say a lot to DH, if I find my own cycle confusing he certainly isn’t going to understand

Our main thing is to NOT turn it into a chore & still enjoy each other.

I’ve heard not to do a opk with fmu as it can be inaccurate, is this true? I’ll wait a few hours now before doing one today but thought I’d get your opinions on it

@shannonl26 I'm no expert by any means, things I've read say wait until the early afternoon as LH rises throughout the day and don't drink loads in the couple of hours before. I thought I had a positive two days after Clue said I was ovulating but I've seen other people mention the result line should be as strong as the control line and mine was weaker. I did five tests over four days (I had a duff one) and it definitely got stronger as time went on so hopefully we dtd around the peak but I'm not overly optimistic with it being the first cycle and all. Are you using any tracking apps?

@PineappleSun I’m glad I’ve not been the only one googling acronyms!! There are SO many I can’t keep track!

@shannonl26 I’ve read that a few times on various threads it can give a false positive. I’m waiting until about 10am to do mine. I’m desperate to do it as I am sure I’m ovulating very soon.

@PineappleSun I’m using Flo atm, I had a look at a few other apps like Ovia & found Flo to be the most user friendly, what ones are you using? I’m going to give it a few hours before testing then!

@Eaststreet ahh thank you, that sounds like a plan. I’m slowly getting the hang of understanding my cycles & how it all works. I’ve still got achy legs & dull belly aches so I think it could be here anytime soon now, hopefully me & DH catch the peak! How are you?

@Eaststreet SO many, fmu was the first one today.. Let us know what your test says, might just be the first cycle effect but I'm so excited for everyone

I'm only using Clue at the moment, I quite like the layout but it annoys me that I can't put my own ovulation in based on opk. I did have Ovia for a while but I found the along of data you could enter a bit overwhelming. How is Flo working for you?

@PineappleSun @shannonl26

I am excited for us too! Hoping one of us gets a BFP this month but that’s probably wishful thinking!

I am using Flo too, which I’m finding good to use, I think it helps to have something you can look at and use. It makes me feel a bit more in control of this journey. This will be my first month using it and using OPK’s so I’m interested to see how accurate the ovulation prediction is on it.

Has anyone downloaded the Premom app, you can take the photos of your OPK’s and it scans them to give you a reading. I’m not sure how accurate it is. But I am enjoying it!

@Eaststreet @PineappleSun

I haven’t seen clue, I’ll have a nosey at that one I think! I love looking at all the different apps I’m not paying extreme attention to them this month as a few of them gave me completely different ovulation dates

I do love Flo, it’s so simple to use & has all the info you need. As it’s only my first month TTC it suits me well, doesn’t overwhelm you.

I had a look on my Apple App Store but I couldn’t find pre mom, unless I’m just missing it?

@shannonl26 I think it’s ‘Ovulation tracker by Pre Mom’ . My opk’s came with a leaflet about it, they were the ones from Amazon, 50 in the box.
I haven’t had a good look into all the features but I’ve been uploading my opk’s.
Speaking of which I have just had a high reading, but it was still only 1.3 , I think it should be up around 3-4 at the peak but at least it is getting higher. I am going to test again tonight

I'll have a look at Flo, Clue has a few irritating features and Flo seems pretty popular. My 50 pack arrives today so i'll see what the leaflet says, I feel like I did briefly download Premom but couldn't work out how to use it without paying the subscription.
Forgive me @Eaststreet but when you say 1.3, is that a digital opk or a number from the app? I've just been using the cheapy strips.

@Eaststreet well I just downloaded that premom app, thanks for pointing me in the right direction! & it says in 1DPO so completely diff to flo ofcourse the app is just guessing my cycle, it’s my very first month so I’m not going to take anything as 100%. I’m going to do another opk now see where I’m at.

I think month 2 even month 3 I’ll have a MUCH better understanding

@PineappleSun

I haven’t used any of the other features, so not sure what you need to pay for , but I have been able to add the opk’s to it. It’s in the ‘tests’ section.

The reading comes from adding them to the app, you sort of take a photo of them and I think it scans them and gives a reading. They’re just the cheapy ones too. Sorry if my explanation isn’t great it’s only my second day using them so I’m not 100% on it all 😂.

@Eaststreet @shannonl26

It was Femometer I downloaded the other day not premom, avoid Femometer it was all paid stuff. I'll wait for Mr Amazon to turn up and have a look at the leaflet, I can see myself ending up with two or three apps at this rate! Thanks ladies, this is already so helpful!

Does anyone know what the stats are for conceiving in the first month? I feel like at least one of this group should get lucky with all the effort we're putting in!

I'm only 3DPO and boy, are the days dragging. Hopefully I'll obsess a little less next month.

I haven't dared buy the cheapie sticks as I fear I'll be in and out of the bathroom every hour! Interested to know how you get on with them though. Are they easy to read?

@FieldView some quick googling and it says 1/3 of couples conceive within the first month. I don’t think I’ve come across anyone in real life who has though.

I don't blame you. I keep wanting to do another one every 15 minutes to see if anything has changed but having to restrain myself. I’m finding them easy to upload onto the app and it reads them for you, but if I didn’t have the app I wouldn’t have a clue what I was doing with them. I’ve not tried the expensive ones yet, I might wait a few months to see how it goes with these.

@FieldView I keep thinking the same thing! Statistically one of us must! I got the Internet cheapie OPKs and was doing them 3 times a day 😂 I'm over it now... now I just wanna wee on a HPT!!

Also 3DPO and agree it is draaaagging.

Baby dust to us all... one of us must get lucky! 🤞