🧙Witch day did I ovulate?!🧙

[Peachycream]

@HRP1990
@KayL1988
@GingerTea333
@Aries491
@SareBear87
@Dannii892
@glasspaw - I wasn’t sure if you’d want to come over to our new thread lovely but I thought I’d tag you just incase

I’ve tried to remember everyone! If you notice someone I’ve missed tag them in

Group of 30 somethings TTC baby number 1!
New recruits welcome, nothing is off limits! Trust me 😂

Not all is lost like @Sparklingwine1 said! Wait until 🧙🏻‍♀️ To be sure! ❤️

@Eli707 you are definitely not alone on the Googling front. I google most days about early pregnancy symptoms, conception rates per day of the cycle etc!

Sorry I can't comment on your graph as I haven't seen one like that before xxx

Morning @Sparklingwine1 not tested yet, cd31 for me today and 10/11 DPO. I had some af style cramps this morning with nausea but they have subsided since I ate. Some very dull kinda cramps (not really strong enough to be called cramps but a feeling) down below. Keep checking myself everything I go bathroom (luckily still wfh so I don't look bonkers 🤣) and just small amounts of yellowish/creamish tinged creamy cm (sorry tmi ladies!!). Have you tested?

My OH keeps asking about it but I respond with answers about cycle days and I can tell he just doesn't get it haha!

How is everyone else doing today? Welcome @PeanuttyButter and sorry to hear you've had a tough time of it, this is a lovely supportive group:)

@80sPadme as everyone says you're not out until the witch arrives, keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Morning all! I am trying to resist googling the most insane possible symptoms every day of the TWW but it is hard!

I had the Pfizer vaccine in my TWW last month and had a long chat with the nurse there about it. She said it’s stated to be safe at all stages of pregnancy but obviously there’s just not much evidence about people having it before the 12 weeks. 🧙‍♀️ then came for me bang on time. The only weird things I’ve had this month are random spotting on CD9 and I ovulated 2 days early. No idea if either of those are jab related though!

Sorry to hear about the bfn @80sPadme. Hope you are ok

Love the book club idea!

@Aries491 I'm really keeping everything crossed for you that 🧙🏼‍♀️ does not turn up!!

I'm 10DPO and haven't tested yet. I am tempted to though 😖

Hello can I join please? I'm feeling so lost! I had a miscarriage in jan and bled for 3 months after first proper period was May 1st. I then had a very light period June and been Tryin to track ovulation using OPK cb and cheapies. And it's been 10 days and each day says no ovulation. After my miscarriage I was put one depo for 3 months but that wore off in April! I'm 34 and feel so hopeless 😞

Morning everyone, loving reading all your messages as I try and motivate myself to get going this morning!

Haha yeah @Peachycream it’s super interesting and I do love it, I used to be a teacher and this is much better work/life balance wise. I go into lots of schools and also work with children in care, I’m employed by the council. A carer is an incredible job, and such hard work, I have so much admiration for you doing that work.

@Eli707 chart looks right to me! So did the opk say you ovulated cd 16? And the app cd 13? Unusual but I’ve heard that bbt chart is the only way you can actually confirm ovulation so perhaps trust that one?

Omg I daydream about all of it, telling my husband, telling my parents and friends, bringing baby home, being on mat leave. I’m the type of person that loves doing stuff so I’d love to try like all the groups and stuff if baby enjoyed them, especially as there’s a place literally opposite my house that does baby yoga, baby sensory and all that. I know it won’t be idyllic like I daydream in my head, and I also do worry about how much our lives will change we I love being able to do whatever I want. But I’m sure we will adapt.

@KayL1988 peak smiley two days after the ovulation marked on the chart!! Makes no sense as I agree with you chart looks right to me 🤯

@80sPadme sending positive thoughts your way. Isn't it rubbish how we get that BFN and start wishing our lives away until the next cycle.

@CocoLady Hi - so sorry you've had a rubbish time of it. I've only just joined this group but hopefully you'll find some comfort here on this crazy journey x

Sorry to hear about your miscarriage @cocolady It's possible that cd10 is just too early for ovulation (even if it used to be normal for you) so keep testing and it might be anytime in the next 10 days or more. Also, don't want to get your hopes up, but have you taken a pregnancy test recently? Just because of that light bleed, it's worth checking. I hope things become clearer for you soon, either way.

Welcome @CocoLady and sorry you have had such an awful time. Feel free to share anything here and hope thing start looking up for you soon!

I just had my doctor consultation after my random spotting a couple of weeks ago. She said it definitely sounds like PCOS and she has booked me in for some blood tests to confirm exactly what is going on. Feeling a bit sad but also a bit hopeful that if it’s confirmed then maybe I will start getting some help

@Peachycream @SkeletonSkins it sounds like you both of amazing and very important jobs. I am always in awe of people who do jobs like yours that really help people (I have a very corporate job so the complete opposite)

Thanks @Sparklingwine1 I have my fingers crossed for you too:)

It is tempting isn't it, I keep looking at the FRER in the cupboard lol! I keep wondering as I'm now "late" based on last cycle would it be worth testing but that means I have a short LP, or becausd I ovulated later than my app assumed my AF will be later and LP is OK. First month using opks so the apps could have been rubbish all along haha!

Welcome @CocoLady and so so sorry to hear of your miscarriage :( keep testing on ovulation as @taytay2020 has said, it may just be later this month, sending love and baby dust your way xx

Welcome @CocoLady, I missed your post when writing mine, so sorry to hear about your miscarriage. You’ll be very welcome and well looked after on this thread 💕

@hrp1990 I totally understand your vaccine worries. I (accidentally) read some horror stories the night before my first jab and it had me worried all over again but then I ended up with a different type of jab anyway! One I knew very little about so I couldn't stress about it. It didn't hurt at all, and I had no side effects.

.

The way I've been (reluctantly) thinking about it is: I have to get the vaccine, and if there's an undocumented side-effect that messes with my cycle slightly it's really sucky and unfair but I still have to get the vaccine. I just had to accept that covid might mess up ttc for a bit, just like it messed up our wedding. The only thing I could control was the exact date of the jab, so I deliberately booked it to coincide with my next period in the hope that any side-effects would be happening too early in my cycle to make a difference. I hope that helps?!

@Aries491 you have such willpower! I'd definitely have tested by now 😅 symptoms are so difficult to gauge

Welcome @CocoLady so sorry to hear about that. I can't imagine how you are feeling .. we are here for advice or a natter or anything you need xxx

@Eli707 I think go from bbt. Especially because it doesn't look like you had multiple spikes. Agree though that is confusing!

@GingerTea333 so sorry to hear about that, but like you said understanding your body more can't be a bad thing when TTC XXX

@GingerTea333 it’s not really everything you think it would be, it’s a thankless job where you get patronised by “professionals” most days and it’s definitely not something you do if you enjoy any sort of money 😂, to be honest, I’m not really sure why I’m still doing it, but I get to meet (mostly) interesting people and I learn a lot from their life experiences.

Welcome @CocoLady I’m sorry to hear about your miscarriage but I hope you’ll find some comfort here with us.

Haha @KayL1988 not gonna lie I got the tests out the cupboard but would prefer to use FMU (and think I've had about 10 wees since I got up 🤣🤣). Luckily I have a busy day with some meetings, a PT session over lunch and an online class for this qualification Im doing with work so hopefully I won't think about it much!! If no AF when i get up tomorrow reckon ill cave and test with a FRER.

@Aries491 that's first!!! I feel like I'm living through everyone else 😅 like it's nice to keep track of everyone else's progress tk stop me obsessed about my own!

Hi Everyone

Hope everyone is good - just been trying to catch up with all the posts 😂

Welcome to all the new posters ☺️

Not much going on here - 4DPO. I’m still taking BBT each morning but I haven’t had a temp increase yet so not sure if my sleep is too disturbed for it to work properly. Anyone else had this happens? It’s my first moment temping and things I’ve read say to give it 3 months to see a pattern.

Oops - first month temping*

@Aries491 I feel like I am living through you at the moment! So exciting!

@PurpleCat88 we are pretty much cycle buddies I think. I don’t do bbt because my sleep is terrible and I think my bf would kill me if I introduced a beeping thermometer into the mix in the mornings - has everyone else’s OHs been ok with this? However I do watch my resting heart rate on my Fitbit each month and it’s interesting that it rises every day after ovulation and then drops just before 🧙‍♀️ - another thing that stops me early testing because I always know she’s coming when my heart rate drops. Our bodies are so interesting even though they seem to constantly troll us!

Haha thanks @KayL1988 and @GingerTea333 I'll be living through other people soon lol depending on AF or BFP! :-)

@GingerTea333 I just read you use a fitbit do you find it worthwhile tracking on there too? I have one too but in all honesty haven't been too good at wearing it all the time. Keeping it on more now to see how rhr tracks but I usually sit around 59/60bpm with the highest at 63bpm but didn't wear it round O this month. If AF shows I might add it into my tracking next time:)

Girls I'm so annoyed!

I caved and tested. I was all calm but then crazy testing pee stick eyes happened and I was a woman possessed!! 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 ripping the FRER open like i was Charlie and it was a ticket to Willy Wonkers chocolate factory. It was a very sad sight to see.

It was a BFN with a very faint indent line 🤔

I don't know why I did it because honestly it hasn't made me feel any better as I don't truly believe I'm out the game yet this month.

So it was literally pointless 😂

I feel disappointed in myself as I thought I would be more self restrained this month but nope... crazy pee stick eyes happened (again).

NEXT MONTH I WILL BE STRONGER.

I feel like an indent like can become something though?? Can you see anything on a photo? I don’t think you’re out you know!

Ahhh @Sparklingwine1 I’m sorry for the bfn but I loved the image of you frantically unwrapping the frer like in Willy Wonka!! I have 100% done that before and know exactly how it feels - and then you ignore the bfn anyway because you’re not out until 🧙‍♀️ arrives. What is it about TTC that turns us iOS crazy. I swear I’m pretty rational in the rest of my life!