TWW buddies :)

[CatLady93]

Hi everyone! Anyone else around 1dpo? Or even if not, thought we could keep each other company during the TWW! A bit about me: I'm 28, been with my partner for 12 years and it's our first month properly TTC although I've been tracking my cycle for around a year now. My cycle is usually between 29-34 days, 12 day luteal phase normally. We've been fairly loose a couple of times in the last year so I've got to know the obsessive TWW feeling pretty well.. hoping we can all keep each other sane!! 🤣

@Mummytobe93 I’m the same 2dpo but due about 23rd according to pre-mom. Only DTD 5 days before and on ovulation day too so not as much as I’d have liked to but fingers crossed 🤞🏽

Oh wow that’s amazing @cockneysparra1 , your DH must have some good swimmers 😜

@beckybabyx we’re in this together then😊it does only take once time in the right moment, we just didn’t maximise our chances but there’s still a possibility 😄Fingers crossed!

I am on CD10, should be ovulating on Monday, so we're all scheduled for our DTDs over the weekend.

I feel like the clearblue flashing smiley is taunting me though 😂😂 Hoping there's lots of baby dust floating around this thread this month 🤞💖

@beckybabyx Aw we're roughly the same then! Although I've had a bit of EWCM today.. do you ever get some after ovulation? Might initiate DTD this eve just in case.. 🤣

@cockneysparra1 Aw no! Hope you feel better soon! Are you planning on having an early scan at all?

@andpeggy1 Aww I think it must be so much pressure for them. I've taken to not really telling my DP when I'm super fertile as I think he might feel too pressured! So tricky isn't it.

Welcome @Mummytobe93 🥰 Lots of luck to you for this cycle! 🎉

We DTD the night before I got my peak, and then the night after once I'd got my peak. That was Thursday so I think I either ovulated yesterday or today.. hopefully yesterday as that'd mean we DTD closer to it!!

@CatLady93 I feel like I never get EWCM, not sure if that’s normal?

@beckybabyx Oh I've read that that's totally fine. You probably do get it but not enough to see when you wipe etc. I've always had quite a lot of it but it really varies from person to person I think. I have more if I'm better hydrated too! If you've got other signs that ovulation is occurring then you're totally fine xx

@CatLady93 I did have a progesterone 21 day blood test a few months ago at the doctors which showed fine so I’m presuming I do ovulate, it’s a minefield isn’t it, so many factors to consider xx

@beckybabyx Aw that's perfect then. I'm sure everything is totally fine. Just got to do our best to relax into it. Much easier said than done 😩😩

@CatLady93 I agree, it’s so difficult to relax isn’t it! Are you ttc for your first or?
I think I stress more because my sister and her DH can’t have babies (PCOS and a problem with his sperm too) so they’ve adopted, which is amazing, but in the back of my head I feel like the same is going to happen to me… but I need to calm down as I have had ultrasound scans through my work insurance when I was bleeding between periods and they said all is okay… CALM DOWN BECKY 🤣🤣

@CatLady93 so we started off with me not telling DH to keep pressure off him. But then it was a case of we wernt "hitting" the key times. And I was becoming rather frustrated abs stressed out that we weren't making the most of our chances. He insisted I was just straight with him and didn't just hide stuff from him just for the sake of "shielding him from the pressure"

Morning all.

This is first cycle tracking O and I’ve just got my first flashy smiley on a CB. Flo app predicts O on Monday, so we DTD yesterday and will try again today, Monday and Tuesday to cover all bases, but will continue with CB.

We’ve been loosely following SMEP, so hope we can get things meeting at the right time. 🤞🏽🤞🏽

@beckybabyx Yesss trying for our first 😊 Last cycle was sort of a practice run haha and this cycle we dtd 2 times during my fertile window. So we'll see. I totally know the feeling. Because you don't know if you can get pregnant until... you get pregnant!! So I think it's a totally normal thing to feel and think. I'm certainly feeling it, constantly!! ❤️

Totally feel you @andpeggy1! We got to dtd twice during this fertile window. Day before peak and day of peak. I would have liked to have done it more but we're so early into the process of trying I didn't want to pressure him. I feel you with the frustration though. You just want to do everything possible to try the hardest each cycle don't you 😭

Aww best of luck to you @Firsttimetrier !! How are you and DP finding it in terms of scheduling dtd etc? X

And so the Tww begins. I'm 2dpo, from previous tww windows I get a lot of early symptoms as part of pms anyways so it's useless me symptom spotting. Also I've read up that in larger people early testing isn't advantageous, as your hormone levels take a little longer to kick in. So just got to wait so see if af turns up in 2 weeks

Glad we are back in it together! I'm 3 or 4 dpo, I feel much more relaxed this time, going to try soooo hard to not test unless af is late! Good luck everyone ☺️

I’m also 4dpo and definitely feel more relaxed this time, what will be will be x

Well, here's some confusion for you! This month I started using the clear blue fertility monitor. It showed about 7 days of high fertility, followed by 'peak' on Thursday (7th October). We dtd that evening and also the evening before. But I'm still having lots of EWCM and I haven't felt my usual ovulation pain yet so this morning I took an internet cheapie OPK and the test line was the same colour as the control so basically a positive! Really really strange? I'm assuming I haven't ovulated yet, but no idea why the clear blue monitor would show 'peak' if it was incorrect. Guess I'll try and convince DP to dtd this evening 🤷🏼‍♀️ Not temping is better for well-being for me but god it would be nice to know a bit more about what's going on 🙃

Have any of you ever had this before? Like 2 peaks within a cycle? X

Hi all, Hoping I can join! I am maybe 1/2 DPO. Got my static smiley on Saturday x

@CatLady93 not too bad but it’s hard work. We started SMEP too early (CD5) and with ovulation predicted on CD15, it’s a bit tiring.

I’ve got slight ovulation cramps this morning and hoping that I’ll get a static smiley this evening or tomorrow morning as a nice break would be lovely 😂😂.

Hi all and @CatLady93.
I am 13dpo today! Af due Wednesday but the way my tummy is feeling I think she might be making an early appearance! Feel quite grotty down there 😒 we will see but if nothing happens by the weekend I will be testing!
So far nothing else to report as haven’t been symptom spotting as it drives me nuts and luckily I’ve got things to keep my mind off the tww. Just got the crampy belly today xx

@CatLady93 I use the CBFM and I read that you shouldn't pay too much attention to the first month as it needs that to 'learn your cycle', whatever that means! My first month was all high no peak but it started working for me the next month and has been pretty consistent from then on. In fact month two of using it I got a BFP by just DTD on the peak day.

Unfortunately, I had a mc at 6 weeks which was awful. That was in July. We decided to focus on our wedding before we starting to try again, which just happened last month. Now I'm CD7 and we are going to ttc again this cycle. I've kept using the CBFM since the mc. I would definitely try to stick with it, it worked for me once! Hoping it works for you too!

I'm back to 0dpo today, and so starts the longest two weeks ever. We managed to DTD on Friday, Saturday and yesterday lunch time after getting the static smiley yesterday morning. Had ovulation pains lastnight/early this morning, so here's hoping we caught it. We were going to try again today, but between work meetings and a thing tonight, we just won't manage it 😢

Hey @cocoforbes! I'm so so sorry to hear about your miscarriage 😞 Thank you so much for the advice with the fertility monitor! ❤️

So I'm finally 1dpo team! Easy@home tests confirmed a peak on Monday so dtd that evening and pretty certain I ovulated yesterday as I had tonnes of EWCM and my usual ovulation pain. Slowly going back to creamy cm now too which is a normal post ovulation sign for me. Going to do my literal best not to symptom spot this cycle 😬🙃🙏🏼 Hope you're all doing ok!!