Ovulation/TTC thread 4!

[hoola23]

@Aims1991 @CShandy01 @GemB03 @MrsRosaline @newtolineofduty @plantbasedlondoner

New thread as the other one is about to go!! Defo forgotten a few peeps! Please add ladies!

@MrsRosaline I think I was just shattered from work 🤣🤣 I have ZERO symptoms. Even the symptoms I convince myself of most months aren't there 🤣🤣

Crossing fingers for all you ladies!!!! What days will people be testing this week!? Xxx

@newtolineofduty I'm going to test on Saturday. That'll be 11dpo and 2 days before AF is due. Any recommendations for brands?

@hoola23 maybe none of the usual symptoms is a positive sign? Who knows 🤞🏼

@Lilmisscatelin sorry about the bfn... maybe try in a few more days?

I had maybe one too many drinks last night and now I'm worried I've ruined our chance this month 😩 was a great night though!

@GemB03 you won't have done any harm hun-you HAVE to keep living whilst TTC otherwise it just makes it even harder!!!

People always recommend FRER as the 'go to' but actually it seems people have had really awful experiences of false positives/significant indents on them recently so I used clear blue! I think the early detection ones are 96% accurate from 4 days before missed period! That's what I used but I waited until day after AF due as I knew I wouldn't cope with any ambiguity and I think CB can be bad for evaporation lines too! It's all part of the dilemma of whether to test early or not! X

@newtolineofduty thanks hun! I think AF is due on Thursday for me as I've gone back to short cycles now so if it doesn't show by Friday then I'll test. Well that's the plan, see how long I hold out 🤣 I prob won't test as I don't have any positive feelings for this month 😭
@GemB03 don't worry about the alcohol hun, you'll be fine!

Hold on to that 1% @hoola23! Wow yours has come around quickly!!! Short cycles are great in that way! I really feel for women TTC who have terribly long cycles! All the waiting etc xxx

@newtolineofduty I think the short cycle is the only thing keeping me going right now! I swear the result is no way near as bad as the waiting!

@hoola23 I agree!!!!! Uncertainty is the root of all anxiety!!!!! X

Hope everyone's good today x sending love and luck to those potential little embryos burying in x

@newtolineofduty thanks hun! I had to resist POAS again this morning 🤣🤣 9 DPO ZILCH symptoms so I just wish AF would come early. 3 days to go 🙌🏽🙌🏽

@hoola23 are you feeling as tired today? Xx

@newtolineofduty nah not particularly, no more than I normally would on a freezing Monday morning 🤣

Morning all! How are we all doing? Sorry been a bit MIA this weekend - tree has gone up as has all of our Christmas decorations around the house. Can't help but feel super Christmassy and want to play every single Christmas record under the sun! DD stayed at MIL's on Saturday night, hence why we got everything done without being interrupted 😂

I think I'm about 7dpo today, but really haven't got much of a clue. Put it this way, I THINK AF is due sometime early next week. I will not be testing. I am determined to wait until I'm about a week over AF, just because I bled 5 days after AF was due and I got my hopes up last time.

Not a clue if it's happened this month either. Could be AF, could be magical...genuinely not got a clue. Thank god that we've got the Christmas ordering and Christmas school assessments to do to keep me occupied at work 😂😂 xx

@CShandy01 you're so organised! I still don't even have a bloody tree!! I threw all our decorations away when we moved as they were so battered and now I have nothing🤣

I'm with you on the keeping busy thing to distract the whole waiting around thing. I should be put out of my misery in a day or so with my pre AF spotting! Then it's my bday a couple days after af is due but I'll be ok as I've not had any symptoms this month to make me feel like it will be a good month! Then it's basically Xmas so I'll be so too busy to be sad🤣🤣

@newtolineofduty pretty sure I can feel the AF pains starting now so looks like this will be a super short cycle. Not strong but I'm conscious of my uterus if that makes sense 🤣

Plus side, I bought a Xmas tree today! 🤣🤣

I'm tempted to test tomorrow (10dpo) with a FRER even though I know I probably shouldn't

[quote newtolineofduty]@GemB03 you won't have done any harm hun-you HAVE to keep living whilst TTC otherwise it just makes it even harder!!!

People always recommend FRER as the 'go to' but actually it seems people have had really awful experiences of false positives/significant indents on them recently so I used clear blue! I think the early detection ones are 96% accurate from 4 days before missed period! That's what I used but I waited until day after AF due as I knew I wouldn't cope with any ambiguity and I think CB can be bad for evaporation lines too! It's all part of the dilemma of whether to test early or not! X[/quote]
@newtolineofduty thanks for this advice lovely.
I've looked up FRER and I can't believe some of the reviews! Seems to be a recent thing and rightly so, people are so mad at them! Must be so gutting to think it's positive when it's not. I've gone for CB instead and testing 11dpo so hopefully more accurate? 🤞🏼

@hoola23 I am so conscious of my uterus too. Feel like I'm so in tune down there it's ridiculous 🤣

Happy Christmas tree day! 🥳 love putting the tree up. It always gets me emosh... Didn't this year, think I've cried enough this year my tear ducts are on strike 😂😂

@GemB03 I'm glad you understand what I mean 🤣 I have definite mild cramping now which is a little early for me if I'm honest so it could be a possibility BUT I've been let down before when I've been sure I've felt twinges. These are now twinges but more the feeling like AF will start tomo. Not sure until Friday I think so that would be odd for me if it did start tomo

@Lilmisscatelin I was thinking about that too but I wouldn't fully trust the result so going to restrain myself! I'll test Thursday I think

Yey @GemB03 how exciting. My friend bought some FRERs and when she took them out of the box they had lines on! X

@newtolineofduty that's terrible! Shameless company, messing with people TTC. Or really not wanting to conceive! Must have caused so much heartache 😔

@GemB03 @newtolineofduty wow that is crazy about the Frer I had no idea terrible
@hoola23 that's good restraint, I need to follow suit!

@hoola23 implantation cramping!? Mine felt JUST like AF was about to arrive!!!! X

@newtolineofduty I was thinking that but I had some twinges last month too so I dunno! The cramping has almost stopped now so it's prob nothing. If I don't get any spotting tomo then I might have a glimmer of hope as that's always a sign AF is coming for me and always 3-4 days before AF

@hoola23 the fact that it's now stopped is significant! If it was AF cramps it'd be there until AF! x