TTC May baby ☀️🌦💐🌳♉️♊️

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I don’t know what I’m doing with the emojis this month. Got the star signs in there though!

Cycle 10 for me 😤

Best of luck to everyone!

@RugbyGirl1 i was gonna say it sounds like it will be pricey, but hopefully not too much 🤞

@RugbyGirl1 I am so sorry to see you here and to read about your loss. I was even thinking myself that how hard can it be to get pregnant. Its not fair that we have to struggle with the disappointment every month, but I hope that very soon we will conceive and go on to have happy and healthy pregnancies. I am cutting down on caffeine tomorrow, as I as reading about how it can interfere with progesterone levels. I don't drink coffee but I do like tea. So from tomorrow I am cutting down to 2 cups and hopefully I will then be able to cut down to 1 cup a day.

@NSx I have my clearblue advanced digital ovulation tests ready as well and I am going to start them on cd8. I hope you are feeling much better today ✨ I hope this month is a lucky month for you ✨

@calipoppy so sorry to read about your loss as well 😞 I pray that your ttc journey will be short and that this month will be a lucky one ✨

@Mummyme87 that's great news that your scan was normal ✨☺️✨ can anything be done to help stimulate the left ovary. I was told as well that my right ovary is more active.

@Aurora81 im feeling much better - AF is almost done and next week I’ll pass the time waiting for ovulation - I normally ovulate like cd14 or a few days later, so not too long 🤞…
im hoping we all manage to get that BFP this month I really do 😭 …

I have my clear blue OPKs on standby too - waiting to get that static smiley 😁

@Aurora81 that's really interesting. I remember when ttc#1 I ovulated 3 times in a row from my left ovary then 4th cycle was from right and I conceived. 2 cycles so far this time and both have been from left ovary.

@NSx me too got those OPK ready and looking forward to this cycle. Fingers crossed for us all

@EdinburghGirl1 how do u know which ovary you ovulate from?
I get literally no signs at all of even ovulation 😭 my body is silent 🤣

@NSx I get ovulation pain each month and it's only one one side so I know which ovary I'm ovulating from. I think only about 20% of people get it. I've mainly been on the pill so only noticed when I was ttc the first time and am getting it again now

@EdinburghGirl1 thats amazing I would kill to feel something like that - I never know what’s going on with my body because there’s no signs 😂😂😂 I just live in hope 🥹😭🤣🤣

@NSx at least you have CB OPKs to help you out.

@EdinburghGirl1 yes thank goodness !!

Evening ladies!

Moved over from the April forum, CD1 month 4 tracking but been unprotected since I had my son over a year ago who was a IVF babe. TTC our final baby #4, MC back in April and 2 losses in 2020.

New cycle with new possibilities, baby dust for everyone ✨🌈

Where is everyone at in their cycles and what's their choice of ovulation test?

We're CD2, I usually ovulate between cd18-20 so I'm in this for the long haul 😅 and we use Easy@Home and the clearblue advanced fertility monitor.

Can anyone also recommend anything for a short luteal phase as I feel like that's what's hindering me xx

Morning everyone, happy Saturday. Just checking in, I am roughly 6DPO I think. I’m not sure because this is our first month of not using protection but I don’t use any ovulation tests or do any tracking. I just go off of the Flo app which I’ve used with my previous pregnancies and find it accurate, that and EWCM.

Even though this month wasn’t really trying and I think it very unlikely I’ll get a BFP I still have a little spark of hope of course so waiting another week will be tough. Plenty of distractions needed I think. Hope everyone else is ok.

@Ki-King so sorry to hear about your struggles 🙁 welcome to the May thread. I am cd 7 today and we are going to do SMEP this cycle. I use the clear blue advanced digital opks as well as cheapie opks. I am trying out the easy@home ovulation tests for the first time this cycle. I started taking a B complex last cycle and my luteal phase spotting improved. There are a few of us with the same issue on this thread, so hopefully we can learn from each other and support each other as much as we can.

@EdinburghGirl1 and @NSx I get ovulation pain too, but it varies month to month. To be honest ovulation actually affects my bowel, which sometimes make it more painful.

I am trying to eat a lot more high fibre food🥝 😋 🍐

@Aurora81 feel like the odd one out 😂I need to pay attention during ovulation and symptom spot 😂😅

@NSx I prefer the cycles I get little niggles and no pain at ovulation time. Doesn't make dtd enjoyable when it hurts 😥

@Aurora81 oh I didn’t realise it was that bad Im sorry, do u get pains right up until ovulation or only ovulation ?

@NSx it's usually not to be honest, but every so often it is painful and I connect it to my bowel being sluggish. Starting my clearblue opks tomorrow morning ✨

@allgoodthings84 may birthdays are the best 😁

Thanks @Aurora81 heading to the pub now to enjoy the sunshine so silver linings and all that! Reducing caffeine is a good idea - I only have one coffee a day and not even every day. Good luck with SMEP!

Hi @Ki-King I'm CD2 cycle 3 and last cycle was 25 days and I'd like last month will ovulate around CD11 but who knows. I use CB digital OPK. I've heard vitamin B6 is good for lengthening luteal phase.

@Aurora81 oh no that's rubbish you get such bad pain sometimes.

@RugbyGirl1 enjoy the pub

@Ki-King I started taking vit b complex and vit c at the beginning of my last cycle as although my LP is fine I had started to get very very light spotting 4-5 days before AF (used to only be a day of spotting). I only had 2 days of spotting and a heavy longer period. The period was just like it used to be so I’m hoping it’s not a coincidence and the vitamins have done some good. I used to have to have b12 injections for a few years before I had my daughter 7 years ago so know I can get low in b vitamins. I’m now CD8 so will find out in around 2.5/3 weeks if I get no or little spotting if it was just a coincidence or the bits are working. Well hopefully I wont find out and get a bfp but you know what I mean 😂

@Ki-King it didn’t tag you in my comment above

Ooo not sure why it’s not tagging

Hey!! I'm joining ✌🏼 I was TTC April Baby, but started spotting with some brown this evening (usually how AF starts for me) so pretty sure I'm out this cycle - didn't even break during the TWW to test, got one out ready for the morning... Maybe May will be a luckier month! 🤞🏼🌟