Shift Workers TTC... Who's with me?!

[MrsSmithTTC]

Me and my DH have been ttc for 9 months now. I do night shifts and my sleep is poor let alone finding the time to be together. I'm concerned that this may be the reason we are having trouble and I don't really know what to do about it, Ive not got the option to change my shifts. My shifts are always during my fertile week as well which is annoying. Lack of sleep and not eating great due to shift work and I'm a bit lost and losing hope that it's ever going to happen 😭

Hi I'm also a shift worker and TTC for DC1. I came off the contraceptive pill at the start of May so I'm not even sure if my body's back to normal yet! What sort of shifts do you do? Im earlies, lates and nights and then have rest days and start all over again! My husbands also on call which can make things tricky

Are you using any OPKS at the moment? Where are you in your cycle?

I do a mixture of days and nights, when I'm on days I'm too tired, when I'm on nights my husband is working when I'm awake, rest days are the only times we get together, it just never seems to fall the right time of the month 😔
I'm not using OPKs at the moment, just tracking using the Ovia app, to begin with we were just a 'not being careful' but the longer time goes on, the more I'm getting frustrated that its not happening!

This is my first month of using OPK's. I'd really recommend using OPK's. I used Ovia to start with (still using it) and the OPK's are showing that I'm ovulating slightly later than the apps prediction which will hopefully tie in with you and shift working! I bought the easy@home ones on Amazon. It's so hard to get disheartened but I feel your pain with the shift work!

@lovo31

Hi I'm also a shift worker and TTC for DC1. I came off the contraceptive pill at the start of May so I'm not even sure if my body's back to normal yet! What sort of shifts do you do? Im earlies, lates and nights and then have rest days and start all over again! My husbands also on call which can make things tricky

Are you using any OPKS at the moment? Where are you in your cycle?

I do these shifts and we struggle if I ovulate at the end of my nights .. we have been trying since March and had no luck yet 😤 but trying to stay positive

@Jessmary94 how long have you been using them? Do you think they are helping? I'm now 1DPO, playing the waiting game now

Hey, does anyone have an updates? Anyone had any good news yet? I do shifts and been TTC for 2 years, and nothing. Spoke to my GP who has written me a note for no night shifts for 3 months to see if that helps