Preparing to TTC in 2022 part 6

[WingingIt09]

Hello and welcome to thread 6! You guys are all amazing, can't believe the thread is still going! Congrats to those with BFPs and baby dust to those who are trying! Xx

@BritishDesiGirl what's up? xx

Hey all..back for cycle 4 after a mini break cd18 be I think I ovulated today which is crazy late for me but have had faint lines on pregnancy test for a couple of days so not sure what my bodies doing. I had absolutely no idea how hard this process was going to be. Why is there not a baby store??

I've only caught up on a few pages and just wanted to say sorry @Houseelf90 that sucks. And to everyone else who is feeling crappy 💐💐

@Nypie if you are having faint lines on pregnancy tests then you would have ovulated a good 10-14 days ago and not now?

@Nypie The lines would indicate pregnancy? No?

@Houseelf90 it's doesn't matter if you were 1,5,10,12 etc weeks that's still your baby. You have every right to be upset. Big hugs to you and thinking of you at this difficult time xx

@Nypie @PinkButtercups Thank you. I was kinda hoping everyone would say I just need to get on with it, but yes, you’re right, that was my baby, the baby we had plans for. The baby we were going to tell everyone about at Christmas, the baby who would come on holiday with us next summer. All those dreams were shattered on Tuesday. But we will go again and we will have new plans and one day, we will have our baby and complete our family.

@EmmRach Welcome!

8DPO today- crampy and tired!

I’m not out yet but what have people used on the cycle they got a positive to increase chances?

@Houseelf90 so sorry for your loss. Agree with everyone else that its natural to feel sad and grieve the loss. Don't feel bad for that 💙

Hi everyone

I am a bit in limbo this month. It has been very busy so I haven't done OPKs. Think I am about 7dpo. We DTD every other day across the fertile week but obv can't estimate ov as accurately this time. I forgot to do the cough syrup but I did take evening primrose oil in the first half of cycle and think I had a bit more EWCM this month (although not loads).

It has been a weird one. We're going to the clinic for our tests on Monday. Starting to feel very close now. I'm absolutely dreading the blood test and I'm also dreading the results appointment which is on the 9th.
I think I can't be pregnant this cycle as I have been so busy and stressed. Also my diet has been terrible.

I also feel guilty for potentially being a terrible friend and not really getting in touch with the pregnant people in my life. It's hard to hear about their pregnancies when they got pregnant straight away around the same time as we started trying. I don't want to be a jealous person or get upset but it's very hard.

@Houseelf90 Absolutely. Your baby existed.
'Before I carried the pain, I carried you. And in my heart, I carry you still.' ♥️.

Thinking of you x

For anyone using bbt which is best/accurate one you have found

Hi everyone. Hope you're all OK.
It looks as though my lh peaked yesterday, I had a reading of 1.71 and today it's back down to 0.24 . We dtd last night. And hopefully later as well.
I have had some cramps for the last 2 days so I think this means I'm ovulating. But I'm missing ewcm? And I don't have much of a sex drive. Last week I was more interested than this week. Anyone been in this situation before? Tests saying one thing but visible evidence saying another? After watching the great sperm race, Which one of you on here suggested I watched, it seems without the ewcm it's not an ideal environment for sperm to survive the journey 🤔 I guess from tomorrow I will 1dpo and starting my first tww!

@TulipVictory @PinkButtercups you would think. From what I can see it looked like my lh was getting higher as the hcg got lower not even thinking about another pregnancy test. Lh peaked 2 days ago but not monitoring my temp this cycle so not sure if I've actually ovulated just going to be patient with my body. Had awful cramps a few days a go so have been refered for a scan I'm thinking it may be a cyst, I've read that they can potentially cause false positives which is great.

@Houseelf90 I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, I hope you're doing as ok as you can be 💚

I've been trying to think a bit less about ttc (not managing very well!) as my wedding is next Thursday and don't want to regret not focusing on that. As luck would have it, fertile window starts the day after the wedding so surprisingly nice timing! Mind you, so many things have been going wrong with the wedding that I've been so stressed my body is hardly the ideal environment for baby making right now. But you never know, so keeping everything crossed.

Hope everyone is ok - seems like lots of us are feeling quite low at the moment. Glad we have this supportive thread. Sending virtual hugs to everyone who needs one.

@DesertSnow Yay, how exciting! And definitely good timing 😂

9DPO for me- thought I felt a little twinge/punchy pain yesterday, but I won't put too much stock in it.

OH asked last night when AF is due, so I think any surprise element would be gone. Which is actually a good thing, because it encourages me to wait longer to test if AF doesn't show up on time- maybe I can hold out to 16DPO after all?

@DesertSnow thank you 🥰 next week!!!! How exciting!!! I hope you both have a wonderful day!!

Hi everyone. Dating scan today! All looking healthy and I'm now 13 weeks due 5/5/23 ❤️ gender guesses welcome xx

@WingingIt09 😍😍 so glad it went well!

I'm going to guess boy

@WingingIt09 Oooh! So exciting! I have no idea with gendering on sonograms. Just looks like blobs to me 😂 I hope everything continues to go smoothly for you xx

CD17 today. Got an LH reading of 1.24 on CD15, which is unusually early for me. Peak is yet to come. We DTD'd CD15 and 16 and will again tonight, and so on until the day after ovulation. Enjoying the sex and not hoping for natural success. Shagging our way to February/March lol

Hi, looking for some advice...or maybe someone to talk sense! I'm 33 and suffer from PCOS. It took me 18 months to convince my first baby, which I miscarried at 12 weeks in May. My cycles have still not returned to normal and have been shorter. But according to my Tracker app I should have been due on yesterday, had all the usual symptoms for the last few weeks. But no period, this last week I have had really bad indigestion and bloating, this morning I woke up with a very painful armpit. These are very similar to the symptoms I have with the first pregnancy. I did a test yesterday afternoon which was negative, just wondering if maybe I tested too early, start date of last period was 2nd October. Confused as I would absolutely love to be pregnant again but worried its all in my head as my due date is looming...

@WingingIt09 I'm guessing boy!

Feeling a bit crampy with repeated pinchy pains in the same spot- I will not get my hopes up!

@WingingIt09 Oh look at the little bubba 🥰♥️. I'm going to guess boy! Will you find out the sex?

@WingingIt09 I like to think I'm pretty good at the nub theory, do you have any other pictures ?

So 18dpo, 6 days late and no sign of AF, I’ve not tested since 15dpo, which was a BFN, I’m still holding out a small amount of hope, going to test Monday at 20dpo if no AF…

@BethSuz27 oh god that's so frustrating, I wouldn't have your strength to not test though! Fingers crossed for you x