Toot toot! The September bus is early...

[WantStickyBean]

Grab your seats on the September bus (though I know there are a few of us still testing in August).

Absolutely everyone welcome - I'll attempt a list of tags for "reserved seats" but am guaranteed to have missed quite a few:

@ViL89
@Missy95
@Thedesirerainbow
@purpleskyssssss
@Capricorn8990
@H2689
@caz198917
@Snugglemuffins4me
@Tiredmum31111
@Goodgoodthings
@ashlove17
@MissM94
@Wilf2020
@StayHopeful
@Sunshinelollypops8
@MrsSG90
@Indianna2006
@Amazingapples
@LadyoftheWoods
@Dobcaty
@Lealu
@JK739
@Lucylulu1
@Glastomummy
@LeeTTCRainbow
@BethTTC
@PleaseSendNoodles
@Conundrum12345
@Babyboom1990
@storkstalk
@Emily199034
@Lianna93
@wellitywell
@SherbertLemons
@Teaandcrumpets95
@Paintingfences
@Dollface20
@Speccybibliophile
@Kaycw
@BingeOnChocolate
@Lucylaroo
@FlipperyGibbet
@Klg1111

Hoping it's a month with lots of baby dust for us all.

@WantStickyBean Thanks for setting this up! Currently on AF however, fertile window is due week of honeymoon 😏🤞🏻🤞🏻
Good luck everyone - hopefully it's BFPs for all!

Should have scrolled & read posts before I commented ha!
Congratulations everyone with your BFPs!
Hopefully lots more to come 🤞🏻

[quote Capricorn8990]@Coco9910 thank you for your lovely comment. I just want my period to arrive now so that I can have a fresh cycle. I'm not on cycle day 33 and my longest cycle was 35 days when I came off the pill, otherwise they've been 28-31 😔 lots of love and baby dust to you too ✨ I hope you're well!

@hoola23
It does indeed. I'm sorry you've had such stress too. I really think education in schools needs to be updated as they don't talk enough about the emotional struggles of trying for a baby but teach you that if you have sex without protection you're gonna get pregnant!! I know when you're in your teens you're very fertile but it's really misconstrued. I've been having counselling for OCD so I've discussed this too as I become very obsessed. It's hard not to I guess. Thank you so much 💕 I hope you're doing okay!

@mummytoolive thank you hun. I was but when I was on the phone to her she double backed and said she wasn't sure if it was okay to take when trying to conceive so it put me of a little! I've got an appointment with the specialist endometriosis nurse on 7th September I'm just hoping my trainer will allow me to go. It's early in the morning so I don't see why not. Yep I must be positive with that result. She did say I had a ruptured follicle which is apparently normal when the egg releases, who knew? How're you? 💗 [/quote]
@Capricorn8990 yes sometimes the wait for AF to arrive feels almost as long as the TWW. Hope it arrives soon for you and sending lots of love for the next cycle 💕 x

@Capricorn8990 we do have lots of similarities haha!
I have felt sick today and hopeful it's due to hcg and not another illness !
I may crack and test tomorrow but trying to wait it out for as long as possible.

@WantStickyBean

how often do you do opks I've been doing 3 a day and getting strong lines randomly and then weak ones but no true positives.

Did you BD every day from the flashing smiley or every other I'm finding it a bit tiring!

Sorry for v v personal questions !!!

Hello everyone!
I was quiet in August... we only DTD twice but then AF is a few days late... testing tomorrow, will let you know.
I feel absolutely no different and actually this month stopped watching my alcohol intake... one time resulting in an all day on the sofa hangover (it's been a while!)
Fingers crossed for everyone x

@Veronika13

Can someone PLEASE please help me? 🥺 what is this second line? It only appeared after 30 mins, Before that was nothing. It's negative isn't it? 🥺

Yes, I'm sorry, I think it's an evap line, they sometimes appear in negative tests after the time limit.

How many DPO are you?

@ViL89 it's absolutely fine!

I only tested twice a day, but tend to have quite a slow LH rise that then sticks around for ages so I'm not likely to miss it. I've attached my OPKs, I thought it was rising on CD12 pm but then CD13 was low again before it properly peaked. It says peak on CD13, but I think actually it was darker on CD14 it's just the lighting was off.

We DTD CD7,9-14 then were too tired to carry on.

Ladies - looking for a bit of advice as I'm still quite new to the process of ttc.
I'm currently using Ovia & Fitbit - is there anything else you would recommend?
I'm using mommed for my ovulation but I have clearblue as well but haven't used clearblue just purely because it seems too pricey to use continuously.
I have a BBT thermometer but I'm hopeless at remembering to take each morning 🙃 Does it always have to be immediately after waking up?
Is there anything else you would recommend that would help?
This month will be my 5th month & I'm due to ovulate during my honeymoon - I'd love nothing more than to conceive during that time 🥺❤️

Hello ladies! 8DPO and already feeling like this month isn't the one 😩 it's going to be a long few months haha AF is due in 10 days, going to try holding off testing until I'm about 12 DPO which is Sunday, only symptoms I have is a weird blood/metallic taste & I cannot for the life of me go to the toilet! 💩 so not getting my hopes up, it is only the first cycle trying after all so I need to just hang tight and find all the patience in the world 😂

@MissM94 I feel the same 😭 I'm only 6dpo and was initially feeling positive and now I'm not. Parallel planning now with contacting clinics to start fertility testing which I really didn't want to have to do. Another friend announced a pregnancy last night and I just burst into tears- they didn't even want children, were dead set against it all. So fed up with it all now. Sorry for the rant!

@hoola23 aww 🥺😩 please don't be sorry! No-one prepares you for how draining the process is going to be, I know it's easier said than done but you take all the time you need and then try to put it to the back of your mind, it's not fair on yourself ♥️ it is really frustrating how easy it is for some people though, especially when they don't want kids as much as other people do haha

Posted separately but thought I’d post on here too… I’m on CD15 today. Had EWCM yesterday which seems to have dried up today. Last DTD on Monday. OH is away with work until tomorrow… is that likely to be too late? Would today most likely be the day I ovulate?

I really need to invest in some OPKs!

@MissM94 thank you!! Just having one of those days where I feel like completely giving up, need to pull myself together!! I honestly think if I didn't have to wait two weeks every month to find out it hadn't worked I would feel a lot better! Then I can just move on quicker and not overthink for two weeks!!

@Lianna93 I'm very new to it as well. I have Fitbit, ovia, Flo, premom and fertility friend apps. (I realise this may be overkill....but I want to get pregnant, so I justify it). I just started measuring my BBT. I leave it by my bedside and as soon as I wake up, I reach over and use it, then take 5mins logging it into all my apps . I'm only on cycle 2 and currently in 7dpo. I don't think I will be successful this month, when I got my peak, DH was drained from work (he works crazy hours). But I'm trying to wait as patiently as I can...just in case. It seems like a minefield out there with opk's and apps etc. I read someone on a thread here used Zoom baby opk's and I looked online, you can get loads at a reasonable price. So if I'm not successful this cycle, I'll stock up from there. I hope this is somewhat helpful. I am very new to this as well. Sorry

I've started bleeding heavily at CD14 for 3rd month in a row averaging a period every 2 weeks 🙃

Feel so down about it all tbh

GP said its after effects of covid but wouldn't expect it to last this long

Guess it's me out again

Congrats everyone else on BFPs

@hoola23 yeah! If there wasn't such big gaps it wouldn't be so hard, I completely get that!

@ViL89 I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing this! Is that a result of having covid? I had covid this month and I'm late! So annoying isn't it xx

Hi @Capricorn8990

I think so yes as v unusual for me to have any spotting at all and have had a full period every 2 weeks since. I also has this a bit after the vaccine too.

So frustrating there is such a lack of information and very few studies on it.

Hopefully you won't have anything like I do I was just hitting my peak dor this month too

Feeling v deflated

Xxx

@capricorn8990 @vil89

I'm also really late but I think it's from the vaccine (had 2nd Jan end of July) not actual Covid. After the first vaccine it brought me on early so cycle was only 18 days and I'm on cycle day 43 now and no sign of any PMS symptoms yet. Took a test yesterday too so I know it's definitely not pregnancy. I know I'll be hoping AF doesn't arrive most months but this month I'm begging that she hurries up so we can get going again! So hard to keep patient through all this as a BFP just feels further and further from reach 😔

@Emz861 I'm so sorry you're dealing with this too it feels like every month is out for me as I bleed before I even get a chance to conceive

Feels like such wasted time waiting to become regular again

I'm so saddened by lack of information and research when this is affecting so many women

Hi everyone
Due af on Friday. Second cycle trying after a long drawn out mc which I found out about end of April but after two MVAs finally finished in June and af started back up in July.

I have an 19 month old son and also had a mc before becoming pregnant with him.

I got really down last month when af arrived as I have loads of friends I would have been due alongside this Nov/Dec and I was sure I would be pregnant before the babies all arrive but not feeling so certain anymore. As a result I think I've been less excited about it this month as want to protect myself from the expectation it will happen. Not a great strategy!

Don't think I'm going to test.

@ViL89 thanks, I'm really sorry you're having to go through that. Must be so disheartening every month and the worry and anxiety doesn't help does it when they say stress also contributes to changes in your cycles! So frustrating. From what I've read most articles/forums say it returns to normal after about 2-3 months so I hope this is the final month of it doing that and next month you'll be back to what's normal for you. I read it's to do with inflamation so I'm considering taking a course of ibuprofen to see if that does anything! I know exactly how you feel about the wasted time 💐

@ViL89 that is rubbish 😔 I feel for you and I would feel deflated too. Partying that your cycles sort themselves out soon and things go back to your normal xxx