TTC NOVEMBER 2021

[Lua2020]

Well… AF came and got me in a big way today so on to the next cycle anyone else TTC November 2021?

[SantiagoSister]

Good morning ladies

Please can I join this thread? I’m a complete Mumsnet newbie, I’ve been reading various threads on here for months but never joined until today. So apologies for having no idea what I’m doing! I wanted to join this thread as I love how active it seems, I’m on a few other forums, but they are fairly quiet and I’d like to have a bit more support on the TTC journey.

We are trying to conceive our second baby after losing our first baby at 29 weeks earlier in the year. This is our first month TTC since and I am using the clearblue advanced fertility monitor as it worked well for us last time (I conceived the first cycle trying, couldn’t believe it!). I’m currently on CD11, hoping for a peak reading by the weekend, currently on ‘high’.

Good luck to you all ✨

[Essexnewbie]

I’m a newbie too! Sorry to hear about your loss. Good luck on your journey :)

[Essexnewbie]

Sorry didn’t know how to at you @SantiagoSister in my last message

[SantiagoSister]

Hi @Essexnewbie! Thank you ❤️ Nice to know I have a fellow newbie on these threads

Good luck to you too! Where are you at in your cycle? I’m hoping to ovulate around the weekend, fingers crossed!

[Whoknew22]

@SantiagoSister so so sorry for your loss. Good to have you on board. I’m new to this too. Never really did the TTc thing before. Last time it just happened so feeling the anxiety around it this time. Didn’t realise so much went into it.

Is the clear blue advanced fertility monitor expensive? Maybe I should look into it.

Welcome to all the other newbies too. We’ve got this 🥰

[ajayelbee]

@Curlywurly3 we’re cycle buddies! This part does seem quick doesn’t it. Then the TWW feels so much longer!

@SantiagoSister I’m so sorry for your loss. Sending good vibes out to you for this cycle! This is the first thread I’ve posted on too. Just felt like such good energy from everyone on it ☺️

[SantiagoSister]

Thank you all so much for your warm welcomes and condolences, it’s lovely to be amongst like-minded people on their TTC journeys, and quite a few newbies like myself too ☺️

@Whoknew22 pleased to hear it happened for you easily last time, have you been trying for long this time round? Honestly, wouldn’t you think for something that’s meant to happen so naturally, it would be a lot easier?! I got my clearblue monitor from the Dr Fertility website for about £85 I think it was, and then you just buy the refill sticks (I think they are around £20ish which should get you around 2 months worth). It is quite expensive, but for me it was worth it as it takes all the guess work out of trying to read the OPK strips, it just clearly tells you whether you’re low, high or peak, so you can time DTD correctly. I do love a gadget too so for me, I think it’s great, and the reviews from others are really good too 😊

@ajayelbee thank you, sending them right back at you too! ✨ it does seem like a really good thread and it’s nice that there’s a few of us that are quite new to this all together too!

[Essexnewbie]

@Whoknew22 we do have this! Nice to be speaking to people in the same boat.

@SantiagoSister I should be ovulating in a week or so. Will start testing with clear blue from tomorrow and see what happens. Dreading the TWW already!

[Natalie2304]

Hi ladies, i hope you don’t mind me joining this thread. I’m currently on CD 14 and due to ovulate tomorrow. Been tracking ovulation for the last few months so hopefully that’s right but doing tests to check anyway. I’m having the usual ovulation symptoms (which unlucky for me is always a bout of thrush 🙄)
Going to test on 20th which will be 10DPO and AF is due on 21st.
This is our first month TTC baby no 2 so not expecting much, but if we conceive we will have the same due date as DD which would be lovely.

@SantiagoSister I’m really sorry to hear about your loss. Sending lots and lots of baby dust your way x

[CrumchyLeafs]

I am also TTC for the first time this month! I stopped taking BC last month and am currently on CD21 and just had my first clearly positive ovulation test today! I was already giving up thinking that I wouldn't ovulate at all the first month off BC since all my apps had predicted it for CD15 or CD17, but I have all the signs! Soft, open cervix and tons of egg-white CM! I am so excited!

I guess this means I will ovulate within the next 12 to 36 hours! We BD already this morning and will again tonight, we do it every day regardless of TTC, so I am really only tracking and testing so I know when I can take the first pregnancy test (and to see if I ovulate at all).

[Whoknew22]

@SantiagoSister I suppose this is my first month trying. I stopped taking my pill in September and haven’t had a period since. However a few weeks ago I bought ovulation tests. The week before last I was doing them every day and the second line was getting darker and darker until it was really dark and the day after there was no dark line and hasn’t been since. I am hoping that means I have ovulated. This is all new to me. Never done the temperature or CM checks so if it doesn’t happen this month, it’s something I can do in the future.

Funnily enough, I have not felt like sex at all recently since probable ovulation. I recon I am now 8DPO (hopefully).

@CrumchyLeafs that all sounds so positive xx

[SantiagoSister]

@Essexnewbie good luck for starting your testing tomorrow I know exactly what you mean, I’m already dreading the TWW too, I know it’s going to feel like forever until I can take a test and I’ll be symptom spotting like crazy 😩

@Natalie2304 thank you for your kind words ❤️ Good luck for getting your positive ovulation test tomorrow, I’m hoping to get mine at the end of this week. How lovely if you can conceive this month and have the same due date! Wishing you lots of luck.

@CrumchyLeafs that’s great news you’ve got a positive ovulation test so soon after coming off BC, I imagine that’s a relief to know it’s all getting back on track good luck for this cycle! ✨

[SantiagoSister]

@Whoknew22 it’s a worry when you come off the pill and you don’t know what’s going on with your body, I had the same when I was TTC last time. Great idea to start tracking your ovulation to know where you’re at, it is a relief to know you have likely ovulated now so hopefully that’s a sign that your body is getting back into some sort of rhythm. I have never done the CM checks or temps either, as you say, it’s something we can get into if we aren’t successful initially. Are you going to test soon, or just wait to see if AF arrives?

[Whoknew22]

@SantiagoSister I am going to test at the end of the week and take it from there. Got loads of cheap tests so no harm done. Promised myself not to get hung up on it all but here I am 😂😂

[SantiagoSister]

@Whoknew22 😂 I know exactly what you mean, it’s so hard not to get sucked into it all. Good idea on the cheap tests, I think I’ll get some of those, I usually use the first response tests but they end up working out expensive if I test too early 🙈 good luck for testing at the end of the week! 🤞🏼

[Hayls07]

Hey girls! I'm ttc #3! Af due on 16th so hoping this is my month :) good luck guys X

[Essexnewbie]

@Hayls07 everything crossed for you! X

[SantiagoSister]

Good luck @Hayls07! Wishing you all the best for this month 🤞🏼 Are you going to test early or wait to see if AF arrives?

[CrumchyLeafs]

Hey guys! Hope it is going well for all of you! Today is ovulation day for me, but only a very small temp rise this morning. Not sure if that is normal? Should it go up the day of or the day after? It doesn't help that my DH insists on having a fan on all night, also some mornings I wake up smothered by his body heat and others he is on the other side leaving me cold. I find the temping to be the hardest part of tracking, I just feel there are so many factors that can throw off the reading!

[Essexnewbie]

@CrumchyLeafs I find the bbt charting really stressful too as it makes me really obsessive! But I find my temp doesn’t rise until the day after ovulation or even a couple of days so I wouldn’t worry if it hasn’t gone up yet. For some people the rise in temp is really small so I wouldn’t worry too much. Do you have any other signs of ovulation like CM?

[Natalie2304]

Got my positive opk just now! DTD yesterday and Sunday so let the TWW commence!

How is everyone else getting on today?
Xx

[Natalie2304]

@Hayls07 welcome and good luck!! Let us know how you get on!

@CrumchyLeafs I haven’t ever done temp checking as I worry it would be something else to add to the list that I would get obsessive about! But from what I’ve read about it, it could be a couple of days later than ovulation. Fingers crossed for you.

[Essexnewbie]

@Natalie2304 great news! Do you mind sharing with me what day of your cycle you start testing with these strips? Thanks! And good luck :) x

[SantiagoSister]

@CrumchyLeafs good luck for ovulation day! 🍀 sorry I can’t be of more help with the temping, like @Essexnewbie says I think I’d find it stressful so I haven’t tracked with temps yet.

@Natalie2304 good luck for your ovulation day too! Hope the 2ww passes quickly for you 🤞🏼

I’m CD12 today, have noticed a little EWCM which I’m pleased about (I don’t always see this every month) but still reading ‘high’ on my fertility monitor, no peak just yet. DTD tonight though as hoping I’m in my fertile window now with the appearance of the EWCM.

Sending baby dust to you all ✨

[Natalie2304]

@Essexnewbie I took the first one on Monday which was CD 14.
The bottom one is actually the 3rd that I’ve taken today 🙈
I track my periods using the Flo app and have done for years now and I’m pretty regular and have been tracking ovulation for a few months now too so I was sure I should ovulate today. So when this mornings wasn’t clear I kept holding my urine for a few hours and testing. I read somewhere that FMU isn’t always the best to use for OPK’s so thought I’d try my luck and there it was!
I find ovulation so tricky to catch!