All I want for Christmas is a BFP- TTC September baby 🍁

[Roxybabe]

Hey ladies,

Thought I’d start a new Dec thread for us!! New thread… new cycle… new hope!!

❤️❤️

Congratulations @LuckyStar511

Congratulations @LuckyStar511 ✨

I am getting desperate to test now but I’ve come this far and AF is due Wednesday so
I just need to hold out!!

I felt much more crampy at this stage last month so wondering if I’m not gonna get a BFP this time orrr whether the cramps were due to the pregnancy ending in a chemical
anyway. Also my right boob feels sore/tender on the side nearest the armpit?! Nothing or nowhere else though so wondering if it’s not related. Symptom spotting like mad now 🥺🫠

Hiya all .. just jumping on i keep reading threads and watching in background we have been TTC #2 for 6-7 months now and majority of the time I have been using clearblue OPK with the flashing smiley. My cycle ranges from 29-35 days on average, yesterday AF arrived and I cried all day really thought this was the month, we have been BD’in every other day until I received flashing faces which I then had 6 days off so we BD every day until 2 days after peak. We have also previously tried SMEP, I just don’t know what else to do.. I just need to hear some positive stories to lift me up

sending love and baby dust too all xxx

Congrats to those who have BFP - what wonderful news at Christmas time ❤️

My LH has remained low throughout this cycle. Much lower than normal. I don’t think I’m going to even bother testing this time. AF is due on 28th and I’m fully expecting it. I will just focus on getting ready for next month.

Thank you so much everyone 🥰
Trying not to get too excited yet but it’s difficult🙈
Feeling a bit crampy but apart from that no other symptoms really.

@Lollywhite sorry you’ve been trying a while, it really is the most frustrating thing on earth, feels like time stands still 😑 The fact you’ve already had one is a good sign you would think, how long did it take to conceive your first? I was going to suggest preseed before I saw that. I used preseed last time though and it seemed to work but this time didn’t and we did manage to conceive without it (after 4 months), sometimes I think it is just pure luck which month it ends up happening. I watched a video of exactly what’s going on in there before I got my BFP this month and just thought there is no way all that is going to happen and go well! It’s crazy what’s actually going on in there for you to get that positive! Hope it happens for you really soon

Yay for the bfps!

Congratulations to all the BFP ladies, so excited for you. I just got my positive OPK so will be starting the tww... At least with Christmas there are plenty of distractions. Good luck everyone still waiting xx

@BCxx thank you so much .. it really does! And after coming of the depo we conceived on my 2nd cycle so that was pretty quick I naively thought it would happen again in the same way.. we’ve tried pre seed occasionally I’ve heard good things about that too, and also the clear blue fertility one aswell.. I’m starting to think the same is it down to luck, I just feel like maybe all parts of your cycle have got to fall into place! Xx

Congratulations @LuckyStar511 🎊

How is the high a high??? I cannot tell the difference!

Think the app has read it wrong

@Harper02 I'm glad you've said that. I thought I was going mad.

@Harper02 I've photographed it again and it's showing 0.15. That makes much more sense

@BCxx yes end of August I think. Oh yes please can you send me the link?

@LuckyStar511 congrats 😁😁😁

Congratulations for the BFPs! And if it is ok, can I join you?

My boyfriend and I are TTC #1 and it was our 12th cycle this month. He was recently diagnosed with low sperm count (everything ok on my side)

We were supposed to start our first cycle of stimulated IUI after Christmas, but this morning I randomly took a test and… I got a second line on a cheap test. I was half asleep and couldn’t believe it, so had to double check that I didn’t do an ovulation test by mistake 😅

I took another one from a different brand straight after which turned out positive too so that looks like a real positive?

It is my first time seeing a second line and I cannot believe that I might be pregnant. I am so scared that something might go wrong and it might not stick, especially as I am on the older side (almost 36).

It is very early (I think I might be at 9 or 10 DPO, I don’t know exactly since we completely relaxed this month and went on holidays during what should have been my ovulation so I did not track anything!)

The only thing we did differently is that I had a Hycosy ultrasound last month where they flushed my tubes and the gynecologist told me it could increase fertility, and “baby danced” a lot on holidays 😂

TLDR: BFP at 9/10DPO, yay! (But so scared it doesn’t stick)

Congratulations!! That's a nice strong line for 9 DPO. I've heard of a few people who have had success after tube flushing.

@Londongirl87 congratualtions! That’s a lovely strong line! 👏🏼🥰

@Londongirl87 awww congrats! So pleased for you!

Jumping back on the TTC bandwagon on a whim for number 2. Finally got a surge on the LH strips for the first time since giving birth even though we're down to only three feeds a day. Hoping ovulation has taken place today as we've had more action in the last two days than the entire time since giving birth 😅

The due August thread for anyone ready to join 😊 @Knov20

Due August 2023

@Lollywhite there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it! I was only getting about 7 days from ovulation to period and I put it down to stress from my work. When I looked into it all progesterone can’t increase if there are high levels of the stress hormone cortisol as it binds to the same ‘sites’ (or something) and prevents it from increasing enough, that signals AF to arrive and it’s game over. I took a whole list of supplements, ashwagandha for stress, maca root to bring forward ovulation and regulate my cycle, I hoped that would solve the luteal phase issue and give me more time, swapped the prenatal vitamins for just plain folic acid and I took magnesium for a bit too. Looked into agnus castus but didn’t end up taking it. The number one thing I did though which I think was the reason I got pregnant was I went off sick at work for the first time in my life! I just phoned in and said I couldn’t cope any more. My stress and anxiety levels were through the roof, I was surviving on anxiety medication taken on the way to work each morning and I was putting my job before my own health (and a baby). Sure enough, phoned in sick and just over 2 weeks later I got my BFP!! I fully think the cortisol and progesterone levels were what did it. Hope this is your lucky month 🤞🏼

Huge congrats on all the BFP’s! We’ve been quietly waiting for ovulation which should be in the next day or two 😀