Preparing to TTC in 2022

[WingingIt09]

Thread number 3 - hopefully lots of BFPs to come! How are we all?

Pregnant
@Four0Clock #3 (32) - Due 14/11/22
@Worryant #2 (38) - Due 18/11/22
@TheOnlyException1 #1 (29) - due 6/12/22

Actively Trying
@OCM19 #2 (31)
@Bear486 #1
@Cavylady #1 (33)
@Nyxxie #1 (34)
@QueenBee22 #2 (31)
@Lj2022 #1 (27)
@Trixie22 #3 (25)
@MrsGrealish
@PinkButtercups #2 (29)
@DanceWithYourBalloon #3 (37)
@BrightonBelle87
@Heathenplayinghouse #2 (36)
@Cheeky peach #2 (29)
@Hevann #1 (35)
@Gizzy93 #1 (29)
@Dasher789
@Babyjellyfish #2
@Alwaysseeingstars #1 (33)
@Carlswhite29x #1 (29)
@Lemonzestsribbles #2 (33)
@Tryingtryinggone #2 (27)
@LucyLoopyLu #1 (33)
@PrettyPolly92
@tropicana1 #2 (31)
@Anibendod #1
@Sarahshorty #1 (34)

Waiting to try in…

May
@WingingIt09 #3 (30)
@Dreamingof3 #3 (34)
@Notjustafurmum #1 (28)
@Vasectomyreversalhopeful #2 (33)
@Summerbreeze111 #1 (31)
@Amber17 #1 (33)
@Springblooms08 #1 (29)
@BellaNutella88 #2
@Superstorefan123 #1
@Duckandsarah #2
@Tonkabean22 #1 (30)
@Keeponsmiling2019 #2 (32)

June
@Blueberrymacaron #1 (30)
@DanisEndo #1 (26)
@Sunshine0987 #1 (30)
@HippeePrincess #3 (34)
@Jennifer89 #1 (32)

July
@Narniejoy #1 (25)
@Tanners22 #1 (35)
@TrillianMurphy_
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August
@Dearhummingbirds #1 (30)_
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September
@NotARegularMum #1 (32)
@Nypie (29) #1

@lj2022 I don't usually have spotting but I did last cycle on 9DPO. There was then nothing until AF arrived about 36 hours later, during which time I was getting my hopes up that it had been implantation!

I'm similar to you in that ovulation is usually day 16/17. Hopefully that's a good sign for you that it is later this time and means things are having an effect 🤞 Is the progesterone cream something that you were prescribed or can you just buy it?

@Nyxxie I got mines off Amazon. I went down a hole and downloaded Tik Tok and ended up on TTC Pages and saw so many success stories of progesterone cream so decided to order. If you get pregnant while using I think you need to use it the full first trimester as the drop in progesterone can cause miscarriage

Thanks for everyone who shared their birth stories and plans I loved hearing them all! I now think that if my birth does not go to plan I will take what is being offered without pause buttt what Im aiming for is a gas and air positive pool birth though not sure how I'll deal with luke warm water.

C sections have never appealed to me I think cause my step mom had one and I remember her talking about all the bleeding afterwards I was quite young and clearly scarred for life 😂😂

@TrillianMurphy thank you, good to read a positive delivery experience for someone with epilepsy. I had a chat with my neurologist yesterday and she said there's no automatic need to have c section unless there's an emergency. There's also an epilepsy maternity nurse and I've now got appointments booked for a few weeks time. Just hoping baby bean keeps this time!

@keeponsmiling2019 ooh sounds promising, fingers crossed! Will you try an early test? The last 48 hours to see if AF starts is so frustrating.

I'm so sorry to read that @HeathenPlayingHouse no wonder you're exhausted, hopefully you're not in pain with cramps the whole time. Do you take iron tablets to counteract the loss of blood? Hopefully you can rest this weekend

@Nyxxie I'm getting so excited to be joining the actively trying club soon! We have to wait until end of June/start of July because we went on holiday to St Lucia in March/April so there's a Zika risk. I have been really impatient and worried that DH isn't that bothered about it even though we've always been clear and agreed about our plans to have children. But last night he told me he'd bought his TTC vitamins for men so that's a really positive sign 😊 I really want us to be excited about this journey together rather than me being the one dragging him along 😂

@Theawkwardblonde @Cherrymarket thank you both! They were nearly white all week but I think it's getting darker today and got some ewcm. Ov predicted tomorrow so makes sense.

@Theawkwardblonde You're a boss for the 12 hours back to back 🙌 the epidural is bliss 🤣

@Nyxxie it never got above 10 days for me. The month I got pregnant as I was excited I'd hit 12dpo. My ttc group pointed out I was probably pregnant 🙈 I'd definitely try the angus castus

BBT has actually worked for me this month and I have cross hairs for ovulation! AF predicted 10/11th May. 11th is last day of holiday so hopefully won't be till then! Also pushes back the potential due date if we conceive first cycle, which is better too. Getting excited to start trying! Not long to go!

@LemonZestDribbles that sounds very much like you're due to ovulate! I find once I have ewcm I ovulate in the next 24 hours or so.

@WingingIt09 which app do you use to track bbt? I tried tracking bbt before conceiving DD but lost off with it. Do you temp same time each day?

Is anyone else going into the TWW? I need to find some ways to keep busy but so hard when working from home with nobody around you. What do you all do in your TWW?

@Brightonbelle87 Thank you lovely. I do get cramps, but funnily enough, nowhere near as strong as they used to be when my cycle was "normal".

I haven't tried an iron supplement to be honest, I don't know why but I feel nervous about taking it without having my blood checked first. For some reason I'm paranoid about poisoning myself lol.

@Theawkwardblonde I use fertility friend. I definitely don't take it at the same time each day... which probably affects the accuracy. I just take it the first time I wake up, whether that's 5am or 7am (I wish it could be that late 😂😂).

@lj2022 I think i’m ovulating tomorrow so will be joining you. Made the mistake of booking the second week of it as annual leave - no holiday, just need to use up some - so not even got work to distract me then!

@WingingIt09 that's fab 🎉

I'm on alert for my period as I missed ovulation so no idea when it's coming 🤣 hoping its sooner rather than later so that i can get on with trying 😍

@Amber17 oh no hope you can find some nice things to do to pass the time! I'm trying to remind myself the first 7 days are not symptoms so not to get caught up in symptom spotting for at least 7/8 days hopefully that first week will pass quickly. My ovulation was today I think so 🤞 hopefully these two weeks pass quickly for us

Just took a FRER BFN. Feel so disappointed as I was convinced. I know I'm not out until AF but feel it's unlikely now. Clearblue Ovulation stick purchased at the ready

Sorry to hear that @keeponsmiling2019 it's so disheartening

@FourOclock thanks. X

@WingingIt09 I'll look into fertility friend. I was using Femometer as I have the opks from them. Think I fished with bbt as i work shifts so my brain just couldn't remember to do them in a morning after a 12 hour night shift..

Very exciting for you all who are actively TTC. I'm sat here twisting to husband that I can't wait to try the no 2. Still a couple of months to go till I'm 6 months pp. I'm overthinking but having a bit of a panic what I would do if I returned to work pregnant 🤦🏼‍♀️ my maternity leave finishes in August.

@keeponsmiling2019 sorry to hear it's a bfn. Fingers crossed for next month for you.

@Dreamingof3 the time you are willing AF to show up... next cycle you'll be wishing her away 😂

@keeponsmiling2019 sorry it's negative. When is AF due?

@Theawkwardblonde you have to do what's best for you. I interviewed for my current job whilst on maternity leave and then made them wait until I'd finished my leave to start 🥴 I was then pregnant with #2 4 months into the job and went on leave again a year after I'd started. I half apologised to my manager as I sheepishly announced my pregnancy to her and she told me not to worry and that she came back from her 1st maternity leave pregnant with her second 😂

@WingingIt09 yas for af likely to hit on the last day of holiday. Nearly perfect timing

@Theawkwardblonde will be so exciting for you to start trying again eeek. Work will always make you worry but some things are more important than someone who might be a bit miffed that you'll be going on mat leave again.

@lj2022 I'll be going into tww tomorrow. I can't remember how I did it last time. Think I was on mn all the time obsessing like a crazy 🤪

@keeponsmiling2019 sorry about the negative. It's very disheartening ❤

Got my peak. Pretty sure I'll ovulate sometime today or maybe tomorrow morning. Fed up dtd now so I'm looking forward to tww. Think DH will be skipping away for a restful night away from wild toddler and wild wife in his hotel room for the week 🤣

Thanks everyone
@WingingIt09 Af due tomorrow- wed at the latest which would be a 30day cycle which I've had for the past two months so I guess there's still hope. Still feel pregnant and (tmi) have milk leaking from one boob and very sore... it's a waiting game

@LemonZestDribbles you sound like me. Who knew TWW could be so frustrating. I'm definitely 1dpo today as my bbt spiked today. Let's hope it's. A quick 2 weeks for us

@Sunshine0987 that's really sweet that he got his own vitamins! I know what you mean about not wanting to be the one doing all the planning etc so it's nice when the OH shows an interest too 🙂 It will be time to start trying before you know it!

@LemonZestDribbles that's me at the moment too, more hopeful for a long luteal phase than an actual BFP 🤣 So glad it worked out for you and thanks again for giving me hope!