TTC April baby ☀️🌼🌿🌧🐣

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Let’s go go go!

This will be cycle 9 🙄

@Aurora81 I am actually laughing as I was thinking the same thing if they push to hard on the wrong area I might be going to prison 😂😂 so yeah let me know! I don't know, I think my original passion for bbt tracking is dead right now I was hoping it would come back with us trying but finding it hard, I never feel like I'm not ovulating but it would be nice to see what my temps doing later on in the cycle! What does low progesterone do, if you don't mind me asking?

@Aurora81 I like BBT tracking too, gives me confidence I ovulated with a clear temp rise. Also have suspected low progesterone. Hope reflexology is good!

In terms of vitamins I take:
High strength vit B complex (includes folic acid)
Vegan omegas
Magnesium & zinc
Starflower oil up to ovulation
Vit C high strength
Vit D
Iron
Ubiquinol
B6 post ovulation (to try and lengthen luteal phase)

Has anyone used agnus castus? I've seen it mentioned on here but I've never used it myself and not sure what it's meant to help with exactly!

@calipoppy I took it for about 6 months to try and lengthen my luteal phase, which did increase with a cocktail of vitamins (as above) to around 11 days but hasn't decreased since I've stopped taking it. So either it did some permanent changes or it was the other things helping 😂 I think it can help if you have irregular or really long cycles by regulating hormones

@Aurora81 af started a couple of hours ago so that makes it a 29 days cycle which is still long for me but within a normal range compared to last month. Just glad I know what's going on now lol

@Aurora81 @Blossomhoney I was one of the lucky ones, I had a withdrawal bleed 26 days after stopping pill and have had regular 28 day cycles since. But my close friend that is also TTC came off her pill in Jan and had no bleed at all until March. She now gets a cycle monthly but they are very irregular ranging from 28-40 days. FX you can start to regulate soon x

Ok you and I are on the same timeline then…
when are you testing?
im in Portugal at the minute not back til Tuesday - trying to hold off til the wkend x

@copperbop af arrived today for me. Hope you find out one way or another soon 🤞

Fabulous- let’s hope for a BFP together then 🤞- however I’m not holding out much hope as I feel very normal 😂😂 x

@nsX I think im going to test on Wednesday!

I've been feeling a bit rubbish this evening, sore head and no energy but my mum has just phoned to tell me she and my brother have tested positive for covid and I was with them a few days during the week 😩😩 That is NOT the positive test that i want!

@CinderellaFant omg - hope you’re ok and it’s not covid, fingers crossed.
I think I’ll try hold off testing until the wkend and see what happens!
xx

Eep good luck to those of you due to test this week!! 🤞 @CinderellaFant hope you don't have COVID - you spend all that time wanting a positive test but not that one!!!

@Dogmum13 😔 I had real hope for you, with the symptoms that your body gave you! On to the next month… (but wine first?) 🍷

I take…
wild fertility supplement
CoQ10
zinc
vit d
omega 3

stopped b complex and folic acid as the wild supplement covers that enough.

I had lots of clear watery mucus today that I noticed when I went to the toilet today (5dpo). My boobs were throbbing in the car today on top of the general pain I’ve had the who TWW so far. Not looking into it however as get similar every month

@Nypie I have took a break from BBT last month, and I just started doing it again this cycle on cd7. I had a strange period last month, yes, the one month I didn't BBT, so I decided for me, I feel more aware of what's going on when I BBT and that in itself reduces my stress. Complicated is my middle name 😅Low progesterone for me means that I start spotting at 10/11dpo and I do so until I get my AF.

@RugbyGirl1 Have you had your progesterone tested, i.e. 7dpo blood test? I had mine done last cycle and it was 26.7, and it should have been above 30. How long is your luteal phase? I find mine is still 14 days, but I do get pre AF spotting, which is so so annoying....😤There is 25 mg of B6 in my Methyl B complex and 20mg in my multi nutrient--> 45mg... What dosage to you take in the luteal phase? I used to take Vitamin C powder but Biocare changed the packaging to glass which is good, but the Vit C tastes a bit different and my taste buds aren't happy. At least the B & C vitamins are water soluble so we don't have to worry about dosage too much...or so it seems.

@calipoppy & @RugbyGirl1 I was wondering about agnus cactus myself...what dosage did you take and are you supposed to take it before or after ovulation...🤔

@Dogmum13 sorry that AF arrived 🍹🍰At least you can calculate back to figure out when you ovulated...remember a new cycle is a new beginning, and a new chance of becoming pregnant 🤗

@CinderellaFant I hope they will better soon! Our DC and I never got it when my DH had it in Feb, and I shared the same bed with him! Fx it stays away!

@NSx I am going to test on Thursday...unless my bbt chart clearly shows high temps and I don't think I will be able to resist then 😆Enjoy your hols 😎

@Mummyme87 I had one sore boob, yes, just the one a few days ago and now nothing...Fx it's a sign for you!! 😃I remember the month I conceived mine were so sore when we were in the car that I had to literally hold them to stop them moving...What dosage Coq10 do you take?

And so much for going to bed early...my eyes are literally closing...goodnight all 😴

@Aurora81 thats very typical! It is nice to be able to understand your body more. My luteal phase seems very consistent usually 15 days it's the follicular that like to suprise me... but I think thats mainly when I'm stressed. I get spotting 2 days before my period last cycle it was only one day I would be very annoyed if it was more than that! I've just looked up low progesterone on Dr Google and I have a few of the symptoms...isn't the female body great 😂

@ThePodParent I don't drink wine but yes I'll probably have something next weekend 😊 I don't think I'll rely on symptoms ever again after this month 🙈

@Aurora81 thanks. I'm only starting cycle 2 ttc now so I don't mind too much. I have ttc before but not for quite a while now so seeing it as brand new all over again 😊

BFN for me this morning at 13dpo so I'm pretty sure I'm out again! I'm trying not to feel down but it's so hard isn't it.

@calipoppy Same, BFN at 13dpo. I had awful insomnia last night which was my first real symptom with DD and that convinced me to test early but unfortunately nothing.

@Aurora81 its always one boob that hurts more than the other for me aswell. Interestingly the boob that was always preferred for breastfeeding aswell. Maybe it’s the more responsive boob 🤪
I take 300mg CoQ10

6dpo sore boobs continue

Morning everyone, just catching up on this thread as only had a chance to skim through on Saturday. Sorry long reply incoming

@Dogmum13 sorry to hear about AF. Fresh new month for you now.

@Doodle10 this could potentially be implantation bleeding. How are things now? I don't have any cheapie recommendations as have never used them unfortunately sorry but I have heard good things about the easy@home ones.

@Louise34mum fingers crossed for you this month. Looks like you DTD on the right days. I'm 4dpo today so in the TWW with you. Always good to have some company. @ThePodParent I see you are also now in the tWW

@CDD1992 that's great your new OPK are better and you got a positive and the side twinges are definitely a good sign. I get ovulation pain every month when I've not been on the pill.

@Blossomhoney I use the CB digital ones and prefer them. It can take time for our bodies to regulate coming off the pill and seems like everyone is different. Fingers crossed AF comes soon for you then you know where you are and can start fresh. I came off the pill on 14th June and had a withdrawal bleed a few days later and first AF 28 days after taking my last pill. Similar happened when I came off to ttc#1. I did however ovulate on CD10 this cycle which is my second cycle and much earlier than I thought but put it down to my body still sorting itself out.

@CDD1992 I'm sorry about your frustration. I totally get it. There's such pressure we put on ourselves to make sure we DTD at the right time and so rubbish it's only a few days every month so it's disappointing when you set yourself up for it and it doesn't happen as planned. Glad to hear he made it up to you the day after though so that might still catch it as @Aurora81 said you can ovulate 12-36 hours after a peak

@Aurora81 I had some fertility reflexology when TTC my DD and that was the cycle I got my bfp. I have no idea if it had anything to do with that but who knows. If I don't fall pregnant for a few cycles this time I will definitely be doing it again. The supplements I take are folic acid and multi vitamin and also Omega 3.

@CinderellaFant fingers crossed you don't catch it. My DD and OH had it in March and I didn't get it luckily.

Wishing you all a good week ahead

Sorry to hear that @cavebaby ❤️ every month I feel like something happens that convinces me too! It'll be the one month there's nothing that we do get a BFP probably!

Morning, since the fresh blood when I wiped on Friday evening I’ve had nothing, very strange. I am 9-11 DPO now. Hoping to wait until Wednesday to test. I think I have some symptoms but they could all be signs that AF is coming so it’s very hard to tell.