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 💖

Hi all, how's everyone getting on? My period is due any day between today and Tuesday (my cycles vary from 28-32 days). I tested this morning but BFN, so it'll be a few days of checking every time I go to the toilet to see if AF is here! Had a burning cramp and a cramp like someone was poking me with a stick which I've never had before but they were both over a week ago now, and all I've had for the last week is lower back ache each day and no other unusual (for me) symptoms really. I've been logging symptoms religiously on Flo so when i do get my BFP I'll have a full list of TWW symptoms. Fingers crossed for everyone!

@Amyt92929292 I’m with you, my period is due any day between Tuesday and Friday. I’m not hopeful this month though... I had 5 days of spotting/light bleeding after ovulation so I think my bodies still a bit out of whack from stopping the pill. Not even sure whether or not my period will arrive after that bleeding so my heads wrecked and I have no clue where in my cycle I am.

I’ve decided to take a step back from symptom logging on apps cause I think it’d making me crazy. Going to just log my periods to help me keep track of when they’re due and cycle length and other than that DTD every other day and hopefully for the best.

Hey girls, I'm not feeling optimistic this month 😞.
I'm CD16 and no signs of ovulation, I had a 25 day cycle last month so I'm either not going to ovulate this month or I will with a luteal phase that's too short again. Fairly gutted as we've DTD loads, upped me vitamins and used conceive plus this month all feels like a waste.

@glow92 I have no words of advice but I’m sorry. Keeping my fingers crossed you ovulate soon and have a longer cycle

It’s horrible this wondering what our bodies are doing isn’t it?

Thank you. I think next cycle I'm going to take a step back also, it's consuming me completely!

I've tried to research any links between coming of Cerelle and ovulation issues but haven't come up with much... I guess it's just a waiting game.

I hope you find out where you stand next week 🙂.

My light bleeding has started again just so I really have no idea anymore. I think I’m just going to chill the next month or so and see what happens with my body without stressing myself over TTC.

@glow92 when did you stop cerelle? That’s what I was on

This is only my third cycle so I know I sound ridiculous! I just wish it's stopped taking it sooner and used other methods, rather than waiting till we really wanted it to happen and now having an unknown wait.

I had some light bleeding last month which turned out to be AF 5 days early, at the very least it means you have a jump start on next cycle. Could it possibly be implantation bleed?

I’m exactly the same, I stopped early December but driving myself mad worrying about if my body is working properly and if it’s not, when will it start to. So I totally sympathise with you there.

& I’m exactly the same, I wish I had stopped a few months earlier and let all this happen before TTC. I just didn’t think.

I think after the spotting earlier in the month, it’s more likely to be early AF or just random spotting. Small chance of IB but I doubt it.

Hopefully things sort themselves out for us both

I was on cerelle too - I've never got into ovulation testing so I don't know whether cerelle has affected my ovulation or not. My cycles regulated after about 3 months, they still vary from 28-32 days but they're always within that now - my first cycle off it was 52 days and I didn't know what was going on!! I've been off it about 7 months now (trying for 5) so hopefully if it had any effects it's worn off now. How are you ladies finding it who also came off cerelle?
I stopped logging symptoms in cycles 3 and 4 because I was getting obsessive but started up again this cycle. It is hard though trying to keep the TTC process fun and exciting rather than stressful

I have no idea if I ovulated on the first cycle as I didn't track it, I'm confident I did last month as I had a peak OPK followed by some pains over the next couple days and had sore boobs and bloating. Not a sniff of a symptom this month though.. will keep monitoring the next few days but if there's nothing by day 20 I'm just going to write this one off!

@Amyt92929292 I can came off cerelle December 10th...2 day bleed on the 14th or 15th I can’t remember. Proper period on the 28th.

Perfectly normal cycle, next period 25 days later. Hadn’t taken OPK’s by that point no clue if I ovulated. it’s been a bit of a riot since then. Used OPK’s this month... 2 days with dark lines, started bleeding lightly the following day lasted 5 days..stopped then started again 5 days later (today) so I no longer have any clue what’s going on and feel awful about it all!

Wish I’d stopped cerelle months previously

Sounds like we're all in a cycle 3 mess, maybe it's a thing?!

Glow92, maybe it is! I hope it just sticks to cycle 3 for all of us then sorts itself out

Haha I'll take an absolute shit show now in exchange for some hopefully smooth upcoming cycles🤞🏼

@glow92 me too! I can cope with this is it’s short term.

It’s just so stressful isn’t it because the rational part of your brain says it’ll be your body adapting and the other part runs a hundred miles an hour

100%... could literally sort itself out in a couple weeks yet I'm already anxious about having to wait a year to seek help from a doctor plus an insane google search history!

I got bfp this week. I think it helped with the supplements i was taking, chilling out a lot more. I did take aspririn for a week after reading online about it and spoke to my roc and she was really helpful she diesnt recommend it unless you are over 40, high bmi, 3 or more mc or have something to do with bloods? I think blood clots?? X

@glow92 I feel you! I keep googling. I already have a little boy but I’m very aware of secondary infertility from my partners cousin who has been trying for a second baby for 5 years. Plus my dads sisters have PCOS so my head runs away with me even though I know it’s way too early for these kinds of things. Hopeful for us both it’s just our bodies regulating and in a few months we’ll laugh at the way we worried.

@Emmav2020 congrats!

Yup it’s early AF. 22 day cycle this time 😩 I just want them to be a bit longer

@Emmav2020 congratulations!!! That’s so amazing. How are you feeling?

I’ve had to have a bit of a month off this month as my smear is overdue and I can have it again now (I wasn’t allowed it last month due to maybe being pregnant). I have had ovulation bleeding again so a little bit worried - has anyone had this before? I thought it was implantation bleeding last month but it clearly wasn’t. So frustrating having to wait but health has to come first.

Sorry to hear you guys are having a rough time of it with short cycles etc. I hope it works out soon. Xx

@xTinkerbell at least you know where you stand, a head start of the next cycle at the very least 💜.
CD17, negative OPK again 😞. I haven't had a drink this year but I think I'm gonna have one for us all tonight!

@glow92 I’m trying to look at it in that positive way and hope next cycle is a little longer.

That’s so disappointing. I’m sorry! I think that drink is a good idea. Take Care of yourself

@glow92 how are you doing?

Hey @xTinkerbell thanks for checking in!
I was ready to give up but got slightly darker line last Thursday which lead to a CD23 ovulation 🎉 better late than never! Now 5 DPO.
Praying for a longer luteal phase than last months 8 days 🤞🏼.

How about yourself?