TWW starting 31.07.22 - Company Needed

[TheCakeIsALie18]

Hey all!

I'm on several other threads that I'm keeping up with but some of them are a tad long now, so I thought I'd start a new one for people to join.

Ovulation day for me today (30.07.22) so TWW starts officially tomorrow. AF due on the 12th. I have tests in the house, but my goal this month is to keep my mind busy and avoid symptom spotting! I don't plan on testing if I can help it. Want to avoid the disappointment if I can.

We are TTC #1 and we are in cycle 4 now. I had a chemical mid June when we weren't officially TTC but when it happened we realised now was the time to actively try. We wanted it so badly.

So that's a little about me and I would love some company in a slightly smaller thread.

Much love xoxox

@eleveneleven11 haha if you do cave, don't beat yourself up lol. Especially if you're not finding it stressful. Excitement can be pretty intense when it's something you really want. Just go with the flow haha. Track when you feel like it, if you forget don't worry ❤️ xxx

@Shleepymummy glad to hear you're feeling better! but sorry to hear about your husband - fingers crossed it doesn't spread any further. nasty bugs!

this is my third cycle TTC but we didn't track much in the first as we were on honeymoon. i started temperature tracking last month. it's interesting, i quite like it! but like you say, a bit of a double-edge sword because it's another level of monitoring everything. for me it's a constant reminder every morning when i wake up and take my temp that we are trying for a baby. and whilst 95% of the time that makes me feel excited, there's always that 5% of the time when my temp starts dropping as AF approaches when the daily reminder doesn't feel as exciting haha xx

Hi again everyone! Hope you're all keeping well. So good to see that line progression and proper symptoms @xttcbabyno1x and @TheCakeIsALie18 - can't wait to see that pic of number of weeks on your CB when you use it!

CD5 here. Had a bit of an emotional drama dip at the weekend - I'm normally pretty mellow but I was just feeling all the feelings for a day or so. Sometimes you've got to. And I've had horrendous sleep for a few days so am glad to be back to something more normal now.
Last few months I've ovulated CD20/21 so I've got a looong wait to go... planning a weekend away around then, though, so lots of good things to look forward to!

Totally get what you mean @eleveneleven11 about how good the bbt monitoring is but every day it's a reminder of 'got to make a baby'.
I'm doing bbt again and opks from CD15 or so this month again - I just like knowing what's going on and still feel pretty amazed that I can monitor my body so closely.

@Hannargh Thank you ❤️ will post CB digital pics next week!

It may be a long wait till O but at least you'll be away for the weekend around then so an exciting time of DTD. Might make all the difference having a little bit of spice at that time. I hope it happens for you this month!

Our bodies really are amazing. When I first starting looking into natural family planning it was to avoid pregnancy in between the wedding 22nd December last year and our honeymoon 10th April haha. So was learning about how to not get pg lol. Every day my body amazes me haha xxx

@Hannargh ah thank you so much lovely! Going to do my clear blue Friday/Saturday so hoping for a 3+ then ☺️

Just count down those days for ovulation, I have a good feeling for you this cycle ✨✨💕 xxx

Can I ask if people track bbt in C or F? I know it doesn’t matter, but do people find one set of data easier in terms of what’s online

@Shleepymummy I track in C. It doesn't really matter what you see elsewhere because your body will be different to everyone else. My before O temp is between 35.6 and 35.9 and after O it's between 36 and 36.6. As long as the temp is between 0.3 and 0.5 degrees higher than what's normal for you for 3 days you know you ovulated xxx

@TheCakeIsALie18 aww thank you, that’s really helpful. So best to track everyday from cycle day 1, and then it dips before ovulation, then rises quite dramatically and then should stay up? Is that right?

@Shleepymummy not everyone dips before O. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Here is my chart from last month. You can see where my O was and what happened to my temp afterwards and my chart looks similar to the every month. But yes, after O your temp will stay up. My temp has always been my giveaway as to when AF is due as my temp drops the morning AF arrives. The only downside to temp is by the time you see the constant raised temp you've already missed O so I'd recommend CM checking as well ❤️ xxxx

@TheCakeIsALie18 thank you, I will temp track along side OPk so I know when ovulation is coming and can maybe confirm it afterwards! This is a really personal question 🤣but I can see you didn't have sex the day of O, is that because you had done it two days prior and so felt that was enough? My DH and I didn’t do it this month on day of O and I keep thinking that was the problem but perhaps not

@Shleepymummy haha that's alright I don't mind answering. We didn't DTD on O because we were both knackered haha. We tried, but he couldn't. We didn't DTD on O this month either, day before and day after were our closest days. The way I look at it, is as long as there are swimmers up there waiting for the egg to emerge on the run up to O then all should be well haha xxx

@Hannargh hello! our bodies are amazing, right?! and the way you can monitor everything at the moment to give us clues and help us conceive just blows my mind.
its so nice to speak to people who also enjoy tracking. i've not been very open with many friends or family about TTC but anyone i have talked about tracking ovulation, 'scheduling' DTD and bbt monitoring has rolled their eyes and told me to chill. it's SO annoying! it's usually people who have managed to get pregnant suuuuper quickly. i'd be much more stressed if i had no idea what was going on in there haha x

@eleveneleven11 I talk to my best friend about all the tracking and stuff and when she is ready to start TTC she is going to track. She has said that she knew nothing about her body until talking to me about it and is now interested to learn. Not only for TTC but also to keep a check out for anything that isn't normal. Catch things early, y'know. Spread the word ladies, get more people to start checking and tracking even if they're not TTC. ❤️❤️❤️ xxx

@TheCakeIsALie18 that is so nice, love that! good on her! xx

@eleveneleven11 yeah I'm surprised when I see people saying they 'forget' to track - I know it might not be for everyone and could definitely stress you out at times, but I feel like I'm cracking a code for my body and learning it's secrets. I wouldn't opk outside of ttc, I don't think, but I'd probably still bbt - doesn't take too much trouble!

I think I was worried that it was too early to track - in my head it was something you did once things weren't working, so I wish I'd started sooner. One of my few friends with babies said she did opk tracking because of irregular cycles, so it sort of reassured me that it's just what people can do it monitor things.
I don't have many people I can discuss it with though - one friend with a baby. I talk slightly to my mum (who took a terrifying 16 years to conceive me) and my best friends know but one definitely won't be having children and the other isn't really interested in them so there's not much to say about it!

Sadly AF arrived for me yesterday. Good luck to everyone x

@Greymalkin12 sorry to hear AF arrived. On to the next cycle ❤️ we will still be here cheering you on this time round 🥰 xxx

@TheCakeIsALie18 aww thank you! Wishing you all the best with your pregnancy xx

@Greymalkin12 Thank you so much ❤️🌈 xxx

i'm out too - woke up to AF 🙁 hope she's treating you ok @Greymalkin12! xx

Morning @eleveneleven11 , sorry to hear AF arrived for you. How you feeling? Mine didn’t but I don’t have clockwork cycle so not unusual for mine to be a day or 2 out. I took a pregnancy test cos I thought well I’m at period day and it’s a BFN so just waiting to period so I can start the process again!

@eleveneleven11 sorry to hear that! Let's hope for better luck next cycle!

@Shleepymummy ah I'm sorry to hear AF came, so much baby dust for this cycle ✨✨ will you be tracking ovulation?

@TheCakeIsALie18 morning you! How's things going I'm 5+3 today and feel fine apart from up at 4 every morning and feeling hungover for around an hour when I wake up and period cramps intermittently xx

@eleveneleven11 sorry to hear Af arrived and @Shleepymummy sorry to hear BFN but if it is BFN I hope AF arrives soon so you can get on to next cycle. I've got a good feeling for everyone this coming month!

@xttcbabyno1x hey you! I'm good thank you. I finally slept most of the night last night! Woke up at 3 to pee (this is becoming the standard time for night time weeing lol) then woke up at 7 to do temp and todays test, then back to bed for an hour. All is good with the world today. I'm 5+1 today and still no spotting so I'm feeling more and more positive and hopeful by the day! I even took my first bump progress pic today. Obviously no bump but I'd like to see the progress from the beginning haha.
Haven't had any cramping that feels like AF but I have been getting...the only way I can describe it is... like a stretching pulling ache across the front of my lower abdomen?? Guessing that's normal 🤷🏼‍♀️ I'll tell you what is a pain in the arse though... is I'm constantly hungry. And when hunger hits, so does nausea. I ate dinner last night at 10pm (was out late) by the time I went to bed at midnight I was hungry again 🤣🤣 how are you getting on? Xxx

@TheCakeIsALie18 amazingggg news so excited for you!! I'm up at that time to pee too!! Without fail 😂

I'm soooo bloated it already looks like my belly is bigger 😂

I'm having that too :) apparently cramps and pulling are a good sign that it's in the right place! I'm starving too don't worry but I feel hungover in the mornings!! Monday used to be my least favourite day of the week. It now it's becoming my fav, 6 weeks Monday xxx