TTC chat thread 3

[Tropicana1]

Just because we're running out of space on the April/May thread - anyone also welcome to join and sorry if I've forgotten to tag anyone!

@Catred4
@alwaysseeingstars
@RMS0209
@MrsGrealish
@Queenbee22
@PeanuttyButter
@Hjudge56
@Kitty901

@MamaSJ15 I'm loads better thanks for asking!! a faint line but back at work. Normally ovulate pretty early CD 11-13 but covid has likely messed up my cycles 🙄 ah well

@MrsCristiano nope! I had a second day of static smiley the following day (yep, crazy person using 2 CB readers here!) but the highest cheapie I've had is 0.4!! Then much lower each time after that. So confused! Huge congrats on the no OPK's and also the double session 😂

@MamaSJ15 Fingers crossed for your ovulation soon! Very jealous that you get obvious symptoms, I seem to get little or no EWCM and occasionally get a bit of pain. However, looking back over little notes I've made I always seem to get toothache around and after ovulation! Not sure if linked or big coincidence..

@MrsCristiano covid is a nightmare isn't it. I hope it hasn't messed up your cycle too much!

@alwaysseeingstars well I did OPK this morning and it's very faint, I would have said it should be really strong by now but maybe I'm not ovulating when I think 🙄 not sure what to think now! CD13 now.

@MamaSJ15 Do you know if you have a short surge or a building one? I know some people only get a really quick surge so the lines can go from really light to dark and it's easy to miss! I usually get a really long build up of estrogen on the CB tests, last month was the first full month of using the cheapies but I had 2 days of build up - not so this month it seems so that may have been a one off!

I caved. I did one. Literally DH came to bed at half 1 last night and I can't be bothered waiting for him to get to bed for the next week. I need sleep😂

Think I'm close. Judging by the vast amount of EWCM and an fmu OPK of 0.42 I'll do one later and leave it at that 😅

@MrsCristiano you do make me giggle 😂but can't blame you if he's coming to bed that late haha!!

@alwaysseeingstars I know! Right?! Ok so did one just there..I think this is dark enough. I'm also not hcg testing early let's see how well that goes 😅

@MrsCristiano my gosh if I got one that dark I'd be dragging DH straight to the bedroom, I never go particularly dark it seems! Think my estrogen is much better than my LH 😂
PS - good luck with not testing early 😉

@alwaysseeingstars oh I have absolutely no idea! Never done opks before so this is new for me! Will do another in the morning. But DH must be enjoying his week off, just DTD 👍😂

@MrsCristiano 😂 you are funny! I couldn't wait till we went to bed, I'm too tired by that point 🙈 basically wait till DD is asleep, which is easier said than done with a threenager who doesn't want to stay in bed haha!

@MamaSJ15 I felt all excited earlier now I'm like noooo the TWW is starting soon 😩 god help me and anyone who knows me. I apologise in advance for any crazy messages that come from me 🤣🙏

@MrsCristiano i love reading the progress of your not testing turning to testing 🤣 also well done for DTD twice in one day - medal.

Pretty sure I'm going for a total flip to early ovulation again this month, just to keep me in my toes. Loads of EWCM yesterday and today with flashing smilies, feel like I might get a peak opk tomorrow even though they've only been 0.2 today on cheapies, but I usually get a sharp rise

@MrsCristiano 😂 at least we're heading into the 2ww at a similar time! Just hoping I can tell when I ovulate so I can track it.

@Tropicana1 oh yay! The EWCM is a dead give away and literally the reason I tested! Tbh I hate it...and am looking forward to menopause to dry up a bit 😂😂

Im counting on you ladies to help me with this early testing lark. Your challenge if you wish to accept..

Fingers crossed for a peak tomorrow! Mine shoots up in a matter of hours then drops. No DTD for me tonight I have the fear again. And I'm also not staying up to half 1 🙄

@MamaSJ15 what OPKs are you using?

Cycle day 1...
Just catching up on all the comments, you ladies make me laugh ❤️🥰

@RMS0209 hey!! How are you keeping? If someone says 'new cycle fresh start' to me again I'll hunt them down

@MrsCristiano I got boots own brand. Did one this morning and this is what it looks like. It all looks faint but it says to only dip for 3 seconds 🤔

@MamaSJ15 that's very faint..those wee strip ones work better with afternoon urine

@MrsCristiano Will try again after work then I think. CD14 today so would expect ovulation around this time. But I did have spotting for 4-5 days before AF so not sure if I should be further along in the cycle or not at this point 🙈 so confused.

@MamaSJ15 yeah no me too it took ages for the actual flow 🙄

@MrsCristiano got in a right mood with DH last night because he was too tired to DTD. I was like - the number of times I've not really been in the mood or been tired in the fertile week, but it's literally one week out of the month where we just have to try to do it every other day! Then I told him if I didn't get pregnant this month it will be his fault 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

Woke up to an absolute flood of EWCM this morning and peak clearblue opk (cheapie not quite there yet) so I've just grumpily told him if We don't have sex today we've basically wasted this whole month 😂 don't know why it's bothered me so much this month, think I just feel like we keep wasting time every month and not actually giving it a good go which is frustrating me.

Hey @RMS0209 how are you doing?

@RMS0209 sending hugs hun!
@MrsCristiano oh gosh I'm not sure I can persuade you to wait 😂but we can all give you a virtual slap if you say you're going to test too early if that helps haha!
I've finally decided to accept that I must have ovulated early, as usually tomorrow would be ovulation day and getting definite blanks on CB/cheapies. So I'm going to go with 4 DPO.. woke up this morning thinking 'oh, I've got a doctors app on Monday, maybe I could get them to test my blood for pregnancy?' 😆(don't worry, I won't actually do it, I'm just mentally crazy rather than going through with these fanciful thoughts!)

@Tropicana1 ahhhh I feel you! My EWCM flood was yesterday morning too and I got the cheapie peak later in the day. Well your DH rested last night tonight's the night and it'll be perfect timing. Men don't do pressure well 😅

@MrsCristiano @Tropicana1 I'm not having any obvious ovulation signs yet but I honestly don't know where in my cycle I am of I'm truly honest. Will keep doing OPK for a few days but if I don't get a positive I guess I could say I ovulated earlier? Either that or not at all. 😭

@MrsCristiano im expecting big things from him tonight 😂 got my cheapie positive just now as well

@MamaSJ15 what CD are you now and what day did you start testing?