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

I've been having a little bit of cramping in my right ovary region, that plus a tiny bit more EWCM today makes me hopeful that it's O time soon! 🤞

I definitely see a faint line @tryingtryinggone ! How many DPO are you?

I am the same as you, also got my peak today!

Good luck and will be with you in the TWW 😊

@tryingtryinggone are those the one step pregnancy strips? If they are I used them last month didn't even get a hint of a line on mine, so hopefully that's a good thing and means yours are true positives!

BFN for me this morning on FRER ladies following a Vvvv faint line yesterday morning

11DPO today so I think I’m out!

@DesertSnow thanks I had a little last month after ovulation but this seems to be a little more. This is cycle 6 for me so hoping it means my body has finally settled into its norm pattern

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@Summerbreeze111 oh how good to have someone in the TWW fingers crossed! How long have you been TTC?

@Hjudge56 oh sorry to hear that still keeping fingers crossed for you 🤞

@HeathenPlayingHouse sounds very encouraging! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

@Hjudge56 sorry to hear that, keeping my fingers crossed for you.

@HeathenPlayingHouse sounds promising!

I just did my first OPK! How exciting 🤣

CD10 faint line and the app says low. I also got caught up in TTC tiktok which taught me nothing but wasted about an hour of time when I should have been working

@LucyLoopyLu @WingingIt09 Thank you both, I'll keep you posted!

@LucyLoopyLu omg TTC TikTok can loose me in it for hours 😂 I go through weeks of not on it at all then get sucked back in! Hope your OPK journey goes well

Haha thanks @lj2022 I'm stepping away from the app!

I haven't mentioned OPK / tracking to my husband, just wondering whether to talk to him about it or whether it's better if he doesn't know - I don't feel like it's stressful for me but could be stressful for him, piling on pressure!

@LucyLoopyLu it's a hard one I started Opk tracking quite early on but only the day before ovulation only the last 2 cycles I've done it from earlier to be sure. I've not told my partner as I don't want to stress him and if we don't feel like DTD I don't force him. I tell him it's my good to go week coming up a few days before and sometimes show him my app but he probably sees my OPKs in the bin or the box in my drawer that I always leave open but I don't want to stress him. However some people love to be included in that way. I just feel if it gets to 12 months with nothing then I'll include him but for now I'm still "trying" to relax and not put too much pressure even though we're 6 months in

@lj2022 @LucyLoopyLu I get lost on tiktok for hours too 🙈🤣

My other half knows I'm tracking and I've explained what it all means but now we're actively trying I'm going to ask him how much he wants to know. Tbh me initiating it will be enough of a hint its a good time 🤣🤣

@LucyLoopyLu my husband knows I do opk's but doesn't know it's 3x a day some days 🤣 and I haven't told him about temping because he may think I'm a crazy person but he sees me temp some morning and doesn't say anything so probably just thinks I'm a mega hypochondriac thinking I'm coming down with a fever all the time 😂

@WingingIt09 can you move me over to actively trying next time please? It's our second we are trying for.

I was holding off till July but I'm back peeing on Opks all day and we're not using protection so 🤷🏼‍♀️

@lj2022 that's good you're trying to relax. When we were trying for our D, poor husband would look ill when I told him it was my fertile week 😂😂 mind you it had been 18 months so I'll let him off.

Also what is this TTC tiktok? I feel im missing out but know ill end up down a rabbit hole.

@Dreamingof3 glad to see I'm not the only one getting lost on TikTok haha

@Theawkwardblonde I feel as the months go on I definitely push for more sex in the fertile week even if I'm not feeling it. I think men just always have a bit of the fear though. Just on TikTok people talking about TTC and pregnant people and just everything parenthood related and honestly it's so addictive

The tww starts from today for me! I have a feeling the next 2 weeks are going to go super slow.

Its our first cycle, so very early days for me! Trying to manage my expectations as I know its rarely an easy ride. Excuse the pun 🙊 just started using OPKs and trying to understand the process of reading results and timing ttc.

How about you? Do you have any other dc? This will be our first, feel like we've waited years for this moment seems a little surreal tbh!

Oh so glad I'm not the only one going down a social media scroll hole on a regular basis! Makes me feel a lot better.

Also glad I'm not the only one not sharing all the tiny details with my OH. I don't want him to feel pressured as I'm very conscious that my broody brain and body seems to be screaming at me every month to get pregnant and highly doubt he has the same sense of urgency! Sometimes it's good to have one of you be chilled out at least.

@Summerbreeze111 I'm TTC for the first time too, feels very odd and momentous, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed. I'm on cycle 3 since I had my coil removed, but in first cycle we didn't DDD in my fertile window at all so I'm calling this cycle 2.

@Summerbreeze111 oh that's exciting with cycle 1 are you using any apps ? My one piece of advice for the TWW is that the first week is completely useless and impossible to get any symptoms of pregnancy so just treat that week as normal as you can. Doing that has helped the first week fly in as I know nothing is really going on in my body.

This is our first too so navigating the TTC minefield. Cycle number 6 for us so getting a little exhausting and emotionally draining right now. I know I'll be mega disappointed this month if nothing as 6 seems a big number in TTC but also trying to be realistic and manage my expectations.

Fingers crossed for you this cycle you never know. My sister in law got pregnant first cycle (we started trying around the same time) although it's highly unlikely it can happen. First few cycles were fun to navigate through with a lot more excitement and not much disappointment so try enjoy!

What apps do people use and generally find to be the most reliable for tracking cycles? I've downloaded a few but wondering if anybody had found any particular ones to be superior? And are the paid versions worth it? Grateful to hear all/any experience!

Congratulations to all the new BFP's!

And baby dust to all those still trying!

According to my app I'm 8+3. Midwife isn't booked in until 11 weeks.. I got really bad heartburn which didn't happen until later on with my DS. Also, the most tender boobs even if I touch them or DS pushes on them to get up. I don't know why he does he's just a bit of a booby boy 🤣. Again, at 16 weeks with DS is when I had really burning boobs!

@DesertSnow I use two just to doubley improve accuracy. Flo and Femometer. They seem to run in sync now and are pretty darn accurate I've found.

@DesertSnow I use fertility friend and premom.