March 2021 TTC Bus!

[gracie2307]

Hey everyone! Thought I would start a March 2021 TTC bus. I'm TTC for first baby, cycle #8, CD12 hopping off from Feb 2021 bus. Wishing lots of baby dust and BFPs to all! Xx

@Confused678866 ah congratulations on the new house! I agree they are expensive. But if needs must I will. Yeah, I DTD tues/wed/thurs and then planning on today! So I have covered definitely, something is telling me I haven't peaked yet though so I'm going to keep testing OPK and see if I get an actual peak! This is all so confusing lol, how have you found this month TTC? How is your cycle going xx

@Jade1107xox hey jade! Yeah, it definitely could be IB.. how dark is the blood? If it's red and it's heavy it could be AF early:( IB normally lasts 2/3 days most, and doesn't change consistency. The only thing that really changes is the colour, it may be pink/brown but shouldn't have bad cramps or heaviness with it. X

@SF543 Thank you! Yeah that’s why I caved, I was actually driving myself silly trying to interpret the lines. The good thing so though, once you’ve hit your peak with them, you can keep the rest of the pack back for next month so it’s not a constant spend, maybe every other month?
Yeah it sounds like you’ve definitely covered it then!! 🤞🏻 Yes just keep testing and it will give you a better understanding if anything!
Erm, I felt pretty confident that we’d DTD enough but then I start questioning it everything afterwards because that’s what I do best 🙃😂
My period is due (according to apps) in 9 days but I don’t really have a clue.. January I was a couple of days late and then Feb, I was 6 days early! So I don’t really know. I find it hard because I’m always symptom spotting, googling, overthinking.
I fell pregnant in my first cycle with my little boy so I didn’t do any of this!! This is my third cycle now.
How are you feeling about it all? Xx

@Confused678866 thank you, I'm going to, also going to keep using the one step as well to see how well they work this month compared to easy home so can compare each day x

@Confused678866 yeah I definitely will be keeping them over. I bought a pack of 60 so I've plenty lol! Aw atleast you DTD enough to cover it, it's rubbish that there's only a 20% chance of concieving even if we cover the OV period! But there's still hope, try to hold off a few days more. My AF came early last month too so I'm not sure if I'm testing a week to early also. It's the worst! I'm on cycle 6, I do hope this is your month for baby no2 and that everything goes to plan! The wait seems like a year haha! Xx

@Confused678866 I also constantly symptom spot, google, everything! I drive my self insane but I've promised my self not to in this TWW.. x

@SF543 thanks for the reply, initially it was pinkish, then more red yesterday and now its pinkish brown and only there when wiping, this isn't typical of my period but I'm going through alot of stress at work so could be that. It is probably just early AF trying to throw me off and confuse me, I'll do a test in a couple of days just to be sure although I'm not holding out much hope, always next month though 😁🤞xxxx

@Jade1107xox yes try not to think too much but definitely test within the next few days, you may be surprised! I hope things go well lovely xx

@amyannx Yes, definitely worth keeping up with both of them and see how you get on. Good luck xx

@SF543 Haha yes that's plenty to keep you going! I have some One Step strips left too so I'll continue to use those next month if I have no luck this month! It throws you out completely doesn't it when AF comes early?! I feel like I've been robbed of something haha.
I'm definitely going to hold off testing as long as possible, I find it really upsetting when I get excited to test and then have a BFN! Ahh thank you, good luck to you too, I hope this is your month too! xx

@Confused678866 thank you, good luck to you too x

@Confused678866 Thank you very much to coming back this quick
I believe I can’t post pictures yet as I just joined today(but reading it for months now 🙈.) my spotting was light brownish, and then “normal” back since yesterday. I’ve more tests, but I heard so many times when you’re not stressing about it thats when is going to happen. I said I won’t say anything to DH until its sure but he saw accidentally the test result yesterday and he was over on the moon, but I did warned him to be patient (good advice from me and I can’t even keep it)

I forgot to mention that I started to take L.bacillus probiotic this month (heard these are really important bacterium to keep vaginal flora in the very good condition - in Europe they have treatment shots to help conceive - 2 of my friend’s friends had these treatment after unsuccess IVFs, and now they are happy mothers, but its not available in the UK so I bought the probiotic supplements) did you hear anything about it?

Does anyone here not use ovulation strips and just DTD every second day during the week they expect to ovulate? I ran out of strips this week and I'm wondering if this might be a less stressful way of TCT. I used them last month for the first time and found I worried a lot about missing the peak, or wondering where is the peak etc.

@Somatronic - yup I do that and it's way more chilled out for me.
I used to use OPKs and it actually was a little stressy for me & DH. We got a little burned out tbh. I should say, we were DTD every day too, which made it more stressful, but now it's every other day - way more fun
You'll be fine

@JeanieJ thanks so much for your reply! That makes me feel better.

My husband wants to approach this by just DTD every second day around the time we think I'm ovulating and forget about everything else. I thought he was being ridiculous and not taking it seriously but 7 months later I think he's right!

@Somatronic lol I'm at 7 months too! It's a drag.
Yeah, my doc said every other day is all you need - she just said you should even need to time it for the window, just DTD 2-3 times a week in general. She actually said the sperm needs time to replenish. I'm trusting her advice & it also keeps things more relaxed.
Good luck this month xx

@Dobcaty Just test again in a couple of days and see if it gets darker? I know it’s hard but it’s the only thing you can do!

With the probiotic, it’s not something I know anything about to be honest but some of the other ladies on here may be able to help you?

Good luck!

Jumping on here having a bit of a panic. Got this bfp yesterday at 12dpo. I fell pregnant in Dec but sadly lost around a week after bfp. Paid privately for a progesterone test which came back as low indicating I did not ovulate! So was a bit shocked to say the least! Gp isnt interested in helping said wev concieved so just see what happens. So terrified to be excited if low progesterone indicates non viable pregnancy. Guess just have to wait and see. Congratulations to everyone who got their bfp and lots of luck to everyone waiting your time will come ❤️

No sign of AF but got a BFN 🤷‍♀️

@Sbbb5 Oh I’m sorry to hear what happened to you back in December!!
Sending you lots of luck this time around!! X

@SkaterChick Maybe wait a couple of days and test again? How many DPO are you? X

@Confused678866 I'm 15/16 dpo(I think).. AF was supposed to show yesterday 🤷‍♀️

@SkaterChick I have read things about people not getting their BFP’s until 18DPO. Or maybe you ovulated slightly later? Xx

@Confused678866 possibly! I'll test again next week if AF still doesn't show.
However.. I also only had my coil out right at start of Feb, predicator app was bang on with my period coming just a 4 days later (based on symptoms and a period of had back in September) but doesn't mean to say my cycle is back to normal

Yay AF has arrived today! I’m actually really pleased - it’s only a day after I expected it and now I can move on and look forward to the next cycle... 👍🏼 Which means there’s still a chance we could conceive in March 😁

That’s great @Farfaraway1, baby dust to you for this month😊 still waiting on mine since mc on 11/2, was expecting it yesterday but no sign yet, BFN’s all week🤷🏼‍♀️Will just have to be patient.

Hey is anyone awake?