TTC Jan 2021

[MrsE95]

Hi All

I’m about to start my TTC journey for baby number 2 and I am so so so so excited. 😁 is anyone else starting their TTC journey too? Would love to have some ladies in the same boat. ☺️

Baby dust to you all for the new year 💖

Yes me!! "baby" number 1 is 11 now, unplanned at 21 😂 but now ttc. Using opks and got my smiley face today after 4 days of flashing ones. Only month 1 so not expecting miracles!

Yes! TTC #1 starting this month. Currently in first AF since stopping the pill (came exactly 28 days after last pill so feeling very lucky) and sort of nervously excited to get going this month x

Yay hello @Fifi1086 and @MrsA9 sooo glad we’re in this together. 😁 enjoy that smiley face and good luck for this time round and hopefully it’ll not be long before your ovulating MrsA9!

I’ve got my implant removal booked for the 20th and I’ve just stocked up on folic acid and ovulation strips from faithful Amazon! 😁

Hello 🤗 ttc #1 here, came off the pill 7th December and had AF 28 days later which finished yesterday, ready and raring to go!

Ooohhhh yaaayyy, not long before you’re ovulating and can get on it! 😁 x

I hope so, my cycle stopped for 8 years on Cerelle so i don't really know how if it's settled down properly after only 28 days.

Thanks @MrsE95! Not sure if it's just wishful thinking that my cycles will have settled down straight away but we're going to go for it anyway. I thought for the first month at least I'd take a relaxed approach and just see what happens, so no opks, temping etc. Although I can see me getting very obsessive very quickly so we'll see 😂

Ooh @Glow92 I'm 2 days behind you, my last pill was 9th December and just coming to the back end of first AF. Cerelle stopped my cycle completely too so I'm surprised it's happened bang on 28 days after all the horror stories I've read!

I’m the same as you @glow92 I’ve been either pregnant or on the implant for the last 9 years so have no idea what my cycles are like 😂 hoping since I’ve kind of had a regular period with this implant that it’ll quickly find a rhythm. 🤞 hopefully yours does too!

@MrsA9 hoping they do settle down quickly for you 🤞 oh goodness I am absolutely the same. Last time we were trying I was obsessed!! Temps, opks, times Baby making time it was crazy 😂 we’ve both decided that it wasn’t fun for either of us so we’re going to be chill and just let it happen this time but I’m already starting to feel my obsessiveness sink in... I have some opks sat in my Amazon basket as we speak 🙊😂 xx

@MrsE95 I've added and removed them from my basket more times than I'd like to admit 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ really determined to just take it easy though, we'll see! I've ordered cheap pregnancy tests and started taking folic acid and that's about it so far xx

Same here stopped pill in December had withdrawal bleed 22nd-27th Dec and DTD ever since no idea when AF is due, theoretically 19th Jan but who knows. My DD is 9 in 29 30 and 10 in October so it'll be 10 years on 16th Jan when I had my BFP xx

supposed to say DD is 9 im 29, we will be 10 & 30 in October**

Hi all - I've just found this thread. Totally new to this but we're planning on TTC this month. I've bought the Clearblue ovulation kit. This might seem like a totally stupid question but do you just wee on the stick once then throw it away and use the next one? x

@MrsA9 did you say this was baby no1 you’re trying for? If it is I’m even more excited for you now!!! I think you’re allowed to be super obsessive with your first so get those opks bought. 🙊😂 I’m a bad influence sorry 🙊😂

Welcome @MMG21😁 how amazing would it be if you got your second BFP around the same time 😍

@Bells890 welcome to the club. It is such an exciting journey! Are you trying for your first? I never used the clear blue I just es used the opks and kept them next to each other on a little chart to track the line darkening. I’m sorry I don’t know about the clear blue one.

Good luck this month ladies ☺️ The 20th for me can’t come quick enough 😍 xx

We are TTC number 2. Stopped cerelle on December 10th, had a 1 day bleed on the 15th then the 28th had what I assume was AF so been DTD every other day since, trying to avoid OPK’s in case I get obsessive but I’m already worry so much.

Scared because I was basically 18 days between stopping the pill and AF and it just seems so short. Scared my cycles are going to be all over the place and it’ll take ages.

Also ladies, what apps/trackers are you using to track your cycles? I’ve completely forgotten what I used last time 🤦🏻‍♀️🙈😂 xx

@mrsE95 thank you i know it would be AMAZING 😍 so poetic haha and really hoping for a boy this time so I have 1 of each and them im done. Hope you get you BFP really soon, plus everyone else on here
》♡♤baby dust to all ♤♡《

@MrsE95 I am using Flo app atm x

It really would be amazing @MMG21 but I believe everything happens for a reason so if it doesn’t then better things to come 😁

Oh goodness I already feel sooo anxious about the gender of our second. We both really really want another girl and can already feel the gender disappointment of we don’t. Obviously if we have a boy then we will love him unconditionally but if we could choose we would love another girl. 🙈

Anyone else got a gender preference? 💖💙 xx

Hi @xTinkerbell and welcome 😁 when I spoke to the doctor about my implant removal she said you can ovulate just a few days after contraception removal which would explain your shorter cycle after your pill stoped. ☺️

I know for me when I was trying for my first I was so anxious and convinced myself I wasn’t ovulating properly so started using opks for 2 months which really really helped ease my mind 😁

Last time I had removal in Late October. Let things get back to normal in November then used opks dec and jan and I actually had a chemical pregnancy in January then BFP in feb without opks and I think that only happened becuase i used them initially to find out my cycle as I’d been on contraception for 6 years before then. ☺️

Good luck lovely xx

My partner would prefer a girl.

I would love another boy but would also love a girl. So I honestly don’t have a preference

@MrsA9 exciting stuff! I was very surprised also 28 days exactly but I'm trying not to get carried away assuming it's going to be clockwork after just one month... who knows!
Going to use some cheap OPK's from this week just to see when/if I'm ovulating as I know it might take a while to settle down properly.

@MrsE95

Ah that’s really good to know! Hopefully that was the case with stopping the pill and my cycles will be a bit more regular from here on out.

With number 1 I didn’t go through all this. Stopped the pill a few months before we planned to actively try with the attitude of if it happens it happens and it happened the month after my first AF so didn’t have to think about it at all.

I think if I’m worrying I’ll maybe try OPK’s for a month or 2 to reassure myself then go with the flow. I’m using the ovia app to track cycles but mainly because i forget when my period is due rather than using it to track ovulation. That makes sense so thanks for that advice ! :)

@MrsE95 as I'm a bit naive to it all my my pull has stopped my stopped for the majority of my adult life I have a few as the date predictions seem to vary slightly.. my fav I think is Premom, then I have the free version of Flo and Ovia - I don't intend to keep them all it's just interesting while I'm getting settled down!

Pill* 🙄