TWW Cycle buddies AF due around 20/01

[TTC0123]

Anyone fancy keeping me company (sane 😅) during this dreaded TWW on our 5th cycle of TTC baby #2 after falling quick with our first I thought this would be easier! Feel free to give all symptoms and feelings etc! I’ve just purchased a BBT thermometer so starting that in the morning! By checking my cervix (feels slightly lower and firmer) and CM drying up slightly thinking the worst for this month already 😢

@ttcat37 how are you getting on?

I’ve booked an early scan at 8 weeks to give myself some reassurance because it just doesn’t feel real, I keep expecting some bleeding to come along & burst my bubble.

@Banditrules 12 dpo and got vv faint lines on cheapo strips still. CB ultra early was a bfn this morning. I don’t know what to think! I think they’re slightly darker than yesterday, and came up sooner, but still, was hoping for darker today!

Hi All
I have been following this feed for a while but have been too nervous to post. i got a faint positive this morning on a first response test so feeling happy but we have been trying since March 2022 and have had 3 chemicals since then so I’m just so nervous to feel too excited or download any apps or start looking and thinking of baby stuff yet. i have super sore boobs and really strong cramps for the past 2 days and today.. what have the rest of you been doing since you found out? I’m feeling so restless 😔

@ttcat37 have you tried using a different test? I’ve used the easy @ home ones too and they come up faint always, never had a strong line on them. i also don’t like the CB ones because it always gives me an evaporation line after a while and i know you’re only supposed to read them within 3 mins but it still messes with my head! i think i trust the first response ones the best and they are about £7 for a 2 pack on amazon

@mmp22 I’ve got a FRER coming today which I’ll do in the morning. I did a co-op one a couple of days back and thought there was a very faint line, couldn’t catch it on camera as it was so faint

Sorry I’ve been MIA ladies! Hope everyone is doing ok! Too many messages to reply to individually but congrats to all the pregnancy tests 🥹 and may all the faint lines turn into healthy pregnancies!! I think I’m out my BBT has dropped significantly 11dpo today!

Same for me, @TTC0123 , a fair drop today so not going to waste a test, I’d done one a couple days ago which was too early and planned to try another today. Boobs also not sore which they were post ov. Oh well. Back on the job…

Congrats for these faint lines, so exciting but hard waiting to feel more confident. Hope you each manage to find things to do to pass the days and that these beans stick.

Sorry to hear that @Beginningless it doesn’t get any easier does it? But positive thoughts moving into next cycle, we’re going to give the SMEP method a go wish us luck 😅 I feel exhausted looking at the plan but needs must! We’ve got this all of us 🙌🏽

I’m out, my period came early this month!

How’s everybody doing?
@Beginningless and @TTC0123 , did AF come for you both after your temp drops?
Sorry to hear that @Krakenes but onwards and upwards hey.
My faint positives turned into a negative today. Currently having a hot bath trying to hurry things along. DH is away the week after fertile week, if AF doesn’t hurry up we’ll miss the next go!

Yes AF came for me today, thanks for asking. Feeling a bit bummed but I’m ok. It was always a bit of a long shot at my age I guess and we spent a long time swithering about whether going for a third is the right thing, so all will be fine if it doesn’t happen. I’d rather it did though!

Sorry about your negative today when you were probably feeling hopeful, were you @ttcat37? I hope that the timings work out. My fertile week coming up isn’t the best timed either.

@Beginningless sorry it’s not happened this month. Sounds like myself, I’ve gone back and forth the last couple of months but at my age 43 it feels like I’ve left it late. I keep saying what will be will be, but it’s hard not to get your hopes up isn’t it?

@ttcat37 sorry to hear the negative arrived. Let’s hope for positive news next month.

My AF also arrived yesterday and think all 3 of us in the same boat next month as my husband is working nights on the next fertile run, however with starting AF a few days early I may get half a shot at it

Hey! AF arrived Wednesday for me, as expected from the temperature drop! 3 days early very unlike me so must have ovulated early and didn’t catch that darn egg! Oh to the next cycle and going with SMEP wish us luck DH shivering in his boots just thinking about it 🤣
swnding positive vibes to everyone! We’ve got this! There is ALWAYS something new to try each month with different vitamins, eating healthier, evening primrose oil, conceive plus, grapefruit juice??, different timed DTD, BBT if you don’t already, so I’m staying hopeful as ever x

Yes @chezvic , of course there’s got to be that hopeful part or why would we even be trying. I’m wondering how long to try for before deciding, not quite ready to make that decision yet though! I do hope it works out for you, for everyone.

Out of interest, have you had changes to your cycles as you’ve gotten older? Mine were always bang on 28 days but in the last year have shortened and tend to be 25/26 so I’m wondering if that’s a factor. Bonus is that fertile window starts a couple of days after AF so the DTD schedule isn’t as punishing as it maybe is for some of you!

My different plans for this month are eating healthier and more exercise, smep and try putting in my mooncup after sex, I just read about that the other day and seems an easy one to try!

@Beginningless such a disappointment isn’t it. I get upset for a day and then I start planning the next cycle. I know what you mean about taking time to decide. I never wanted to marry and have kids and then I met DH 🤷🏼‍♀️ Now everything’s been a rush!
I was disappointed as I’d had so many clear, albeit faint, positives. Sadly they never became strong lines. Hey ho. On we go! Guess we’ll just have to time next cycles as best we can.

@chezvic thank you. Sorry yours arrived too. If you’ve bought a couple of days there that’s good news! DH wasn’t very receptive to cancelling his golf holiday so I’m glad AF has come for me too 😂 Only joking really, he needs a break, but I could see the panic in his eyes when I said “you might be away next fertile week!”

@TTC0123 Damn it! That sneaky little egg slipping the net! We did SMEP once… we concluded that it’s not the way for us but I’m very jealous of those who can do it every month! Which supplements are you on? I only take a TTC vitamin and a Vit D supplement but I’m wondering if I need anything else. Last 2 cycles were chemicals, but I think my progesterone is ok from that Proov test and my temps, so I’m wondering if it’s egg quality?

I’ve got an appointment at the docs next week, just to talk about the 2 chemicals back to back. See if there’s anything they can advise or any blood tests they can do.

Tell me about it! Sorry for the slow reply we’ve all come down with a cough/cold hoping it goes before my fertile week as BBT is high already in cd6! 😩
im just on conception vitamins and started evening primrose oil for this cycle which you take on cycle day 1 until ovulation for increased egg white cm 🤞🏽 We shall see!
that’s really interesting, keep us updated sometimes it could be.. other times it’s just one of those things and not the right timing! It will happen xx

hope everyone is ok this week and getting through Monday 🫶🏽

Hi ladies, how are we all doing? Ready for next week? 🥚 🥚 🥚
I went to the docs today to start the ball rolling as my last two cycles have been chemicals. I don’t know whether to be reassured or disappointed? She told me it’s a year before she can make a referral (I’m 37 so thought it was 6 months, she said she’d check and get back to me) and no point doing anything yet as it’s early days. Says we need to ‘go at it like rabbits’ next week and stop testing for ovulation, bbt, early pregnancy tests as it just increases stress which is the main player in infertility. Said as I have regular periods and I can clearly get pregnant she isn’t worried.

It isn’t what I wanted to hear (anyone just want to be given some magic medication?) but I suppose it’s the best thing I could have heard really? At least she didn’t stick me on the scales and tell me I’m fat (bmi is about 27, must try harder) which is what I half expected.

In other news my DH has bought some
viagra for our holiday next week 😂 He has no issues with getting it up so I’m not sure how he thinks this is going to help but bless him for trying and making an effort ey? 😂 I’m sure I won’t be laughing after a week alone with a walking boner 😭

Haha walking boner!!! That’s very funny and it sounds like he is very committed to the cause! How lovely that you will be on holiday, hope you have a great time.

Im very confused by my cycle this month. Finished AF on cd 5 and I believe I usually ovulate quiet early, on cd10 or 11. I’ve been using clear blue sticks and got blank circle on cd6 then static smiley on cd7. Until this month on the Premom app I hadn’t realised that it scans the stick and gives you a numerical reading. It was 0.06 on cd6, then 0.92 on cd7 and then dropped down again and says ‘low’ on any test I’ve done again since, I’m now cd9. App is saying cd7 was my peak. The battery on my thermometer died today so no temp for today but it was rising.

Surely I can’t have peaked on cd7? I’m wondering if I should completely ignore the tests, interesting what your Gp said @ttcat37 as this is definitely introducing unnecessary stress! We DTD on cd6 but haven’t had a chance since then, hopefully will be able to tonight in case things are actually happening but so shit if I’ve missed a weird early one.

Hope everyone is doing well?

Hey! Sorry for the radio silence, toddler has decided she doesn’t like sleep anymore 😵‍💫
That is such a shame the doctors won’t do anything for another 6 months, I’m sure a gutting feeling but yes also not negative at all as there isn’t anything shouting out to be definitively wrong!

waheyyyyy for the viagra hope you’re enjoying your holiday with the walking boner 🤣
we’ve been at it like rabbits this weekend and today doing the SMEP this month which I’m just praying does something! I had a temp drop this morning and my opk is starting to rise so hoping within the next few days so we can have a break from DTD 🤣

@Beginningless
Honestly I had a random early ovulation the start of this month was a really short cycle too so I’m due to ovulate in a couple of days already, definitely sounds like cycle day 7 was your peak, but no harm in carrying on testing incase you have another rise as CD7 is a little early for you! What cycle day are you on now?

also not sure if anyone has tried grapefruit juice to increase their EWCM but this month I tried from CD5 1 glass a night and I’ve had more than I’ve had before! So I’d like to think it’s because of that! Also along side evening primrose oil! Something to try for next month anyone! (Makes me feel better moving onto yet another cycle if I have something new to do)

how’s everyone else?