Remember remember the month of November as it’s the month I’m getting pregnant 🎉✨

[Mummytobe93]

Hello everyone ✨🎉

I’m starting a November thread after being unsuccessful this month, got some spotting so probably cycle day 1 for me today, with fertile window being in the first week of November.

Please join me if you’re as hopeful about fresh cycle as I am!

My main goal is to DTD more, we definitely didn’t make the most of it in October …
I’m therefore going to be 100% honest with DH that we need to get down to business this cycle.

PS. Hope you like the title 🙈😂😂

Xxxx

@Firsttimetrier remind me how many DPO you are please. Do you know your usual LP?

@Squiff70 I’m about 14DPO now. I don’t know my exact LP as I’ve not tracked ovulation properly before but going by Flo, it’s 12 days.

@Firsttimetrier chances are you'd have a positive pregnancy test by now but not necessarily. I've known people test negative until 18 DPO! I'd give it til Friday and test again with FMU.

@Squiff70 haha yeah sorry I'm a few days ahead of you. I'm CD11 today. Yeah I'm alright was upset but just said to myself wasn't meant to be and trying to think positive for this month. Think I'll try hold off testing early as would rather not know if there was another CP.
I use the CB advanced opk and got a flashing smilie this morning so fingers crossed O is still normal as means DH will be home. If it's later than normal this month will be a write off as he'll be away again 🙄
How are you getting on?

This is what I've to put up with ladies...DH came running through the other day holding my opks and announced HE was ovulating so we best DTD 🤣🙈 thinks he's hilarious 🙄😂

@Maddie2802 it will be my first! I'm 31 and DP is 30. I came off the pill around April/May time but this is the first month actively trying and tracking everything. I've never been pregnant before and never had so much as a "pregnancy scare". I've been on the pill for 15 years and 5 years ago I had a LLETz procedure so I'm a little bit nervous but hoping that we have done enough this month! Fingers crossed for us all!

What about you?

Sorry just getting caught up.

Congratulations @Lianna93 ❤️

@Mummytobe93 Happy Wedding Day! I hope yous have the best day and wishing yous all the happiness in the world for your future together 👰🏻‍♀️🤵🏻‍♂️❤️

@Lianna93 congrats! With the drinking just say anything, if your family/ friends have good cop on they'll just leave it. I don't know how many friends over the years who's normally drink like a fish suddenly were "on antibiotics" we'd all know/ have a good idea but say nothing and let her tell us when she was ready. Or just say nothing and get 7-up/ coke at the bar no one will know what's in the glass

@BH1926 I get that totally about not wanting to know about another CP. I had two CPs so I understand how upsetting and demoralising they are.

I'm ok thanks. On CD6 and due to start my FW from Sunday. I started testing with OPKs today. Do you have any specific 'tactics' for this cycle?

Hello everyone I’ve been ready this thread and wondered if it would be ok to join In?

I am ttc baby #2 after being told I wouldn’t conceive my first naturally I did :) I have an app which helps me track my periods but I am on cd20 and only just getting 2 lines in the ovulation sticks so feel like this is why I’ve been missing my chance

Hope it ok to join x

I also don’t know if it’s at a peak and I don’t know how to upload a photo. To show yous 🤦🏽‍♀️

@Squiff70 I think I know what might be happening.. I started to take the Pregnacare conception tablets and I’ve heard that they can delay your period, so I’m wondering if they have had an effect.

Before this cycle, I kept forgetting to take them some days but this month I’ve not missed a day. 😕

Hey all

Hope everyone is feeling ok

Finally got OH semen analysis result back - not sure if anyone has any knowledge on this area. It has come back fine and 'no further action' (however I sometimes feel as long as it's over the minimum then they will say 'all is fine')

However from what I can understand/ dissect it all looks ok apart from when googling it says semen volume should be over 1.5ml - well my partners was only 1.1ml? Does anyone know if this is worth chasing up at his doctors or if this is a big factor in falling pregnant if everything ok reads ok?

@Firsttimetrier I've heard so so so many women say that Pregnacare Conception can delay periods and/or mess up cycles so it wouldn't surprise me in the least. Still think it's worth you taking a test though!

@Firsttimetrier I think it's happening to me too but my actual ovulation is delayed... I only now realized I started taking those... last month I had my peak on CD17 and I am now ending CD20 with no sign of a peak anytime soon 😅 I will see if my period is delayed too. I was freaking out that I am not ovulating at all this cycle.

I’m catching up - having madness at work and all free time obvs being used to dtd 😂

Just wanted to quickly say @Mummytobe93 I hope you have had the most incredible day and wish you a long and happy future together!

@Lianna93 huge congrats!! So exciting to see a bfp on this thread, and November hasn’t even arrived yet!

@Squiff70 nothing in particular just trying not to stress and overthink it too much 🙈 easier said than done. Do you have any tactics you're trying this cycle? Xx

@Gemma3439 h
Hey! To attach photos you go reply and tap the paper clip but I think if you've just joined MN it take 48hrs or something before you can upload photo.

I've seen some of the ladies talking about having cycles delayed due to covid jabs or start taking pre pregnancy supplements..just a thought incase youve had either. Xx

I feel so down this month

I think I might be having an anovulatory cycle, which I've never had before has anybody had this?

The month started so well with EWCM and ovary pain (CDs 9, 10 and 11) but then ovulation just... hasn't happened!!

I'm pretty experienced with taking my temperature now and it always does the textbook increase after O but that hasn't happened. It always happens between CD 12 and 14 for me.

I also didn't catch a LH surge... it just seems to be coasting around 0.5. Normally I get a very sudden and sharp peak which lasts one day.

So I am 99% sure my body just hasn't ovulated this cycle... despite the EWCM and ovary pain earlier in the FW has anybody had this? Did you ovulate late or skip a cycle?

This would have been cycle 8 for us and I don't even want to count it. I feel like giving up.

@lemons44 so sorry you're feeling down, huni. Sending you a big big hug!!!
I am really inexperienced with BBT, but by looking at your chart wouldn't you say O was CD 13 for you? Your peak on tests and the temp pattern rising literally the day after? Is that not what we're looking for? What makes you think it hasn't happened?

Thank you @Danani your hug means a lot!

I thought it would be CD 13 too but normally the day after O my temp will shoot up to around 36.70 however this time it only went up to 36.30 and then this morning dropped back down to 36.20. For me this is very different to normal.

This cycle me and DH also had a blazing row because I'm putting too much pressure on him to DTD 'on command'. I get it ... I think I am probably being too pushy and now 8 months of it is starting to cause issues!

I think I need to make some changes next month to take the pressure off both of us. I've been reading a lot of self-insemination threads on here and how some couples use it to supplement DTD so they are not under pressure to have so much sex!

Im going to suggest it to DH as I think it might suit us better if we aim to DTD a few times in the FW and then self inseminate a few times too (as opposed to trying to DTD 6 days in a row!). I've read the man can just do it in a moon cup and the woman can then just insert it. DH gets up much earlier than me and I'm hoping he could do it in the morning and then I put it in and go back to sleep.

At this point I will try anything to take some stress off us

@lemons44 so sorry you're feeling rubbish sadly I had this in July and August and also frl like giving up. It's cycle 7 for me too so it was really hard picking myself up but dont give up!!! Keep going and keep testing. I regretted not carrying on testing for one of them as ended having a 41 day cycle and and sure I probably just ovulated later but will never know!!!

Hope you feel better

@lemons44 sorry to hear your feeling down, it really can be frustrating when you know your due to ovulate and then don't! Which then can cause more delays cause of the stress!

I would keep testing ovulation May of been delayed they is soooo many factors that can delay is, so keep testing - one month I was due to ov on around day 15 my body prepared but I didn't end up ovulating until CD 27 it's only because I kept testing I knew!

Also I know anovulationary cycle is not what we need when TTC! But it could potentially be one of them months (I've read a book on them and they are very common for every women to experience a few in a year)

I would defiantly keep testing, maybe try and do something nice over the weekend to de stress, it can be so hard to enjoy this process after such a long time and I think sometimes we naturally forget how it feels for OH as we are the ones actually 'dealing' with it.

I had the same with my OH at about 7months ttc and I had to have a word with myself and now I'm much more relaxed it has made DTD more enjoyable for us both

Hi all, I'd love to take a spot in this thread again, cycle 3 after my ectopic pregancy in summer, started TTC in January this year and had a chemical right in the first cycle. I didn't expect to be pregnant fast as I'm now 37 and DH 40 but I didn't expect the journey to be that rocky! Either way, here I am again. Having friends staying with us for a couple of weeks, so TTC will be difficult.
Just entered the fertile week, if I have a regular cycle I expect ovulation on Sunday. Which reminds me I haven't used the fertility monitor today, so off to the bathroom!

Congrats @Lianna93 to the BFP! I hope you're having a wonderful 9 month ahead of you!

@Mummytobe93 late congratulations to your wedding day, I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday!

@lemons44 as @ViL89 said, I'd keep on testing, maybe you will ovulate a bit later this month. Fingers crossed for you!

@Firsttimetrier yeah I've heard / read a lot of pregnacare and delaying cycles or even messing them up, most changed to another brand and it went back to normal.

@purpleskyssssss how are you feeling today cycle sister?

I'm having some cramps and literally no other symptoms. I'm in the office today for my own leaving drinks lol not sure how to manage not drinking but also don't want AF to arrive in the office as I think I'd cry!!

I'm not feeling any other symptoms so really unhopeful now but still planning not to test!!!!

X

@ViL89 no symptoms was the only symptom I had :) fingers crossed for you!!!